PITTSBURG, Kan. - The 12th-ranked Fort Hays State women's track and field team had quite a showing on day one of the 2021 MIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday, winning one conference title, earning four All-MIAA honors, breaking one school record, posting six NCAA DII provisional marks and sitting in second in the league through six events.
The Tigers racked up 35 team points on the opening day, second-most in the league.
Alexandra Hart continued her undefeated season in the high jump, placing first to win her second conference title as a true freshman with an outdoor school-record jump of 5-9.75. The mark automatically qualifies Hart for the DII National Championships and is tied for the top mark in Division II this season. Hart was one of two athletes to clear the 5-8.5 bar before winning the title on her third and final attempt at the school-record height. Summer Kragel helped the Tiger team score with a seventh-place finish in the event, clearing a height of 5-4.25.
Laurel Haley picked up All-MIAA honors with her third-place finish in the hammer throw, tossing the implement 182-8 on her sixth and final attempt of the day.
Addie Berens also reached the podium to earn All-MIAA honors, placing third in the javelin throw in her first appearance in the conference championships. The freshman recorded a provisional toss of 150-2 on her second attempt of the day. Rhyann Brown also picked up a team point for the Tigers, placing eighth with a toss of 136-2.
The final All-MIAA performance came in the final event of the day when Abigail Stewart placed third in the 10,000m run. The sophomore completed the race in a personal-best 38:33.08. Brooke Navarro secured four team points for the Tigers with her fifth-place finish in the race, crossing the line in 39:15.10.
The Tigers saw four individuals advance through the preliminary rounds, including Lyric Holman in both the 100m and 200m races and Mattie Rossi in the 100m hurdles and the 400m hurdles. Holman ran the second-fastest time in the 100m dash prelims, crossing the line in 11.56, before placing third in the 200m prelims with a time of 24.21. Rossi ran a personal-best 13.91 in the 100m hurdles prelims, the fastest time in the field, before finishing third in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:02.29.
Rossi opened the day with a solid performance in the first half of the heptathlon, sitting in second place with 3,069 points through four events. Taylor Savolt accumulated 2,763 points on day one, good for sixth place.
The Tigers will wrap up competition in the league championships on Sunday, with action set to begin at 9:30 a.m. Finals on the track are slated to start at 1:30 p.m.
Full FHSU Results
100m Dash Prelims
2nd - Lyric Holman - 11.56 Q
11th - Tori Poe - 12.07
200m Dash Prelims
3rd - Lyric Holman - 24.21 Q
14th - Tori Poe - 25.26
800m Run Prelims
10th - Emily Salmans - 2:16.69
18th - Hannah Wiebe - 2:22.01
10,000m Run Finals
3rd - Abigail Stewart - 38:33.08 - 6 team points @
5th - Brooke Navarro - 39:15.10 - 4 team points
12th - Mya Navarro - 42:18.18
100m Hurdles Prelims
1st - Mattie Rossi - 13.91 Q
10th - Layne Needham - 14.57
Chloe Stanley - DQ
400m Hurdles Prelims
3rd - Mattie Rossi - 1:02.29 Q
10th - Layne Needham - 1:06.81
11th - Chloe Stanley - 1:07.02
High Jump
1st - Alexandra Hart - 5-9.75 - 10 team points # ! @
7th - Summer Kragel - 5-4.25 - 2 team points
12th - Haley George - 5-2.25
Pole Vault
Taylor Linn - NH
Maleigha Schmidt - NH
Long Jump
13th - Taylor Savolt - 17-10.25
20th - Paris Wolf - 17-0.75
Hammer Throw
3rd - Laurel Haley - 182-8 - 6 team points @
Javelin Throw
3rd - Addie Berens - 150-2 - 6 team points @
8th - Rhyann Brown - 136-2 - 1 team point
Heptathlon (through four events)
2nd - Mattie Rossi - 3,069
100mH - 14.04
HJ - 5-2.5
SP - 31-5.25
200m - 25.18
6th - Taylor Savolt - 2,763
100mH - 14.91
HJ - 4-8.75
SP - 32-3.75
200m - 25.58
Bold indicates NCAA Division II provisional mark
# indicates NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark
! indicates program record
@ indicates All-MIAA honors
Q indicates qualified for finals
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