By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
The Fort Hays State track and field teams picked up 14 event victories and recorded 12 national qualifying marks at the 2023 FHSU Alex Francis Classic Thursday afternoon (April 27) at the FHSU Track & Field Facility. Both the men’s and women’s teams picked up six national qualifying marks and seven event victories on the day.
Mattie Rossi and Philip Landrum both recorded a pair of national qualifying marks. Rossi won both hurdles races, surpassing the NCAA DII qualifying mark in each. She finished the 100m hurdles in 13.95 and the 400m hurdles in a facility-record 59.19, both of which were season-bests for the senior.
Landrum was the top DII finisher in the 100m dash, finishing second overall with a season-best time of 10.46. He also anchored the 4x100m relay team alongside Toby Wahlmeier, Hayden Albright and Xavier Robinson that finished first with a national-qualifying, facility-record time of 40.88.
Lyric Holman was second in the 200m run, finishing with a season-best time of 24.10. She was victorious in the 400m dash with a facility-record time of 57.03 and won the 4x100m relay alongside Jasey Downing, Kinley Brown and Tori Poe with a facility-record time of 47.03.
A trio of Tigers surpassed the national qualifying threshold in the javelin throw, including Addie Berens and Rhyann Brown on the women’s side and William Tice on the men’s side. Berens was first with a toss of 146-5, with Brown close behind in second with a toss of 142-6. Tice won the men’s competition by adding one centimeter to his personal-best, winning with a toss of 195-0.
The Tigers also won four other field events, including national qualifying marks from Dayton Williams in the high jump and Ryan Stanley in the pole vault. Williams won the high jump with a personal-best leap of 6-9.75, while Stanley’s first and only attempt of the day was safely over the 16-5.25 bar.
Xavier Robinson took home the title in both the triple jump and long jump, improving his PR in the long jump to 23-9.5 while clearing 46-8.25 in the triple jump. Both jumps were wind-legal facility records at the FHSU Track & Field Facility.
Taylor Savolt ran a personal-best 1:00.61 in the 400m hurdles, surpassing the national qualifying time and placing herself in 11th on the NCAA DII performance chart so far this season.
Trever Medina was the top Division II finisher in the 800m run, posting a national-qualifying time of 1:51.37. Emily Salmans won the 800m race on the women’s side, crossing the line in a facility-record 2:15.02.
Regan Hodsden was victorious in the 1,500m run, completing the race in a facility-record 4:40.64. Nolan Churchman finished first in the 400m hurdles, crossing the line in 53.93.
Next up for the Tigers is the 2023 MIAA Outdoor Championships, set for May 5-7 in Jefferson City, Mo.
Full FHSU Results
Women
100m Dash
2nd – Tori Poe – 12.09
3rd – Elysia Kunkler – 12.93
100m Hurdles
1st – Mattie Rossi – 13.95 #
2nd – Chloe Stanley – 14.79
4th – Elysia Kunkler – 15.35
7th – Hadley Williams – 16.21
9th – Anndee Davidson – 16.49
10th – Ellie Dusselier – 16.58
11th – Kylin Rudzik – 17.18
200m Dash
