Hamilton, Noe Lead Strong Team Efforts at FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals

Friday, October 15

Tallahassee, FL (Apalachee Regional Park)

6 a.m.

Montana State University

FSU Invitational/Pre-National Invitational

Duncan Hamilton

Hamilton, Noe Lead Strong Team Efforts at FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals

10/15/2021 9:51:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Men's Garnet Results Women's Garnet Results

Montana State’s cross country teams completed solid showings at the FSU Invitational/Pre-Nationals meet Friday morning while running against some of Division I’s best squads at Apalachee Regional Park

By: Andrew Pedersen

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Montana State's cross country teams completed solid showings at the FSU Invitational/Pre-Nationals meet Friday morning while running against some of Division I's best squads at Apalachee Regional Park. The Bobcat men placed 12th overall in a field of 40 teams while the MSU women finished 28th.

MSU's men were led by Duncan Hamilton who came in at 23 minutes, 14.7 seconds in the 8-kilometer race and finished 12th. Hamilton's time recorded would have been the third fastest ever at the Florida State cross country course prior to Friday's meet.

Hamilton was joined in the Bobcat scoring lineup by Ben Perrin, Matthew Richtman, Levi Taylor and Cooper West. Perrin (23:48.3) finished 45th, Richtman (23:55.6) took 60th, Taylor (24:12.9) placed 92nd and West (24:41.8) came in at 159th. Also running and competing for the 'Cats were Owen Smith who finished 192nd with a time of 24:54.4, Rob McManus who finished 261st in 25:38.2 and Riley Collins who took 274th in 25:50.2.

The Bobcats scored 364 points as a team finishing among the nationally ranked teams in the FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals field. MSU placed ahead of USTFCCCA No. 25-ranked Weber State, No. 30 Charlotte and Duke which had been receiving votes in the latest coaches' poll.

Top-ranked Northern Arizona finished atop the team standings with 64 points ahead of Colorado (128), Arkansas (128) and BYU (131).

The Bobcat women's squad was paced by Camila Noe who finished 14th overall with a time of 20:12.3 in the 6K race. She was joined in the scoring lineup by Lauren Stanford, Mya Dube, Hannah Perrin and Grace Gilbreth. Stanford (21:47.5) finished 152nd, Dube (22:12.0) took 182nd, Perrin (22:35.4) placed 203rd and Gilbreth (23:07.1) took 220th. Also running for the 'Cats on Friday were Samantha Kelderman (23:15.4), Alex Moore (23:47.9) and Elena Vandersloot (24:37.8).

MSU's women's squad finished with 736 points.

Montana State is back in action in two weeks when the 'Cats participate in the Big Sky Conference Championships in Hillsboro, Oregon, at Meriwether National Golf Course on October 29.