By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
WICHITA, Kan. – The Fort Hays State women’s track and field team recorded eight top-three finishes and captured one event win at the Herm Wilson Invitational hosted by Wichita State on Friday (Feb. 5).
Lyric Holman won the 60m dash with a time of 7.67, just one-hundredth of a second shy of the NCAA Division II provisional mark. Her season-best time of 7.65 currently ranks ninth on the national performance chart. The junior later placed fourth in the 200m dash with a personal-best time of 25.61.
Mattie Rossi placed third in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.93 after running a personal-best 8.90 in the prelims.
Fort Hays State picked up a pair of third-place finishes in the mid-distance races, with Emily Salmans (2:16.57) and Abigail Stewart (5:17.15) placing third in the 800m run and the mile run, respectively.
The Tigers had a trio of third-place finishes in the field events, including Summer Kragel in the high jump (5-4.25), Taylor Savolt in the triple jump (37-1) and Julia Wagner in the weight throw (52-6.5).
The 4x400m relay team of Holman, Salmans, Savolt and Rossi combined to finish third with a time of 3:56.13.
With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Tigers will return to action next Saturday (Feb. 13) at the Ichabod Invitational in Topeka, Kan. Field events are slated to begin at 11 a.m. with running events to follow at noon.
Full FHSU Results
60m Finals
1st – Lyric Holman – 7.67
60m Prelims
1st – Lyric Holman – 7.73
10th – Tori Poe – 8.22
60m Hurdles Finals
3rd – Mattie Rossi – 8.93
60m Hurdles Prelims
3rd – Mattie Rossi – 8.90
9th – Taylor Savolt – 9.27
13th – Chloe Stanley – 9.44
15th – Layne Needham – 9.74
16th – Elysia Kunkler – 10.00
18th – Ellie Dusselier – 10.25
200m Dash
4th – Lyric Holman – 25.61
10th – Tori Poe – 27.01
19th – Kendra Clary – 28.30
22nd – Elysia Kunkler – 29.24
400m Dash
12th – Chloe Stanley – 1:01.70
14th – Layne Needham – 1:04.01
15th – Kendra Clary – 1:06.92
800m Run
3rd – Emily Salmans – 2:16.57
6th – Faith Little – 2:18.04
7th – Hannah Wiebe – 2:18.63
9th – Gretchen Kuffel – 2:27.08
12th – Carson Pierce – 2:29.65
15th – Ella Benkendorf – 2:32.41
16th – Zoie Shupe – 2:47.21
Mile Run
3rd – Abigail Stewart – 5:17.15
4th – Gretchen Kuffel – 5:17.81
7th – Brooke Navarro – 5:22.18
8th – Faith Little – 5:25.06
9th – Carson Pierce – 5:29.41
11th – Mya Navarro – 5:51.04
4x400m Relay
3rd – Lyric Holman, Emily Salmans, Taylor Savolt, Mattie Rossi – 3:56.13
6th – Chloe Stanley, Hannah Wiebe, Zoie Shupe, Tori Poe – 4:19.28
Ella Benkendorf, Ellie Dusselier, Kendra Clary – DNF
High Jump
3rd – Summer Kragel – 5-4.25
7th – Mattie Rossi – 5-1.75
8th – Ellie Dusselier – 4-9.75
Pole Vault
4th – Taylor Linn – 11-2.25
6th – Maleigha Schmidt – 10-8.25
9th – Cheyenne Nickelson – 10-2.5
13th – Breanna Schmitz – 9-8.5
Long Jump
5th – Alexandra Hart – 17-1.25
8th – Paris Wolf – 16-6
14th – Elysia Kunkler – 15-0
Triple Jump
3rd – Taylor Savolt – 37-1
7th – Paris Wolf – 34-9.75
Weight Throw
3rd – Julia Wagner – 52-6.5
6th – Laurel Haley – 45-8.5