Ryegate’s Streeter Signs to Run at MSUB (5/3/07)

BILLINGS, MT – Montana State-Billings track and cross-country coach Dave Coppock announced Thursday that Morgan Streeter has signed to run for the Yellowjackets next season.  Streeter is currently a senior at Ryegate High School.

“When she visited our campus late last fall, we took her on a five-mile run on a miserable, windy, cold, drizzly night,” said Coppock.  “And, being a Montana ranch girl, she just ran right through it unfazed.  She has that kind of mental toughness that great distance runners possess.”

Streeter has lettered in basketball, track, cross-country, and volleyball for the Blue Demons.  She was a team MVP and all-conference selection in basketball and earned academic all-state recognition in both basketball and track.  Last fall Streeter won the Class “C” state cross-country championship, finishing the 5K course in 20:24.  She outpaced the second place runner by 30 seconds.  Streeter led the Blue Demons to a second place team finish at the state cross-country championships in 2005 and a fifth place finish in 2006.

“Anytime I can get a state cross-country champion here, I feel very fortunate,” said Coppock.  “I think Morgan is really untested and is far from reaching her potential.  Coming from a small high school, she was spread pretty thin while competing in a lot of sports.  If we get a chance to focus on her running, I believe she’ll rapidly excel at the collegiate level.  She’s a top-notch student and a very hard worker, qualities which translate well to college athletics.”

The Yellowjackets open their fall cross-country training camp on September 1 and the 2007 season on September 8 at the South Dakota Tech Invitational.  The Jackets’ first indoor track meet is scheduled to be the Black Hills State Fall Classic in Spearfish, SD.