By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Fort Hays State men’s track and field team had two individual champions, broke two school records and racked up four All-MIAA medals Sunday (Feb. 27) on the final day of the 2022 MIAA Indoor Championships. The Tigers had 10 provisional marks on the day, finishing the week with six All-MIAA honors, 15 provisional performances and five school records. FHSU place fifth as a team with 81 team points, tied for the top team finish in the indoor meet since the Tigers joined the MIAA in 2006-07.
Ryan Stanley now has an MIAA Championship to go along with his NCAA DII outdoor pole vault national championship from last season. The junior was one of two athletes to clear the bar at 17-2.25, doing so on his first attempt. The height is another record for Stanley, one-half inch higher than his previous best set earlier this year. Stanley only had one miss leading up to the final bar, while Vincent Hobbie of Central Missouri had two misses at 16-10.25 to break the tie and give Stanley the gold medal.
Ethan Lang successfully defended his title in the 600y run, winning the event for a second year in a row. The Hays native ran a 1:10.37 in the finals, just off his school-record pace of 1:10.29 from the prelims on Saturday.
Philip Landrum picked up his seventh career All-MIAA honor via a third-place finish in the 60m dash with a time of 6.86. He later placed sixth in the 200m dash after crossing the line in 21.74.
Xavier Robinson also picked up a spot on the All-MIAA podium after finishing third in the triple jump, posting a top jump of 48-4.75 on his second attempt of the day. Blake Harnden added another point to the total for the Tigers after finishing eighth with a top mark of 44-8.
The 4x400m relay team of Hayden Albright, Trever Medina, Jack Pakkebier and Ethan Lang capped off the day with a school-record time of 3:14.75, nearly 1.5 seconds faster than the previous record set earlier this year. The time was good for fourth, giving FHSU five team points.
The Tigers had two other pole vaulters grab team points, racking up a total of 16 from the event. Jacob Clark (fifth) and Mark Faber (seventh) both cleared the 15-8.5 bar, with Clark finishing first amongst three competitors at that height due to no prior misses.
The Tigers picked up six team points from the 800m run, where Trever Medina placed fifth with a time of 1:52.27 and Aaron Mangan finished seventh after crossing the line in 1:52.53.
Grant Bradley earned a seventh-place finish in the mile run, posting a time of 4:14.22 to grab two team points. Hayden Albright provided the Tigers with one team point after placing eighth in the 400m finals with a time of 49.33. Robbie Schmidt ran a personal-best 8:18.93 in the 3,000m run, climbing to second on the FHSU DII era performance chart and giving the Tigers two more points in the team race.
The Tigers will now await the release of the selected entries for the NCAA DII Indoor Championships, scheduled to be released on NCAA.com on Tuesday afternoon (March 1). The championships are scheduled for March 11-12 and are being held this year in Pittsburg, Kan.
Full FHSU Results – Day Three
60m Dash
3rd – Philip Landrum – 6.86 – 6 team points # @
200m Dash
6th – Philip Landrum – 21.74 – 3 team points #
400m Dash
8th – Hayden Albright – 49.33 – 1 team point
600y Run
1st – Ethan Lang – 1:10.37 – 10 team points @
800m Run
5th – Trever Medina – 1:52.27 – 4 team points #
7th – Aaron Mangan – 1:52.53 – 2 team points #
Mile Run
7th – Grant Bradley – 4:14.22 – 2 team points
24th – Caleb Carrasco – 4:38.88
3,000m Run
7th – Robbie Schmidt – 8:18.93 – 2 team points #
17th – Jaret Pfizenmaier – 8:37.05
24th – Ethan Fisher – 8:49.86
Grant Bradley – DNF
4x400m Relay
4th – Hayden Albright, Trever Medina, Jack Pakkebier, Ethan Lang – 3:14.75 – 5 team points ! #
Pole Vault
1st – Ryan Stanley – 17-2.25 – 10 team points ! @ #
5th – Jacob Clark – 15-8.5 – 4 team points #
7th – Mark Faber – 15-8.5 – 2 team points #
12th – Loren Faurot – 14-2.75
Triple Jump
3rd – Xavier Robinson – 48-4.75 – 6 team points @ #
8th – Blake Harnden – 44-8 – 1 team point
Day Two Results
60m Dash Prelims
5th – Philip Landrum – 6.84q #
200m Dash Prelims
5th – Philip Landrum – 21.59q #
400m Dash Prelims
6th – Hayden Albright – 48.19q #
600y Run Prelims
1st – Ethan Lang – 1:10.29q !
9th – Kaden Wren – 1:13.02
800m Run Prelims
5th – Aaron Mangan – 1:52.52Q #
7th – Trever Medina – 1:51.92q #
5,000m Run
6th – Robbie Schmidt – 14:19.69 – 3 team points ! #
18th – Jaret Pfizenmaier – 15:06.21
21st – Ethan Fisher – 15:09.84
Distance Medley Relay
3rd – Aaron Mangan, Hayden Albright, Ethan Lang, Grant Bradley – 9:57.92 – 6 team points @ #
High Jump
8th – Dayton Williams – 6-5.5 – 1 team point
Long Jump
8th – Xavier Robinson – 23-2.5 – 1 team point
10th – Nolan Churchman – 22-3
Weight Throw
10th – Kolgan Ohl – 58-4
Heptathlon
2nd – Nolan Churchman – 5,433 – 8 team points ! @ #
60m – 6.98 – 889
LJ – 23-3.50 – 838
SP – 40-00.00 – 618
HJ – 6-6.25 – 794
60mH – 8.93 – 761
PV – 14-2.75 – 714
1,000m – 2:44.98 – 817
6th – Jack Pakkebier – 4,972 points – 4 team points #
60m – 7.19 – 816
LJ – 20-1.75 – 673
SP – 42-02.00 – 658
HJ – 5-8.75 – 585
60mH – 8.80 – 791
PV – 12-11 – 601
1,000m – 2:42.34 – 848
13th – Malcolm Wiltshire – 3,785 points
60m – 7.46 – 726
LJ – 19-4.25 – 597
SP – 31-07.50 – 464
HJ – 5-8.75 – 585
60mH – 9.68 – 603
PV – 8-11.75 – 296
1,000m – 3:16.25 – 514
Bold indicates MIAA Champion
@ indicates All-MIAA honors
! indicates school record
# indicates NCAA DII provisional mark