Carroll College Athletics

John Ward, who hailed from Bozeman, played football and ran track for the Saints. One of Carroll’s early day track super stars, Ward won six Montana College Conference T&F gold medals his first three seasons; three 1-mile championships, two 880-yard titles and one 440 crown. As a junior, he set conference records in both his victories, running the half-mile in 2:02.7, and the mile with a 4:44.5 clocking. 

All-told, John amassed 10 MCC track medals, adding an 880 runner-up, and three mile relays (2nd, 3rd, 4th). Carroll finished in the top-4 each year, with a trio of third-place trophies, in 1951-52 and 1954. Ward also played football every year, although he didn’t letter until his senior season. A 156-lb. reserve halfback, he scored his only TD in the final game of his career, a 13-yard run vs. Eastern in the 1953 season finale.