Grizzlies record pair of PRs on final day of busy week

Friday, April 15

Long Beach, Calif.

Montana

Beach Invitational

AJ Eckmann, Joel Mendez at 2021 Big Sky Championships

Grizzlies record pair of PRs on final day of busy week

4/16/2022 8:46:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

By: Montana Sports Information

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Five Grizzlies competed on Saturday during the final day of the Beach Invitational.

Out of 50 runners in the men's 1,500 meters, Montana had two of the top runners, with Joel Mendez placing third (3:51.31) and Quincy Fast finishing 11^th (3:53.56).

Already an historic weekend for Mendez – on Wednesday he set a Bryan Clay Invitational meet and facility record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time that ranks 10^th in the nation this season – the junior shaved 12 seconds off of his best 1,500-meters time to finish third.

Additionally on Saturday, Ailsa Gilbert competed in three events, with a personal best in the 100-meter hurdles (14.22); Jansen Ziola finished in the top-quarter of both of her events, including 11^th in the long jump (18-10.75); and Holly Sudol was within four-hundredths of a second of a PR in the 400 meters (57.52).

Saturday's results cap a busy week for Montana, in which the Grizzlies competed in four separate meets across four days. Earlier this week in Long Beach, four Grizzlies recorded top-10 marks in the Big Sky this season.

The team will now have next weekend off, before traveling to Pocatello, Idaho, the following weekend.

Bryan Clay Invitational Results (Wednesday-Thursday)
Men's 800 meters – Quincy Fast (1:49.86, 33^rd/232)
Men's 3,000-meter steeplechase – Joel Mendez (8:42.22, 1st/70)

Women's heptathlon – Jaree Mane (4,903 points, 33^rd/80); Morgan Radtke (DNF)

Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Results (Thursday)
Men's discus – Matt Ward (158-4, 25^th/61)
Men's hammer – Matt Ward (206-3, 6^th/36)

Women's 100-meter hurdles – Ailsa Gilbert (14.17, 6^th/34); Jansen Ziola (14.20, 7^th)
Women's 400-meter hurdles – Jansen Ziola (1:02.23, 4^th/18); Holly Sudol (1:02.25, 5^th)
Women's triple jump – Ailsa Gilbert (38-10.5, 8^th/22)
Women's hammer – Tanessa Morris (194-4, 7^th/36)

Whitworth Twilight Meet Results (Thursday)
Men's 100 meters – Cooper Hewett (10.91, 1^st/10); Teagun Holycross (11.37, 2^nd)
Men's 200 meters – Cooper Hewett (21.67, 1^st/14); Paul Johnstone (21.87, 2^nd); Kip Krebsbach (22.16, 3^rd); Teagun Holycross (22.77, 4^th); Ty Ferguson (22.95, 5^th)
Men's 400 meters – Paul Johnstone (48.24, 1^st/11); Jay Beagle (49.90, 3^rd); Ty Ferguson (50.45, 4^th)
Men's 800 meters – Will Dauenhauer (1:56.90, 3^rd/33); Casey Crouch (1:57.98, 4^th); Hunter May (1:58.85, 6^th); Brady Woods (2:01.16, 10^th); Rogelio Mares (2:02.27, 15^th)
Men's 1,500 meters – Ben Vanderbosch (3:57.45, 3^rd/28); Hunter May (3:58.03, 4^th); Rogelio Mares (4:00.42, 5^th); Simon Hill (4:09.74, 14^th)
Men's 5,000 meters – Nathan Carter (14:51.61, 2^nd/10); Jordan Hansen (14:58.32, 3^rd); Ben Vanderbosch (15:07.85, 4^th)
Men's 3,000-meter steeplechase – Ellis McKean (9:22.39, 1^st/9); AJ Eckmann (9:29.19, 2^nd)
Men's 4x100-meter relay – A: Kip Krebsbach, Cooper Hewett, Teagun Holycross, Paul Johnstone (41.87, 1^st/3)
Men's 4x400-meter relay – Ty Ferguson, Brady Woods, Jay Beagle, Paul Johnstone (3:21.83, 1^st/6)
Men's high jump – Alfred Peterson (6-0.75, 1^st/1)
Men's long jump – Jason Upton (21-7.5, 2^nd/11); Gordon McMillion (21-2.5, 4^th)
Men's triple jump – Zane Johnson (44-2.5, 1^st/3)
Men's pole vault – Carson Weeden (15-5, 1^st/4); Zane Johnson (14-11, 2^nd)
Men's shot put – Noah Ramirez (52-10.25, 1^st/15); Brent Yeakey (52-5.5, 2^nd)
Men's discus – Brent Yeakey (164-7, 1^st/12); Colton Root (125-0, 7^th)
Men's hammer – Noah Ramirez (166-3. 2^nd/11); Colton Root (163-5, 3^rd)

