2023 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Friday-Sunday, May 5-7, 2023
Jefferson City, Mo. • Dwight T. Reed Stadium
 
The Fort Hays State track and field teams enter postseason competition this weekend (May 5-7) with the 2023 MIAA Outdoor Championships, hosted by Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo.
 
The multi-athletes will kick things off on Friday with day one of the heptathlon and decathlon beginning at 1:30 p.m. Saturday's action begins at 10 a.m. with day two of the multis before select field event finals begin at noon. Action on the track starts at 4:30 p.m. with prelims of most races and finals in the 3,000m steeplechase and 10,000m run. Sunday's action is slated to begin at 10:30 a.m. in the field and 1:30 p.m. on the track.
 
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids on Saturday and Sunday, with multi-day passes also available for $15. Admission on Friday for day one of the multis is free. Live video is scheduled to be available on the MIAA Network each day for $10 or $25 for the full weekend. Live results will also be available online here.
 
The Tiger women enter the conference championship ranked 13th nationally according to the latest USTFCCCA NCAA DII National Rating Index. They sit in third place in the MIAA computerized rankings while slotting fifth in the central region. The Tiger men are 37th national, sixth in the league and eighth in the region.
 
Fort Hays State sports six event squads that rank in top 10 in DII, including the top-ranked women's 400m hurdles group. The men's 800m team and the women's javelin crew both rank fourth, while the men's javelin and the women's 100m hurdles squads are each 6th nationally. Finally, the men pole vault assembly ranks 7th in the division.
 
The Tiger women finished fourth at the league championships a year ago while the men were fifth in the league outdoors. FHSU returns seven All-MIAA honorees from last season, including Hayden Albright (4x400m), Addie Berens (javelin), Nolan Churchman (400m, 4x400m), Lyric Holman (100m champion), Ethan Lang (800m, 4x400m), Mattie Rossi (400mH), Ryan Stanley (Pole Vault).
 
Fort Hays State student-athletes have recorded 30 national qualifying marks so far this season, including 10 that rank inside the top 20 in NCAA DII this season.
 
FHSU Women's 2023 National Qualifying Marks
Event - Name(s) - Mark - DII Ranking
100m - Lyric Holman - 11.76 - 38th
200m - Lyric Holman - 24.10 - 39th
400m - Lyric Holman - 55.74 - 45th
800m - Emily Salmans - 2:10.52 - 28th
5,000m - Regan Hodsden - 16:47.77 - 29th
100mH - Mattie Rossi - 13.95 - 19th
400mH - Mattie Rossi - 59.19 - 3rd
400mH - Taylor Savolt - 1:00.61 - 14th
4x400m - Lyric Holman, Reba Mader, Taylor Savolt, Mattie Rossi - 3:45.64 - 20th
4x400m - Lyric Holman, Chloe Stanley, Taylor Savolt, Mattie Rossi - 3:48.59 - 37th
Javelin - Rhyann Brown - 159-10 - 2nd
Javelin - Addie Berens - 154-8 - 4th
Heptathlon - Mattie Rossi - 4,962 - 12th
Heptathlon - Taylor Savolt - 4,741 - 21st
Heptathlon - Chloe Stanley - 4,530 - 31st
 
FHSU Men's 2023 National Qualifying Marks
Event - Name(s) - Mark - DII Ranking
100m - Hayden Albright - 10.45 - 34th
100m - Philip Landrum - 10.46 - 39th
200m - Hayden Albright - 21.25 - 53rd
400m - Hayden Albright - 47.76 - 41st
800m - Trever Medina - 1:50.03 - 16th
800m - Ethan Lang - 1:50.62 - 25th
800m - Aaron Mangan - 1:51.30 - 42nd
4x100m - Eddie McVay, Hayden Albright, Xavier Robinson, Philip Landrum - 40.82 - 37th
4x100m - Toby Wahlmeier, Hayden Albright, Xavier Robinson, Philip Landrum - 40.88 - 41st
4x400m - Hayden Albright, Philip Landrum, Ethan Lang, Nolan Churchman - 3:11.92 - 19th
High Jump - Dayton Williams - 6-9.75 - 20th
Pole Vault - Ryan Stanley - 17-7 - 2nd
Pole Vault - Jacob Clark - 16-0.75 - 21st
Hammer - Kolgan Ohl - 187-1 - 37th
Javelin - William Tice - 195-0 - 33rd
 
Eleven Tiger marks rank inside the top three in the MIAA so far this season, including Trever Medina (1:50.03, second) and Ethan Lang (1:50.62, third) in the 800m, Emily Salmans (4:38.20, third) in the 1,500m, Regan Hodsden (16:47.77, first) in the 5,000m, Mattie Rossi (59.19, second) and Taylor Savolt (1:00.61, third) in the 400mH, Lyric Holman, Reba Mader, Savolt and Rossi (3:45.64, third) in the 4x400m relay, Ryan Stanley (17-7, first) in the pole vault, Rhyann Brown (159-10, second) and Addie Berens (154-8, third) in the javelin and Rossi (4,962, second) in the heptathlon.