Coey, Brewster Shatter Own School Records, Bobcats Win Six Events on Day One of Bobcat Challenge

Friday, January 23

Bozeman, Mont.

2 p.m.

Montana State University

Bobcat Challenge - Day 1

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Coey, Brewster Shatter Own School Records, Bobcats Win Six Events on Day One of Bobcat Challenge

1/23/2026 9:42:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Day 1 Results

Montana State returns to action at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday

By: Pershelle Rohrer

BOZEMAN, Mont. --- Hailey Coey shattered her own school and conference long jump records for the second-straight meet, and Sydney Brewster improved upon her school record in the shot put to lead an impressive group of performances by the Bobcat track & field teams on the opening day of the Bobcat Challenge at the Kennedy-Stark Athletic Center on Friday.

Coey's jump vaulted her to No. 5 in the NCAA this season while Brewster's throw moved her to No. 16 in Division I track & field. In total, the Bobcats came away from day one of competition with two school records, six event wins, six top-10 performances in program history, and five facility records.

"It was great to get competition started in 2026," Dale Kennedy Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Lyle Weese said. "There were some good performances and some things to improve. We are looking forward to day two tomorrow and to see how we react and build upon today."

Coey improved her school, conference, and facility long jump record by two inches with an astonishing mark of 6.47 meters/21 feet, 2.75 inches on her sixth and final attempt to win the event in Bozeman. She moved to No. 5 in the NCAA this year with her jump in an impressive display on Friday night. Tamia Ramos finished third in the event with a mark of 5.82m/19-1.25 to crack the Montana State all-time top-10 list, taking over the No. 7 spot in the record books.

"Hailey Coey had another amazing day," Weese said. "She set another conference record and moved up the NCAA rankings. Her consistency and elite level of performance are unbelievable."

Brewster also improved her school-record mark for the second-straight meet, shattering her previous indoor best by 3.25 inches with a throw of 16.52m/54-2.50 to win the shot put. The throw, which came on her sixth attempt, is the No. 16 Division I mark this season. Emma Brensdal helped complete the 1-2 sweep for the Bobcats with a throw of 15.35m/50-4.50 on her fifth try, leapfrogging Alli Jones for No. 4 in Montana State history indoors in the shot put.

"Sydney Brewster was certainly a highlight," Weese added. "Similar to Hailey, she just keeps resetting her school record and moving her level of excellence higher."

Chase McGee won the men's pole vault with a mark of 5.05m/16-6.75, clearing the bar on his third attempt to match his own No. 9 mark in program history. Jordan Lasher tied for second with a first-attempt vault of 4.90m/16-0.75

In her first pentathlon of the year, Hailey Ells tallied 3,438 points to finish second in the event, highlighted by her runner-up finish in the 800m to round out her day. She clocked an adjusted time of 2:26.14 to secure her placement and move to ninth in program history in the pentathlon. Sabine Brueck finished just behind Ells in third place with 3,421 points thanks to a long jump victory (5.70m/18-8.50).

Eva Koos led a Bobcat 1-2 finish in the women's mile with a converted time of 4:49.76 to set a new facility record in the event. Hannah Perrin finished just behind in second with a converted time of 4:52.45.

On the men's side, Sam Ells took the victory in the mile with a converted time of 3:58.05, which was good for a facility record. Rob McManus finished just behind in second with a converted 3:59.18, and Harvey Cramb clocked a 4:00.61 as three Bobcats finished in the top five.

Destiny Nkeonye helped the Bobcats sweep the men's and women's long jump events alongside Coey, leaping 7.36m/24-1.75 on his third attempt to shatter the facility record by 0.75 inches.

Preston Wysocki ended day one of the heptathlon in the lead with 2,940 points. He finished in the top three of each of his four individual events, highlighted by a winning converted time of 7.05 in the 60m to open the day. Mathias Mees sits in third place with 2,836 points and won the shot put with a mark of 12.82m/42-0.75.

Full results from the Bobcat Challenge are available here.

The Bobcats will compete in the second and final day of the Bobcat Challenge on Saturday. Hailey Coey and Tamia Ramos will kick off the day for the Bobcats in the women's triple jump at 10:30 a.m., Preston Wysocki and Mathias Mees will run the 60-meter hurdles to open day two of heptathlon competition at 10:30 a.m., and seven Cats are set to compete in the 60-meter dash prelims at 11 a.m. to open the running events for Montana State. The Bobcats entered to compete in that event are Coey, Peyton Garrison, Caroline Hawkes, Ramos, Brooke Reuter, Ave Roberts, and Jaeden Wolff.

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