Battlin' Bears sweep Men's Outdoor Track & Field weekly honors (Morris - Field and Spinti - Track)
April 23, 2026
HELENA, Mont. – Rocky Mountain (Mont.) swept the fifth installment of the 2026 Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Men’s outdoor Track & Field weekly honors, announced by the conference office Tuesday.
Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete-of-the-Week: Keenan Morris, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Morris, a freshman from Billings, Mont., was selected as the Field Athlete-of-the-Week.
Morris improved on his already NAIA-best mark in the pole vault, clearing 5.05 meters (16 feet, 6.75 inches) to win the event for Rocky Mountain (Mont.) at the RMC/Montana State-Billings Dual. The local product has the best mark in the NAIA this season by two inches in his freshman campaign.
Morris also cleared the high jump of 1.91 meters (6 feet, 3.25 inches) to place eighth in the event.
It was Morris’ second career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Men’s Outdoor Track & Field weekly honor.
Men's Outdoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week: John Spinti, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Spinti, a sophomore from Great Falls, Mont., was chosen as the Track Athlete-of-the-Week.
Spinti earned the NAIA ‘B’ qualifying standard time in the 10,000-meter run for Rocky Mountain (Mont.) at the Trudnowski Open.
He turned in an altitude-adjusted finish of 30 minutes, 36.72 seconds, ranking as the seventh-best time in the NAIA this season and the second-best in program history. Spinti won the 10,000-meter run title at the meet.
It was Spinti’s first career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Men’s Outdoor Track & Field weekly honor.
| WEEK |
FIELD |
TRACK |
| 5 |
Keenan Morris, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
John Spinti, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
| 4 |
Oliver Tordsen, Dakota State (S.D.) |
Morgan McClernan, Montana Tech |
| 3 |
Keenan Morris, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
Morgan McClernan, Montana Tech |
| 2 |
Reuben Hornby, Carroll (Mont.) |
Nathan Mathen, Bismarck State (N.D.) |
| 1 |
Dylan Dahlgren, Dickinson State (N.D.) |
Morgan McClernan, Montana Tech |
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