MISSOULA — Another Montana State school record felled by a freshman highlighted the final regular season track and field meet of the year as the Bobcats competed at the annual Tom Gage Classic on Saturday.
“The Tom Gage meet is always a great way to finish off the regular season and prep us for the conference meet,” said MSU head coach Lyle Weese. “We had a lot of personal- and season-bests, which is a great sign as we head into championship season. Some student-athletes were fine-tuning certain elements for conference and others were taking the opportunity to break through to a new level with a big late-season mark.”
Harvey Cramb, a freshman from Brisbane, Australia, broke the MSU men’s 800-meter record with an altitude-converted time of 1 minute, 48.67 seconds. The record eclipses the previous mark of 1:48.88, held by Cristian Soratos since 2015.
Cramb also holds the No. 3 all-time mark for the Bobcats in the 1,500 meters (3:40.67) and the No. 7 all-time mark in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:49.54) in his first collegiate outdoor season.
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“Harvey has not run many 800 races in his young career, so it was pretty amazing he was able to break the school record when he has only raced the event a handful of times, and ran the second half of the race alone,” Weese said.
In the women’s 1,500 meters, Belt native Lindsey Paulson won with an altitude-converted time of 4:25.28, the fifth-best mark in program history. The sophomore was followed by teammate Ava Weems, who finished in an altitude-converted time of 4:27.13, the 10th-best mark in program history. The Cats earned the top seven places in the event.
Plentywood native and MSU freshman Annie Kaul won the women’s 800 meters with a converted time of 2:09.42, the fourth-best mark in program history and the second-best time since 2017.
In the men’s pole vault, Kyle Yonker recorded his best outdoor mark as a Bobcat, clearing 16 feet, 6 inches to move into a tie for 10th all-time in program history.
Other MSU results
• Ben Saelens won the men’s 3,000 meter steeplechase.
• Montana State went 1-7 in the men’s 1,500 meters: Rob McManus (1st), Sam Ells (2nd), Levi Taylor (3rd), Owen Smith (4th), Ben Perrin (5th), Matthew Richtman (6th) and Sam Smith (7th).
• Nyla Lee won the women’s 200 meters and placed third in the women’s 100 meters.
• Malikye Simpson placed second in the men’s 100 meters.
• Sydney Brewster won the women’s shot put, placed second in the hammer throw and placed third in the discus.
• Among collegiate entries, Elijah Jackman won the men’s hammer throw and the discus.
• Hailey Coey won the women’s long jump.
• Among collegiate entries, Destiny Nkeonye won the men’s long jump.
• Lina Hommel placed second in the women’s high jump.
• Maisee Brown placed second in the women’s pole vault.
• Emma Brensdal won the women’s discus and placed second in the shot put.
• Talon Holmquist won the men’s shot put.
• Cooper Hoffman won the men’s javelin.
• Clara Fox won the women’s javelin, with Angelica Street and Gracey Carter finishing second and third, respectively.
• Autumn Murray finished first among collegiate entries in the triple jump.
• Tristen Sedgwick finished second in the women’s discus.
Montana State will host the 2024 Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the first time since 2012. The championship meet gets underway from Bobcat Track and Field Complex on Wednesday and continues through Saturday.