By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
AZUSA, Calif. – The Fort Hays State men’s track and field team enjoyed the week in California participating in the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific. Throughout the three-day meet, the Tigers earned numerous provisional marks alongside strong performances.
Philip Landrum earned two provisional with an 11th place finish in the 100-meters at 10.55, followed by a fifth place finish in the 200-meters with a time of 21.07. Malcom Gardner was close behind in the 200-meters, claiming his provisional with a 12th place time of 21.24.
Brett Meyer continues to make his mark as he earned a provisional in the 1,500-meters with his 29th place time of 3:44.60. In the high jump, Kolt Newell captured seventh place to earned his provisional with a jump of 6 feet, 9 inches. Ryan Stanley finished in 14th place in the pole vault with his provisional height of 15 feet, 9 inches. Rounding out the provisional marks for the Tiger men on the week was a sixth place finish in the decathlon to Matthew Pieper who totaled a provisional-worthy 6,386 points.
Throughout the weekend, other Tigers earned top-ten times including a runner-up finish in the 5,000-meters by Justin Moore with a time of 14:47.85. Layton Werth placed seventh with a time of 31.24.14 in the 10,000-meters. The men’s 4×100 relay, made up of Brayden Soza, Landrum, Gardner and Matthew Pieper earned a tenth place finish at 41.82.
Fort Hays State also sent two runner to participate in the Kansas Relays this past week as well. Reed Rome and Robbie Schmidt turned in times in the 5,000-meter run with Rome claiming a tenth place finish at 15:01.96 and Schmidt coming in 21st at 15:42.07.
The Tigers are back in action in their final meet before conference championships as they travel to Concordia, Kan for the Cloud County Invitational on Thursday (April 25).