Three Program Records Broken in California Meet Showings

Friday, April 2

Riverside, CA/Irvine, CA

Montana State University

Chris Rinne Twilight/Sound Running College Invite

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Three Program Records Broken in California Meet Showings

4/2/2021 10:16:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Montana State’s track and field team produced three new school record marks and had 16 performances that impacted the Bobcats’ all-time top 10 charts on Friday

By: Andrew Pedersen

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Montana State's track and field team produced three new school record marks and had 16 performances that impacted the Bobcats' all-time top 10 charts on Friday, April 2, as the program completed appearances at the Chris Rinne Twilight and the Sound Running College Invite.

The Bobcats' showing at the Rinne Twilight on the campus of UC Riverside manufactured a variety of highlight performances.

Carla Nicosia tied the school record in the women's triple jump in her first official appearance as a Bobcat just two weeks ago. In Friday's meet, Nicosia topped it by nearly a foot and now sits alone as the Bobcat record holder with her best jump of 41 feet, 3 inches (12.57m) to place first in the meet. Her mark also placed her into the top 26 among individuals in the event in the West Region rankings.

Alex Hellenberg also had a big performance in the same event for Montana State. She completed a lifetime-best mark in the triple jump of 39-03.25 (11.97m) to move to fifth on the program's all-time list. She also had a first-place showing in the long jump with her leap of 18-07 (5.66m). That jump placed her in a tie for 10th in program history in the event.

Drake Schneider put up a big time for Montana State with his first-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles by crossing the line in 51.37 seconds. That mark beat his previous school-record time by one one-hundredth of a second and currently places him in the top 10 of the West Region rankings.

Macy White had two strong performances for Montana State on Friday in Riverside. She completed two first-place finishes in both the 100 and 200. Her time of 11.97 in the 100 moved her to a tie for fourth in the event by a Bobcat, while her 24.84 mark in the 200 moved her into 10th in that event.

Lucy Corbett, Madi Arneson, Ethan Saberhagen and Cooper Hoffman also recorded new top 10 efforts for the Bobcats at the Rinne Twilight meet.

Corbett cleared her top height outdoors in the high jump as a Bobcat by going over 5-09.25 (1.76m). That mark moved her from fourth to second all-time on MSU's top 10 chart. Arneson, who set her previous lifetime best in the discus just a week ago, topped it by recording a throw of 155-11 (47.54m) to move her from ninth to seven among all-time Bobcats. Saberhagen continues to move up MSU's men's discus chart by beating his personal best by 25 feet and moved to third in program history with his mark of 185-01 (56.42m). Hoffman completed a lifetime best in the men's javelin as his throw of 214-11 (65.52m) put him ninth on MSU's top 10 chart.

Also recording personal bests in the meet were Evelyn Adams, Will Anderson Damien Nelson and Alec Nehring.

Adams completed bests in both the 100 hurdles (14.48) and the long jump (17-10.75). Anderson took first in the men's 400 with his personal-best time of 49.52 seconds. Nelson set his official personal best in the 100 of 10.83 seconds, while Nehring improved on his already top-10 Bobcat mark in the shot put by recording a toss of 58-02 (17.73m).

Carley VonHeeder nearly matched her best in the javelin as she placed first in the women's competition. Her mark of 156-02 (47.60m) was just an inch short of her personal record.

The Bobcats also had several strong appearances at the Sound Running College Invite in Irvine on Friday.

Camila Noe finished second in the women's 5,000, but still improved her school-record time by 16 seconds crossing the line in 16:09.20. That time currently ranks her among the top five individually in the West Region rankings.

Four other Bobcats also ran in the event and completed lifetime bests. Gillian Maness completed a time of 16:47.34 to put her 10th all-time among Bobcat runners in the event. Mya Dube (16:53.95), Elena Vandersloot (17:38.85) and Alex Moore (17:55.48) also completed good runs for MSU.

Duncan Hamilton led the MSU men in the 5,000 with his time of 13:51.51. That mark was the fourth fastest in program history. Ben Perrin and Collin Buck finished right behind Hamilton with times of 13:57.03 and 13:57.90, respectively. Those times placed the two fifth and sixth on MSU's all-time top 10 chart in the event. Levi Taylor (14:21.93), Cooper West (14:29.69) and Isaac Schmidt (15:15.33) also recorded personal bests in the race.

Trisha Carlson was Montana State's top performer in the women's 800. Her time of 2:12.19 was a personal best and led her to a first-place finish. Matthew Richtman was Montana State's lone men's runner in the 10,000 and he completed a top-10 all-time mark. His time of 30:14.14 moved him to the ninth spot in program history in the event.

The Bobcats had double-digit performances that were among the top three for individuals over the course of the day. Earning first-place finishes were Jordan Fink (shot put), Elena Carter (100 hurdles) and Noah Martin (high jump).

Montana State track and field is scheduled to host its next meet, and first of the outdoor season, when it takes part in the Bobcat Qualifier on Saturday, April 10. Events at the Bobcat Track and Field Complex are tentatively scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.