BOZEMAN, Mont. — Miles Grant became the Big Sky champion in the high jump and was one of six all-conference performances for Sacramento State during the final day of the Big Sky Outdoor Championships on Saturday at Montana State. The Hornet women finished in fifth place with 68.5 points. The men's team was eighth with 54 points.

Northern Arizona repeated in the women's team standings, collecting 240.5 points to finish 66 points clear of second-place Montana State. The men's team competition came down to the final race and the host Bobcats were able to snap NAU's stranglehold on the conference. The Bobcats ran 3:07.98 to win the 4x400 while NAU was fifth. MSU's 10 points in the race game the team 186 to finish one point ahead of the Lumberjacks.

MEN'S FIELD HIGHLIGHTS

• Grant continued his impressive season by winning for the third time in his last four meets. Additionally, he has finished in the top three in all but one meet this year. Grant entered the high jump with the bar at 6-05.50 and was successful on his first attempt at that height as well as 6-06.75, 6-08.00 and 6-09.00. The rest of the field was eliminated at 6-09.00 and Grant opted to move the bar to 7-01.00 which would have set his PR. However, he was unable to record a clearance at that height.
• He becomes just the third Sacramento State male to win the high jump at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, joining Emilio Hernandez (2009-11) and Daniel Onuoha (2016). Grant also won the Big Sky Indoor Championship this season to match Hernandez (2011) as the only Hornets to capture both titles in the same season.
• A day after scoring a point in the pole vault, John Gibbs finished in second place in the triple jump to add eight points to the team total. Gibbs matched his career best of 50-04.50 on his final attempt to move from fourth place to second. His distance ranks fifth in program history.
• Freshman Diego Lopez placed fifth in the hammer behind a career long throw of 194-08. Lopez moved into ninth place in the Hornet record book and recorded the longest throw by a Sacramento State athlete other than Evan Stork since 2019.

WOMEN'S FIELD HIGHLIGHTS

• As expected, the Hornets scored big points in the triple jump finishing with 13 points. Alexia Croffet finished in third place with a leap of 41-06.00 which had a wind reading of 3.1 meters per second. That measurement will count towards Croffet's quest to qualify for the NCAA First Round in a couple of weeks. Her triple jump of 41-02.25 had an allowable wind for school record purposes and moved her into sixth place in the record book.
• Tamia Ramos finished in fifth place in the triple jump on Saturday with a long of 39-11.50. R'kai Davis set her PR of 39-10.75 to place sixth while Audrey McElmurry just missed out on points with a ninth-place effort of 39-05.25.
• Breanna Espinoza and Abby Meder each scored in the discus. Espizona used a long of 150-00 to finish in fifth place. Meder set her season best of 1443-10 to place seventh.
• Abby Sheets was sixth in the javelin at 133-01 to set her personal best.

MEN'S TRACK HIGHLIGHTS

• Zachary Winger was fourth in the 110-hurdles and fifth in the 400-hurdles for the top finishes by a Hornet male in the running events on Saturday. Winger followed his PR of 14.12 in the qualifying round of the 110H on Friday with a time of 14.24 on Saturday. He sett a career best in the 400H in 52.93.
• Brandon Moreno earned a point by placing eighth in the 800 in 1:54.80.
• The 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams each set season bests and tallied points. The 4x100 team of Jalen Adams, Winger, Nathan Rider and Xavier Bruce ran 40.94 to place fifth.
• Malachi Cox, Khalil Fowlkes, Nautus Moore and Rider combined to complete the 4x400 in 3:13.86 to finish in sixth place.

WOMEN'S TRACK HIGHLIGHTS

• Ava Fitzgerald finished in second place in the 100-hurdles, was seventh in the 100 and was part of the 4x100 relay team which placed third. Fitzgerald started her day by running the second leg of the 4x100 and then quickly turned to the 100-hurdles where she topped her qualifying time and then-PR of 13.60 by .07 seconds. Her time of 13.53 in the finals improves her fourth-place standing in the school record book. She later added a 100 time of 12.27.
• Freshman Breija Stredic finished in second place in the 400-hurdles. Stredic ran 58.76 which was just a hundredth of a second off her qualifying time of 58.75 which moved her into third place in school history.
• Jessi Barry contributed five points to the team total after finishing fourth in the 100 in 12.09. Barry was also part of the 4x100 relay.
• The 4x100 relay team of Barry, Fitzgerald, Kassidy Schroth and Zoe Ewell ran 45.54 which is the second-fastest in school history, trailing only the mark of 45.13 set in 2019.
• The 4x400 relay squad also set a season best in 3:45.73 to finish sixth. That unit was comprised of Stredic, Emily Giddens, Dominique Abbott and Mia Lawrence.

