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MONTANA STATE PRESS RELEASE

 The Montana State track and field teams overcame a soggy Saturday afternoon to sweep the University of Montana in the annual Cat-Griz Dual at the MSU Track and Field Complex.

The Montana State men’s team downed the Grizzlies 100.5-93.5, while the Bobcat women dispatched Montana 104-96. The MSU women captured first place in 10 of the 19 events, while the Bobcat men won eight events and went one-two in seven outings to distance themselves for the win.

“Looking at this meet on paper (last week), I had the Montana men up on us by 29 points and their women by nine- before it all started,” said Montana State veteran head coach Dale Kennedy. “It’s somewhat shocking we wound up winning, but I thought we entered with great competiveness and had the mantra to be at our best when the best was needed. The kids took that to heart and got it done.”

On the women’s side, eight different Bobcats captured the top spot in their events and MSU also claimed victories in both relays. Montana State captured one-two scoring in the 400 meters, 800 meters, 5,000 meters, and hammer throw.

“We had some big one-two stuff going on,” Kennedy said. “We had some great efforts in the distance and throws.”

Christie Schiel paced the Bobcat women by establishing a new meet record in the 800 meters at 2:10.95. Schiel’s time broke the old meet mark of 2:12.44 set by Montana’s Beth Coomes in 1987. In addition, the product of Cheyenne, Wyoming narrowly missed the MSU school-record of 2:09.75 set in 1999 by Bobcat Hall of Famer Christy Otte.

Sophomore Amanda Jaynes also had a breakout day by capturing the top spot in the 400-meter hurdles with a clocking of 59.69.

“Amanda Jaynes in the 400-meter hurdles was a significant showing in that world,” Kennedy said. “Obviously, what Christie did in the 800-meters was special, and I thought our relay teams were outstanding, as well.”

The Montana State men’s squad dominated seven events finishing first and second in the 1,500, 5,000 meters, 3,000-meter steeplechase, pole vault, shot put, discus and hammer throw.

“It’s huge in dual meet scoring to get every point possible and not leave any points out there,” Kennedy said. “Our men did a fantastic job competing.”

Although the Bobcats didn’t take first place honors in the 800, Kennedy lauded his Bobcats for breaking up the Montana runners. MSU’s Oliver Kitzerow placed second in 1:55.69 to earn the Bobcats much needed points.

A fresh face to the track but not to Bobcat fans was the performance of Nahjee Matlock, who recently joined the squad after his first season with the MSU basketball team. The junior from Las Vegas finished second in the 200-meters and third at 100-meters.

“Nahjee is a great addition and did a great job for a kid that hasn’t run since high school three years ago,” Kennedy said. “I think in two weeks we’ll have him ready to go for the Big Sky championships.”

Kennedy also extolled the improvement of the MSU 4×100-meter relay squad of Matlock, Jadin Casey, Eric Zechenelly and Mitchell Horning. The foursome posted a time of 41.87.

“Overall, it was a great team effort,” Kennedy said. “They achieved more than we thought. It was a solid effort. We had kids that stepped-up and got it done. It’s special to come out on top when should’ve been on the other side.”

MSU will be at the Montana Open next weekend in Missoula.

FINAL RESULTS

2016 Cat-Griz Dual

April 23, 2016 – Bozeman, Montana

MSU Track & Field Complex

Final Men’s Score:             Montana State 100.5, Montana 93.5

Final Women’s Score:       Montana State 104, Montana 96

 

Women 100 Meter Dash Finals

(w: 1.3) 1, Daryan Box, Montana State, 12.32. 2, Olivia Ellis, Montana, 12.46.

3, Truanne Roginske, Montana State, 12.66. 4, Keyera Gaulden, Montana, 12.73.

5, Morgan Sulser, Montana, 12.90. 6, Josephine Petruska, Montana State, 13.16.

7, Courtney Stromme, Montana State, 13.69.

Women 200 Meter Dash

1, Samantha Evans, Montana, 25.09~, w:0.6. 2, Daryan Box, Montana State,

25.34~, w:0.6. 3, Danielle Rider, Montana State, 25.80~, w:-1.4. 4, Haley

Gellner, Montana, 26.49~, w:-1.4. 5, Keyera Gaulden, Montana, 26.56~, w:0.6.

6, Truanne Roginske, Montana State, 26.78~, w:0.6.

Women 400 Meter Dash

1, Elisabeth Krieger, Montana State, 57.02. 2, Taylor Buschy, Montana State,

57.95. 3, Jessica Chrisp, Montana State, 58.58. 4, Haley Gellner, Montana,

59.90. 5, Lakyn Connors, Montana, 1:00.26.

