👟 Seven provisionals, four winners for Tigers at ESU Relays

EMPORIA, Kan. - The Fort Hays State track and field teams posted seven NCAA DII provisional qualifying marks and captured four event titles Saturday on the final day of the ESU Relays. The men were third out of 29 schools with 75 points in the team race, while the women placed fourth out of 25 programs with 61.5 points.

After posting a provisional mark in the 200m dash on Friday, Lyric Holman picked up her second of the weekend with a victory in the 100m race thanks to a time of 11.80. The other first-place finish for the women's team came in the javelin, with Addie Berens placing first with a career-best heave of 153-6. She moved up one spot to seventh on the FHSU DII era performance chart in the process. Rhyann Brown finished just behind her teammate, finishing second with a provisional toss of 150-8.

Alexandra Hart cleared a provisional height of 5-6 in the high jump, placing second. Elsewhere in the field events, Taylor Linn finished seventh in the pole vault with a top clearance of 11-3.75.

Gretchen Kuffel finished seventh in the 1,500m run after crossing the line in 4:41.44, moving to fourth on the DII era performance chart. Chloe Stanley earned a fifth-place finish in the 400m hurdles after completing the race in 1:06.56.

On the men's side, Grant Bradley finished first out of 104 competitors in the 1,500m run with a time of 3:54.93, moving up one spot to eighth on the FHSU DII era performance chart. Fresh off an All-American performance indoors, Jacob Clark won the pole vault with a provisional clearance of 16-4.75.

David Enns also had a provisional mark in the field with a toss of 202-9 in the javelin, good for third place. Philip Landrum picked up the final provisional performance for the men, running the 100m dash in 10.48 to finish third.

Xavier Robinson also placed third in the long jump, clearing an outdoor PR of 23-9, just one inch off the provisional distance. Loren Faurot was another third-place finisher for the Tigers after a clearance of 15-5 in the pole vault.

The 4x800m relay team of Kaden Wren, Ethan Lang, Trever Medina and Aaron Mangan combined to finish second with a time of 7:42.60.

The Tigers are scheduled to return to competition next Saturday (April 2) at the Central Nebraska Challenge in Kearney, Neb. beginning at 11 a.m.

Full FHSU Results - Day Two
Women
100m Dash
1st - Lyric Holman - 11.80 #
16th - Kendra Clary - 12.43
25th - Tori Poe - 12.55
38th - Jasey Downing - 12.81
51st - Elysia Kunkler - 13.00
54th - Kinley Brown - 13.10

800m Finals
16th - Hannah Wiebe - 2:21.25

1,500m Run
7th - Gretchen Kuffel - 4:41.44
17th - Jaycee Vath - 5:00.69
19th - Halle Johnson - 5:04.74
28th - Carson Pierce - 5:11.71
35th - Tabitha Stowers - 5:14.35 (Friday)
58th - Hayley Burks - 5:40.65 (Friday)

100m Hurdles
13th - Chloe Stanley - 15.14
22nd - Rylee Gleason - 16.21
25th - Elysia Kunkler - 16.71
30th - Hadley Williams - 18.22

400m Hurdles
5th - Chloe Stanley - 1:06.56
10th - Rylee Gleason - 1:10.35
11th - Hadley Williams - 1:12.10

4x400m Relay
7th - Lyric Holman, Jasey Downing, Kinley Brown, Tori Poe - 4:00.57

4x800m Relay
4th - Halle Johnson, Carson Pierce, Jaycee Vath, Gretchen Kuffel - 9:44.80
Tabitha Stowers, Hayley Burks, Brooke Navarro, Mya Navarro - DNF

High Jump
2nd - Alexandra Hart - 5-6 #
19th - Alexus Rigg - 4-9 (Friday)

Pole Vault
7th - Taylor Linn - 11-3.75
12th - Maleigha Schmidt - 10-8.00 (Friday)

Long Jump
15th - Elysia Kunkler - 17-1.5
22nd - Hadley Williams - 16-2.25

Shot Put
31st - Jessica Saunders - 33-8.5

Discus
21st - Jessica Saunders - 119-8

Javelin
1st - Addie Berens - 153-6 #
2nd - Rhyann Brown - 150-8 #

Men
100m Dash
3rd - Philip Landrum - 10.48 #
11th - Hayden Albright - 10.79
44th - Cole Diffenbaugh - 11.22
56th - Dylan Richards - 11.43

400m Dash
25th - Taivian Creamer - 50.92
35th - Jama Gleue - 51.95
52nd - Sabino Medrano - 54.93
53rd - Malcolm Wiltshire - 54.97
56th - Ethan Salmans - 57.31

1,500m Run
1st - Grant Bradley - 3:54.93
9th - Aaron Mangan - 3:58.06
16th - Trever Medina - 4:01.29
18th - Ethan Fisher - 4:01.98
23rd - Jaret Pfizenmaier - 4:04.26
25th - Gavin Brady - 4:05.33 (Friday)
36th - Ethan Lang - 4:09.64 (Friday)
40th - Isaac Radke - 4:11.29 (Friday)
47th - Kaden Wren - 4:15.69 (Friday)
68th - Edwin Garcia - 4:23.91 (Friday)
77th - Ethan Emmons - 4:27.85 (Friday)

110m Hurdles
20th - Sabino Medrano - 15.89
27th - Ethan Salmans - 16.86
33rd - Malcolm Wiltshire - 18.34

4x400m Relay
6th - Cole Diffenbaugh, Philip Landrum, Dylan Richards, Hayden Albright - 3:20.94

4x800m Relay
2nd - Kaden Wren, Ethan Lang, Trever Medina, Aaron Mangan - 7:42.60
9th - Grant Bradley, Gavin Brady, Isaac Radke, Ethan Emmons - 8:20.96

High Jump
9th - Dayton Williams - 6-4

Pole Vault
1st - Jacob Clark - 16-4.75 #
3rd - Loren Faurot - 15-5
5th - Mark Faber - 15-5.00 (Friday)
Carter Jones - NH (Friday)

Long Jump
3rd - Xavier Robinson - 23-9
30th - Malcolm Wiltshire - 19-9

Javelin
3rd - David Enns - 202-9 #
12th - Garron Champoux - 184-6
16th - Kasen Ostmeyer - 179-11
33rd - Tyler Stindt - 157-6

Day One
Women
200m Dash
3rd - Lyric Holman - 24.36 #
25th - Tori Poe - 25.92
36th - Kinley Brown - 26.38
43rd - Jasey Downing - 26.59
54th - Kendra Clary - 26.77

5,000m Run
5th - Brooke Navarro - 18:23.77
25th - Mya Navarro - 20:13.41

Hammer Throw
9th - Jessie Castellucci - 149-6

Men
200m Dash
2nd - Philip Landrum - 21.27
22nd - Hayden Albright - 22.27
39th - Cole Diffenbaugh - 22.70
57th - Jama Gleue - 23.18
63rd - Taivian Creamer - 23.32
75th - Dylan Richards - 23.91

5,000m Run
13th - Erick Estrada - 15:19.30
28th - Matthew Schrag - 16:09.52

Triple Jump
2nd - Xavier Robinson - 46-11.00

Discus
28th - Tyler Stindt - 118-8
Jacob Serrano - Foul

# indicates NCAA DII provisional mark