By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
EMPORIA, Kan. – The Fort Hays State women’s track and field team finished fourth at the 2022 MIAA Outdoor Championships with 82 team points, tied for the program’s best finish at the outdoor league meet. The Tigers picked up two more event victories and four All-MIAA performances on Sunday (May 8), giving FHSU three MIAA champions and five All-MIAA honorees for the week.
Lyric Holman and Alexandra Hart both added another MIAA Championship to their trophy case. Holman won the 100m dash by a mere .003 seconds with a time of 11.57 for her fourth league title. Holman later placed fourth in the 200m dash with a time of 24.02 to add five more team points.
Hart grabbed her third MIAA title and her fourth All-MIAA honor with another win in the high jump. The sophomore cleared the 5-7 bar on her second attempt, one fewer attempt than Pittsburg State’s Erica Schamel to give Hart the win on a judge’s decision. Summer Kragel contributed five team points with a fourth-place finish in the high jump after clearing the 5-5.75 bar on her second attempt.
Mattie Rossi contributed 13 team points in the hurdles races after placing fourth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.77 and placing second in the 400m hurdles after crossing the line in 59.09. She broke the one-minute barrier in the 400m race for the second day in a row after becoming the first Tiger in history to do so in Saturday’s preliminary round. Her second-place finish was good for her third-career All-MIAA award.
Addie Berens collected All-MIAA honors for the second year in a row after placing second in the javelin with a personal-best toss of 154-4. Rhyann Brown added a pair of team points in the javelin competition after finishing seventh with a top mark of 146-0.
Chloe Stanley picked up a pair of team points after finishing seventh in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:06.32, while Taylor Savolt added one point with an eighth-place finish in the triple jump (37-1.25).
The Tigers added seven points between the two relay races, placing seventh in the 4x100m relay with a time of 47.07 and fourth in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:46.52.
Pittsburg State captured the team title with 145 points, with Central Missouri coming in second with 117.5 points.
The Tigers are next scheduled to compete at the Loper Twilight next Saturday (May 14) in Kearney, Neb. before heading to Allendale, Mich. May 26-28 for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships.
Full FHSU Results – Day Three
Women
100m Dash Finals
1st – Lyric Holman – 11.57 – 10 team points @ #
200m Dash Finals
4th – Lyric Holman – 24.02 – 5 team points #
100m Hurdles Finals
4th – Mattie Rossi – 13.77 – 5 team points #
400m Hurdles Finals
2nd – Mattie Rossi – 59.09 – 8 team points @ #
7th – Chloe Stanley – 1:06.32 – 2 team points
1,500m Run Finals
12th – Gretchen Kuffel – 4:46.24
5,000m Run Finals
9th – Abigail Stewart – 18:23.97
28th – Brooke Navarro – 19:51.14
4x100m Relay
7th – Kendra Clary, Tori Poe, Kinley Brown, Lyric Holman – 47.07 – 2 team points
4x400m Relay
4th – Lyric Holman, Kendra Clary, Taylor Savolt, Mattie Rossi – 3:46.52 – 5 team points #
High Jump
1st – Alexandra Hart – 5-7 – 10 team points @ #
4th – Summer Kragel – 5-5.75 – 5 team points
Triple Jump
8th – Taylor Savolt – 37-1.25 – 1 team point
Shot Put
13th – Jessica Saunders – 38-1.25
Javelin
2nd – Addie Berens – 154-4 – 8 team points @ #
7th – Rhyann Brown – 146-0 – 2 team points #
Full FHSU Results – Day Two
100m Dash Prelims
2nd – Lyric Holman – 11.58
18th – Tori Poe – 12.20
22nd – Kendra Clary – 12.35
200m Dash Prelims
4th – Lyric Holman – 24.34 #
18th – Tori Poe – 25.26
22nd – Kendra Clary – 25.68
400m Dash Prelims
21st – Jasey Downing – 59.81
800m Run Prelims
17th – Hannah Wiebe – 2:19.35
3,000m Steeplechase Finals
1st – Gretchen Kuffel – 10:47.30 – 10 team points ! @ #
10,000m Run Finals
5th – Abigail Stewart – 37:23.22 – 4 team points
11th – Jaycee Vath – 38:46.30
13th – Brooke Navarro – 39:26.08
100m Hurdles Prelims
2nd – Mattie Rossi – 13.80 #
12th – Chloe Stanley – 14.51
400m Hurdles Prelims
1st – Mattie Rossi – 58.54 ! #
7th – Chloe Stanley – 1:04.45
12th – Rylee Gleason – 1:08.98
Long Jump
8th – Taylor Savolt – 18-04.25 – 1 team point
10th – Mattie Rossi – 18-02.50
16th – Hadley Williams – 16-00.50
18th – Ellie Dusselier – 14-08.75
Pole Vault
13th – Taylor Linn – 11-05.00
Maleigha Schmidt – NH
Discus
12th – Jessica Saunders – 132-09
Hammer
14th – Jessie Castellucci – 143-09
Heptathlon
5th – Taylor Savolt – 4,865 – 4 team points
100mH – 14.71 – 855
HJ – 5-1 – 678
SP – 30-10.5 – 491
200m – 25.29 – 860
LJ – 18-00.25 – 697
JT – 91-06 – 437
800m – 2:20.09 – 822
12th – Hadley Williams – 3,876
100mH – 15.86 – 732
HJ – 4-6 – 481
SP – 31-0 – 494
200m – 27.14 – 700
LJ – 15-08.25 – 500
JT – 85-10
800m – 2:40.69 – 565
14th – Ellie Dusselier – 3,467
100mH – 17.39 – 553
HJ – 4-11.75 – 644
SP – 27-5.5 – 423
200m – 29.02 – 553
LJ – 14-10.00 – 433
JT – 73-07 – 334
800m – 2:44.07 – 527
! indicates school record
# indicates NCAA DII provisional qualifying mark
@ indicates All-MIAA honors