School Records Fall at Montana Open

MISSOULA, Mont. –  Montana State Billings had a solid showing at the Montana Open, Saturday afternoon.  The Yellowjackets broke three school records and had 23 additions to the top 10 list.  MSUB will travel to Bozeman, Saturday, Apr. 25, to compete in the Montana State Invitational.

For the men, there were nine additions to the Top 10 list.  Matt Roseberry ran 1:59.13 to break the school record in the 800 for the third straight meet.  His time was good enough to provisionally qualify for the GNAC Championships.

The Yellowjackets also picked up their first event victory of the season.  The 400M Relay team of Nick Kesler, Chase Berg, James Hopkins and Noah Vallincourt ran 45.04 to take home first place honors.

For the women, two school records fell.  Alexi Halvorson threw the hammer 126-5 to break her own school record.  After coming close the last two meets, Whitney Mickelson finally got the record in the 1500.  Her time of 5:06.98 broke the mark of 5:10.72 set by Micah Merrill-Johnson in 2008.

Erika Halle had a solid meet as she hit GNAC provisional marks in the 100 and 200 M dashes as well as the long jump.  In the javelin, Kelsee Clark threw 114-6 to break her previous PR by over 30 feet.

GNAC Top 10 Marks – Apr. 18, 2009

MEN

400M Relay
7.         45.04

WOMEN

Discus
5.         Hillary Gourneau – 117-0

1600M Relay
6.         4:17.21

Shot Put
8.         Hillary Gourneau – 36-5.75

200
9.         Erika Halle – 26.33

Javelin
10.       Kelsee Clark – 114-6

GNAC Qualifiers

AUTOMATIC

MEN

Discus – Jade Haynie

WOMEN

100M Dash – Justine Simons
Discus – Alexi Halvorson

PROVISIONAL

MEN

100M Dash – Nick Kesler
800 – Matt Roseberry
400M Hurdles – James Hopkins
Discus – Kyle Richards
Hammer – Jade Haynie
Shot Put – Kyle Richards

WOMEN

100M Dash – Britney Derhak, Erika Halle, Justine Simons
200M Dash – Britney Derhak, Erika Halle
400M Dash – Erika Halle, Malori Woodford
5000 – Lisa Minnehan
100M Hurdles – Cassie Holm
Discus – Kelsee Clark, Hillary Gourneau
Hammer – Alexi Halvorson
Javelin – Kelsee Clark
Long Jump – Erika Halle, Rachel Hansen
Shot Put – Hillary Gourneau, Kacie Vanderloos
Triple Jump – Rachel Hansen