By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
TOPEKA, Kan. – The Fort Hays State women’s track and field team placed sixth at the 2021 MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships that wrapped up Sunday (Feb. 28). Two Tigers took home championships while five earned All-MIAA honors. FHSU posted one automatic qualifying mark and two provisional marks on Sunday while picking up 56.5 team points, enough to match its best-ever finish at the event.
Alexandra Hart won the high jump competition after again surpassing the NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark. The freshman cleared a height of 5-9.25 while finishing first in the high jump for the fifth time in five tries this season. Hart cleared the bar on her first attempt at each of the five heights she cleared.
After breaking a pair of school records Saturday, Lyric Holman matched one of those marks while earning one title and three All-MIAA honors on Sunday. Holman placed first in the 60m finals, matching her school-record time of 7.59. She then finished third in the 200m finals, crossing the line in 25 seconds flat. The junior rounded out the day with another podium finish, this time in the 4x400m relay with Emily Salmans, Taylor Savolt and Mattie Rossi. The Tigers teamed up to post a time of 3:51.98, good for third place.
Salmans also earned multiple All-MIAA accolades, placing third in the 800m finals with a time of 2:15.58. Faith Little grabbed the Tigers an additional team point with an eighth-place finish in the race, posting a time of 2:20.26.
Savolt helped the Tiger team score in the field events as well, placing sixth in the triple jump with a clearance of 38-9.5, a mark that surpasses the NCAA Division II provisional mark.
Elsewhere in the field events, Summer Kragel placed fifth in the high jump after clearing the 5-4.5 bar, grabbing FHSU 3.5 team points.
The Tigers will now wait to see who is selected to compete in the 2021 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, set to be announced Tuesday (March 2). Those selected will compete in Birmingham, Ala. March 12-13. The Tigers recorded six provisional marks this season, including three that currently rank in the top 13 in the country.
Full FHSU Results
Sunday Results – Day Two
60m Dash Finals
1st – Lyric Holman – 7.59 @ !
200m Dash Finals
3rd – Lyric Holman – 25.00 @
800m Run Finals
3rd – Emily Salmans – 2:15.58 @
8th – Faith Little – 2:20.26
Mile Run
Gretchen Kuffel – DNS
3,000m Run
10th – Abigail Stewart – 10:27.69
16th – Mirena Goncalves – 10:43.72
21st – Brooke Navarro – 10:47.98
4x400m Relay
3rd – Lyric Holman, Emily Salmans, Taylor Savolt, Mattie Rossi – 3:51.98 @
High Jump
1st – Alexandra Hart – 5-9.25 @ %
5th – Summer Kragel – 5-4.5
13th – Mattie Rossi – 5-2.5
16th – Haley George – 5-0.5
Ellie Dusselier – NH
Triple Jump
6th – Taylor Savolt – 38-9.5
14th – Paris Wolf – 36-5.5
Saturday Results – Day One
60m Dash Prelims
1st – Lyric Holman – 7.59Q !
18th – Tori Poe – 7.94
60m Hurdles Prelims
9th – Mattie Rossi – 8.90
13th – Chloe Stanley – 9.30
200m Dash Prelims
2nd – Lyric Holman – 24.92q !
22nd – Tori Poe – 26.33
400m Dash Prelims
19th – Chloe Stanley – 1:02.59
800m Run Prelims
4th – Emily Salmans – 2:16.07Q
8th – Faith Little – 2:17.99q
14th – Hannah Wiebe – 2:22.26
5000m Run
8th – Abigail Stewart – 18:16.54
18th – Brooke Navarro – 19:11.14
Distance Medley Relay
7th – Faith Little, Lyric Holman, Emily Salmans, Gretchen Kuffel – 12:49.08
Long Jump
8th – Taylor Savolt – 17-10.25
9th – Mattie Rossi – 17-9.75
16th – Paris Wolf – 16-8.75
Pole Vault
11th – Taylor Linn – 11-4.5
Maleigha Schmidt – NH
Weight Throw
8th – Laurel Haley – 53-0
21st – Jessie Castellucci – 43-5.25
Pentathlon
4th – Mattie Rossi – 3,497 !
60h – 8.92 – 927
HJ – 5-3.75 – 759
SP – 29-7.5 – 466
LJ – 17-7 – 660
800m – 2:30.59 – 685
8th – Taylor Savolt – 3,191
60h – 9.44 – 820
HJ – 4-11 – 621
SP – 28-7 – 445
LJ – 17-0 – 609
800m – 2:29.77
Bold indicates NCAA Division II provisional mark
% indicates NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark
! indicates program record
@ indicates All-MIAA honors