KEARNEY, Neb. - The Fort Hays State track and field teams recorded six NCAA Division II national qualifying marks and collected six event victories at the Central Nebraska Challenge Saturday (April 1) at Kearney High School. The Tiger women racked up four first-place finishes and a pair of national qualifying performances, while the men picked up two wins and four national qualifiers.
 
Rhyann Brown recorded a huge PR in the javelin throw, finishing first with a top toss of 159-10 on her first attempt of the day. The mark is a personal-best by more than five feet for the two-time national qualifier and moves her to fifth on the FHSU DII era performance chart and second on the DII national list to date. Addie Berens was second in the competition, recording a national-qualifying toss of 145-0.
 
Ryan Stanley also took home a victory with a national qualifying mark, clearing the 16-11 bar in the pole vault on his first attempt of the day to move to fifth on the national performance chart so far this season. He did not record a failed jump at any of his three successful heights.
 
The Tiger men had two other national qualifying marks in field events, including a personal-best toss of 187-1 from Kolgan Ohl in the hammer throw that was good for fourth on the day and helped him climb to eighth on the FHSU DII era performance list. William Tice surpassed the provisional distance in the javelin throw for the second week in a row, placing second with a top heave of 193-2.
 
Trever Medina was the lone individual to record a national-qualifying time on the track, placing fourth in the 800m run with a personal-best time of 1:51.20. He currently ranks 12th on this season's DII performance chart.
 
The Tiger women took home two first-place finishes in the middle-distance races, including Emily Salmans (2:14.94) in the 800m run and Regan Hodsden (4:42.59) in the 1,500m run. Hodsden now ranks sixth on the DII era performance chart at FHSU in the 1,500m race.
 
The two other FHSU victories came in field events, with Liberty Booker taking home first place in the open section of the shot put with a top heave of 42-8.25 and Xavier Robinson winning the triple jump with a top clearance of 47-0.75.
 
The Tigers will be back in action next weekend (April 7-8) at the KT Woodman Classic in Wichita, Kan.
 
Full FHSU Results
Women
100m Dash
3rd - Tori Poe - 12.32
4th - Kinley Brown - 12.40
9th - Jasey Downing - 12.59
 
100m Hurdles
11th - Hadley Williams - 16.39
12th - Elysia Kunkler - 16.48
17th - Kylin Rudzik - 16.95
20th - Anndee Davidson - 17.40
22nd - Ellie Dusselier - 18.03
 
200m Dash
3rd - Tori Poe - 25.47
5th - Kinley Brown - 25.58
9th - Jasey Downing - 25.83
22nd - Reba Mader - 26.95
31st - Anndee Davidson - 27.79
36th - Elysia Kunkler - 28.23
40th - Ellie Dusselier - 28.95
 
400m Dash
5th - Reba Mader - 58.40
 
400m Hurdles
10th - Hadley Williams - 1:11.74
11th - Kylin Rudzik - 1:14.12
 
800m Run
1st - Emily Salmans - 2:14.94
6th - Hannah Wiebe - 2:18.95
9th - Hattie Lukert - 2:22.96
 
1,500m Run
1st - Regan Hodsden - 4:42.59
4th - Faith Little - 4:46.72
5th - Jaycee Vath - 4:49.81
12th - Elizabeth Fender - 4:57.22
21st - Darian Hudgeons - 5:00.94
42nd - Ashlyn Harbaugh - 5:19.89
57th - Ursula Billings - 5:35.58
 
4x100m Relay
2nd - Jasey Downing, Kinley Brown, Tori Poe, Reba Mader - 47.94
 
4x400m Relay
4th - Tori Poe, Emily Salmans, Hannah Wiebe, Ashlyn Harbaugh - 4:10.48
 
Pole Vault
6th - Annabeth Baalmann - 11-1.75
9th - Maleigha Schmidt - 10-2
13th - Taylor Linn - 10-2
14th - Kaitlin Lindstrom - 10-2
 
Long Jump
8th - Elysia Kunkler - 16-10
20th - Hadley Williams - 15-6.25
21st - Kylin Rudzik - 15-5.5
23rd - Anndee Davidson - 15-3.5
25th - Ellie Dusselier - 15-0.75
 
Shot Put
1st - Liberty Booker - 42-8.25
13th - Kieran Burke - 38-1.5
24th - Emma Rudman - 35-7.25
30th - Patrisha Doll - 31-11.25
 
Discus
7th - Kieran Burke - 124-6
17th - Emma Rudman - 119-8
18th - Jessica Saunders - 117-7
 
Hammer
8th - Liberty Booker - 149-0
17th - Patrisha Doll - 137-1
21st - Kieran Burke - 134-1
30th - Emma Rudman - 123-7
 
Javelin
13th - Anndee Davidson - 95-7
19th - Kylin Rudzik - 81-11
22nd - Elysia Kunkler - 80-4
26th - Hadley Williams - 75-8
27th - Ellie Dusselier - 71-10
 
Javelin Invitational
1st - Rhyann Brown - 159-10 #
2nd - Addie Berens - 145-0 #
5th - Patrisha Doll - 119-9

Men
100m Dash
5th - Toby Wahlmeier - 10.87
 
110m Hurdles
6th - Ethan Salmans - 15.32
9th - Jonah Remsberg - 15.65
 
200m Dash
7th - Toby Wahlmeier - 22.05
13th - Kenny Fritsch - 22.32
45th - Jama Gleue - 24.05
 
400m Dash
18th - Kenny Fritsch - 52.06
 
400m Hurdles
7th - Ethan Salmans - 57.31
11th - Jonah Remsberg - 59.30
 
800m Run
4th - Trever Medina - 1:51.20 #
8th - Aaron Mangan - 1:56.03
24th - Isaac Radke - 2:02.73
 
1,500m Run
7th - Jaret Pfizenmaier - 4:00.23
14th - Javyn Contreras - 4:07.20
16th - Andrew Waller - 4:08.66
29th - Matthew Schrag - 4:23.57
34th - Ethan Emmons - 4:30.31
 
4x400m Relay
5th - Kenny Fritsch, Trever Medina, Aaron Mangan, Toby Wahlmeier - 3:29.26
 
High Jump
7th - Dayton Williams - 6-6.75
 
Pole Vault
1st - Ryan Stanley - 16-11 #
5th - Brady Deges - 14-5.5
10th - Kurtis McCormick - 13-11.75
13th - Carter Jones - 12-11.75
 
Long Jump
4th - Xavier Robinson - 23-2.5
5th - Jonah Remsberg - 22-9.75
9th - Ethan Salmans - 21-8
 
Triple Jump
1st - Xavier Robinson - 47-0.75
 
Shot Put
33rd - Ethan Salmans - 32-8.5
34th - Jonah Remsberg - 28-1
 
Discus Invitational
5th - Kolgan Ohl - 147-2
 
Hammer Invitational
4th - Kolgan Ohl - 187-1 #
 
Javelin
4th - Dylan Van Laeys - 149-0
 
Javelin Invitational
2nd - William Tice - 193-2 #
6th - Tyler Stindt - 171-1
8th - Garron Champoux - 165-4
 
# indicates NCAA DII provisional qualifying mark