Big Sky Tuner Wraps up Bobcat Track & Field’s Regular Season

BOZEMAN, Montana – The Montana State Track and Field team has one more shot at improving its marks at the Big Sky Tuner, which will take place in Worthington Arena on Friday starting at 10:30 a.m.

The meet will not be live streamed, but a link to live results will be provided on the men's and women's track team's schedule pages at msubobcats.com. All meet information can be found on the men's and women's track teams' schedule pages on msubobcats.com.

Although Idaho State is the only other Division I team expected to attend, Carroll College, Montana Tech, Montana Western, the University of Providence, Rocky Mountain College and the College of Southern Idaho round out the competition.

The men's and women's weight throw will start the meet at 10:30 a.m., followed by the men's pole vault at 10:45 a.m. At noon, new Montana State Hall of Fame inductees Emily Tyrell (throws) and John Wurtz (pole vault) will be recognized at center court before the track action commences at 12:30 a.m. with the women's mile.

From here, the Bobcats will travel to Moscow, Idaho for the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships, held on Feb. 23-25.

FROM THE HEAT SHEET

Sophomore thrower Matt Furdyk will go for his sixth win in the men's weight throw. He is undefeated in Worthington Arena and currently ranks third in the Big Sky with his mark of 19.69m (64-7.25). Senior Leah Klein is the top entrant in the women's weight throw; she broke into MSU's top-10 rankings in the event last week with a toss of 18.23m (59-9.75).
Duncan Hamilton, Levi Taylor and Ben Perrin, amongst others, will try breaking the four-minute barrier in the men's mile. Hamilton is one of four Bobcats to go sub-four indoors; he broke four minutes again several weeks ago at the WSU Open with a 3:59.73.
The women's mile is equally stacked, as Mya Dube leads six of her teammates in the second section of the event. Dube, Lindsey Paulson, Kendra Lusk and Ava Weems all went sub-five at the WSU Open in Spokane, Wash. earlier this season.
Elena Carter returns to her marquee event: the 60-meter hurdles. Carter leads the Big Sky with her school record of 8.38 seconds, which she ran at the Cougar Classic Invitational on Jan. 13.
MSU's freshmen duo of Stryder Todd-Fields and Xavier Simpson highlight the Bobcat entries in the 60-meter dash. The duo ran new top-10 times in the 60 meters last week with a 6.90 and a 6.92, respectively.
Leading triple jumper Ian Fosdick makes his return and aims to improve his 15.05m (49-4.5), which ranks fifth in the conference. Fellow jumper Dylan Lee is the one to beat in the men's long jump; the true freshman is ninth in the Big Sky with his mark of 7.06m (23-2).
Highlighted by senior Camila Noe, the meet will end with the women's 3,000 meter run. Noe is coming off breaking her own school record in the 5K at the Husky Classic last week.

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Big Sky Tuner Wraps up Bobcat Track & Field’s Regular Season

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Elena Carter

Mya Dube

Ian Fosdick

Matt Furdyk

Duncan Hamilton

Leah Klein

Dylan Lee

Kendra Lusk

Camila Noe

Lindsey Paulson

Ben Perrin

Xavier Simpson

Levi Taylor

Stryder Todd-Fields

Ava Weems

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