HELENA -- Twelve Montana Tech men's track & field student-athletes landed All-Frontier Conference laurels for their performances at last weekend's Frontier outdoor championship meet, the league office announced this week. 

The Orediggers also broke four championship records at the meet in Dickinson, N.D. in a come-from-behind effort for the team championship. Tech's team scored 28 points in the final three events of the meet to claim victory. 

Senior Morgan McClernan highlighted the list for the Orediggers as the track athlete of the meet, while Tech coach Chuck Merrifield won the coach of the year honor. 

McClernan, a senior from Butte, claimed the top track honors after winning the 110-meter hurdles (in a meet-record 13.97 seconds, the third-best time in the NAIA this season) and the 4x100m relay, while also placing in the 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay. His anchor leg on the latter relay secured the Orediggers second in the race and the team title at the meet. 

Allery, a freshman from Missoula, won the 100m dash with a meet-record 10.14-second run (The race did not measure on the NAIA national leaderboard due to the tailwind.) and anchored the 4x100m relay, which also set a meet record in 41.21 seconds. 

Crum, a freshman from Helena, took second in the javelin in his first collegiate semester of competition. 

Dorr, a sophomore from Gillette, Wyoming, led off the Orediggers' record-breaking 4x100m relay to earn his first-career all-conference honor. 

Henke, a junior from Mountain Home, Idaho, raced on Tech's meet-clinching 4x400m relay. 

Fanning, a sophomore from Three Forks, turned in a third-place finish in the 5,000m run to fuel the team's comeback. 

Gregerson, a senior from Laurel, also ran on the 4x400m relay, running the third leg to help Tech clinch victory. 

Moreni, a sophomore from Helena, took third in the 200m dash and ran the second leg on the conference-champion 4x100m relay. 

Schrader, a junior from Columbia Falls, was third in the 400m hurdles and opened up the 4x400m relay. 

Voermans, a freshman from Columbia Falls, sparked the Orediggers' late comeback with a third-place result in the discus. 

Williams, a freshman from Noxon, tied for the meet record in the high jump, clearing 2.01m to take second. 

Zerr, a senior from Kailua, Hawaii, was all-conference in both the 10,000m and 5,000m runs. 

Merrifield, in his second season as the Orediggers' head coach, led Montana Tech to its third conference title in the past four seasons and its first on the men's side in his tenure. 

Montana Tech will take one last stab at national-qualifying marks Friday in Bozeman at Montana State's Tom Gage Classic before beginning preparation for the NAIA outdoor championships later this month.

2026 Frontier Conference Outdoor All-Conference Teams
Field Athlete of the Meet: Carson Krack - Carroll (Mont.)
Track Athlete of the Meet: Morgan McClernan - Montana Tech
Outdoor Track & Field Most Valuable Athlete: Carson Krack - Carroll (Mont.)
Pepsi Coach of the Year: Chuck Merrifield - Montana Tech

Decathlon                                          
Carson Krack – Carroll (Mont.)
Tucker Monaco – Carroll (Mont.)
Tysen Grinde – Dakota State (S.D.)

10,000-Meter Run                                          
Luke Crossley – Montana Western
Benjamin Zerr – Montana Tech
David Felipe Mejia – Bellevue (Neb.)

Javelin                                 
Reuben Hornby – Carroll (Mont.)
Tyler Crum – Montana Tech
Kaden Juhnke – Dickinson State (N.D.)
 
Long Jump                         
Carson Krack – Carroll (Mont.)
Kohbe Smith – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Jordan Mount – Valley City State (N.D.)

4 x 800-Meter Relay
Bismarck State (N.D.)
Carroll (Mont.)
Dakota State (S.D.)

400-Meter Dash
Cayden Kraft – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Nathan Mathern – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Carson Krack – Carroll (Mont.)

Hammer Throw
Dylan Dahlgren – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Zachary Haugen – Dakota State (S.D.)
Logan Hughes – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)

Pole Vault 
Keenan Morris – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Jackson Barney – Carroll (Mont.)
Ty Leischner – Dickinson State (N.D.)

Triple Jump
Kohbe Smith – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Brock Krueger – Dakota State (S.D.)
Ethan Schiller – Dickinson State (N.D.)

