Standout Performances Across Events Highlight MSU Indoor Open

Friday, February 7

BOZEMAN

4 p.m.

Montana State University

MSU Indoor Open

Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson

Standout Performances Across Events Highlight MSU Indoor Open

2/7/2020 10:39:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

MSU Indoor Open Final Results

The Bobcats complete strong showing in Feb. 7 home meet

By: Andrew Pedersen

BOZEMAN, Mont. – The Montana State track and field program had multiple student-athletes complete personal-best efforts at the MSU Indoor Open on Friday, Feb. 7, in Worthington Arena.

The Bobcats completed over 25 combined season-best marks between the men's and women's teams. MSU's also had double-digit efforts that led to lifetime bests with three that placed on the Bobcats' all-time top 10 chart.

"It was great to see so many people building on what they've previously done this season and getting better," said Lyle Weese, Montana State's director of track and field. "I think we had a lot of PRs in this meet, so that's a really good sign going forward. I'm just happy with the team's performance overall."

MSU's women's program was led by several athletes.

Maddie Brockel placed first in both the 60-meter dash (7.76 seconds) and the 200-meter dash (25.80 seconds) behind her best marks as a Bobcat. Twila Reovan took first in the long jump behind her lifetime best of 18 feet, 1.75 inches (5.53m) in the long jump, while she also had her career-best mark of 37-10.50 (11.54m) lead her to a third-place showing in the triple jump.

Alex Hellenberg was the top attached athlete in the women's triple jump with her leap of 38-10.25 (11.84m). Her leap moved her from a tie for fifth to alone in fourth in program history in the event. She also completed a season-best clearance of 11-06.50 (3.52m) in the pole vault.

Sophomore Lucy Corbett moved to the top of the Big Sky performance list in the high jump with her season-best mark of 5-09 (1.73m). McKenna Ramsay (400), Megan Good (800), Trisha Carlson (mile), Kathleen Glockner (5,000) each recorded either a season-best time or crossing in with a personal record en route to taking first in their respective event. Other Bobcats that placed first in an event included Morgan Evans (60 hurdles) and Amber Prevedello (pole vault).

Earning lifetime bests in an event Friday for the women's squad included Gillian Maness (mile), Elena Carter (60 hurdles), Maisee Brown (pole vault) and Evelyn Adams (long jump). A plethora of Bobcats claimed top three showings in an event. They included Evans (60), Delaney Smith (200, 60 hurdles), Lexi Kyro (mile), Zoe Johnson (high jump), Leah Klein (shot put) and Madi Arneson (shot put, weight throw).

Collin Buck and Drake Schneider had two of the men's team's top performances of the evening.

Buck joined MSU's all-time top 10 in the 3,000 at eighth by finishing first overall with a time of 8:05.35, converted due to altitude and track size. Schneider moved from eighth to seventh in the 200 all-time as his converted time of 21.95 led him to a first-place finish.

Jared Schwend, Riley Collins and Josh Mertz each claimed lifetime bests and took first place in an event. Schwend clocked a time of 50.21 in the 400, Collins crossed the line in 4:14.46 in the mile and Mertz completed a toss of 55-04.75 (16.88m) in the weight throw.

Will Prettyman (60), Cameron Carroll (800), Bradley Graves (60 hurdles), Noah Martin (high jump), Wyatt Thompson-Siporen (pole vault), Lucas Jepsen (triple jump) and Alec Nehring (shot put) each took first place in their respective event. Carroll and Thompson-Siporen each recorded season-best marks.

MSU's Cooper West and Duncan Hamilton recorded times of 8:39.38 and 8:41.87 for personal bests in the 3,000, respectively. Casey Gunlikson had a personal-best effort in the 60 with a time of 6.93 to tie for second in the event. Ben Perrin achieved his collegiate best of 4:19.75 in the mile. Zach Smith earned a personal-best time of 22.97 in the 200 for third place, while Mertz added his top shot put as a Bobcat of 52-03.25 (15.93m) which was good for second in the event.

Caleb Neth and Hunter Nicholson took the second and third spots in the long jump, Ian Fosdick added a runner-up showing in the triple jump, while Sola Yeager earned two fourth-place finishes to the Bobcat men's tally.

"A lot of good things happened across the board with all of the event groups," Weese said. "We saw some good performances in every discipline and saw improvement which is great this time of year."

The Montana State track and field teams return to action in two separate meets next weekend. Bobcat athletes will participate in both the Husky Classic in Seattle and the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Feb. 13-15.