Montana continues prep in Bozeman

Friday, February 8

Bozeman, Mont.

Montana

Montana State Invitational

2/8/2019 11:46:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Final Results

By: Montana Sports Information

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Montana competed at the MSU Dual Meet in Bozeman Friday evening, in many ways a prep for the Big Sky Championships, which will take place in less than two weeks in the same venue. The Grizzlies went head to head with several familiar opponents, going against Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Montana State and Weber State.

A week after Montana's women beat three Big Sky schools and a Pac-12 foe in Moscow and the men took second, wins and personal bests were harder to come by this week.

Some of that was to be expected. Montana is starting to hit the point where the focus is more on later this month than it is on the present, and several top athletes did not compete. In total, the Grizzlies did not have participants in the women's 400 meters, men's 3,000 meters, men's weight throw or either of the relay teams. Other events, Montana had just one or two participants.

While there were fewer top performances overall, Montana did have several highlights:

Erika McLeod won the women's 200 meters (season-best 24.82). The time is the third-best in the Big Sky this season. She also placed third in the 60-meter hurdles (8.80).
Montana took the first four spots in the women's 800 meters, led by school-record-holder Carly Smiedala (2:15.12). Madeline Hamilton (2:16.14), Megan Franz (2:17.62) and Mijah McLeod (2:21.22) each finished ahead of the other seven runners.
Of the seven runners to advance to the women's 60-meter hurdles, Montana had three of them, led by winner Morgan Sulser (season-best 8.65). The time is the third-best this season by a Big Sky athlete. Erika McLeod was third (8.80) and Jansen Ziola was fifth (8.83). Sulser and McLeod both improved upon their prelims time.
Hana Feilzer, once again, won the women's weight throw. The two-time Big Sky Athlete of the Week is the favorite to win a conference title in the event, as she again was the only thrower to reach 60 feet. In addition to Feilzer, Kayla Holmes placed fourth in the weight throw (56-10.25) and sixth in the shot put (42-8.75). Both marks were season bests.
Jane Booth placed third in the women's high jump, getting within a half-inch of her season-best jump, which ranks No. 2 in the Big Sky.

On the men's side, the biggest strength was the 60-meter hurdles, in which four Grizzlies advanced to the eight-runner finals. Freshmen Aidan Diggs (8.38) and Jaydon Green (8.38) led the group, followed by Chase Armstrong (8.44) and Callum Macnab (8.53).

Other top-eight finishes included Paul Johnstone (49.84 in the 400 meters, fourth); Kip Krebsbach (22.57 in the 200 meters, seventh); Alex Mustard (22.59 in the 200 meters, eighth); Karsten Pease (1:57.92 in the 800 meters, seventh); Colton Hess (2:00.88 in the 800 meters, eighth); Ben Vanderbosch (4:28.79 in the 1 mile, seventh); Josh Riley (21-10.75 in the long jump, eighth); and Oliver Grajeda (46-4 in the shot put, seventh).

Women's 60 meters – Emma Normand (8.19, 17^th/20); Hannah Coburn (8.28, 18^th)
Women's 200 meters – Erika McLeod (24.82, 1^st/21); Jaree Mane (26.72, 12^th); Morgan Sulser (26.89, 14^th); Emma Normand (27.62, 18^th)
Women's 800 meters – Carly Smiedala (2:15.12, 1^st/11); Madeline Hamilton (2:16.14, 2^nd); Megan Franz (2:17.62, 3^rd); Mijah McLeod (2:21.22, 4^th)
Women's 1 mile – Erica Simison (5:57.60, 11^th/11)
Women's 3,000 meters – Samantha Engebretsen (10:22.94, 9^th/14); Jessica Bailey (10:22.94, 10^th)
Women's 60-meter hurdles (finals) – Morgan Sulser (8.65, 1^st/7), Erika McLeod (8.80, 3^rd); Jansen Ziola (8.83, 5^th)
Women's 60-meter hurdles (prelims) – Morgan Sulser (8.70, 1^st/25); Jansen Ziola (8.71, 2^nd); Erika McLeod (8.83, 5^th); Olivia Ellis (8.83, 5^th); Hannah Coburn (9.09, 10^th); Jaree Mane (9.41, 16^th)
Women's high jump – Jane Booth (5-8, 3^rd/19); Erika McLeod (5-4.25, 7^th); Jansen Ziola (4-10.25, 15^th); Abby Dodge (NH)
Women's pole vault – Carrie Jacka (NH)
Women's long jump – Hannah Coburn (17-5.5, 6^th/20); Hannah Kearns (17-3.25, 7^th); Jaree Mane (15-9, 17^th)
Women's triple jump – Carla Nicosia (37-0.5, 4^th/11); Rachel Lewis (34-11.75, 8^th)
Women's shot put – Holly Houston (43-9.75, 4^th/18); Kayla Holmes (42-8.75, 6^th); Mariah Harvey (40-3.25, 11^th); Ariel Clark (40-0.5, 12^th); Aaliyah Woods (36-11.5, 17^th)
Women's weight throw – Hana Feilzer (61-2, 1^st/23); Kayla Holmes (56-10.25, 4^th); Mariah Harvey (52-1.75, 9^th); Aaliyah Woods (51-5, 11^th); Holly Houston (49-0.25, 14^th); Ariel Clark (43-0.25, 20^th)

Men's 60 meters – Kip Krebsbach (7.06, 10^th/18); Sterling Reneau (7.09, 11^th); Brendan Thurber-Blaser (7.31, 17^th)
Men's 200 meters – Kip Krebsbach (22.57, 7^th/22); Alex Mustard (22.59, 8^th); Paul Johnstone (22.68, 10^th); Callum Macnab (22.92, 15^th)
Men's 400 meters – Paul Johnstone (49.84, 4^th/14); Chase Armstrong (52.28, 12^th)
Men's 800 meters – Karsten Pease (1:57.92, 7^th/16); Colton Hess (2:00.88, 8^th); Noah Adams (2:02.20, 11^th); Ben Vanderbosch (2:03.82, 12^th); William Dauenauer (2:08.91, 15^th)
Men's 1 mile – Ben Vanderbosch (4:28.79, 7^th/12); William Dauenauer (4:45.50, 12^th)
Men's 60-meter hurdles (finals) – Aidan Diggs (8.38, 5^th/8); Jaydon Green (8.38, 6^th); Chase Armstrong (8.44, 7^th); Callum Macnab (8.53, 8^th)
Men's 60-meter hurdles (prelims) – Chase Armstrong (8.39, 4^th/20); Jaydon Green (8.45, 5^th); Aidan Diggs (8.52, 7^th); Callum Macnab (8.58, 8^th); Brendan Thompson (8.81, 11^th)
Men's high jump – Matt Quist (NH); Jordan Stow (NH)
Men's pole vault – Josh Riley (NH)
Men's long jump – Josh Riley (21-10.75, 8^th/17); Jordan Stow (21-3.5, 10^th); Aidan Diggs (20-11.25, 12^th); Nolan Staats (20-3.5, 15^th); Tyrus Bryant (foul); Brendan Thurber-Blasé (foul)
Men's triple jump – Tyrus Bryant (foul)
Men's shot put – Oliver Grajeda (46-4, 7^th/15); Brendan Thurber-Blaser (41-4.25, 11^th)