Tiger Sports Hall of Fame
Track & Field (1998-2003)
Zach Kindler, native of Esbon, Kansas, was a four-time All-American for Fort Hays State in outdoor track and field in the javelin. Kindler won the NCAA Division II National Championship in javelin during his junior year of 2001. He also garnered third, fourth, and sixth place finishes in his career at the national championships. He was a three-time Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Champion in 2000, 2001, and 2003. He still holds the Fort Hays State record for the javelin, heaving a toss of 234-feet, 1-inch, in 2001. Kindler passed away unexpectedly in 2014 while he was the head cross country/track and field coach at Baker University. Overall in his coaching career, he captured 17 team conference championships and was named conference coach of the year 20 times. Prior to his time at Baker, he was head cross country/track and field coach at Kansas Wesleyan University for three years.
