Bobcat Women Compete at NCAA West Preliminaries

Thursday, May 26

Fayetteville, AR

1 p.m.

Montana State University

NCAA West Preliminaries - Day Two

Elena Carter

Photo by: Sam Bloom

5/26/2022 8:22:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Montana State’s women’s track and field team had four Bobcats participate in the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Rounds on Thursday

By: Andrew Pedersen

FAYATTEVILLE, Ark. – Montana State's women's track and field team had four Bobcats participate in the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Rounds on Thursday, May 26, at Arkansas' John McConnell Field. All four athletes that represented MSU in the meet Thursday were making their first appearances at the regional meet.

Elena Carter competed in three events as part of a busy afternoon for the Helena native. Carter finished 35th in the 100-meter hurdles crossing the finish line in 13.69 seconds, 37th in the long jump behind a leap of 19 feet, 4.25 inches (5.90) and took 45^th in the 100 (11.99).

Alex Hellenberg, who will be part of Saturday's triple jump competition, finished in a tie for 28th in the pole vault by clearing 12-11.75 (3.96m).

Morgan Evans and Angellica Street participated in the 100 hurdles and javelin, respectively. Evans took 39th by clocking a 13.75. Street took 32nd in the javelin with her throw of 145-02 (44.25m).

The men's portion of the preliminary rounds concludes on Friday. Five Bobcats will be competing in Fayetteville as Duncan Hamilton and Levi Taylor make MSU's first appearance of the day at 4:40 p.m. MT in the steeplechase. Ian Fosdick will take part in the triple jump at 5 p.m. MT, Drake Schneider returns to the track for the 400 hurdles at 6:25 p.m. and Ben Perrin runs in the 5,000 at 7:10 p.m.