Montana State University
Al Manuel / Cat-Griz Dual
Cat-Griz Dual in Missoula Opens Outdoor Season
3/27/2025 4:52:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
Bobcats travel west on I-90 this weekend to face off with Grizzlies in 90th Cat-Griz Dual
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Montana State track and field opens their 2025 outdoor season across the Continental Divide this weekend, competing at the Al Manuel Invitational/Cat-Griz Dual at Dornblaser Field in Missoula.
The 90th Cat-Griz Dual gets underway Friday with the hammer throw at 1 p.m., followed by the javelin.
All other events will take place Saturday beginning at 10:30 a.m. with the long jump and discus. The women's 3,000 meter steeplechase represents the first action on the track at 12:05 p.m., with the meet wrapping up after the men's 4x400 meter relay at 4:25 p.m.
A full meet schedule can be viewed here.
Originally scheduled for April 12, both schools agreed to move the annual Cat-Griz Dual up to this weekend and combine it with the Al Manuel Invitational.
The winner of the dual on both the men's and women's sides is determined by point totals. The top finisher in each event earns five points, with the runner-up earning three points, third place earning two points, and fourth place earning one point. The top two finishers for each team can earn points.
Montana State has dominated the rivalry as of late, with the men winning 11 of the last 13 and the women winning ten of the last 12 meetings.
After a pair of runner-up finishes to nationally-ranked Northern Arizona at the 2025 Big Sky Indoor Track & Field Championships, both Cats' squads were picked second in the preseason outdoor coaches' poll released on Thursday.
The defending 2024 Big Sky Outdoor champion Montana State men received two first place votes, with the women receiving one first place vote.
The Griz men were picked to finish third in the preseason coaches' poll, while the Griz women were picked fourth.
Last May at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, the MSU men dethroned Northern Arizona by a single point, 186-185, at Bobcat Track and Field Complex to earn their first outdoor conference team title since 2005.
SERIES HISTORY
Montana leads the all-time Cat-Griz Dual series 55-34 for the men, while the Bobcat women have a 22-19 lead. The first Cat-Griz Dual dates back to 1906, and the series has been run concurrently since 1960 with the exceptions of 2020 and 1973. The women's Cat-Griz Dual began in 1983.
Last season, the Bobcat men secured their 11th win in the last 13 duals over the Grizzlies, winning 112-78, while the Bobcat women won their tenth dual in the last 12 meetings, picking up a 107-82 victory.
The MSU men finished with their second-highest point total in the dual since 2011, while the women finished with at least 100 points for the fifth time in the last seven years.
The men won 15 of 20 events, while the women won 12 of 18 events.
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