Women 800 Meter Run

1, Christie Schiel, Montana State, 2:10.95~. 2, Kendra Larson, Montana State,

2:17.81. 3, Megan Franz, Montana, 2:19.48. 4, Emily Cheroske, Montana,

2:22.39. –, Kaylee Schmitz, Montana State, DNF.

Women 1500 Meter Run

1, Emily Pittis, Montana, 4:45.33. 2, Lauryn Wate, Montana, 4:45.75. 3, Louisa

Serpe, Montana State, 4:51.46. 4, Kaylee Schmitz, Montana State, 4:56.49. 5,

Alisa Drenner, Montana State, 5:42.28.

Women 5000 Meter Run

1, Alyssa Snyder, Montana State, 18:01.17. 2, Rachel Atwood, Montana State,

18:08.87. 3, Emily Pittis, Montana, 18:37.92.

Women 100 Meter Hurdles

1, Morgan Sulser, Montana, 14.42, w:0.9. 2, Amanda Jaynes, Montana State,

14.77, w:0.9. 3, Jessica Chrisp, Montana State, 15.00, w:0.9. 4, Danielle

Rider, Montana State, 15.02, w:0.9. 5, Erika McLeod, Montana, 15.25, w:1.1. 6,

Lakyn Connors, Montana, 15.26, w:1.1. 7, Holly Anderson, Montana State, 15.60,

w:1.1.

Women 400 Meter Hurdles

1, Amanda Jaynes, Montana State, 59.69~. 2, Erika McLeod, Montana, 1:02.94. 3,

Holly Anderson, Montana State, 1:03.26. 4, Olivia Ellis, Montana, 1:06.06. 5,

Lillian Ball, Montana State, 1:08.68.

Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase

1, Jessica Bailey, Montana, 11:04.06. 2, Jenette Northey, Montana State,

11:17.20. 3, Layne Oliver, Montana State, 11:27.25.

Women 4×100 Meter Relay

1, Montana State ‘A’ (Josephine Petruska , Daryan Box , Holly Anderson ,

Amanda Jaynes ), 47.94. 2, Montana ‘A’ (Keyera Gaulden , Olivia Ellis , Morgan

Sulser , Samantha Evans ), 48.05. 3, Montana State ‘B’ (Danielle Rider ,

Jessica Chrisp , Truanne Roginske , Courtney Stromme ), 48.64.

Women 4×400 Meter Relay

1, Montana State ‘A’ (Josephine Petruska , Daryan Box , Taylor Buschy , Amanda

Jaynes ), 3:51.74. 2, Montana ‘A’ (Nicole Stroot , Emily Cheroske , Olivia

Ellis , Erika McLeod ), 4:02.38.

Women High Jump

1, Maggie Hering, Montana, 1.52m, (4-11.75). 2, Alisa Gilchrist, Montana State,

J1.52m, (4-11.75). 3, Carlie Haeffner, Montana State, J1.52m, (4-11.75). 4,

Erika McLeod, Montana, J1.52m, (4-11.75). –, Maddie Taylor, Montana, NH. –,

Lakyn Connors, Montana, NH.

Women Pole Vault

1, Carrie Jacka, Montana, 3.70m, (12-01.50). 2, Claire Dalman, Montana, 3.40m,

(11-01.75). 3, Emily Mendoza, Montana, J3.40m, (11-01.75). 3, Carter Theade,

Montana State, J3.40m, (11-01.75). 5, Tiffani Finley, Montana State, 3.25m,

(10-08). 6, Isabella Calabrese, Montana State, J3.25m, (10-08). –, Nicole

Anskaitis, Montana, NH.

Women Long Jump

1, Samantha Evans, Montana, 5.93m, w:+0.0 (19-05.50). 2, Erika McLeod,

Montana, 5.61m, w:0.1 (18-05). 3, Danielle Rider, Montana State, 5.55m, w:1.0

(18-02.50). 4, Nicole Stroot, Montana, 5.46m, w:1.4 (17-11). 5, Jessica

Chrisp, Montana State, 5.39m, w:+0.0 (17-08.25). 6, McKenzie Weber, Montana,

5.38m, w:0.2 (17-08). 7, Emma Andrews, Montana, 5.30m, w:+0.0 (17-04.75). 8,

Keyera Gaulden, Montana, 5.26m, w:1.1 (17-03.25). 9, Megan Ralstin, Montana

State, 5.13m, w:0.8 (16-10). 10, Lakyn Connors, Montana, 5.12m, w:0.4

(16-09.75). 11, Truanne Roginske, Montana State, 5.00m, w:0.6 (16-05). 12,

Darby Semenza, Montana, 4.88m, w:1.1 (16-00.25).