BIG SKY OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Women's Team Scores: 1. Northern Arizona 240.5; 2. Montana State 134.5; 3. Weber State 81; 4. Idaho 72.5; 5. Sacramento State 68.5; 6. Idaho State 67; 7. Montana 59; 8. Eastern Washington 52; 9. Northern Colorado 42.

Men's Team Scores: 1. Montana State 186; 2. Northern Arizona 185; 3. Weber State 91; 4. Montana 74; 5. Idaho State 69; 6. Northern Colorado 60; 7. Idaho 55; 8. Sacramento State 54; 9. Eastern Washington 30; 10. Portland State 11.

Women's Results
100: 4. Jessi Barry 12.09; 7. Ava Fitzgerald 12.27.
100 (Qual): T6Q. Jessi Barry 12.02; 8Q. Ava Fitzgerald 12.03; 12. Kassidy Schroth 12.12; 13. Zoe Ewell 12.13; 20. Kameryn Brown 12.75.
200 (Qual): 13. Kassidy Schroth 24.99; 13. Zoe Ewell 25.05.
400 (Qual): 13. Emily Giddens 57.24.
800 (Qual): 9. Dominique Abbott 2:11.31; 13. Mia Lawrence 2:13.69.
1500: 11. Ashley Busienei 4:38.55.
1500 (Qual): 11Q. Ashley Busienei 4:32.05.
100H: 2. Ava Fitzgerald 13.53.
100H (Qual): 3Q. Ava Fitzgerald 13.60; 13. Eliana Coburn 15.12; 14. Kameryn Brown 19.54.
400H: 2. Breija Stredic 58.76.
400H (Qual): 2Q. Breija Stredic 58.75.
STPL: 11. Tia Oliver 11:19.31.
4x100: 3. Sacramento State 45.54.
4x400: 6. Sacramento State 3:45.73.
HJ: 7. Izzi Leonard 5-03.75; T9. Eliana Coburn 5-01.75; 11. Chandler Miller 5-01.75.
LJ: 6. Tamia Ramos 19-02.50; T7. R'kai Davis 18-10.50; T11. Jessi Barry, Audrey McElmurry 18-07.25; 13. Alexia Croffet 18-06.00.
TJ: 3. Alexia Croffet 41-06.00; 5. Tamia Ramos 39-11.50; 6. R'kai Davis 39-10.75; 9. Audrey McElmurry 39-05.25; F. Jayla Flowers.
SP: 4. Abby Meder 47-04.50; 14. Abby Sheets 41-10.00; 16. Hope Gordon 41-06.00; 19. Breanna Espinoza 40-06.00.
DIS: 5. Breanna Espinoza 150-00; 7. Abby Meder 143-10.
HAM: 14. Abby Meder 155-05.
JAV: 6. Abby Sheets 133-01.
HEPT: 6. Eliana Coburn 4649.

Men's Results
100 (Qual): 13. Jalen Adams 10.64; 17. Xavier Bruce 10.72.
200 (Qual): 12. Jalen Adams 21.50; 18. Malachi Cox 21.68; 19. Xavier Bruce 21.71; 25. Nathan Rider 22.46.
400 (Qual): 13. Malachi Cox 48.35; 15. Nathan Rider 48.58; 16. Nautus Moore 48.70; 17. Khalil Fowlkes 49.03.
800: 8. Brandon Moreno 1:54.80.
800 (Qual): 8Q. Brandon Moreno 1:50.97; 19. Jake Slade 1:54.50.
110H: 4. Zachary Winger 14.24.
110H (Qual): 4Q. Zachary Winger 14.12; DNF. Jack Charlton.
400H: 5. Zachary Winger 52.93.
400H (Qual): 4Q. Zachary Winger 53.30.
HJ: 1. Miles Grant 6-09.00; 13. Mason Mitchell 6-02.25; 15. John Gibbs 6-00.50; NH. Jack Charlton.
PV: 8. John Gibbs 15-08.50.
LJ: 4. Mason Mitchell 24-02.25; F. Jack Charlton.
TJ: 2. John Gibbs 50-04.50; 10. Joshua Braun 45-00.25.
DIS: 4. John Maka 170-10.
HAM: 5. Diego Lopez 194-08; 12. Malik Shakur 174-02.
JAV: F. Jack Charlton
DEC:5. Joshua Braun 5400; 8. Jack Charlton 3400.