The Montana State track and field team is set to compete at the Stacy Dragila Invite in Pocatello, Idaho, on Friday. This event will be held at the ICCU Dome and marks the Bobcats’ third meet of the indoor season.
Field events are scheduled to begin at noon with Matt Furdyk, Easton Hatleberg, and Ben Parks representing Montana State in the men’s weight throw. The women’s 60-meter hurdles preliminaries will start at 2:15 p.m., featuring Tilde Bjerager, Sabine Brueck, Hailey Ells, and Millie Hubbell.
Live results for the Stacy Dragila Invite will be available online. However, there will be no live stream for this meet.
Montana State is among five schools participating in this event. Other teams include College of Southern Idaho, Idaho State, Montana State University Billings, and Treasure Valley Community College. The competition provides Montana State with its first chance to compete at the venue that will host the Big Sky Championships from February 26-28.
A total of 18 men and 21 women are listed to compete for Montana State on Friday. On the men’s side, expected participants include Ethan Anderson, Noah Barbery, Trystin Chapel, Nash Coley, Billy Cunningham, Matt Furdyk, Easton Hatleberg, Talon Holmquist, Jordan Lasher, Chase McGee, Destiny Nkeonye, Nicola Paletti, Ben Parks, Malikye Simpson, Xavier Simpson, Michael Swan, Stryder Todd-Fields and Preston Wysocki.
For the women’s team: Tilde Bjerager; Emma Brensdal; Sydney Brewster; Sabine Brueck; Hailey Coey; Hailey Ells; Giulia Gandolfi; Peyton Garrison; Libby Hansen; Caroline Hawkes; Maggie Hillis; Millie Hubbell; Olivia Lewis; Jenavieve Lynch; Sydney Mattfeldt; Tamia Ramos; Brooke Reuter; Tatum Richards; Ave Roberts; Jadyn VanDyken and Jaeden Wolff are all set to compete.
Last weekend in Bozeman during the Bobcat Challenge on January 23-24 saw several notable performances by Montana State athletes. The team achieved four school records and one Big Sky record while securing twelve event wins. Eleven program top-10 marks were improved upon as well. Three out of four Big Sky weekly awards went to Montana State athletes for their efforts.
Hailey Coey broke her own school records in both long jump (6.47 meters/21 feet 2.75 inches) and triple jump (12.75 meters/41 feet 10 inches), earning her recognition as Big Sky Women’s Field Athlete of the Week. Her long jump mark also set a new conference record.
The women’s 4×400-meter relay team—Tilde Bjerager, Caroline Hawkes, Peyton Garrison and Giulia Gandolfi—set a new school record with a converted time of 3:36.91 which earned them Big Sky Women’s Track Athlete of the Week honors.
Sam Ells was named Big Sky Men’s Track Athlete of the Week after winning the men’s mile with a time of 3:58.01 in Bozeman.
Sydney Brewster recorded a school record shot put distance of 16.52 meters (54 feet 2½ inches) during her victory on day one of last week’s meet.
The current indoor season includes seven regular-season meets before postseason competitions begin. After Friday’s Stacy Dragila Invite—the third meet—Montana State returns home for the Carignan Classic on February 6 before splitting squads between two meets: Don Kirby Elite Invitational and Husky Classic (February 13-14). The Bobcats then host their final regular-season meet—the Big Sky Tuner—on February 19 before heading back to Pocatello for the Big Sky Indoor Championships from February 26-28. The NCAA Indoor Championships are scheduled for March 13-14 in Fayetteville.
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