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KEARNEY, Neb. – Fort Hays State’s Selam Ball hit a provisional qualifying mark in the pole vault on Saturday (Dec. 12) at the Charlie Foster Pre-Holiday Classic hosted by Nebraska-Kearney. She, along with three other Tigers, were victorious at the team’s second meet of the indoor season.<\/p>\n
Ball reached a height of 11’7.75″ in the women’s pole vault, jumping six inches higher than the second-place finisher. The mark was right on the provisional qualifying standard. Ball is the third Tiger to post a provisional mark in the indoor season, joining Jordan Carroll and Jake Morrow of the men’s team.<\/p>\n
Mandy Wilson was victorious in the triple jump with an effort of 36’5.5″. She won the event by 2.5 inches. On the men’s side, Rodrigo Alves won the 200-meter dash in a time of 22.92, while he finished second in the 60-meter dash in 6.95 seconds. Kyle Comstock won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.42, but he ran 8.35 in the prelims.<\/p>\n
The Tigers had several other top-three performers at the meet. Lexi Riedel finished second in the 200 meters (26.33 seconds), Brett Meyer was third in the 800 meters (2:02.75) and 1-mile run (4:33.08), Kolt Newell tied for third in the high jump (6’4″), Jordan Carroll was third in the long jump (22’9″) and second in the triple jump (46’5.25″).<\/p>\n
The Tigers take a break before returning to action in the latter part of January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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