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Ten From Bobcat Track and Field Named CSC Academic All-District
Story Links BOZEMAN, Mont. — Ten members of the Montana State track and field team were named to the CSC Academic All-District teams, the organization announced on Tuesday. The 2025 Academic All-District Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined […]

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Ten members of the Montana State track and field team were named to the CSC Academic All-District teams, the organization announced on Tuesday.
The 2025 Academic All-District Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the track, in the field, and in the classroom.
Graduate student Kyla Christopher-Moody, senior Grace Gilbreth, junior Caroline Hawkes, junior Giulia Gandolfi, and junior Hailey Coey were named to the CSC Academic All-District Women’s team.
Senior Rob McManus, junior Elijah Jackman, senior Colby Wilson, senior Owen Smith, and junior Sam Ells were named to the CSC Academic All-District Men’s team.
Montana State posted a banner year in 2024-2025, finishing runner-up in all six conference championships across cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field.
The Cats broke 12 school records during the indoor season and nine more during the outdoor season, qualifying four entries for the NCAA Indoor Championships and four for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Kyla Christopher-Moody, a native of Royal Oak, Michigan, earned her master’s degree in Earth Sciences this year graduating with a cumulative GPA of 3.88. The distance star broke four school records in 2025 and was an All-Big Sky pick in cross country before earning four All-Big Sky honors on the track and competing at NCAA Regionals in the 5,000 meters.
Grace Gilbreth, a native of Bozeman, graduated with a degree in Economics with a cumulative GPA of 3.98. Gilbreth started her year with an All-Big Sky selection in cross country before setting the school record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase this past spring. She ended her big season competing at NCAA Regionals in the steeplechase, finishing 31st.
Caroline Hawkes, a native of San Clemente, California, holds a 3.86 GPA majoring in Food and Nutrition Science. Hawkes earned honorable mention All-American honors after helping the women’s 4×400 meter relay team place 21st at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships earlier this June and broke the school record in the indoor 400 meters this season, additionally running legs on the school record indoor 4×400 and outdoor 4×400 meter relay teams.
Giulia Gandolfi, a native of Faenza, Italy, holds a 3.99 GPA majoring in Political Science and Economics. Gandolfi earned honorable mention All-American honors after helping the 4×400 meter relay team become the first in program history to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, where they took 21st. Gandolfi ran legs on both the school record indoor 4×400 and outdoor 4×400 meter relay teams.
Hailey Coey, a native of Billings, holds a 3.94 GPA majoring in Business Finance. The junior earned honorable mention All-American honors after placing 20th in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Montana State’s first-ever long jumper to qualify for the national meet. Coey also broke three school records in the indoor long and triple jump and outdoor long jump, as well as the Big Sky Conference record in the indoor long jump.
Rob McManus, a senior from Cashmere, Washington, holds a 3.53 GPA in Earth Sciences Geography. McManus earned First Team All-American honors in the 3,000 meter steeplechase outdoors after placing eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and Second Team All-American honors in the mile indoors after placing 15th at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The distance star also won his second straight Big Sky title in the steeplechase this year and was an All-Big Sky selection in cross country.
Elijah Jackman, a junior from Tigard, Oregon, holds a 3.81 GPA in Business Marketing. Jackman tied for the team lead in points scored at the outdoor Big Sky Championships in May with 18 and was an NCAA Regional qualifier in the hammer, where he finished 25th. Jackman earned three All-Big Sky honors in the throws this season, placing second in both the discus and hammer and third in the indoor weight throw.
Colby Wilson, a senior from Olympia, Washington, graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering after holding a 3.79 GPA. Wilson won his fourth and fifth Big Sky titles in the pole vault this season, sweeping the indoor and outdoor conference meets. Wilson also qualified for his third NCAA Championships meet by finishing in the top-16 in the country at indoor nationals by breaking his own school and Big Sky Conference record.
Owen Smith, a senior from Billings, majored in Mechanical Engineering with a 3.75 GPA. Smith finished third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Big Sky Championships to earn All-Big Sky honors and qualified for NCAA Regionals in the event, taking 27th. Smith climbed into the all-time top ten for the Cats in three different events during the outdoor season including the steeplechase, 5,000 meters, and 10,000 meters.
Sam Ells, a junior from Kalispell, holds a 3.71 GPA in Mechanical Engineering. This season, Ells earned All-Big Sky honors and was also an All-Region selection in cross country after placing 24th at the NCAA Mountain Regional. On the track, Ells picked up an All-Big Sky honor with a third place finish in the 5,000 meters.
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