Day one complete for Big Sky Championships
The first day is over for the Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. The meet started Thursday in Flagstaff, Arizona, with the men’s heptathlon and the women’s pentathlon. Idaho did not have any athletes competing in the multi events as the Vandals start competition Friday. Idaho sent eight athletes on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s to the championship meet. One of the first Friday events is the men’s triple jump. Senior Emmanuel Panchol and sophomore Dusan Jevtic go into the event tied for the No. 5 seed. The meet will conclude Saturday.
Vandals at fifth partway through WAC Championship
It wasn’t the start Idaho was looking for, but the Vandal swim and dive team is still in the mix for the WAC Championship, which began Wednesday in San Antonio and ends Saturday. At press time, the Vandals sat in fifth place out of the eight teams with 86 points. They are within striking distance though as Northern Colorado leads with 122 points, followed by Northern Arizona with 121 points, Cal State-Bakersfield with 91 points and New Mexico State with 88 points. Idaho senior Rachel Millet took third in the preliminaries of the 200-yard individual medley and fellow senior Erica Anderson placed second in the preliminaries of the 50-yard freestyle to lead Idaho.
Montgomery official leaves Vandal roster
Richard Montgomery took to Twitter Thursday to officially announce his departure from the University of Idaho football program. The sophomore wide receiver has been rumored to be off the team since he was absent from the team’s final game of the season against Appalachian State. He was also left off the latest roster update on the official athletic department website.
Idaho spokeswoman Becky Paull confirmed Montgomery’s departure.
“Richard has not been a part of the football program since prior to the Appalachian State game. He finished the fall semester and is not enrolled in the spring semester,” Paull said in an email.