By FHSU Sports Information
NEW ORLEANS – The Fort Hays State track and field program was well represented on the 2018 edition of the USTFCCCA All-Region team, with five women and eight men earning the honors. The announcement was released Monday (May 14) with 688 men and 640 women making the cut. The Tigers are listed in the Central Region in NCAA Division II.
The top-five individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region distinction, in addition to the top-three relay teams in each event. The regions include the Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast and West.
Brett Meyer leads the way for the men as he earned All-Region honors in two events. Meyer currently owns the third-best time in the 1,500-meters with a time of 3:43.64, good enough for an automatic qualification, as well as a No. 15 time in the 800-meters at 1:50.15. Decano Cronin also boasts a strong time in the 800-meters for his All-Region honors with a time of 1:47.98, an automatic qualifying time. Cronin and Meyer both also made the list of Division II Top Performers.
Other honorees for the men includes Lucas Broxterman and Kolt Newell in the high jump, TJ Dozier in the discus, and Sam Dreiling and Jake Morrow in the pole vault.
Kelly Wycoff earned All-Region honors for the women in the 400-meters with her No. 5 ranked time of 54.42. Also on the track for the women is Lindsay Roberts earning the honor in the 1,500-meters with her best time of 4:30.37. This time places Roberts on the performance list at No. 31. Three women earned the All-Region honors in field events with Selam Ball earning in the pole vault and Madison Wolf and Alexcia Deutscher in the javelin. Wolf holds the No. 1 distance in the javelin in Division II with a throw of 167 feet, 3 inches, while Deutscher comes in at No. 5 with her strong showing of 157 feet, 9 inches.
The 2018 NCAA Division II national qualifiers will be announced Tuesday in the afternoon.