FHSU Athletics
INDIANAPOLIS - The Fort Hays State track and field teams will send three student-athletes to compete in four events at the 2025 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships, announced Tuesday by the NCAA office. This year's indoor meet is being held March 13-15 in Indianapolis, Ind. at the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion. A total of 540 participants, 270 men and 270 women, will compete in the championships with 16 events.
Two members of the men's team will take on the pole vault, long jump and heptathlon, while one member of the women's team will aim for national success in the pole vault.
Senior Jacob Clark is no stranger to the national stage, making his return to the NCAA Championships in the pole vault. Clark enters the competition with a season-best clearance of 17-2.75, ranking sixth nationally. Clark is a five-time All-American, including three trophies indoors and will look to add another All-American performance to his impressive resume.
Annabeth Baalmann, a junior pole vaulter, will look for her second All-American honor after finishing eighth indoors last season. She broke her own school record multiple times this year, with a top clearance of 14-0.5, the fourth-best mark in the country. Baalmann also became the first woman in school history to surpass the four-meter mark, indoors or outdoors, further cementing her place in program history.
Nolan Churchman will compete in both the heptathlon and the long jump. Churchman is a six-time All-American, including three-straight All-American finishes in the indoor heptathlon. The senior ranks fifth in the country this season in the heptathlon with a season-best total of 5,324 points. Churchman also tallied a school record this past weekend in the long jump, clearing 24-4.25 to rank 17th in the country.
The Tigers have delivered an impressive indoor season, highlighted by six school records and 48 NCAA provisional marks. The Tiger men rank 32nd in the latest USTFCCCA MIAA rankings posted today while the women rank seventh in the MIAA. Both squads placed seventh at the MIAA Championships this past weekend.
2025 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships
Thursday-Saturday, March 13-15 • Indianapolis, Ind.
Schedule of Events - FHSU Competitors
Thursday, March 13
Heptathlon Day 1 - 10 a.m. (11 a.m. ET) - Nolan Churchman
Women's Pole Vault - 2 p.m. (3 p.m. ET) - Annabeth Baalmann
Friday, March 14
Heptathlon Day Two - 10:20 a.m. (11:20 a.m. ET) - Nolan Churchman
Men's Long Jump - 11 a.m. (Noon ET) - Nolan Churchman
Saturday, March 15
Men's Pole Vault - 1:35 p.m. (2:35 p.m. ET) - Jacob Clark