Saints Track & Field to Wrap Up Regular Season in Missoula Friday Saturday

Men’s Track and Field | 04/25/25 | 2:25 PM

Helena, Mont. – The Carroll College Track and Field team wraps up the regular season at the Montana Open in Missoula, Mont. on Friday April 25 and Saturday April 26. 

The Fighting Saints will send a team of over 50 athletes to compete against the University of Montana, Montana State, and multiple other Frontier Conference Schools.

Saturday’s meet will serve as the Frontier Conference Championships in the 3000m Steeplechase. Brycen Gardner, Luke Decker, Oliver Morris, Erika Arthur, and Jenna Castro will compete for the Saints. Gardner has already qualified for Nationals in the event, while Morris and Decker each came within 10 seconds of qualifying. Arthur is a senior this year wrapping up a strong career at Carroll.

Besides Gardner, Carroll has a large group qualified for the NAIA National Outdoor Championships this season. Carson Krack – last week’s Frontier Conference Decathlon Champion – and Tucker Monaco will both compete in the Decathlon at Nationals. Weston Means (High Jump), Zack Gacnik (10,000m), Joshua Smalley (Pole Vault), Madalen Shipman (800m), Brynn Wandle (Pole Vault), and the Men’s 4x800m Relay are also qualified.

The rest of the Saints will also be chasing personal bests and qualifying marks on what is projected to be a great weather weekend in Missoula. In particular, Hunter Gum threw close to the NAIA Standard in the Shot Put again last week, as did Reuben Hornby in the Javelin. Hornby hit the NAIA A Standard last spring. Claire Bucklin’s 400m Hurdle personal record brought her within 2 seconds of the qualification time. 

On Friday, field events begin at 1:00 pm Mountain Time with Saints competing in the hammer. Field events begin at 10:30 am Saturday and running events will start at noon.

The full schedule for the meet is available HERE

Entries and heats are at the following LINK

The Saints will return home next week for the Frontier Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 4-5.

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