EMPORIA, Kan. - Mattie Rossi and Gretchen Kuffel had record breaking performances on Saturday at the MIAA Outdoor Championships. Rossi's new record came in the 400-meter hurdle prelims, while Kuffel topped the 3,000-meter steeplechase field. Abigail Stewart and Taylor Savolt joined Kuffel in generating points for the FHSU women, while the FHSU men saw team points generated by Ryan Stanley, Jacob Clark, Mark Faber, Jack Pakkebier, Robbie Schmidt, Grant Bradley, and Kolgan Ohl.
Rossi ran a time of 58.54 seconds to top the 400-meter hurdle prelim field. She shattered her own school record set earlier this season. She became the first FHSU woman to post a sub-one minute time in the event. Her previous record was 1:00.17. Her time Saturday is third best in the nation based off the national provisional list entering the weekend. She also turned in a personal best time of 13.80 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles to finish second in the prelims, setting up an opportunity to score big points for the Tigers in both hurdle events on Sunday.
Kuffel just recently broke the 3,000-meter steeplechase record and did it again on Saturday evening in her winning effort. She shaved just over three seconds off her previous best, running 10:47.30. Kuffel won the race by over four seconds. She was one of three with provisional times in the race and generated 10 points for the Tigers.
Stanley, Clark, and Faber generated 14 points for the FHSU men in the pole vault. Stanley secured an All-MIAA finish with a clearance of 17'0" for third place. Clark cleared the same height, but took one extra attempt to do so and finished in fourth. Faber cleared 16'4".
Pakkebier and Schmidt combined to give FHSU 10 points. Pakkebier turned in a fourth-place finish in the decathlon with a total of 6,345 points. Schmidt was fourth in the 10,000 meters in 30:23.66. Bradley added four points for the Tigers in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a fifth-place finish. He ran a time of 9:09.48.
Savolt generated points for the Tiger women in two events. She finished fifth in the heptathlon with 4,865 points and then eighth in the long jump in a distance of 18' 4.25". Stewart had a fifth place finish in the 10,000 meters with a time of 37:23.22 to add four points for the Tiger women.
Kolgan Ohl picked up three points for the FHSU men over two events. He was seventh in the hammer throw with a distance of 184'3" and eighth in the discus at 165'1".
Lyric Holman puched her ticket to the finals of the 100 and 200-meter dashes on Sunday. She was second in the 100 prelims in 11.58 seconds and fourth in the 200 prelims in 24.34 seconds.
Five Tiger men set themselves up for points on Sunday by placing in the top eight of their prelim events. Nolan Churchman was third in the 400 meters in 47.66 seconds, just .01 seconds off his personal best. Philip Landrum was second in the 100 meters with a time of 10.4 seconds, his personal best in the event by .01 seconds. Ethan Lang was second in the 800 meter prelims in 1:52.26, while Trever Medina was third in 1:52.40 and Aaron Mangan was sixth in 1:52.46.
Full FHSU Results - Day Two
Women
100m Dash Prelims
2nd - Lyric Holman - 11.58
18th - Tori Poe - 12.20
22nd - Kendra Clary - 12.35
200m Dash Prelims
4th - Lyric Holman - 24.34 #
18th - Tori Poe - 25.26
22nd - Kendra Clary - 25.68
400m Dash Prelims
21st - Jasey Downing - 59.81
800m Run Prelims
17th - Hannah Wiebe - 2:19.35
3,000m Steeplechase Finals
1st - Gretchen Kuffel - 10:47.30 ! #
10,000m Run Finals
5th - Abigail Stewart - 37:23.22
11th - Brooke Navarro - 39:26.08
13th - Jaycee Vath - 38:46.30
100m Hurdles Prelims
2nd - Mattie Rossi - 13.80 #
12th - Chloe Stanley - 14.51
400m Hurdles Prelims
1st - Mattie Rossi - 58.54 ! #
7th - Chloe Stanley - 1:04.45
12th - Rylee Gleason - 1:08.98
Long Jump
8th - Taylor Savolt - 18-04.25
10th - Mattie Rossi - 18-02.50
16th - Hadley Williams - 16-00.50
18th - Ellie Dusselier - 14-08.75
Pole Vault
13th - Taylor Linn - 11-05.00
Maleigha Schmidt - NH
Discus
12th - Jessica Saunders - 132-09
Hammer
14th - Jessie Castellucci - 143-09
Heptathlon
5th - Taylor Savolt - 4,863
100mH - 14.71 - 855
HJ - 5-1 - 678
SP - 30-10.5 - 491
200m - 25.29 - 860
LJ - 18-00.25 - 697
JT - 91-06 - 437
800m - 2:20.09 - 822
12th - Hadley Williams - 3,876
100mH - 15.86 - 732
HJ - 4-6 - 481
SP - 31-0 - 494
200m - 27.14 - 700
LJ - 15-08.25 - 500
JT - 85-10
800m - 2:40.69 - 565
14th - Ellie Dusselier - 3,467
100mH - 17.39 - 553
HJ - 4-11.75 - 644
SP - 27-5.5 - 423
200m - 29.02 - 553
LJ - 14-10.00 - 433
JT - 73-07 - 334
800m - 2:44.07 - 527
Men
100m Dash Prelims
2nd - Philip Landrum - 10.40
200m Dash Prelims
15th - Hayden Albright - 22.01
400m Dash Prelims
3rd - Nolan Churchman - 47.66 #
9th - Hayden Albright - 48.12
800m Run Prelims
2nd - Ethan Lang - 1:52.26
3rd - Trever Medina - 1:52.40
6th - Aaron Mangan - 1:52.46
18th - Kaden Wren - 1:56.10
3,000m Steeplechase Finals
5th - Grant Bradley - 9:09.48 #
10,000m Run Finals
4th - Robbie Schmidt - 30:23.66 #
17th - Erick Estrada - 32:37.34
Pole Vault
3rd - Ryan Stanley - 17-00.00 #
4th - Jacob Clark - 17-00.00 #
6th - Mark Faber - 16-04.00
12th - Loren Faurot - 14-06.25
Discus
8th - Kolgan Ohl - 165-01
Hammer
7th - Kolgan Ohl - 184-03
Decathlon
4th - Jack Pakkebier - 6,345
100m - 11.69 = 713
LJ - 20-5 - 635
SP - 41-2.25 - 640
HJ - 5-4.5 - 496
400m - 50.72 - 782
110mH - 16.03 - 729
DT - 127-07 - 642
PV - 13-00.75 - 612
JT - 86-00 - 246
1,500m - 4:41.87 - 669
11th - Ethan Salmans - 5,150
100m - 11.93 - 665
LJ - 21-4 - 697
SP - 30-11.75 - 452
HJ - 5-8 - 569
400m - 54.34 - 626
110mH - 15.71 - 766
DT - 65-05 - 271
PV - 10-09.00 - 426
JT - 127-10 - 427
1,500m - 5:23.42 - 432
12th - Malcolm Wiltshire - 5,144
100m - 12.05 - 641
LJ - 19-8.25 - 587
SP - 32-9 - 484
HJ - 5-11.5 - 644
400m - 54.55 - 617
110mH - 17.38 - 585
DT - 70-04 - 299
PV - 9-01.50 - 305
JT - 148-11 - 521
1,500m - 5:18.00 - 461
! indicates school record
# indicates NCAA DII provisional qualifying mark
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