👟Churchman 5th, Two Other All-Americans on Day 2 of Nationals

ALLENDALE, Mich. - The Fort Hays State track and field team picked up three All-American honors, broke one school record and had one move on to the finals on day two of the 2022 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships (May 27).

Nolan Churchman lifted his third All-American trophy after placing fifth in the decathlon with a school-record 7,192 points. He bested his previous PR by 73 points after posting personal-bests in four of the 10 events. The sophomore's top event on day two was the 110m hurdles, where he compiled 783 points after a personal-best 15.56. He also hit personal records in the discus (115-6, 568 points) and the javelin (154-11, 548 points). Nolan's fifth-place finish is tied for the best-ever placement at a DII national meet for an FHSU multi-athlete and he is the first Tiger to place in the decathlon at the national level during the DII era.

Mattie Rossi finished the heptathlon in ninth place with 5,132 points, just six points shy of reaching the podium. Rossi will receive second team All-American accolades for her performance, the fourth All-American award in her career. Her best event of the day was the 800m run, where she was third-fastest in the field with a personal-best time of 2:16.93 (866 points).

Rossi later ran in the 100m hurdles prelims, posting a finals-qualifying time of 13.92 to finish third in her heat and eighth overall. She will run in both the 100m hurdles finals and the 400m hurdles finals on Saturday.

Lyric Holman earned second team All-America honors in the 200m dash after finishing 12th in the prelims with a time of 23.93. It was her sixth All-America award all-time. The Junction City, Kan. junior will wrap up the week in the 100m dash finals Saturday afternoon.

Ethan Lang ran in the 800m prelims on Friday, finishing 22nd with a time of 1:51.69.

The men's 4x400m relay team of Hayden Albright, Jack Pakkebier, Ethan Lang, Nolan Churchman placed 13th in the prelims with a time of 3:16.17.

Eight Tigers will compete on the final day of the Championships on Saturday, including five in field events and three in running events.

Saturday Event Schedule - FHSU Student-Athletes
9:30 a.m. - Javelin Throw - David Enns (Flight 1)
11:45 a.m. - Triple Jump - Xavier Robinson (Flight 1)
12:30 p.m. - Javelin Throw - Addie Berens (Flight 2), Rhyann Brown (Flight 1)
1:05 p.m. - High Jump - Alexandra Hart
1:55 p.m. - 100m Hurdles Finals - Mattie Rossi
2:35 p.m. - 100m Dash Finals - Lyric Holman
3:20 p.m. - 400m Hurdles Finals - Mattie Rossi
4:00 p.m. - 5,000m Run - Robbie Schmidt

Full FHSU Results - Day 2
Women
200m Dash Prelims
12th - Lyric Holman - 23.93 &

100m Hurdles Prelims
8th - Mattie Rossi - 13.92 Q

Heptathlon
9th - Mattie Rossi - 5,132 &
100mH - 13.69 - 1,023
HJ - 5-3 - 736
SP - 32-2 - 516
200m - 24.87 - 899
LJ - 17-5.25 - 645
JT - 93-4 - 447
800m - 2:16.93 - 866

Men
800m Run Prelims
22nd - Ethan Lang - 1:51.69

4x400m Relay
13th - Hayden Albright, Jack Pakkebier, Ethan Lang, Nolan Churchman - 3:16.17

Decathlon
5th - Nolan Churchman - 7,192 - 4 team points ! @
100m - 10.68 - 933
LJ - 22-11.25 - 811
SP - 38-6.75 - 591
HJ - 6-5 - 767
400m - 47.87 - 915
110mH - 15.56 - 783
DT - 115-6 - 568
PV - 13-7.25 - 659
JT -154-11 - 548
1,500m - 4:50.22 - 617

Full FHSU Results - Day 1
Women
100m Dash Prelims
8th - Lyric Holman - 11.59 Q

400m Hurdles Prelims
4th - Mattie Rossi - 59.19 Q

Men
10,000m Run
12th - Robbie Schmidt - 29:49.66 &

4x100m Relay Prelims
12th - Cole Diffenbaugh, Hayden Albright, Xavier Robinson, Philip Landrum - 41.76

Pole Vault
8th - Ryan Stanley - 16-8.75 - 1 team point @
9th - Jacob Clark - 16-8.75 &

! indicates school record
@ indicates first team All-America performance
& indicates second team All-America performance
Q indicates qualified for Saturday's finals