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2025 NCAA DII Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Thursday-Saturday, May 22-24, 2025
Pueblo, Colo. • CSUP Thunderbowl
The Fort Hays State track and field teams will send nine student-athletes to compete in eight events at the 2025 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. This year's indoor meet is being held Thursday (May 22) till Saturday (May 24) at the CSUP Thunderbowl in Pueblo, Colo.
Six members of the men's team will take on the decathlon, 4x100m relay, pole vault and 200m, while three members of the women's team will aim for national success in the pole vault, discus and 10,000m.
Annabeth Baalmann, a junior pole vaulter, will look for her second All-American honor after finishing eighth indoors last season. She broke her own school record multiple times this year, with a top clearance of 14-0.5, the third-best mark in the country. Baalmann also became the first woman in school history to surpass the four-meter mark, doing it both indoors and outdoors, further cementing her place in program history.
Emily Diercks, a junior distance runner, is set to compete in the 10,000m after breaking the school record last week at the Franson Last Chance. She finished in 34:46.53 to claim a spot in nationals. Diercks has already broken three school records in the indoor and outdoor seasons, including the mile and 3,000m run during the indoor season.
Freshman standout Emma Slade will compete in the women's discus throw after she threw for 160-2 feet earlier this outdoor season, she had a top five mark for a good chunk of the season and now ranks 15th in Division II.
Junior sprinter Toby Wahlmeier is set to compete in the 200m dash, this will be his first trip to nationals after finishing this outdoor season with multiple provisional marks. He blazed to a 20.74 second 200m finish at the Alex Francis Classic a few weeks back and the mark held up to 19th in DII.
Nolan Churchman will compete in three events, the decathlon, long jump and 4x100m relay. Churchman is a seven-time All-American, including two All-American finishes in the outdoor decathlon. The senior ranks seventh in the country this season in the decathlon with a season-best total of 7,138 points. Churchman also has the 14th best long jump in DII, jumping 24-7 feet at the Jo meaker Classic earlier this season.
Freshman vaulter Josiah Ball vaulted his way into nationals with a qualifying mark of 16-7.5 feet this past weekend at the Ward Haylett Invitational. This will be his first trip to nationals.
Avrey Albright, Hayden Albright, Churchman and Wahlmeier are set to compete in the 4x100m relay race. Freshman Drew Tolar will join the team as the fifth runner, providing valuable depth alongside the core group of four competitors.
The Tigers have delivered an impressive outdoor season, highlighted by three school records and 33 NCAA provisional marks. The Tiger men rank 41st in the latest USTFCCCA MIAA rankings posted today (May 13) while the women rank 46th in DII.
2025 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Thursday-Saturday, May 22-25 • Pueblo, Colo.
Schedule of Events - FHSU Competitors
Thursday, May 22
Decathlon Day One - 11:30 a.m (10:30 a.m. MT) - Nolan Churchman
Men's Pole Vault - 12:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. MT) - Josiah Ball
Men's 4x100m Relay Prelims - 5:40 p.m. (4:40 p.m. MT) - Hayden Albright, Toby Wahlmeier, Avrey Albright, Nolan Churchman or Drew Tolar
Men's Long Jump - 6:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. MT) - Nolan Churchman
Women's 10,000m - 9:10 p.m. (8:10 p.m. MT) - Emily Diercks
Friday, May 23
Decathlon Day Two - 10:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. MT) - Nolan Churchman
Women's Discus - 3:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. MT) - Emma Slade
Men's 200m Prelims - 6:45 p.m. (5:45 p.m. MT) - Toby Wahlmeier
Saturday, May 24
Women's Pole Vault - 12:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. MT) - Annabeth Baalmann
Men's 4x100m Relay Finals - 6:20 p.m. (5:20 p.m. MT) - Hayden Albright, Toby Wahlmeier, Avrey Albright, Nolan Churchman or Drew Tolar
Men's 200m Finals - 8:55 p.m. (7:55 p.m. MT) - Toby Wahlmeier