MSU Displays Highlight Performances in Bobcat Special Meet

Friday, February 5

BOZEMAN

9 a.m.

Montana State University

Idaho State

Photo by: Garrett Becker

MSU Displays Highlight Performances in Bobcat Special Meet

2/5/2021 8:45:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Final Results

Montana State had several individuals move up to the top of their Big Sky performance lists with personal-best or season-best efforts as MSU and Idaho State competed on Friday, Feb. 5, in their second scheduled dual of the indoor track and field season in Worthington Arena.

By: Andrew Pedersen

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Montana State had several individuals move up to the top of their Big Sky performance lists with personal-best or season-best efforts as MSU and Idaho State competed on Friday, Feb. 5, in their second scheduled dual of the indoor track and field season in Worthington Arena.

"It's always interesting to see where everybody goes from the first meet to the second meet," said Lyle Weese, Montana State's director of track and field. "It can be a little unpredictable with the amount of training everybody is doing. But overall, I thought we had another strong meet and that was great to follow up that first event a couple weeks ago."

The second meet of the indoor season had the distance and sprint groups stand out.

The men's side was highlighted by Duncan Hamilton's first-place finishes in the mile and 800-meter run. Hamilton's converted mile time, due to altitude and track size, narrowly missed his lifetime-best mark clocking a 4:00.92. That time is the fastest in the Big Sky and is the eighth best in Division I at this time. The Bozeman native also set a season-best time of 1:55.84 in the 800.

Joining him in the top three was Levi Taylor in the mile along with Cameron Carroll and Tyler Schmautz in the 800. Ben Perrin continued a strong men's distance outing by crossing in first for the 5,000 at 14:43.69. That time is first in the Big Sky and 26th in the nation.

Camila Noe and Lexi Kyro took the top two spots in the women's mile with converted times of 4:49.85 and 4:50.21, respectively. Those marks moved the two Bobcats into the fifth and sixth spots all-time in program history in the event. They are also the fastest times in the conference, while Mya Dube took fourth in the event with a personal-best time of 5:06.10.

Trisha Carlson narrowly finished runner-up in the 800 with a converted time of 2:12.99. She, along with Kyro and Megan Good, each earned season-best marks in the event.

"It was great for Duncan to run that fast in the mile," Weese said. "As of right now he's eighth nationally, so that was a nice start for us on the distance side. Camila and Lexi ran a solid mile, both were exciting performances. Trisha ran a really good 800. It was a good day for the distance and mid-distance runners."

Drake Schneider continued his ascension up MSU's men's 400 charts. He crossed the line in a converted time of 47.67 seconds which moved him to third on the program's indoor record list. It also is the fastest in the Big Sky this season and 45th nationally.

Damien Nelson took first in the 60 and 200, with his time of 22.55 seconds in the 200 a personal best. Henry Adams took first in the 60 hurdles while MSU's 4x400 relay of Alex Hershey, Jared Schwend, Will Anderson and Schneider placed first in a time of 3:24.80.

Macy White and Morgan Evans had big performances for the women's team. White earned lifetime bests in the 60 (7.66) and 200 (25.31). Her time in the 60 converted is the fifth fastest in program history, and moved her atop the Big Sky performance list, while her 200 mark is second among conference runners. Evans took second in the 60 with a personal-best time of 7.75 which tied her for 10th all time in MSU history. She also ran a season-best mark of 26.12 in the 200 to take runner-up, while she finished first in the 60 hurdles by tying her lifetime best of 8.60.

"Morgan had a great meet with her runs in the 60 hurdles, 60 and 200," Weese said. "It was awesome to see Macy and her performances in the 60 and 200. Will had a really good 400 and Drake continues to perform well in the 400."

MSU's Anderson (400), Hershey (51.07), Elena Carter (60), Evelyn Adams (60, 60 hurdles, 200) and Zoe Delaney (400) all had at least one season-best run on the day.

Montana State's throwers were highlighted by Josh Mertz who took first in the weight throw and second in the shot put. He put together personal best tosses of 56-01.25 (17.10m) in the weight throw and 52-10 (16.10m) in the shot put. The women's throwers were paced with a first-place showing by Leah Klein in the shot put and a second-place finish by Zoe Waddell in the weight throw.

Carter Slade, Adeline Richardson and Jordan Fink had a third-place showing apiece.

Colby Wilson (pole vault) and Ian Fosdick (triple jump) each took first in their respective events for the men's team. Hunter Nicholson placed third in both the long jump and pole vault, with his clearance in the pole vault of 14-07.25 (4.45m) a personal best.

A'lena Chaney claimed a personal-best mark of 35-11.25 (10.95m) to take first in the women's triple jump. She along with Lucy Corbett earned season bests in the long jump with Corbett finishing a team-high second place. Twila Reovan and Mikaela Ducharme closed out the top three in the women's triple jump standings. Maisee Brown (pole vault) and Hannah Hicks (high jump) each recorded season-best marks.

"We're just hoping to build throughout the indoor season," Weese said. "Even though sometimes it doesn't look linear, I think the overall trend line is heading up. You're always hitting on either side of it at times, but really, we're focused on continuing to improve and getting better so that we're building into our outdoor season."