High Jump
Tysen Grinde – Dakota State (S.D.)
Ricky Williams – Montana Tech
Carson Krack – Carroll (Mont.)

Discus
Oliver Tordsen – Dakota State (S.D.)
Dylan Dahlgren – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Lane Voermans – Montana Tech

Shot Put
Dylan Johansen – Dakota State (S.D.)
Raynor Ranum – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Oliver Tordsen – Dakota State (S.D.)

1500-Meter Run
Jakson Ensign – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Connor Ensign – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Luke Decker – Carroll (Mont.)

4 x 100-Meter Relay
Montana Tech
Dakota State (S.D.)
Dickinson State (N.D.)

3000-Meter Steeplechase
Oliver Morris – Carroll (Mont.)
Zoran LaFrombois – Providence (Mont.)
Brycen Gardner – Carroll (Mont.)

110-Meter Hurdles
Morgan McClernan – Montana Tech
Carson Krack – Carroll (Mont.)
Jace Lovely – Bismarck State (N.D.)

100-Meter Dash
Jaxon Allery – Montana Tech
Mustafa Taylor – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Daniel Oduse – Bismarck State (N.D.)

800-Meter Run
Franklin Johns – Dakota State (S.D.)
Ronald Kipyegon – Bellevue (Neb.)
Luis Casallas – Bellevue (Neb.)

400-Meter Run
Carson Krack – Carroll (Mont.)
Morgan McClernan – Montana Tech
Adam Schrader – Montana Tech

200-Meter Dash
Cayden Kraft – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Nathan Mathern – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Matt Moreni – Montana Tech

5000-Meter Run
Justin Glass – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Benjamin Zerr – Montana Tech
Bryon Fanning – Montana Tech

4 x 400-Meter Relay
Bismarck State (N.D.)
Montana Tech
Dakota State (S.D.)

Frontier Men's Outdoor Track & Field Conference Meet Records Broken (old record in parentheses):
Decathlon:  Carson Krack – Carroll (Mont.) – 7,078 points (Carson Krack – Carroll – 6,840 points)
10,000-meter run: Luke Crossley – Montana Western – 32 minutes, 20.12 seconds (Edwin Kipainoi – Montana Tech – 32:23.89)
4 x 800-meter relay:  Bismarck State (N.D.) – 7:48.84 (Carroll – 7:52.59 – 2021)
Hammer Throw:  Dylan Dahlgren – Dickinson State (N.D.) – 58.83 meters – 193 feet (Cade VanVleet – Montana Tech – 55.72 meters)
400-meter dash:  Cayden Kraft – Bismarck State (N.D.) – 48.01 seconds (Treyton Graham – Carroll – 49.13 seconds)
Pole Vault:  Keenan Morris – Rocky Mountain (Mont.) – 5.20 meters – 17 feet, .75 inches (Josh Smalley – Carroll – 5.00 meters)
High Jump:  Tysen Grinde – Dakota State (S.D.) and Ricky Williams – Montana Tech – 2.01 meters – 6 feet, 7 inches (Josh Malone – Carroll – 2.00 meters)
4 x 100-Meter Relay:  Montana Tech – 41.21 seconds (Montana Tech – 42.23 seconds – 2024)
110-Meter Hurdles:  Morgan McClernan – Montana Tech – 13.97 seconds (Morgan McClernan – Montana Tech – 14.91 seconds)
100-Meter Dash:  Jaxon Allery – Montana Tech – 10.14 seconds (Dom Maricelli – Montana Tech – 10.82 seconds)
800-Meter Run:  Franklin Johns – Dakota State (S.D.) – 1:53.77 (Jonathan Harrison – Montana Western – 1:54.78)
400-Meter Hurdles:  Carson Krack – Carroll (Mont.) – 52.86 seconds (Chad Hemsley – Carroll – 54.15 seconds)
200-Meter Dash:  Cayden Kraft – Bismarck State (N.D.) – 21.44 seconds (Matt Moreni – Montana Tech – 21.58 seconds)
4 x 400-Meter Relay:  Bismarck State (N.D.) – 3:18.50 (Carroll – 3:19.92 – 2022)

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