Montana Athletes Make Their Way to the Podium at 2018 Simplot Games

For Immediate Release

Date: February 17, 2018

Contact: Levi Gribas

Phone: (208) 220-9604

Email: media@simplotgames.com

Montana Athletes Make Their Way to the Podium at 2018 Simplot Games

Pocatello, Idaho– The results are in after the final day of competition at 2018 Simplot Games. After three days of competition a group of Montana athletes made their way into the finals and some even made their way to the podium.

Montana athletes who shined at this year’s Games:

• Ben Perrin, a junior from Lakeside, took third in the boys’ 3200- meter run with a time of 9:26.13.
• Camila Noe, a senior from Bozeman, took second in the girls’ 3200- meter run with a time of 10:50.62.
• Garrison Hughes, a senior from Bozeman, took second in the boys’ pole vault, clearing the 15”9’ mark.
• Bryn Morley, a senior from Bigfork, took third in the girls’ 1600- meter run with a time of 4:58.55.

A full list of Montana athletes who made it to the podium is listed below.

More than 2,200 athletes will come from across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to participate in the 40^th annual Simplot Games. Simplot Games remains the nation’s premier high school indoor track and field event. Sponsored by the J.R. Simplot Company since 1979, the Simplot Games are held at Idaho State University’s Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho.

For more information on Simplot Games, please visit our website at www.simplotgames.com. You may also contact Lisa Woodland at (208) 235-5604or Simplot Games Media Team at media@simplotgames.com.

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Montana Finalists:

Boys 3200- Meter Run

–         3^rd– Ben Perrin, 11, Lakeside

–         6^th– Isaac Schmidt, 12, Missoula

Girls 3200- Meter Run

–         2^nd– Camila Noe, 12, Bozeman

Girls 1600- Meter Run

–         3^rd– Bryn Morley, 12, Bigfork

Boys 800- Meter Run

–         6^th– William Dauenhauer, 12, Missoula

Girls’ 4×400- meter relay

–         4^th Mountain West Youth Track Club

Girls’ High Jump

–         4^th– Lucy Corbett, 12, Bozeman

–         5^th– Delaney Bahn, 11, Bozeman

Boys’ Shot Put

–         5^th– Carter Hughes, 11, Sidney

Boys’ Pole Vault

–         2^nd– Garrison Hughes, 12, Bozeman

–         5^th– Lincoln Young, 12 Bozeman