HELENA -- Eight Montana Tech women's track & field student-athletes carried All-Frontier Conference designations in the wake of the conference championship meet, the league office announced this week.
The Orediggers raced to a fifth-place finish at the Frontier Conference outdoor championships last weekend in Dickinson, N.D.
Ayla Janzen led the way with all-conference honors in both the heptathlon and 200-meter dash, while
Terryn Chirrick,
Kamryn Comba,
Mya Green,
Alayna Hurd,
Ryleigh Kleinke,
Tyra Opperman, and
Peyton Walker were all-conference honorees in one event.
Chirrick, a freshman from Roberts, helped Montana Tech to a third-place finish in the 4x400m relay, running the second leg in the race.
Comba, a senior from Idaho Falls, Idaho, anchored the Orediggers' third-place 4x400m relay.
Green, a freshman from Scobey, finished runner-up in the 10,000m run en route to her first-career outdoor all-conference honor.
Janzen, a sophomore from Silver Star, finished third in the heptathlon. Her score of 4,528 ranked second all-time at Montana Tech and ranks 12th in the NAIA so far this season. She was also third in the 200m dash.
Hurd, a freshman from Billings, finished third in the 100m dash.
Kleinke, a freshman from Sidney, raced the third leg of Montana Tech's bronze-medal 4x400m relay.
Opperman, a junior from Bozeman, took second in the javelin throw, her 42.39m throw bumping her to 18th on the NAIA season leaderboard.
Walker, a junior from Kalispell, ran the 4x400m relay anchor leg.
The Orediggers finished the championship meet fifth in the 11-team field.
Montana Tech will head to Bozeman on Friday for Montana State's Tom Gage Classic in search of some last-chance national-qualifying marks before heading to Asheville, N.C. later this month for the NAIA outdoor championship meet.
2026 Frontier Conference Outdoor Women's Track & Field All-Conference Teams
Field Athlete of the Meet: Chloe Gunderson – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Track Athlete of the Meet: Amelie Steins – Dakota State (S.D.)
Outdoor Track & Field Most Valuable Athlete: Amelie Steins – Dakota State (S.D.)
Pepsi Coach of the Year: Alex Glover – Dakota State (S.D.)
Heptathlon
Amelie Steins – Dakota State (S.D.)
Katelyn Christensen – Carroll (Mont.)
Ayla Janzen – Montana Tech
10,000-Meter Run
Grace Steinmetz – Bellevue (Neb.)
Mya Green – Montana Tech
Ryah O'Dell – Carroll (Mont.)
Javelin
Codi Nagel – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Tyra Opperman – Montana Tech
Katelyn Christensen – Carroll (Mont.)
Long Jump
Alexia Anderson – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Amelie Steins – Dakota State (S.D.)
Kennedy Harter – Bismarck State (N.D.)
4 x 800-Meter Relay
Carroll (Mont.)
Dakota State (S.D.)
Dickinson State (N.D.)
400-Meter Dash
Tsitsi Karanda – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Maya Pearcy – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Aliya Schock – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Hammer Throw
Lauren Cima – Providence (Mont.)
Kori Nagel – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Bella Maxwell – Dakota State (S.D.)
Pole Vault
Brynn Wandle – Carroll (Mont.)
Mercedes Lura – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Taylynd Stuhr – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Triple Jump
Kennedy Harter – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Alexia Anderson – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Karson Tempel – Dickinson State (N.D.)
High Jump
Adarra Hagelund – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Casey Olson – Dakota State (S.D.)
Brooke Wirkkala – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Discus
Chloe Gunderson – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Kori Nagel – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Oliviyah Thornton – Dakota State (S.D.)
Shot Put
Chloe Gunderson – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Kori Nagel – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Oliviyah Thornton – Dakota State (S.D.)
1500-Meter Run
Maggie Boley – Bellevue (Neb.)
Grace Steinmetz – Bellevue (Neb.)
Frida Barrera – Valley City State (N.D.)
4 x 100-Meter Relay
Bismarck State (ND.)
Carroll (Mont.)
Dakota State (S.D.)
3000-Meter Steeplechase
Brooke Beaucaire – Dakota State (S.D.)
Kierra Miller – Dakota State (S.D.)
Macy Crane – Bismarck State (N.D.)
100-Meter Hurdles
Amelie Steins – Dakota State (S.D.)
Dedra Wood – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Clarie Bucklin – Carroll (Mont.)
100-Meter Dash
Priviledge Bower – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Amelie Steins – Dakota State (S.D.)
Alayna Hurd – Montana Tech
800-Meter Run
Maya Pearcy – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Caitlin Dyer – Dakota State (S.D.)
Madalen Shipman – Carroll (Mont.)
400-Meter Hurdles
Claire Bucklin – Carroll (Mont.)
Rylee Herbstritt – Carroll (Mont.)
Mady Willis – Dickinson State (N.D.)
200-Meter Dash
Priviledge Bower – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Amelie Steins – Dakota State (S.D.)
Ayla Janzen – Montana Tech
5000-Meter Run
Grace Steinmetz – Bellevue (Neb.)
Jayden Woodland – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Valerija Curikova – Dakota State (S.D.)
4 x 400-Meter Relay
Bismarck State (N.D.)
Carroll (Mont.)
Montana Tech
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