Cats Improve Three Program Top-10 Marks in Distance Events at Bryan Clay Invitational

Friday, April 17

Long Beach, Calif.

10 a.m.

Montana State University

Beach Invitational - Day 1

Photo by: Pershelle Rohrer

Cats Improve Three Program Top-10 Marks in Distance Events at Bryan Clay Invitational

4/18/2026 7:35:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Distance, throws groups set strong marks for Cats on Friday

By: Pershelle Rohrer

AZUSA, Calif. --- The Montana State track & field program completed its second day of competition in Southern California on Friday, with a handful of throwers competing at the Beach Invitational while the distance squad competed at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

Annie Kaul (800m), Sophia Miller (800m), and Madi Siana (800m) each posted top-10 times in program history in Azusa to highlight Friday's events for the Bobcats. Kaul improved her own No. 3 time, Siana moved to eighth in program history, and Miller took over the 10^th spot in a strong day for the distance crew.

Kaul and Miller each etched their names in the record books in the 800m invite at the Bryan Clay Invitational, with Kaul improving her own No. 3 time and Miller posting the 10^th-fastest time in program history. Kaul crossed the finish line in 2:07.47 to place 61^st, and Miller posted a 2:10.57 to finish 113^th. Kalei Moravitz, who ranks second in Montana State history in the event, finished 80^th overall with a time of 2:08.38.

Siana finished 14^th in the open A section of the 5,000m, clocking a time of 16:35.03 to shatter her personal best by over 30 seconds. She moved to eighth in program history with her time, joining Claire Rutherford as the two active Bobcats in the program top-10 in the event.

Blaise Snow finished 53^rd in the 800m invite with a time of 1:49.53, finishing just 0.12 seconds shy of his No. 4 time in program history. Mario Oblad led the Cats in the open A section earlier in the day with a time of 1:50.68 for 27^th place, while Jackson Fagerlin clocked a 1:51.53 for 50^th place.

AJ Ringert and Harrington both competed in the open A section of the 5,000m. Ringert finished 45^th with a time of 14:15.50, and Harrington posted a time of 14:17.11 for 51^st place.

The Bobcats opened competition at the Beach Invitational on the campus of Long Beach State on Friday, with Easton Hatleberg providing the highlight of the meet with a personal best in the hammer throw invite. He recorded a mark of 61.08 meters/200 feet, 4 inches to finish 11^th, while Matt Furdyk finished just behind in 12^thplace with a mark of 60.82m/199-6. Jenavieve Lynch recorded a throw of 54.83m/179-10 to place 13^th on the women's side.

Full results from the Beach Invitational are available here. Results from the Bryan Clay Invitational are located here.

The Bobcats will conclude their weekend in California at a trio of meets on Saturday. Ben Saelens will open the day for Montana State in the Bryan Clay Invitational in the open C section of the 1,500m at 9:20 a.m. MT.

Sydney Brewster, Emma Brensdal, and Jenavieve Lynch are set to compete in the discus invite to open the Beach Invitational at 11 a.m. MT, and Millie Hubbell will compete in the 100m hurdles invite to kick off the running events at 12:20 p.m. MT.

Montana State will compete in the women's 4x100m relay elite race at 1:40 p.m. MT in its first event at the Mt. SAC Relays.

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