Elena Carter
Bobcats Complete First Day of the UNM Team Open
1/27/2023 7:17:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
Three of the four Bobcats competing in the UNM Team Open finished the first day of competition on Friday evening.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Montana State track and field team wrapped up the first day of the UNM Open, hosted by the University of New Mexico at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Friday.
Three of the four athletes MSU sent to the meet competed against 20 different schools at the future host site of the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday. Lucy Corbett's second-place finish in the long jump was an early standout, plus fellow jumper Elena Carter took sixth in her flight of the long jump and men's weight thrower Matt Furdyk placed third in the weight throw.
Corbett cruised through the first two heights before clearing 1.81m (5-11.05) on her first attempt. With the bar at 1.84m (6-0.50), Corbett scratched on all three attempts, placing her second behind Middle Tennessee State's Esther Isa, who cleared the height to win the meet. The mark is Corbett's second-best of the year behind her season-opening mark of 1.85m (6-0.75) set at the Bobcat PReview this past December.
Placing seventh overall and sixth in her competitive flight, Carter's fourth jump of 5.83m (19-01.50) wound up just shy of her season-best. The Helena Capital alumna's meet is not over, as she'll try breaking her own school record in the 60-meter hurdles tomorrow.
Wrapping up the Bobcats' time at the UNM Team Open, Furdyk placed third in the weight throw behind a post-collegian and Eastern Michigan's Newlyn Stephenson, the eventual winner and No. 6 weight thrower in Division I. Furdyk hit his best mark with a 19.27m (63-02.75) toss on his penultimate throw of the finals.
Day two of the UNM Team Open starts at 10 a.m. MT. Pole vaulter Colby Wilson and hurdler Elena Carter are set to compete starting at 11:35 a.m. MT on Saturday. The meet will be live-streamed, albeit behind a paywall, on FloTrack. Links to the live stream and live results can be found on the men's and women's track team's schedule pages on msubobcats.com.
Three of the four athletes MSU sent to the meet competed against 20 different schools at the future host site of the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday. Lucy Corbett's second-place finish in the long jump was an early standout, plus fellow jumper Elena Carter took sixth in her flight of the long jump and men's weight thrower Matt Furdyk placed third in the weight throw.
Corbett cruised through the first two heights before clearing 1.81m (5-11.05) on her first attempt. With the bar at 1.84m (6-0.50), Corbett scratched on all three attempts, placing her second behind Middle Tennessee State's Esther Isa, who cleared the height to win the meet. The mark is Corbett's second-best of the year behind her season-opening mark of 1.85m (6-0.75) set at the Bobcat PReview this past December.
Placing seventh overall and sixth in her competitive flight, Carter's fourth jump of 5.83m (19-01.50) wound up just shy of her season-best. The Helena Capital alumna's meet is not over, as she'll try breaking her own school record in the 60-meter hurdles tomorrow.
Wrapping up the Bobcats' time at the UNM Team Open, Furdyk placed third in the weight throw behind a post-collegian and Eastern Michigan's Newlyn Stephenson, the eventual winner and No. 6 weight thrower in Division I. Furdyk hit his best mark with a 19.27m (63-02.75) toss on his penultimate throw of the finals.
Day two of the UNM Team Open starts at 10 a.m. MT. Pole vaulter Colby Wilson and hurdler Elena Carter are set to compete starting at 11:35 a.m. MT on Saturday. The meet will be live-streamed, albeit behind a paywall, on FloTrack. Links to the live stream and live results can be found on the men's and women's track team's schedule pages on msubobcats.com.
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