Women Triple Jump

1, Samantha Evans, Montana, 12.82m, w:0.1 (42-00.75). 2, Carla Nicosia,

Montana, 11.31m, w:1.1 (37-01.25). 3, Madison Page, Montana, 11.24m, w:0.9

(36-10.50). 4, Leah Cook, Montana State, 11.12m, w:0.4 (36-05.75). 5, Bettie

Carlon, Montana, 10.89m, w:0.3 (35-08.75). 6, Megan Ralstin, Montana State,

10.70m, w:0.3 (35-01.25). 7, Lisa Carlon, Montana, 10.47m, w:1.0 (34-04.25).

8, Arielle Walden, Montana, 10.45m, w:0.9 (34-03.50).

Women Shot Put

1, Danielle Rider, Montana State, 12.89m, (42-03.50). 2, Kayla Holmes, Montana,

12.68m, (41-07.25). 3, Brittnee Grimstad, Montana State, 11.69m, (38-04.25). 4,

Alexandra Rowland, Montana State, 11.40m, (37-05). 5, Anna Pershouse, Montana,

9.69m, (31-09.50).

Women Discus Throw

1, Kayla Holmes, Montana, 42.42m, (139-02). 2, Anna Pershouse, Montana,

40.72m, (133-07). 3, Courtney Albright, Montana, 38.74m, (127-01). 4,

Alexandra Rowland, Montana State, 37.20m, (122-00).

Women Hammer Throw

1, Jacqueline Verlanic, Montana State, 54.72m, (179-06). 2, Callen Crawford,

Montana State, 53.94m, (177-00). 3, Brittnee Grimstad, Montana State, 53.52m,

(175-07). 4, Anna Pershouse, Montana, 50.70m, (166-04). 5, Kayla Holmes,

Montana, 43.44m, (142-06). 6, Taylor Pfister, Montana State, 40.34m, (132-04).

7, Courtney Albright, Montana, 31.16m, (102-03).

Women Javelin Throw

1, Dawn Blevins, Montana State, 42.24m, (138-07). 2, Lindsey Dahl, Montana,

41.22m, (135-03). 3, Taylor Pfister, Montana State, 39.08m, (128-02). 4, Leslie

Gappa, Montana State, 38.74m, (127-01). 5, Maddie Foulk, Montana, 35.94m,

(117-11). 6, Lakyn Connors, Montana, 31.98m, (104-11). 7, Mariah Ray, Montana,

28.06m, (92-01).

Men 100 Meter Dash

(w: 1.2) 1, Alex Mustard, Montana, 10.71~. 2, Mitchell Horning, Montana State,

10.82. 3, Nahjee Matlock, Montana State, 10.96. 4, Dionee Marrero, Montana,

11.65. 5, Charlie Bush, Montana, 11.93.

Men 200 Meter Dash

(w: 1.4) 1, Alex Mustard, Montana, 21.68~. 2, Nahjee Matlock, Montana State,

22.38. 3, Andrew Monaco, Montana, 23.15.

Men 400 Meter Dash

1, Sterling Reneau, Montana, 47.49~. 2, Samuel Bloom, Montana State, 49.78. 3,

Joe Lesar, Montana, 50.65. 4, Jory Fisher, Montana State, 51.27. 5, Andrew

Monaco, Montana, 51.56.

Men 800 Meter Run

1, Cody Curtis, Montana, 1:55.49. 2, Oliver Kitzerow, Montana State, 1:55.69.

2, Karsten Pease, Montana, 1:55.69. 4, Jake Purlee, Montana State, 1:56.24. 5,

Levi Cramer, Montana, 1:56.28. 6, Zachary Kughn, Montana State, 1:59.05. 7,

Emmette Dustybull, Montana, 1:59.12. 8, Dillon May, Montana, 1:59.52. 9,

Martin Ponce, Montana State, 2:02.17.

Men 1500 Meter Run

1, Martin Ponce, Montana State, 4:02.44. 2, Zachary Kughn, Montana State,

4:07.74. 3, Dillon May, Montana, 4:13.74.

Men 5000 Meter Run

1, Matthew Gotta, Montana State, 15:26.64. 2, Anthony Schmalz, Montana State,

15:39.28. 3, Nathan Wellington, Montana, 15:43.44. 4, Ty Mogan, Montana State,

15:50.11.

Men 110 Meter Hurdles

(w: 2.2) 1, Jacob Leininger, Montana, 14.59. 2, Taylor Trollope, Montana,

14.79. 3, Mason Storm, Montana State, 15.13. 4, Callum Macnab, Montana, 15.75.

