Montana State University Men's Track & Field

Lyle Weese – a former Bobcat standout that garnered four All-America honors, three Big Sky Conference individual championships and was named the Big Sky Male Outstanding Track Athlete of the Year as a senior – was appointed as Montana State's Director of Track and Field and Cross Country on August 16, 2018. The 2024-25 season will be his seventh as the director of the track and field program as well as his 11th heading the distance group at Montana State. Weese’s tenure as the head of the program has brought the consistent success his predecessor – legendary coach Dale Kennedy whose named is formally connected to MSU’s head coaching position through a million-dollar endowment – created while also helping spur Bobcats to annual achievements at the national level. Weese was named the 2024 Big Sky Outdoor Men's Track & Field Coach of the Year and the 2024 USTFCCCA Mountain Region Men's Coach of the Year after leading the Cats to their first outdoor Big Sky title since 2005 and their second-ever in the 60-year history of the league. On the back of the most memorable race in program history, the MSU 4x400 relay team closed out the 2024 Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Bobcat Track & Field Complex in Bozeman with a win in school-record time, giving Montana State a 186-185 victory in the team totals over No. 11 Northern Arizona, who had won nine of the previous 11 championships. Since Weese took over the reins in track and field, MSU men’s teams have accomplished top t

Craig Hunter enters his fourth season on the Bobcat coaching staff in 2024-2025, leading Montana State's pole vaulters and jumpers while assisting with the team's multi's group. Under Hunter's direction, Colby Wilson broke both the Montana State and Big Sky Conference indoor pole vault record on Jan. 28, 2023, clearing 5.52m (18-01.25) and broke the Big Sky outdoor championship meet record on May 10, 2024, clearing 5.42m (17-09.25). Wilson was crowned the Big Sky Conference champion at the indoor championships in 2022 and 2024 and the Big Sky Conference champion at the outdoor championships in 2024. The vaulter earned All-American status after the 2022 outdoor season, placing 20th at the NCAA Championships while being just the second Bobcat pole vaulter in program history to compete at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Hunter also oversaw the development of pole vaulter Maisee Brown, who finished second at both the 2023 and 2024 Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships, third at the 2023 Big Sky outdoor championships and second at the 2024 Big Sky outdoor championships, twice qualifying for the NCAA West Regional. Brown currently ranks second on Montana State's Indoor Top 10 list (13-09.25) and second on Montana State's Outdoor Top 10 list (13-09.00). Additionally, Hunter worked closely with 2022 Big Sky outdoor champion and NCAA West Region qualifier Alex Hellenberg, who sits fourth on Montana State's Outdoor Top 10 list (13'4.5"). In the multi-events, Hunt

Jen Allen, a 2004 Montana State graduate, begins her eighth season as the Bobcats’ full-time throws coaching during the 2024-25 season and will serve her nin...

Olivia Lane enters her first season as an assistant coach for Montana State track and field in 2024-2025. Lane will coach the triple jump, long jump, and multi-events. The native of Clarkston, Washington, comes to Bozeman after two seasons as an assistant at the University of North Dakota. While in Grand Forks, Lane coached sprints, jumps, hurdles, and multi's. Lane also coached at Ashland University in 2021-2022, where she helped the Eagles' men's team finish as the national runner-up at the 2022 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships. Lane was a standout heptathlete at Eastern Oregon, earning All-American honors with a 9th place finish at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2021 and a 12th place finish at the national meet in 2019. Lane also placed eighth in the pentathlon to earn an All-American nod at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in 2020. Lane obtained her bachelor's degree in communication from Eastern Oregon University in 2021 and is scheduled to receive her master's degree in communication from the University of North Dakota in 2025.

Teague Peck enters his second season on the Bobcat coaching staff in 2024-2025, leading Montana State's sprinters and hurdlers. In his first year leading the...