Montana State Heads West for Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Championships

Wednesday, May 13

Gresham, Ore.

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Big Sky Outdoor Championships - Day 1

Photo by: Brian Morse

Montana State Heads West for Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Championships

5/12/2026 8:08:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Meet Schedule Performance List

Bobcats set to compete from Wednesday through Saturday

By: Pershelle Rohrer

BOZEMAN, Mont. --- The Montana State track & field program is set to open postseason competition at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships on Wednesday through Saturday, May 13-16, at Earl L. Klapstein Stadium on the campus of Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Ore.

The four day meet will consist of two days of the multi-events followed by two days of the remaining field and running events. Competition will begin at 11 a.m. MT each day, with Preston Wysocki set to kick off the meet in the decathlon 100-meter dash on Wednesday. The heptathlon will start 30 minutes later with the 100-meter hurdles at 11:30 a.m., with Sabine Brueck and Hailey Ells set to represent Montana State in the event.

Live Results from the Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be available here. All four days of the meet will be live streamed on ESPN+ starting at 10:55 a.m. MT each day.

Big Sky Outdoor Championships Broadcast Info (ESPN+):
Wednesday – https://bit.ly/4tseHMX
Thursday – https://bit.ly/4uLD5KF
Friday – https://bit.ly/4nspjKn
Saturday – https://bit.ly/4u9c4B5

"The student-athletes and coaches are incredibly excited about the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship," Dale Kennedy Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Lyle Weese said. "This meet is a true team competition, and it is the most fun meet of the season. In a sport that has a heavy influence on individual performance and a very diverse collection of event types, conference championship meets are a special time where all individual and event groups compete together for something bigger than themselves."

The Competition: All 10 Big Sky Conference programs are set to compete for the men's and women's team titles in Gresham this week. The Bobcat men and women both entered the season ranked second in the Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches' Polls and will look to build on a pair of team runner-up performances indoors in February. The Montana State women enter the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ranked first in the conference in seven events (Caroline Hawkes – 200m, 400m; Tilde Bjerager – 400m hurdles; Bjerager, Peyton Garrison, Giulia Gandolfi, Hawkes – 4x400m; Sydney Brewster – shot put, discus; Tatum Richards – pole vault), while Rob McManus tops the Big Sky in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on the men's side. Montana State is currently ranked first on the women's side and fourth on the men's side in the USTFCCCA Big Sky Conference TFRI Rankings. Competitors will seek to earn qualifying marks for the NCAA West Regional, which will be held in Fayetteville, Ark., on May 27-30, by cementing themselves in the top 24 nationally among west region competitors in individual events or the top 12 for relays. Decathletes and heptathletes ranked in the top 24 nationally following the conference championships will automatically punch their tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, which will be held in Eugene, Ore., on June 10-13.

Bobcat Competitors: Fifty-six Bobcats – 28 men and 28 women – are entered to compete at the Big Sky Championships.

On the women's side, Tilde Bjerager (100mH, 400mH, 4x400m, high jump), Emma Brensdal (shot put, discus), Sydney Brewster (shot put, discus, hammer), Sabine Brueck (high jump, long jump, heptathlon), Stella Diaz (5,000m, 10,000m), Hailey Ells (high jump, long jump, heptathlon), Giulia Gandolfi (400mH, 4x400m), Peyton Garrison (100m, 200m 4x100m, 4x400m), Libby Hansen (pole vault), Maggie Hillis (shot put, hammer), Caroline Hawkes (200m, 400m, 4x100m, 4x400m), Millie Hubbell (100mH), Annie Kaul (800m, 1,500m), Olivia Lewis (400mH), Jenavieve Lynch (discus, hammer), Sydney Mattfeldt (hammer), Kalei Moravitz (800m, 1,500m), Sophia Miller (800m), Niamh Motley (5,000m, 3,000m steeplechase), Hannah Perrin (5,000m, 3,000m steeplechase), Brooke Reuter (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Tatum Richards (pole vault), Claire Rutherford (5,000m, 10,000m), Madi Siana (5,000m, 10,000m), Kaitlyn Skinner (1,500m, 5,000m), Jadyn VanDyken (400m), Hailey Watkins (5,000m, 10,000m), and Jaeden Wolff (100m, 200m 4x100m) are set to represent Montana State in Gresham.

For the men, Noah Barbery (100m, 4x100m, 4x400m), Eli Boppart (5,000m, 3,000m steeplechase), Trystin Chapel (long jump, triple jump), Nash Coley (400mH, 4x400m), Harvey Cramb (800m, 1,500m), Billy Cunningham (100m, long jump), Jackson Fagerlin (800m), Matt Furdyk (shot put, discus, hammer), Jett Grundy (400m, 4x400m), Ryan Harrington (5,000m, 10,000m), Bob Hartley (pole vault), Easton Hatleberg (shot put, hammer), Talon Holmquist (shot put, discus), Jordan Lasher (pole vault), Niko Mann (800m, 1,500m, 5,000m), Chase McGee (high jump, pole vault), Rob McManus (5,000m, 3,000m steeplechase), Peyton Nelson (400m, 4x400m), Timbur Nilson (javelin), Mario Oblad (800m, 1,500m), Ben Parks (hammer), AJ Ringert (5,000m, 10,000m), Ben Saelens (5,000m, 10,000m, 3,000m steeplechase), Malikye Simpson (100m, 4x100m), Xavier Simpson (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Blaise Snow (800m, 1,500m, 5,000m), Drake Wilkes (100m, 200m, 4x100m), and Preston Wysocki (high jump, decathlon) will compete at the Big Sky Championships.

Last Time Out: Montana State rewrote the program record books and celebrated a 19-member senior class at home last Friday, May 8, as it hosted the Tom Gage Classic at the Bobcat Track & Field Complex. Jaeden Wolff (100m), Matt Furdyk (hammer throw), and Annie Kaul (800m) all broke school records in their respective events to lead a group of 12 event-winners in the Bobcats' regular-season finale. Eight Bobcats improved their standing on the program top-10 list, with Libby Hansen (pole vault), Claire Rutherford (1,500m), Mario Oblad (800m), Easton Hatleberg (hammer), and Bob Hartley (pole vault) also joining the list on Friday. Hansen took home Big Sky Co-Women's Field Athlete of the Week honors thanks to her No. 5 mark in program history, while Harvey Cramb was named Big Sky Men's Track Athlete of the Week thanks to a winning time and near-personal best in the 1,500m in his outdoor season debut.

Up Next: The Big Sky Championships will serve as the final opportunity for individual Bobcats to qualify for the NCAA West Regionals, which are set for May 27-30 in Fayetteville, Ark. Those Bobcats will then look to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., on June 10-13 to wrap up the 2026 outdoor season.

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