Cats Set to Host Big Sky Tuner for Indoor Regular-Season Finale

Thursday, February 19

Bozeman, Mont.

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Montana State University

Big Sky Tuner

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Cats Set to Host Big Sky Tuner for Indoor Regular-Season Finale

2/18/2026 9:52:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

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Bobcats to honor a trio of seniors following the meet

By: Pershelle Rohrer

BOZEMAN, Mont. --- Montana State track & field concludes its indoor regular season at the Kennedy-Stark Athletic Center on Thursday, hosting the Big Sky Tuner in Bozeman as the Bobcats make their final preparations for the Big Sky Indoor Championships on Feb. 26-28.

The one-day, two-team meet is set to begin at 4 p.m. with the men's pole vault, women's weight throw, and men's long jump while the running events will start at 5 p.m. with the women's 60-meter hurdles. Thursday's meet will mark the fourth and final home meet in the Kennedy-Stark Athletic Center's inaugural season.

Montana State's three seniors exhausting their collegiate eligibility following the indoor season will be honored following the conclusion of the meet. Those Bobcats include Destiny Nkeonye, Nicola Paletti, and Tamia Ramos

Live Results from the Big Sky Tuner will be available here. The meet will not be live streamed.

"The Big Sky Tuner will have very limited entries and will be a quick meet," Dale Kennedy Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Lyle Weese said. "The field events will be completed in about two hours, and the running events will be finished in under 90 minutes. The Montana State University throwers and distance runners will be competing in their entirety. The vast majority of the jumpers and sprinters will not be competing. So, this meet will certainly have a focus and highlight the throwers and distance runners. Events to watch will be the weight throw, shot put, 800 meters, and mile.

"The distance runners and throwers will be looking to take advantage of one last opportunity to put up big marks and build momentum heading into the conference championships next week. We will also honor three individuals who are exhausting their NCAA Eligibility during a short senior recognition. These individuals include Tamia Ramos, Destiny Nkeonye, and Nicola Paletti. A special event taking place is the Faculty and Staff Mile. Over 30 individuals from the university will run for campus-wide bragging rights."

The Competition: The Big Sky Tuner will feature Montana State and the University of Providence in a short meet allowing the Bobcats one more opportunity to compete ahead of next week's Big Sky Indoor Championships.

Bobcat Competitors: 50 total Bobcats, 25 from each team, are set to compete in Bozeman on Thursday. The Bobcat men include Ethan Anderson, Eli Boppart, Trystin Chapel, Billy Cunningham, Sam Ells, Jackson Fagerlin, Matt Furdyk, Will Giesen, Ryan Harrington, Easton Hatleberg, Talon Holmquist, Niko Mann, Rob McManus, Quinn Newman, Destiny Nkeonye, Mario Oblad, Nicola Paletti, Ben Parks, AJ Ringert, Ben Saelens, Malikye Simpson, Michael Swan, Blaise Snow, Stryder Todd-Fields, and Preston Wysocki.

The women set to compete are Emma Brensdal, Sydney Brewster, Sabine Brueck, Hailey Coey, Stella Diaz, Hailey Ells, Samantha Geraets, Libby Hansen, Maggie Hillis, Annie Kaul, Eva Koos, Olivia Lewis, Jenavieve Lynch, Sydney Mattfeldt, Sophia Miller, Kalei Moravitz, Hannah Perrin, Tamia Ramos, Ave Roberts, Iris Rogel, Claire Rutherford, Madi Siana, Kaitlyn Skinner, Hailey Watkins, and Jada Zorn.

Last Time Out: The Bobcats split up between the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M., and the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., on Feb. 13-14. The Bobcats combined for five event wins and 18 improvements to the program all-time top-10 list between the two meets, highlighted by Hailey Coey's winning jump of 6.46 meters/21 feet, 2.50 inches in Albuquerque to help her earn Big Sky Women's Field Athlete of the Week for the third time. The Bobcat quartet of Tilde Bjerager, Peyton Garrison, Giulia Gandolfi, and Caroline Hawkes also set a new school and conference record in the women's 4x400-meter relay with a sensational converted time of 3:32.58 to finish third in New Mexico. Alongside Coey's long jump victory, the Cats also picked up wins from Bjerager (400m unseeded), and Chase McGee (pole vault section B) at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational and Jenavieve Lynch (weight throw) and Sydney Brewster (shot put) at the Husky Classic.

Up Next: The Bobcats will open postseason competition at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in Pocatello, Idaho, on Feb. 26-28. Those who qualify will then advance to the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., on March 13-14.

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