Hailey Coey and Jenavieve Lynch secured individual titles for Montana State University on the second day of the Big Sky Indoor Track & Field Championships in Pocatello, Idaho. Coey achieved a long jump of 6.53 meters (21 feet, 5.25 inches), setting new records for both Montana State and the Big Sky Conference. This performance ranks her eighth nationally this season and places her within qualification range for the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Lynch won the weight throw with a mark of 19.75 meters (64 feet, 9.75 inches) on her final attempt, breaking her own school record for the second consecutive week. She earned All-Big Sky honors in this event for the second year in a row.
Montana State athletes collected two individual titles, seven All-Big Sky honors, four school records, one conference record, and posted eleven program top-10 marks during Friday’s events. The men’s team finished day two in third place with 41 points; the women also stand in third with 38 points after two days of competition.
Other notable performances included Destiny Nkeonye’s third-place finish in the men’s long jump with a leap of 7.51 meters (24-7.75), which moved him to third all-time indoors at Montana State and earned him his second All-Big Sky honor in this event.
Jordan Lasher cleared 5.20 meters (17-0.75) in pole vault to finish third and improve his No. 6 mark in program history, medaling at indoor conference meets for a second straight year.
Preston Wysocki placed third overall in the heptathlon with 5,053 points—a top-10 score historically for Montana State—after personal bests across several events.
In distance races, Sam Ells took bronze in the men’s 5,000m while Rob McManus finished sixth; their combined efforts added nine points to the team total.
Relay teams also contributed: The men’s distance medley relay squad placed third while the women’s team recorded their program’s second-fastest time ever to finish fourth.
Matt Furdyk scored five points by finishing fourth in weight throw with a mark of 19.64 meters (64-5.25).
In women’s distance events, Madi Siana and Hannah Perrin placed fifth and sixth respectively in the 5,000m; Siana now ranks tenth all-time at Montana State for that event.
Stryder Todd-Fields broke his own school records twice: first in prelims of the men’s 60-meter dash (6.77 seconds), then again later that day by running a converted time of 21.29 seconds in prelims of the men’s 200m—the fastest qualifying time heading into finals.
Caroline Hawkes led three Bobcats into Saturday’s women’s 400m final by posting Friday’s fastest preliminary time; Tilde Bjerager and Giulia Gandolfi followed closely behind with strong performances as well.
Jaeden Wolff narrowly missed her own school record but qualified for Saturday’s women’s 60m final after winning her heat.
Both women’s hurdlers advanced: Bjerager matched her No.2 all-time program mark while Millie Hubbell also progressed to finals.
In middle-distance heats, Kalei Moravitz and Annie Kaul each advanced to Saturday’s women’s 800m final by placing among top competitors; Blaise Snow and Jackson Fagerlin did likewise on the men’s side.
Hawkes will also compete Saturday after advancing from Friday’s women’s 200m prelims with that session’s second-fastest time.
Ethan Anderson made it through to finals from men’s hurdles preliminaries as well.
Full results from these championships are available online through official sources covering Big Sky Indoor Track & Field Championships results.
Montana State will conclude its participation on Saturday as both teams pursue conference titles starting at 10 a.m., when field events begin for men followed by women at 11 a.m., featuring several Bobcat athletes across multiple disciplines.
