MSUB Yellowjackets open 2016 at Montana State

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Birgitta Gray O: (406) 896-5917 E: birgitta.gray@msubillings.edu January 13, 2016 MSUB Yellowjackets open 2016 at Montana State MSUB Track and Field on Facebook 2015-16 MSUB Men’s Track and Field Roster GNAC Track and Field Weekly Reports TFRRS Performance Lists

Nels Flanagan will compete for MSUB at the Montana State University Open in Bozeman, Mont.

MSUB returns to track and field competition with a meet hosted by Montana State University.

BILLINGS, Mont. – The MSUB men’s track and field team is heading to Bozeman, Mont., on Friday, Jan. 15, for the Montana State University Open.

The Yellowjackets opened their indoor season with a meet over a month ago on Dec. 5, 2015, in Spearfish S.D., at an event hosted by Black Hills State University. Since then, the team has been training over the holiday break and returns to competition this week.

“This will be the first of three regular season meets leading up to the GNAC Indoor Championships in February, so we hope to put some good marks up,” MSUB head coach Dave Coppock said. “This is always a competitive meet with DI schools Montana and Montana State competing.

At the meet in December, senior Josh Panasuk came away with two top 5-finishes placing fourth in the mile in 4:31.22 and fifth in the 3,000 meters in 9:11.72.

MSUB finished third in the 4,400 meter relay with members Landon Polkow, Quincy Wittman, Mark Hovland, and Cameron Stanek.

Several members of the team who were not at the meet in South Dakota will be back on the track this week, including All-American Robert Peterson. After a grueling cross country season, the senior sat the first meet of the indoor season out, but is looking to make a strong return at the meet in Bozeman. Peterson owns the MSUB indoor record in the mile (4:10.76) and the 3,000 meters (8:28.68).

“Robert will be opening up this weekend after sitting out the Black Hills meet taking a break after cross country,” Coppock continued. “He’ll be shooting for a National qualifying mark in the 5,000 meters, which he seldom gets a chance to run. Others to watch will be Brady Ostermiller and Nels Flanagan in the throws and our men’s Distance Medley Relay.”

Expected to compete at the meet are: NCAA Division I Montana State and the University of Montana, along with NAIA Rocky Mountain College, Carroll College, and Montana Western.

Live statistics will not be available for Friday’s meet. Results and the meet recap will be available at msubsports.com following the conclusion of the event.

Montana State Open Friday, January 15, 2016 4:00 PM start time NOTE: 5:00 PM Start Time for Running Events Field Events: 4:00 PM

7:00 PM

Men’s Weight Throw, then Women’s Weight Throw Women’s Long Jump, then Men’s Long Jump Men’s Pole Vault, then Women’s Pole Vault Men’s High Jump, then Women’s High Jump after 60 M Dash Men’s Shot, then Women’s Shot Women’s Triple Jump, then Men’s Triple Jump

Track Events ** 4:50 PM 5:00 5:15 5:30 5:55

National Anthem Women’s Distance Medley Relay Men’s Distance Medley Relay Women’s 60 M Hurdles Men’s 60 M Hurdles

6:05 6:35 7:00 7:10 7:35 8:00 8:20 8:35 9:05 9:30 9:55 10:15 10:30

Women’s 400 Men’s 400 Little Bobcat 200 Run with Champ Women’s 60 M Men’s 60 M Women’s 800 Men’s 800 Women’s 200 Men’s 200 Women’s 5,000 Men’s 5,000 Women’s 1,600 Relay Men’s 1,600 M Relay --@MSUBSports | #JacketNation--