PITTSBURG, Kan. - The Fort Hays State track and field teams tallied four provisional marks on the first day of the 2022-23 season Friday (Dec. 9) at the Boo Rodgers Combined Events in Pittsburg, Kan.
 
Mattie Rossi, Taylor Savolt and Chloe Stanley all surpassed the provisional threshold in the pentathlon. Rossi opened the year with a provisional time of 8.73 in the 60m hurdles, compiling the best single-event score of the day amongst the entire field with 967 points. The senior finished third with 3,689 points through five events, currently seventh-best in Division II. Her time of 2:20.02 in the 800m dash ranks her 10th on the FHSU DII era performance chart.
 
Savolt scored a personal-best 3,512 to place sixth. She recorded the top long jump of the day for the Tigers, accumulating 668 points after a clearance of 17-8.25. The junior posted a time of 8.99 in the 60m hurdles, good for 912 points.
 
Stanley was 13th in the field with 3,267 points, good for seventh on the FHSU DII era performance chart. The Bennington, Kan. native picked up 887 points in the 60m hurdles and another 752 in the 800m run.
 
Elysia Kunkler finished 22nd with 2,960 points, Hadley Williams placed 25th with 2,738 points and Ellie Dusselier was 28th with 2,629 points.
 
On the men's side, Nolan Churchman sits in second place and leads all Division II competition with 3,121 points through four events in the heptathlon. The sophomore sits 18 points off the day-one pace from his school-record total of 5,433 points set at the MIAA Championships last season.
 
He compiled more than 800 points in three of the four events on the day, including the 60m dash, long jump and high jump. He was less than one inch off the provisional mark in the high jump, clearing 6-7.25, and was just 1.25 inches shy of hitting the provisional threshold in the long jump with a top clearance of 23-2.25.
 
Jonah Remsberg sits in 17th with 2,537 points, with Luke Hampl close behind in 18th with 2,534 points through four events. Ethan Salmans currently ranks 22nd with 2,442 points.
 
The Tiger heptathletes will wrap up their competition Saturday morning beginning at 9 a.m. before the rest of the team joins in with the Crimson & Gold Invitational beginning at 11 a.m.
 
Full FHSU Women's Results
Pentathlon
3rd - Mattie Rossi - 3,689 #
60h - 8.73 - 967 #
HJ - 5-2.5 - 724
SP - 32-6.25 - 524
LJ - 17-5.75 - 651
800m - 2:20.02 - 823
 
6th - Taylor Savolt - 3,512 #
60h - 8.99 - 912
HJ - 5-0.25 - 655
SP - 32-9 - 528
LJ - 17-8.25 - 668
800m - 2:25.59 - 749
 
13th - Chloe Stanley - 3,267 #
60h - 9.11 - 887
HJ - 4-5.25 - 460
SP - 34-8.25 - 567
LJ - 16-10.75 - 601
800m - 2:25.38 - 752
 
22nd - Elysia Kunkler - 2,960
60h - 9.36 - 836
HJ - 4-8.75 - 555
SP - 27-8.25 - 428
LJ - 16-6 - 567
800m - 2:39.93 - 574
 
25th - Hadley Williams - 2,738
60h - 9.77 - 756
HJ - 4-6.25 - 491
SP - 29-11.75 - 473
LJ - 16-3.25 - 548
800m - 2:49.41 - 470
 
28th - Ellie Dusselier - 2,629
60h - 10.55 - 613
HJ - 4-9.75 - 588
SP - 28-2.5 - 438
LJ - 14-7.25 - 416
800m - 2:39.91 - 574
 
Full FHSU Men's Results
Heptathlon
2nd - Nolan Churchman - 3,121
60m - 7.03 - 872
LJ - 23-2.25 - 830
SP - 39-4.5 - 606
HJ - 6-7.25 - 813
 
17th - Jonah Remsberg - 2,537
60m - 7.48 - 719
LJ - 22-7.25 - 788
SP - 26-10 - 377
HJ - 6-0 - 653
 
18th - Luke Hampl - 2,534
60m - 7.45 - 729
LJ - 20-8.75 - 657
SP - 30-5.75 - 443
HJ - 6-2.5 - 705
 
22nd - Ethan Salmans - 2,442
60m - 7.38 - 752
LJ - 20-11.5 - 673
SP - 30-3.5 - 440
HJ - 5-8.5 - 577
 
# indicates NCAA Division II provisional mark