WALNUT, Calif. — The Montana State track and field team concluded its weekend in California in record-breaking fashion, shattering school records in the women’s 400-meter dash, 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay at the Mt. SAC Relays on Saturday.
Caroline Hawkes obliterated a 29-year-old school record in the 400m to add to her record-breaking weekend, while Tilde Bjerager improved her own school record in the 400m hurdles. Bjerager, Peyton Garrison, Giulia Gandolfi and Hawkes broke the program record in the 4x400m for the second straight week as the Cats tallied three school records and eight total program top-10 marks between the Mt. SAC Relays, Beach Invitational and Bryan Clay Invitational on their third and final day of competition in California.
Hawkes clocked a record-breaking time of 52.64 to finish 13th in the 400m elite at the Mt. SAC Relays, breaking Christine Otte’s record of 53.05, which stood since 1997, by 0.79 seconds. Hawkes broke an incredible four school records over the weekend, etching her name in the program record books in the 200m and 4x100m at the Pacific Coast Invitational on Thursday before breaking the 400m and 4x400m school records at the Mt. SAC Relays on Saturday…