TOPEKA, Kan. - The Fort Hays State track and field teams had one MIAA Champion, three All-MIAA honors, and seven national-qualifying marks on Saturday (Feb. 24), while six athletes made the finals for Sunday at the MIAA Indoor Championships.

In the women's 5,000m, Jaycee Vath and Regan Hodsden delivered a stunning one-two finish, with both athletes achieving NCAA Division II national qualifying marks and All-MIAA honors. This first place finish for Vath in a time of 17:06.10 was a new personal best. Hodsden was right with her, finishing in second in 17:06.39.

Fort Hays State had strong finishes in the distance medley relays (DMR). The women's DMR team comprised of Faith Little, Kinley Brown, Hattie Lukert, and Madison Sutterfield raced to a third-place finish with a time of 12:09.23. In the men's DMR, the quartet of Trever Medina, Kaden Wren, Ethan Lang, and Grant Bradley combined to finish fourth in 9:56.41, posting a provisional mark.

The heptathlon finished up on Saturday, with Ethan Salmans finishing fifth overall with a total score of 4,880 points. He earned a provisional mark with the performance.
 
Taylor Savolt secured a spot in the women's 60m hurdles final with a time of 8.80. Hayden Albright qualified for the 200m final with a time of 21.45.
 
The middle-distance events saw Ethan Lang and Kaden Wren advancing to the final in the men's 600y. Ethan Lang's 600y time of 1:11.12 was just a second off his personal best. Trever Medina secured a spot in the men's 800m final, clocking in at 1:53.59.

In the field events, Savolt secured a spot in the long jump final with a leap of 18 feet, 7 inches. Her performance marked an NCAA Division II national qualifying mark and was less than a foot from her personal best. Dayton Williams had a clearance of 6 feet, 8.75 inches in the high jump, good enough for the provisional qualifying standard.

The Tiger women sit in second with 37 points through six completed events, while the men sit in seventh with 14 points through six events as well.
 
The MIAA Championships will wrap up on Sunday (Feb. 25) beginning at noon, with track events starting at 1:30 p.m.
 
Full FHSU Results
Men 60m Hurdles – Prelims
14th – Nolan Churchman – 8.57
 
Women 60m Hurdles – Prelims
5th – Taylor Savolt – 8.80 Q
10th – Maggie Remsberg – 9.29
 
Men 60m - Prelims
17th – Eddie McVay – 6.99
18th – Toby Wahlmeier – 7.00
 
Women 60m – Prelims
19th – Tori Poe – 7.83
 
Men 200m – Prelims
6th – Hayden Albright – 21.45 Q
14th – Toby Wahlmeier – 21.89
 
Women 200m – Prelims
15th – Tori Poe – 25.52
 
Men 400m - Prelims
6th – Hayden Albright – 48.20 Q
13th – Nolan Churchman – 48.86
 
Women 400m – Prelims
14th – Reba Mader – 57.28
15th – Kinley Brown – 57.81
 
Men 600y – Prelims
1st – Ethan Lang – 1:11.12 Q
4th – Kaden Wren – 1:12.45 Q
 
Men 800m – Prelims
2nd – Trever Medina – 1:53.59 Q
9th – Aaron Mangan – 1:54.05
12th – Isaac Radke – 1:54.49
15th – Emery Wolfe – 1:56.62
 
Men 5,000m
4th – Jaret Pfizenmaier – 14:47.17
 
Women 5,000m
1st – Jaycee Vath – 17:06.10 # @
2nd – Regan Hodsden – 17:06.39 # @
10th – Darian Hudgeons – 18:06.57
 
Men DMR
4th – Trever Medina, Kaden Wren, Ethan Lang, Grant Bradley – 9:56.31 #
 
Women DMR
3rd – Faith Little, Kinley Brown, Hattie Lukert, Madison Sutterfield – 12:09.63 @
 
Field Events
Women Long Jump
4th – Taylor Savolt – 18-7.00
15th – Jayme Hagerman – 16-7.00
 
Men Long Jump
11th – Keamonie Archie – 22-8.50
16th – Dean Clark – 22-2.25
20th – Carter Cellmer – 20.10.50
 
Men High Jump
10th – Dayton Williams – 6-8.75 #
 
Friday
Heptathlon
5th - Ethan Salmans – 4880 #
60m - 7.31 - 775
LJ – 21-7.50 - 718
SP – 36-11 - 561
HJ - 6-0.00 - 653
60mH – 8.45 - 872
PV – 13-0.25 - 609
1,000m – 2:57.24 - 692
 
11th - Jade Cass - 4284
60m – 7.88 – 595
LJ – 19-5.25 – 569
SP – 39-10.75 – 616
HJ – 6-3.50 – 731
60mH – 9.58 - 623
PV – 13-8.25 - 665
1,000m – 3:19.59 – 485
 
Pentathlon
4th - Taylor Savolt - 3769 #
60mH - 8.94 - 922
HJ - 5-3.25 - 747
SP – 36-1.50 - 596
LJ – 18-0.50 - 700
800m - 2:21.45 - 804
 
6th - Maggie Remsberg - 3424 #
60mH – 9.20 - 869
HJ – 5-4.50 - 783
SP – 34-4.25 - 560
LJ – 16-10.50 - 598
800m - 2:36.47 - 614
 
11th - Hadley Williams - 2959
60mH – 9.53 - 802
HJ – 4-7.00 - 512
SP – 32-5.00 - 522
LJ – 16-5.00 - 559
800m - 2:40.80 - 564
 
12th - Ellie Dusselier - 2958
60mH – 10.03 - 706
HJ – 4-11.75 - 644
SP – 29-8.25 - 467
LJ – 15-8.75 - 503
800m - 2:34.48 - 638
 
14th - Kylin Rudzik - 2852
60mH – 9.87 - 737
HJ – 4-9.50 - 577
SP – 33-11.25 - 552
LJ – 15-8.45 - 474
800m - 2:45.42 – 512
 
# - indicates NCAA Division II national qualifying mark
@ - indicates All-MIAA performance