Women's 100 meters – Catie Buck (12.12, 1^st/15); Camryn Dezember (12.54, 3^rd); Audrey Smith (12.87, 4^th)
Women's 200 meters – Catie Buck (25.03, 1^st/17); Camryn Dezember (26.05, 3^rd); Audrey Smith (26.54, 6^th)
Women's 800 meters – Bridget Boyle (2:20.15, 2^nd/20); Katie Whitehurst (2:20.34, 4^th); Mackenzie Morgan (2:21.73, 6^th); Molly Sherman (2:24.14, 8^th); MacKenzie Dean (2:26.55, 11^th); Abby Sherwood (2:32.26, 14^th);
Women's 1,500 meters – Bridget Boyle (4:45.03, 3^rd/30); Molly Sherman (4:50.52, 7^th); Mackenzie Morgan (4:51.50, 8^th); Abby Sherwood (5:11.56, 21^st)
Women's 5,000 meters – Beatrix Frissell (17:38.86, 1^st/20); Olivia Lackland Henry (17:49.41, 4^th); Kayla Ingraham (18:12.08, 8^th); Jocelyn Stansberry (20:12.23, 15^th)
Women's 400-meter hurdles – Abby Harmon (1:06.49, 4^th/7)
Women's 4x100-meter relay – A: Audrey Smith, Abby Harmon, Camryn Dezember, Catie Buck (48.11, 1^st/5)
Women's 4x400-meter relay – A: Camryn Dezember, Bridget Boyle, Katie Whitehurst, Abby Harmon (4:07.41, 2^nd/3)
Women's pole vault – Molly Chambers (11-3.75, 1^st/3); Shealyne McGee (10-10, 2^nd)
Women's discus – Savana Ramirez (116-5, 9^th/12)
Women's hammer – Ariel Clark (172-10, 1^st/17); Kaitlyn Gallo (167-9, 2^nd); Savana Ramirez (148-8, 6^th); Erin Murphy (106-4, 14^th)
Women's javelin – Sierrah Hardy (125-1, 2^nd/15); Autumn Morse (124-10); Tatum McNamara (116-11, 6^th); Cyisa Weidman (115-0, 7^th); Emilie Hinrichs (107-5, 11^th)

Beach Invitational Results (Friday-Saturday)
Men's 1,500 meters – Joel Mendez (3:51.31, 3^rd/50); Quincy Fast (3:53.56, 11^th)
Men's hammer – Matt Ward (199-3, 20^th/51)
Men's javelin – Evan Todd (200-4, 9^th/); Matthew Hockett (190-0, 14^th)

Women's 200 meters – Jansen Ziola (24.60, 19^th/63); Holly Sudol (25.27, 42^nd)
Women's 100-meter hurdles – Jansen Ziola (14.04, 21^st/80); Ailsa Gilbert (14.22, 29^th)
Women's 400 meters – Holly Sudol (57.52, 39^th/78)
Women's long jump – Jansen Ziola (18-10.75, 11^th/58); Ailsa Gilbert (17-5.25, 42^nd)
Women's triple jump – Ailsa Gilbert (36-2.75, 26^th/39)
Women's hammer – Tanessa Morris (194-9, 5^th/58)
Women's javelin – Jaree Mane (111-7, 38^th/46)