TOPEKA, Kan. – Fort Hays State Track and Field got its indoor season underway as a team on Saturday (Dec. 6) at the Washburn Alumni Invitational. Taylor Hoskinson and Katie Linenberger were victorious in events, while Linenberger and Mason Younger posted NCAA qualifying marks.
 
In her first collegiate meet as a Tiger, Linenberger cleared 5-feet, 8-inches in the women's high jump to win the event and hit an NCAA qualifying mark. She topped a field of 19 competitors, winning by an inch and a quarter.
 
Taylor Hoskinson topped the women's 1-mile field of 28 runners in a time of 5:07.06. Abbye Hudson in fourth and Keziah Bachman in fifth were also top-five finishers in that race for FHSU.
 
Younger turned in a strong effort in the pole vault, clearing 15-feet, 11-inches for an NCAA qualifying mark. He finished second in the event, even though he matched the winning height but in more tries. Josiah Ball was fourth in the event (15-feet, 7-inches).
 
Other top-five finishers for the Tigers included Avrey Albright in the men's 400 meters (3^rd - 48.86), Luke Wessel in the 800 meters (4^th – 1:57.26), Reba Mader in the women's 400 meters (5^th – 57.75), Lillian Finke in the women's pole vault (4^th - 11-feet, 7.75-inches).
 
Pittsburg State – Boo Rogers Combined Events
Drew Tolar competed for Fort Hays State in Pittsburg, Kan. over the weekend in the heptathlon. He posted a point total of 4,866, good for an NCAA qualifying mark. He finished fifth in the field as the top five athletes all met the NCAA standard. There were 15 men's competitors overall.
 
Breanna Wells also competed for the Tigers and finished eighth in the pentathlon with 2,756 points.