By FHSU SID
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DES MOINES, Iowa – With just one meet left to prepare for the 2018 MIAA Championships, the Fort Hays State women’s track and field team traveled to Des Moines, Iowa for the Drake Relays. The highlight on the weekend was a new school record in the 4x800m relay.
The team of Lindsay Roberts, Grace Buessing, Lauren Roberts and Yessenia Gonzales broke the record set in 2003by just over two seconds with a new time of 9:16.34. The squad placed fifth in the event with their mark. The women’s 4×100 relay also placed well, earning a seventh place finish. The team of Amber Forbes, Yanoudji Diarra, Sharee Zombo and Kelly Wycoff completed their event in a time of 54.24. Another school record was broken in the distance medley relay as Lindsay Roberts, Lauren Roberts, Buessing and Wycoff earned the runner-up position with a time of 11:46.84. This time beat the previous record set last season at the Drake Relays by 22 seconds.
Madison Wolf and Alexcia Deutscher continue to dominate the javelin as they placed in the top five over the weekend. Wolf took the runner-up finish with a mark of 148 feet, 3 inches, while Deutscher came in at No. 4 with her distance of 143 feet. Other notable mentions on the field side was a 17th place finish in the pole vault for Selam Ball at 11 feet, 7 inches, and a 20th place finish at 17 feet, 5 inches for Rohey Singhateh in the long jump.
The Tigers now prepare for the 2018 conference championships that will be held in Kearney May 4-6.