Montana finishes heptathlon, throws on Friday

Thursday, April 13

Azusa, Calif.

Montana

Brian Clay Invitational

Scenes from the Griz-Cat Dual at Dornblaser Track on April 1, 2023.

Photo by: UM Photo/Tommy Martino

4/14/2023 6:57:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Beach Invitational Results Bryan Clay Invitational Results

By: Montana Sports Information

The Montana track and field team continued its California trip on Friday by wrapping up the women's heptathlon at the Bryan Clay Invitational and participating in a few events at the Beach Invitational as well.

Morgan Radtke, who finished third at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, led a trio of Grizzlies at the Bryan Clay multis. Radtke recorded outdoor personal bests in three of the seven events, leading to a personal record score of 4,754.

Whitney Morrison also competed in the multis after a few weeks off, and a few strong individual event performances led her to a score of 4,467 and a 20^th place finish in the competitive event. Brooke Stayner competed in Thursday's events but did not participate on Saturday.

The Grizlies as a group got off to a bit of a slow start in the 100m hurdles with no athletes placing inside the top 20 individually. They made up a lot of ground in the high jump, however.

Radtke cleared 5-3.25 to finish third overall in the event while Morrison finished 12^th with a jump of 5-1. It moved them toward the middle of the pack in the standings, and they continued to climb with the first throwing event.

Morrison is typically strong in the shot put and backed it up with a throw of 35-8.75. It was good for seventh individually, and it was followed closely behind by Radtke's best throw ever. She recorded a mark of 33-4 for 13^th place in the event.

Stayner had the best result in the 200m on Thursday, running a 25.96 time for a top 10 finish. Radke came in 14^th while Morrison finished 27^th in that event.

Radtke started a run of PR's in the long jump, where she finished with a mark of 17-2.75. On Friday morning she set another personal best with a javelin throw of 109-9 to finish in eighth place in that event.

Morrison had two top-20 performances in the events as well, finishing 18^th in the long jump and 7^th in the javelin. She ended the heptathlon with a 2:27.40 in the 800m to crack the top-20 overall in the pentathlon.

Radtke secured her PR score in the final event with her highest individual finish. She ran a 2:21.04 in the 800m to take fifth place in that event and move up to 13^th in the final standings.

Maxwell Scott will run under the lights on Friday night in the 5,000m race at the Bryan Clay Invitational. The online results will be updated upon his completion.

The Beach Invitational also began on Friday with a few throwing events for Montana. The bulk of the meet will be on Saturday for the Grizzlies.

Evan Todd finished in 11^th out of 35 competitors in the javelin with a throw of 208-10, one day after winning the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate. Matthew Hockett finished 16^th in the event with a throw of 191-2 while Everett Fred was 25^th at 174-8.

Kylie Frohlich also competed in the event for the second straight day, finishing with a mark of 126-7 that placed her 16^th in the field.

The Grizzlies also had a pair of hammer throwers competing. On the men's side, Noah Ramirez was 37^th with a throw of 178-8. Kaitlyn Gallo finished in the upper half of the women's hammer with a throw of 177-2.

The Grizzlies will close out the weekend on Saturday at the Beach Invitational.

Bryan Clay Invitational Results
Women's heptathlon – Morgan Radtke (4,754*, 13^th), Whitney Morrison (4,467, 20^th), Brooke Stayner (DNF)
Heptathlon 100m hurdles – Stayner (15.72, 23^rd), Radtke (15.95, 26^th), Morrison (16.59, 27^th)
Heptathlon high jump – Radtke (5-3.25, 3^rd), Morrison (5-1, 12^th), Stayner (4-10.5, 20^th)
Heptathlon shot put – Morrison (35-8.75, 7^th), Radtke (33-4*, 13^th), Stayner (28-3, 25^th)
Heptathlon 200m – Stayner (25.96, 10^th), Radtke (26.34, 14^th), Morrison (27.53, 27^th)
Heptathlon long jump – Radtke (17-2.75*, 16^th), Morrison (17-1.5, 18^th), Stayner (16-9.75, 23^rd)
Heptathlon javelin – Morrison (109-11, 7^th), Radtke (109-9*, 8^th), Stayner (ND)
Heptathlon 800m - Radtke (2:21.04, 5^th), Morrison (2:27.40, 14^th), Stayner (DNS)

Beach Invitational Results
Women's hammer – Kaitlyn Gallo (177-2, 22^nd/53)
Women's javelin – Kylie Frohlich (126-7, 16^th/24)

Men's hammer – Noah Ramirez (178-8, 37^th/50)
Men's javelin – Evan Todd (208-10, 11^th/35), Matthew Hockett (191-2, 16^th), Everett Fred (174-8, 25^th)