Cats Split Up for Four-Meet Weekend in Southern California

Thursday, April 16

Long Beach, Calif.

9 a.m.

Montana State University

Pacific Coast Invitational

Photo by: Pershelle Rohrer

Cats Split Up for Four-Meet Weekend in Southern California

4/15/2026 10:29:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Bryan Clay Invite Schedule Pacific Coast Invite Schedule Beach Invite Schedule Mt. SAC Relays Schedule

Montana State heads to Azusa for Bryan Clay Invitational, Long Beach for Pacific Coast Invitational and Beach Invitational, and Walnut for Mt. SAC Relays

By: Pershelle Rohrer

BOZEMAN, Mont. --- The Montana State track & field team heads back to California for the second time this month to compete in four meets beginning on Thursday and continuing through Saturday.

The Cats will compete at the Bryan Clay Invitational on the campus of Azusa Pacific University form April 16-18, while also sending competitors to Long Beach State University for the Pacific Coast Invitational on April 16 and the Beach Invite on April 17-18. The meet weekend will conclude with a handful of Bobcats competing at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 18. The weekend marks the final time the Bobcats will split up this season while also serving as the penultimate road trip for Montana State during the regular season.

Matt Furdyk and Ben Parks will kick off the Pacific Coast Invitational in the men's hammer throw at 9 a.m. MT on Thursday. The Cats' first running event will take place at 12:15 p.m., with a combination of Peyton Garrison, Caroline Hawkes, Brooke Reuter, Jaeden Wolff, and Jadyn VanDyken set to compete in the 4x100-meter relay.

The Bobcats will open the Bryan Clay Invitational with Hailey Watkins competing in the open B section of the women's 10,000m on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. MT.

Montana State will begin competition in the Beach Invitational on Friday, and the Cats will compete in the Mt. SAC Relays on Saturday.

Live results from the Bryan Clay Invitational are available here. Results from the Pacific Coast Invitational can be found here. Results from the Beach Invite are located here. Live results from the Mt. SAC relays can be found here. The Bryan Clay Invitational can be live streamed on FloTrack, which requires a subscription, here.

"The competitions over Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week are the highlight of the regular season for our student-athletes," Dale Kennedy Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Lyle Weese said. "It is an action-packed weekend, as the team is competing in four separate meets across three days. The jumpers, sprinters, and throwers will compete at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate on Thursday at Long Beach State University. Additionally, these same event groups will compete on Friday and Saturday at the Beach Invite, which is also at Long Beach State. Some members of the sprint event group will also compete on Saturday at the Mt. SAC Relays. The distance athletes will be competing at the Bryan Clay Invite, hosted by Azusa Pacific University.

"The coordination of competing across so many meets is challenging, but it is worth getting student-athletes in multiple competitions against elite competition. It is a great opportunity to put up big marks. It often is a payoff for our student-athletes for all the hard work put in over many months in the form of multiple personal records. We are, of course, shooting for as many West Region of NCAA qualifying marks as possible."

The Competition: The Bobcats will compete against teams across multiple divisions of college athletics, as well as club athletes and teams, during their three-day meet weekend in California. The Cats will split up by event group, with the jumpers, sprinters, and throwers competing at both Long Beach meets; the distance crew running at the Bryan Clay Invitational; and another group of sprinters heading to the Mt. SAC Relays.

Bobcat Competitors: Thirty-one women and 28 men are set to make the trip to California to compete for the Bobcats this weekend.

The women's competitors include Tilde Bjerager, Emma Brensdal, Sydney Brewster, Sabine Brueck, Stella Diaz, Hailey Ells, Giulia Gandolfi, Peyton Garrison, Samantha Geraets, Libby Hansen, Caroline Hawkes, Maggie Hillis, Millie Hubbell, Annie Kaul, Olivia Lewis, Jenavieve Lynch, Sydney Mattfeldt, Sophia Miller, Niamh Motley, Kalei Moravitz, Hannah Perrin, Brooke Reuter, Tatum Richards, Ave Roberts, Iris Rogel, Claire Rutherford, Madi Siana, Kaitlyn Skinner, Jadyn VanDyken, Hailey Watkins, and Jaeden Wolff.

Noah Barbery, Eli Boppart, Trystin Chapel, Nash Coley, Billy Cunningham, Jackson Fagerlin, Matt Furdyk, Tyler Gilman, Jett Grundy, Ryan Harrington, Bob Hartley, Easton Hatleberg, Talon Holmquist, Jordan Lasher, Niko Mann, Chase McGee, Rob McManus, Peyton Nelson, Timbur Nilson, Mario Oblad, Ben Parks, AJ Ringert, Ben Saelens, Malikye Simpson, Xavier Simpson, Blaise Snow, Drake Wilkes, and Preston Wysocki are all set to represent the men's squad in Southern California.

Last Time Out: Montana State's most recent meet weekend also took place in California, with the majority of the Bobcats competing at the Stanford Invite while a group of distance runners took part in the Mike Fanelli Track Classic at San Francisco State on April 3-4. The women's 4x400-meter relay team provided the highlight of the weekend with a school-record time of 3:33.61 to win the event at the Stanford Invite. Sydney Brewster earned her second Big Sky Women's Field Athlete of the Week honor to start the outdoor season with her winning mark of 17.00 meters/55 feet, 9.25 inches in the shot put invite in Stanford. In total, Montana State tallied six event wins and 10 top-10 marks in program history between the Stanford and San Francisco State meets.

Up Next: The Bobcats will head to Pocatello, Idaho, for the Bengal Invitational on May 1-2, marking their final regular-season road meet of the year, before concluding the regular season at home, hosting the Tom Gage Classic on May 8.

The Big Sky Outdoor Championships in Portland, Ore., will open the postseason on May 13-16, with the NCAA West First Round in Fayetteville, Ark., (May 27-30) and the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., (June 10-13) set to wrap up the 2025-26 campaign.

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