C-Falls’ Schrader earns honor at Frontier meet

BUTTE — Montana Tech swept the Frontier Conference track and field championships for the second straight season Monday, and the men got a boost from Columbia Falls’ Adam Schrader.

Schrader, a freshman, won two events and was named Most Outstanding Track Athlete for the men. Schrader won the open 400 in a personal-record 51.02 seconds, and the 400 hurdles in 55.42. He was also second in the 110-meter hurdles at 15.90 (teammate Morgan McClernan won in 15.25), and helped the Orediggers win the 1,600-meter relay.

Tech won 12 of 22 events and scored 301.5 points at the Charlie Merrifield Track. Carroll College was second at 171 and Rocky Mountain College was third at 83.5, followed by Providence (80) and Montana Western (36).