2nd – Lyric Holman – 24.10 #
3rd – Tori Poe – 24.82
4th – Kinley Brown – 25.13
5th – Jasey Downing – 25.46
7th – Reba Mader – 26.53
10th – Allison Cross – 28.33
400m Dash
1st – Lyric Holman – 57.03 ^
3rd – Reba Mader – 58.66
4th – Kinley Brown – 59.14
5th – Jasey Downing – 59.73
8th – Ellie Dusselier – 1:04.94
9th – Allison Cross – 1:05.81
11th – Kylin Rudzik – 1:07.15
400m Hurdles
1st – Mattie Rossi – 59.19 # ^
2nd – Taylor Savolt – 1:00.61 #
3rd – Chloe Stanley – 1:02.59
6th – Hadley Williams – 1:09.78
7th – Anndee Davidson – 1:11.18
800m Run
1st – Emily Salmans – 2:15.02 ^
2nd – Hannah Wiebe – 2:19.88
5th – Hattie Lukert – 2:27.61
Faith Little – DNF
1,500m Run
1st – Regan Hodsden – 4:40.64 ^
2nd – Faith Little – 4:46.58
4th – Jaycee Vath – 4:52.67
5th – Darian Hudgeons – 4:58.68
7th – Elizabeth Fender – 5:02.69
8th – Elka Billings – 5:02.96
16th – Ursula Billings – 5:30.45
4x100m Relay
1st – Jasey Downing, Kinley Brown, Tori Poe, Lyric Holman – 47.03 ^
Pole Vault
3rd – Kaitlin Lindstrom – 11-1.75
4th – Annabeth Baalmann – 10-10
5th – Taylor Linn – 10-6
7th – Maleigha Schmidt – 10-2
Long Jump
2nd – Elysia Kunkler – 17-11.75
3rd – Anndee Davidson – 17-0.25
4th – Hadley Williams – 16-0.5
6th – Kylin Rudzik – 15-9
7th – Ellie Dusselier – 15-7.75
Shot Put
3rd – Liberty Booker – 42-1
5th – Kieran Burke – 38-7.5
10th – Emma Rudman – 33-2.75
Discus
3rd – Jessica Saunders – 137-4
4th – Kieran Burke – 134-2
10th – Mattie Rossi – 89-2
Emma Rudman – Foul
Hammer
4th – Liberty Booker – 160-9
7th – Patrisha Doll – 146-9
9th – Kieran Burke – 131-3
10th – Emma Rudman – 123-11
Javelin
1st – Addie Berens – 146-5 #
2nd – Rhyann Brown – 142-6 #
4th – Patrisha Doll – 120-5
Men
100m Dash
2nd – Philip Landrum – 10.46 #
9th – Hayden Albright – 10.78
10th – Toby Wahlmeier – 10.83
17th – Jama Gleue – 11.79
200m Dash
10th – Toby Wahlmeier – 21.85
12th – Kenny Fritsch – 21.92
27th – Jama Gleue – 23.84
400m Dash
14th – Kenny Fritsch – 52.61
400m Hurdles
1st – Nolan Churchman – 53.93
4th – Ethan Salmans – 57.33
800m Run
2nd – Trever Medina – 1:51.37 #
3rd – Aaron Mangan – 1:52.19
4th – Ethan Lang – 1:52.30
8th – Kaden Wren – 1:55.95
14th – Isaac Radke – 2:00.41
17th – Javyn Contreras – 2:01.97
18th – Andrew Waller – 2:03.72
1,500m Run
3rd – Javyn Contreras – 4:01.95
6th – Jaret Pfizenmaier – 4:03.20
8th – Andrew Waller – 4:11.32
5,000m Run
4th – Matthew Schrag – 16:41.63
5th – Ethan Emmons – 17:45.81
4x100m Relay
1st – Toby Wahlmeier, Hayden Albright, Xavier Robinson, Philip Landrum – 40.88 # ^
High Jump
1st – Dayton Williams – 6-10 #
Pole Vault
1st – Ryan Stanley – 16-5.25 #
6th – Brady Deges – 14-5.5
9th – Kurtis McCormick – 13-11.75
13th – Carter Jones – 13-0
Long Jump
1st – Xavier Robinson – 23-9.5 ^ (wind-legal record)
Triple Jump
1st – Xavier Robinson – 46-8.25 ^ (wind-legal record)
Discus
6th – Kolgan Ohl – 156-11
14th – Nolan Churchman – 110-0
16th – Ethan Salmans – 84-3
Hammer
4th – Kolgan Ohl – 183-2
Javelin
1st – William Tice – 195-0 #
3rd – Dylan Van Laeys – 188-0
5th – Garron Champoux – 182-1
6th – Tyler Stindt – 172-10
# indicates NCAA DII national qualifying mark
^ indicates FHSU Track & Field Facility record