5, Dalen Hargett, Montana State, 16.11. 6, Christopher Lange, Montana State,

16.12. 7, Charlie Bush, Montana, 16.59.

Men 400 Meter Hurdles

1, Dylan Reynolds, Montana, 52.45~. 2, Callum Macnab, Montana, 55.72. 3, Bobby

Smollack, Montana, 55.81. 4, Christopher Lange, Montana State, 56.55. 5, Taylor

Trollope, Montana, 56.90.

Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase

1, Justice Lamer, Montana State, 9:34.88. 2, Matthew Gotta, Montana State,

9:42.79. 3, Nathan Wellington, Montana, 9:47.08. 4, Gavin Hasty, Montana,

9:59.34. 5, Micah Drew, Montana, 10:27.85.

Men 4×100 Meter Relay

1, Montana ‘A’ (Dionee Marrero , Sterling Reneau , Andrew Monaco , Alex

Mustard ), 41.44. 2, Montana State ‘A’ (Nahjee Matlock , Jadin Casey , Eric

Zechenelly , Mitchell Horning ), 41.87.

Men 4×400 Meter Relay

1, Montana ‘A’ (Joe Lesar , Callum Macnab , Dylan Reynolds , Sterling Reneau

), 3:16.37. 2, Montana State ‘C’ (Dalen Hargett , Luke Middelstadt , Trevor

Simanski , Mason Storm ), 3:27.15. 3, Montana ‘B’ (Jacob Leininger , Karsten

Pease , Cody Curtis , Levi Cramer ), 3:32.04. –, Montana State ‘B’

(Christopher Lange , Jory Fisher , Jake Purlee , Oliver Kitzerow ), DNF.

Men High Jump

1, Matt Quist, Montana, 1.95m, (6-04.75). 2, Lee Hardt, Montana, J1.95m,

(6-04.75). 3, Tristen Gray, Montana State, 1.85m, (6-00.75). 4, Aidan Pedersen,

Montana State, J1.85m, (6-00.75). 4, Charlie Bush, Montana, J1.85m, (6-00.75).

Men Pole Vault

1, Luke Middelstadt, Montana State, 4.55m, (14-11). 2, Graham Reid, Montana

State, 4.40m, (14-05.25). 2, Branygen Anderson, Montana State, 4.40m,

(14-05.25). –, Tristen Gray, Montana State, NH. –, Pierce Frazier, Montana,

–, Brett Dringman, Montana, NH. –, Charlie Bush, Montana, NH. –, Jakob

Alme, Montana, NH.

Men Long Jump

1, Dylan Reynolds, Montana, 6.83m, w:1.1 (22-05). 2, Mason Storm, Montana

State, J6.83m, w:1.4 (22-05). 3, Trevor Simanski, Montana State, 6.62m, w:0.8

(21-08.75). 4, Nolan Staats, Montana, 6.45m, w:0.3 (21-02). 5, Jess Beaman,

Montana, J6.45m, w:+0.0 (21-02). 6, Aidan Pedersen, Montana State, 6.14m, w:1.4

(20-01.75).

Men Triple Jump

1, Kevin Close, Montana State, 14.39m, w:1.2 (47-02.50). 2, Jess Beaman,

Montana, 13.44m, w:1.2 (44-01.25). 3, Trevor Simanski, Montana State, 13.31m,

w:0.4 (43-08). 4, Nolan Staats, Montana, 12.83m, w:1.5 (42-01.25).

Men Shot Put

1, Kyle Douglass, Montana State, 17.14m, (56-03). 2, Calvin Root, Montana State,

14.57m, (47-09.75). 3, Bo Harris, Montana, 13.30m, (43-07.75). 4, Dalen

Hargett, Montana State, 12.50m, (41-00.25). 5, Charlie Bush, Montana, 9.64m,

(31-07.50).

Men Discus Throw

1, Kyle Douglass, Montana State, 51.68m, (169-07). 2, Calvin Root, Montana

State, 45.58m, (149-06). 3, Bo Harris, Montana, 39.04m, (128-01). 4, Dalen

Hargett, Montana State, 37.84m, (124-02).

Men Hammer Throw

1, Zach Sharp, Montana State, 60.48m, (198-05). 2, Calvin Root, Montana State,

57.88m, (189-11). 3, Nick Jackson, Montana, 51.74m, (169-09).

Men Javelin Throw

1, Jensen Lillquist, Montana, 61.76m, (202-07). 2, Daniel Jones, Montana,

52.84m, (173-04). 3, Henry Lilly, Montana, 49.92m, (163-09). 4, Trevor

Simanski, Montana State, 34.92m, (114-07). 5, Mason Storm, Montana State,

30.04m, (98-07).

About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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