Montana State Completes Final Day at NCAA West Preliminaries

Saturday, May 26

Sacramento, CA

5 p.m.

Montana State University

NCAA West Preliminary Rounds - Day Three

Photo by: Spencer Farrin

Montana State Completes Final Day at NCAA West Preliminaries

5/26/2018 9:52:00 PM | Men's Track and Field

Results Results (PDF)

Noah Martin just falls short of bid to Eugene to highlight the Bobcats' effort in the finale at the NCAA West Preliminary Round

By: Andrew Pedersen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Montana State completed action at the NCAA West Preliminary Round on Saturday, May 26, with three Bobcats participating in events at Hornet Stadium.

Kyle Douglass, who earned a top-12 showing to advance to the NCAA Championships in the discus on Friday, competed in the second heat of the men's shot put. Douglass placed 35th overall in the event with his third throw traveling 56 feet, 8.50 inches (17.28m). The MSU senior finished his shot put tenure as a Bobcat second all-time in the event with his personal-best mark of 60-01.25 during the 2018 season.

Sophomore Noah Martin advanced to a jump off but fell short of a bid to Eugene in the men's high jump.

Martin cleared heights of 6-07, 6-09 and 6-11 on his first attempts. The Spokane, Wash., native was unable to clear 7-1 and officially tied for 10th overall. However, Martin was tied with eight other competitors and moved into a jump off for the final three qualifying spots to the NCAA national meet.

Nebraska's Landon Bartel was the lone athlete to clear 7-1 on the first jump to advance. Five of the remaining seven jumpers, including Martin, eventually cleared 6-11 to raise the bar to 7-00.50. Southern California's Earnie Sears and UTSA's Ty Anderson were able to make the mark on their tries to take the final two qualifying positions to advance to Eugene.

Senior Diego Leon was the final Bobcat to appear at the West Preliminaries.

Leon raced in the first heat of the men's 5,000-meter run. He moved up to as high as 11th place in the heat and was in 12th with three laps to go while just a second off the qualifying pace. Leon eventually finished 16th in the heat, and 31st overall, with a time of 14 minutes, 16.48 seconds. It was Leon's third-fastest 5,000 of his collegiate career – an event that he serves as the program record holder in.

Douglass will be joined by fellow senior Amanda Jaynes as Montana State's representatives at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships which begin in Eugene, Ore., on June 6. Jaynes will appear in the women's 400 hurdles semifinals at 7 p.m. MDT on June 7. Douglass is slated to compete in the men's discus finals that start at 6 p.m. on June 8.