By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. – The 2018-19 indoor season is upon us, and the Fort Hays State men’s track and field team has started it out strong. At the UCCS Invite, the Tigers achieved multiple top-five finishes led by Ryan Stanley and Phillip Landrum who claimed top finishes in their events. FHSU competed in the daylong event on the campus of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Stanley captured first place in the pole vault during his first collegiate competition. The freshman’s top mark of 15 feet gave him the highest finish on the day. Fellow Tiger Mark Faber took fourth in the same event, hitting a height of 14 feet, 6 inches. Landrum earned the top time in his first collegiate outing, placing first in the 60-meters with a time of 6.86. Malcom Gardner came in fourth place in the run with a mark of 6.95.
Lucas Broxterman made his mark throughout the day, placing in the top-five in two events. First, Broxterman claimed fourth in the high jump, earning a mark of 6 feet, 4 inches. That finish was followed by a third place finish in the long jump with a distance of 22 feet, 5 inches. Blayne Godshall earned a fifth place height in the high jump, coming in at 6 feet, 4 inches.
In other field events, Sam Garrison took third place in the shot put, throwing a mark of 46 feet, 6 inches. Hunter DeGarmo placed third in the weight throw at 47 feet, 5 inches, alongside Seth Boxberger who earned fourth in the same event at 43 feet, 10 inches.
Michael Eisenbarth placed the highest for the Tigers in running events as he earned third place in the 3,000-meters with a time of 9:58.99. Luke Oatney finished the run in fourth place at 10:06.57, followed closely by Robert Loeffler coming in fifth place with a time of 10:07.61. In the 800-meters, D’Corian Williams finished in fourth with a time of 2:00.03, while Dakota Blaylock finished that same run in fifth place at 2:23.08.
Finishing the day for FHSU was two top-five finishes in the 4×400-meter relay. The quad of Matthew Pieper, Malcom Gardner, Jake Faerber and Phillip Landrum ran a combined time of 3:28.89 for a fourth place finish. Closely behind coming in fifth place was the group of Shane Finegan, Jack Pakkbier, Carter Blackburn and Devin Berens navigating a time of 3:37.18.
The Tigers will now take a break for the holidays before their season really gets underway. FHSU travels to Lincoln, Neb on January 12 for the Graduate Classic at the University of Nebraska.
- COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. – In its first meet of the new indoor season, the Fort Hays State women’s track and field team claimed numerous top-five finishes to start the 2018-19 season off in a positive direction. Rohey Singhateh led the Tigers as they competed at the UCCS Invite in Colorado Springs on Saturday. Singhateh captured two top-five places in her events to mark the beginning of her junior season.
Singhateh first earned third place in the long jump, coming in with a mark of 18 feet, 3 inches. After that, she followed up with a fourth place finish in the triple jump at 37 feet, 10 inches. Out-jumping Singhateh in the triple jump was fellow Tiger Kayla Smith who claimed third in the event with a distance of 38 feet, 3 inches.
Among the other field events was a fourth place finish by Haley Jones in the high jump at 5 feet, 3 inches, alongside two fifth placers with Logan Batchman (36 feet, 11 inches) in the shot put, and Julia Wagner (46 feet, 4 inches) in the weight throw.
In the 3,000-meters, Mirena Goncalves used her cross country experience to help her to a fourth place time of 10:46.09. Lyric Holman finished with a fifth place finish during her first collegiate meet in the 60-meters with a time of 7.82.
Finishing up for the Tigers on the day was two high finishes in the 60-meter hurdles as Mattie Rossi took fourth (9.24) and Peri Lange crossed the line in fifth place (9.27). The quad of Lange, Rossi, Holman and Courtney Batchman achieved a fourth place time of 4:07.47 in the 4×400-meter relay to end Fort Hays State’s day in Colorado.
Next up, the Tigers will get a break before really digging into their season. They will travel to Lincoln, Neb on January 12 for the Graduate Classic on the campus of the University of Nebraska.