FHSU Athletics
TOPEKA, Kan. - The Fort Hays State track and field team posted three more national qualifying marks and secured one event victory Saturday (Jan. 31) on day two of the Washburn Open.
Annabeth Baalmann placed first in the pole vault, clearing the 13-2.25 bar on her first attempt. That national-qualifying performance would be ranked seventh in Division II this season were it not for her school-record clearance of 14-1.25 set earlier this season that is the best in the country.
A pair of Tigers cleared the national qualifying threshold in the men's pole vault, with Josiah Ball finishing first and Hunter Angove placing second. Ball cleared the 16-7.25 bar on his third and final attempt, setting a new indoor best that is just one centimeter below his outdoor PR. That performance ranks Ball 18th in Division II this season and is good for seventh at FHSU during the program's Division II era.
Angove also etched his name on the national qualifying list after soaring over the bar at 16-3.25 on his third and final attempt. That performance is good for 21st in the country this season and places the senior 10th on the FHSU DII era performance list.
Janae Fugitt ran the 800m in 2:18.43, placing 12th out of 52 competitors and ranking sixth on the FHSU DII era list.
Taylor Hoskinson ran a personal-best 5:05.55 in the mile, finishing 21st in the field of 58 runners and moving from eighth to sixth on the FHSU DII era performance chart.
Lillian Finke matched her personal best in the pole vault, clearing the bar at 11-8.5 to place eighth in the event.
Looking ahead, the Tigers will be back in action in two weeks when they travel to Pittsburg, Kan. for the 11th Annual Russ Jewett Indoor Gorilla Classic February 13-14.