Montana State University
Riverfront Invitational
Bobcat Track and Field Heads Back to Spokane for Riverfront Invitational
1/31/2024 4:18:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
Fresh off Bobcat Challenge double dual win over Wyoming and Montana, Montana State looking to keep foot on the gas pedal as calendar turns to February
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- For the second time this season, the Montana State track and field teams will trek westward to Spokane, Washington, aiming to maintain momentum from last weekend's home meet into this weekend's Riverfront Invitational and Multis, beginning Thursday and continuing through Saturday at The Podium.
The meet will mark the first opportunity this season for the Cats' multi-event athletes to partake in the pentathlon and heptathlon. Nicola Paletti will get things started at 12 p.m. PT/1 p.m. MT on Thursday in the men's heptathlon, while Lina Hommel and Shelby Schweyen will get the women's pentathlon underway at 12:30 p.m. PT/1:30 p.m. MT.
The rest of the action will wait until Friday afternoon, with the women's weight throw (12:30 p.m. PT/1:30 p.m. MT) and women's 800 meters (3 p.m. PT/4 p.m. MT) the first events on the docket.
A full meet schedule is available here, and live results throughout the competition can be found here.
The meet will be available to stream via RunnerSpace.com with a subscription.
Notable teams included on the submitted entry list include Colorado, Nevada, Fresno State, and Washington State, among others. Big Sky foes scheduled to send competitors include Idaho, Eastern Washington, Sacramento State, and Idaho State.
This week marks a return trip to Spokane after Montana State participated in the Spokane Sports Showcase on Friday, January 12, at The Podium--the site of the 2024 Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Eastern Washington.
Following the Riverfront Invitational this week, the Bobcats will host two home meets at Worthington Arena on February 9 and February 16 ahead of their final trip to Spokane this season for the conference championships on February 22-24.
Last Friday's double dual Bobcat Challenge in Bozeman turned heads, as the Cats roared to resounding wins over both Montana and Wyoming on the men's and women's sides.
Billings native Jaeden Wolff's school record-breaking performance in the 60 meters (7.43) highlighted what was an explosion of program top-ten marks across all event groups. Wolff also nabbed the No. 2 spot all-time in the women's 200 meters with a time of 24.06.
Sydney Brewster climbed to the No. 3 spot all-time at MSU in the women's shot put with a toss of 50-08.25 in just her third collegiate competition—that mark leads the Big Sky this year.
Jett Grundy, another freshman, put his name at the No. 2 spot all-time in the men's 400 meters, crossing the line in a converted time of 47.04 seconds—another mark that leads the Big Sky this year.
In the jumps, Taylor Brisendine and Hailey Coey moved up the top-ten leaderboard to No. 3 and No. 4, respectfully, in the women's triple jump. For the men, Destiny Nkeoyne won the men's long jump and moved up to No. 5 all-time with a leap of 23-10.
Montana State will not travel the majority of their distance group to Spokane this week, allowing them time to recover from last week's Bobcat Challenge ahead of next week's return to Brick Breeden Fieldhouse for the Bobcat Performance meet.
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