Amanda Jaynes
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MSU Post-Season Track Awards Take On Strong Montana Flavor
6/17/2016 9:02:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track & Field
Bobcats dole out outdoor season honors
Youth and Treasure State roots were served Tuesday, when the Montana State track and field squad handed out its annual team awards.
Student-athletes with at least one season of eligibility remaining claimed 10 of the 12 awards doled out by the Bobcat coaching staff, and seven award winners came to MSU from Montana high schools. Those are two key points of emphasis of the Bobcat program, MSU coach Dale Kennedy said. "This has been a developmental program that has always thrived on kids from Montana and the surrounding states," he said. "We didn't have as much team success as we wanted this season, but it was a year that really strengthened our foundation."
A pair of sophomores led the MSU men's and women's teams in points scored. Thrower Kyle Douglass from Missoula paced the men's squad with 119 points during the outdoor season, while Amanda Jaynes scored 93.5 points to lead the Bobcat women. Douglass was also the men's team's Top Field Event Performer and Most Improved, while Jaynes was one of three to share Top Women's Track Performers and also earned Most Improved honors.
Two athletes from the women's team also earned multiple awards. Danielle Rider shared Top Field Events Performer and Most Improved honors, while Layne Oliver was lauded as one of three Most Improved athletes while also taking the Best Teammate award. Montana State honored 11 letterwinners this spring on the women's team, 11 on the men's.
The full awards list is below…
TOP GUN AWARDS
Men's Team: Kyle Douglass, so., Missoula (119 points during the outdoor season)
Women's Team: Amanda Jaynes, so., Salt Lake City, UT (93.5 points during the outdoor season)
TOP TRACK EVENT PERFORMERS
Men's Team – Mason Storm, jr., Great Falls (Big Sky decathlon champion)
Women's Team – Amanda Jaynes, so., Salt Lake City, UT (14 points in Big Sky outdoor championships, placed 5th in the 100 hurdles and 2nd 400 hurdles, posted third-best 400 hurdle time in school history); Christie Schiel, jr., Cheyenne, WY (Big Sky Conference 800 m champion); Kaylee Schmitz, sr. ,O'Fallon, IL (school 800 meter record-setter, NCAA qualifier)
TOP FIELD EVENT PERFORMERS
Men's Team – Kyle Douglass, so, Missoula (posted second-best mark in MSU history in discus, finished second in that event and 7th in shot put at Big Sky Championships)
Women's Team – Danielle Rider, sr., Billings (2nd in Big Sky heptathlon with third-best score in school history, finished 38th on the NCAA list in heptathlon, MSU's top-ranking individual)
MOST IMPROVED
Men's Team: Kyle Douglass, so, Missoula (improved from 166 to 182 in discus, 54-11 to 56-6 in shot)
Women's Team – Amanda Jaynes, so., Salt Lake City, UT (improved from 14.80 to 14.21 in the 100 hurdles and 1:01.51 to 59.80 in 400 hurdles); Layne Oliver, so., Three Forks (improved from 11:13 to 10:41.40 in the steeplechase); Danielle Rider, sr., Billings (improved heptathlon score from 5052 to 5267)
FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR
Men's Team – Dalen Hargett, fr., Newport, OR (3rd in Big Sky decathlon)
Women's Team – Alyssa Snyder, fr., Coalville, UT (7th in Big Sky 5000 m)
TEAMMATE OF THE YEAR
Men's Team – Kevin Close, sr., Bozeman
Women's Team – Layne Oliver, so., Three Forks
Student-athletes with at least one season of eligibility remaining claimed 10 of the 12 awards doled out by the Bobcat coaching staff, and seven award winners came to MSU from Montana high schools. Those are two key points of emphasis of the Bobcat program, MSU coach Dale Kennedy said. "This has been a developmental program that has always thrived on kids from Montana and the surrounding states," he said. "We didn't have as much team success as we wanted this season, but it was a year that really strengthened our foundation."
A pair of sophomores led the MSU men's and women's teams in points scored. Thrower Kyle Douglass from Missoula paced the men's squad with 119 points during the outdoor season, while Amanda Jaynes scored 93.5 points to lead the Bobcat women. Douglass was also the men's team's Top Field Event Performer and Most Improved, while Jaynes was one of three to share Top Women's Track Performers and also earned Most Improved honors.
Two athletes from the women's team also earned multiple awards. Danielle Rider shared Top Field Events Performer and Most Improved honors, while Layne Oliver was lauded as one of three Most Improved athletes while also taking the Best Teammate award. Montana State honored 11 letterwinners this spring on the women's team, 11 on the men's.
The full awards list is below…
TOP GUN AWARDS
Men's Team: Kyle Douglass, so., Missoula (119 points during the outdoor season)
Women's Team: Amanda Jaynes, so., Salt Lake City, UT (93.5 points during the outdoor season)
TOP TRACK EVENT PERFORMERS
Men's Team – Mason Storm, jr., Great Falls (Big Sky decathlon champion)
Women's Team – Amanda Jaynes, so., Salt Lake City, UT (14 points in Big Sky outdoor championships, placed 5th in the 100 hurdles and 2nd 400 hurdles, posted third-best 400 hurdle time in school history); Christie Schiel, jr., Cheyenne, WY (Big Sky Conference 800 m champion); Kaylee Schmitz, sr. ,O'Fallon, IL (school 800 meter record-setter, NCAA qualifier)
TOP FIELD EVENT PERFORMERS
Men's Team – Kyle Douglass, so, Missoula (posted second-best mark in MSU history in discus, finished second in that event and 7th in shot put at Big Sky Championships)
Women's Team – Danielle Rider, sr., Billings (2nd in Big Sky heptathlon with third-best score in school history, finished 38th on the NCAA list in heptathlon, MSU's top-ranking individual)
MOST IMPROVED
Men's Team: Kyle Douglass, so, Missoula (improved from 166 to 182 in discus, 54-11 to 56-6 in shot)
Women's Team – Amanda Jaynes, so., Salt Lake City, UT (improved from 14.80 to 14.21 in the 100 hurdles and 1:01.51 to 59.80 in 400 hurdles); Layne Oliver, so., Three Forks (improved from 11:13 to 10:41.40 in the steeplechase); Danielle Rider, sr., Billings (improved heptathlon score from 5052 to 5267)
FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR
Men's Team – Dalen Hargett, fr., Newport, OR (3rd in Big Sky decathlon)
Women's Team – Alyssa Snyder, fr., Coalville, UT (7th in Big Sky 5000 m)
TEAMMATE OF THE YEAR
Men's Team – Kevin Close, sr., Bozeman
Women's Team – Layne Oliver, so., Three Forks
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