DICKINSON, N.D. – The Montana State University Billings sprinters and jumpers ended the regular season on a high note, plus throwers Braden Anderson and Forrest Cross moved up the Great Northwest Athletic Conference standings at Dickinson State University's Last Chance Meet on Thursday.
 
"Overall, I think we did pretty well," MSUB track and field head coach Jonathan Woehl said. "I think there could have been a few things that went better, but overall I think we had a good meet. I thought the 100 and the 200 meters went well for the women, plus Favor Okere, Madeline Severson and Madison Thompson all PRed in their jumps."
 
Competing against fellow D2 schools Minot State and the University of Mary, amongst others, the MSUB men's team placed fifth out of six teams. A women's team score was unavailable at press time.
 
In the throwing events, sophomore Braden Anderson placed second in the shot put with a lifetime-best 14.42m (47-3) throw. Anderson came into the meet already in the GNAC and the MSUB top 10 rankings in the event, but he improved to seventh in the GNAC and ninth all-time at MSUB at the Last Chance Meet. His teammate Forrest Cross rebounded by winning the discus with a throw of 45.60m (149-6) – an improvement on his fourth-best mark in program history – which is the second-best mark in the conference so far.
 
As a group, the five jumpers accounted for seven new season-bests, including three new MSUB top-10 marks. High jumpers Madeline Severson and Favor Okere both cleared season-best heights of 1.50m and 1.90m, respectively – the latter of which ranks seventh all-time at MSUB. In the long jump, both Severson and Madison Thompson – who also ran a season-best 12.92 in the 100-meter dash – set season-best marks of 5.25m and 5.20m, respectively. Both of them rank fourth and fifth all-time at MSUB in the event.
 
The women's sprinters ended the season on a high note in the 4x100 relay and the open 100-meter dash. MSUB's 4x100 team of Katelyn Hamill, Thompson, Sophia Bohl and Chantel Chase placed second with a season-best time of 50.44.
 
In the open, Thompson led the way with her season-best 12.92 for fourth place, then Bohl and Hamill followed behind her, tying for fifth place with season-best 13.17s. Whitney Herden rounded out the top 10 finishers in the 100-meter dash by placing ninth with a season-best 13.64. Like the women's race, the men's 100-meter dash also featured a tie for fifth place between Bradley Graves and Favor Okere, both of whom ran season-bests by crossing the line in 11.32 seconds.
 
Although most of the Yellowjackets at the DSU Last Chance Meet were sprinters and jumpers, distance runners Jackson Bailey and Kylee Halpin competed in the 800 meters and the 1,500 meters, respectively. Bailey ran a season-best and took sixth in his event, whereas Halpin placed fifth.
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Madeline Severson was named the St. Vincent Healthcare Female Athlete of the Meet for setting season-bests in the high jump (1.50m, 4-11) and the long jump (5.25m, 17-2.5). She also placed fourth in the 400-meter dash with a 1:01.68. Severson now ranks fourth in MSUB history in the long jump.
• Braden Anderson was named the St. Vincent Healthcare Male Athlete of the Meet for placing second in the shot put with a lifetime-best throw of 14.42m (47-3). Anderson, who came into the meet ranked seventh in the GNAC and ninth all-time at MSUB, now ranks sixth in the GNAC and eighth in program history.
• Junior Madison Thompson set two new personal bests in the 100-meter dash (12.92) and the long jump (5.20m), the latter of which ranks fifth all-time at MSUB.
• Redshirt junior Forrest Cross won the discus with a throw of 45.60m (149-6), improving on his fourth-best throw in MSUB history. He currently ranks second in the GNAC behind Central Washington's Omar Young, who threw a 47.86m (157-0) at Oregon State last weekend.
• Sophomore Bradley Graves comfortably won the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 15.00.
• Freshman Ryann Moline led the way for MSUB's throwers by placing fourth in the discus with a throw of 37.60m, fourth in the javelin with a 33.25m toss and seventh in the shot put with a season-best 11.19m mark.
• Sierra Durbin took second in the 400-meter hurdles with a 1:10.44. Her teammate Annelise Clark finished in third with a 1:13.88.
• Freshman Brandon Geck placed third in the javelin with a season-best throw of 42.58m. He is currently ranked 16^th in the GNAC in the event.
• Freshman Danara Tulimaiau placed third in the hammer throw with a new personal best of 37.46m.

 
UP NEXT: The Great Northwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held at Central Washington University's Recreational Sports Complex, located in Ellensburg, Wash. on May 13-14. Meet information, start times and links to live results will be uploaded to the men's and women's track and field schedule pages at msubsports.com.