EMPORIA, Kan. – The Fort Hays State track and field teams wrapped up the 2025 MIAA Outdoor Championships on Sunday (May 4) with several standout performances, including three athletes earning All-MIAA recognition and numerous Tigers scoring points across multiple events.

On the women's side, Reba Mader capped off a stellar weekend with a runner-up finish in the 400m hurdles, clocking an NCAA Division II provisional mark of 1:00.48. The performance not only earned her All-MIAA honors and eight points for the team, but also placed her third all-time in Fort Hays State's Division II history in the event.

Emily Diercks turned in one of the top distance efforts of the day, finishing runner-up in the 5,000m with a time of 17:05.07, collecting another All-MIAA honor and eight team points in the process.

The 4x400m relay team of Amelia Foster, Makenzie Premer, Eden Bathurst, and Mader added a point with an eighth-place finish. In the triple jump, Abby Rueschhoff contributed two points by placing seventh, while Jayme Hagerman and Brynlee Frank followed just outside the scoring in ninth and tenth.

The women finished the championships with a solid team showing, placing seventh overall with 44 total points.

On the men's side, Toby Wahlmeier highlighted the day by earning All-MIAA honors in the 200m, placing third overall in 21.06, an NCAA provisional qualifying time. Wahlmeier also scored in the 100m, finishing seventh, and led a trio of Tigers scoring in the 200m, with Nakari Morrical-Palmer finishing fifth and Hayden Albright eighth.

Morrical-Palmer added another scoring performance in the 400m, placing sixth with a provisional time of 47.46. The effort marked a new personal best and moved him up to fifth all-time in Fort Hays State's Division II era. In the 400m hurdles, Nolan Churchman chipped in two more team points with a seventh-place finish in 53.99, a performance that also placed him fifth on the program's Division II all-time list.

The 4x400m relay team of Avrey Albright, Drew Tolar, Morrical-Palmer, and Churchman finished fifth in 3:15.31, grabbing four more points. In field events, the men's pole vault group had a strong showing, led by Brady Deges in fourth and Josiah Ball in sixth. Both earned important team points, while Kurtis McCormick finished just outside the scoring in ninth.

The men's team totaled 31.5 points and an eighth place finish to close out the meet.

With one MIAA Champion, four All-MIAA performances, and seven NCAA Division II provisional marks, Fort Hays State wrapped up the MIAA Championships on a high note, carrying strong momentum into the final stretch of the season. The Tigers will look to sharpen their qualifying marks and solidify national bids at their final tune-up in Kearney, Neb. on Saturday (May 10) before turning their full focus to the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships later this month.
 
Full FHSU Events
Sunday
Men's
100m Finals
7th – Toby Wahlmeier – 10.54
 
200m
3rd – Toby Wahlmeier –  21.06 # @
5th – Nakari Morrical-Palmer – 21.33
8th – Hayden Albright – 21.83
 
400m Finals
6th – Nakari Morrical-Palmer – 47.46 #
 
400mH
7th – Nolan Churchman – 53.99
 
1,500m
17th – Kaiden Esfeld –3:59.78
 
4x400mR
5th – Avrey Albright, Drew Tolar, Nakari Morrical-Palmer, Nolan Churchman – 3:15.31
 
Pole Vault
4th – Brady Deges – 16-3.50
6th – Josiah Ball – 15-9.75
9th – Kurtis McCormick – 15-3.75
12th – Mason Younger – 13-10.00
 
Triple Jump
14th – Dean Clark – 42-6.00
 
Javelin
14th – Samuel Molt – 192-10
 
Women's
400mH
2nd – Reba Mader – 1:00.48 # @
 
1,500m
13th – Alayna Cossaart – 4:53.01
 
5,000m
2nd – Emily Diercks – 17:05.07 @
11th – Ashlyn Harbaugh – 17:49.63
21st – Arely Maldonado – 18:59.04
 
4x400mR
8th – Amelia Foster, Makenzie Premer, Eden Bathurst, Reba Mader – 3:55.05
 
Triple Jump
7th – Abby Rueschhoff – 36-4.75
9th – Jayme Hagerman – 35-10.00
10th – Brynlee Frank – 34-10.50
 
Shot Put
13th – Liberty Booker – 40-5.00
14th – Emma Slade – 39-7.25
 
Saturday
Men's
100m Prelims
5th – Toby Wahlmeier – 10.42 q #
10th – Hayden Albright – 10.57
14th – Eddie McVay – 10.68
17th – Omari Smith – 10.80
 
200m Prelims
3rd – Nakari Morrical-Palmer – 21.23 q
4th – Toby Wahlmeier – 21.27 q
7th – Hayden Albright – 21.58 q
12th – Omari Smith – 22.11
 
400m Prelims
8th – Nakari Morrical-Palmer – 47.95 q
17th – Avrey Albright – 49.94
23rd – Brody Burns – 50.63
 
400mH Prelims
8th – Nolan Churchman – 54.45 q
9th – Mayan Paz – 54.97
 
800m Prelims
25th – Emery Wolfe – 1:56.78
 
3,000m Steeplechase
11th – Cole Krug – 9:31.11
12th – Noah Morenz – 9:34.88
 
10,000m
18th – Chayse McCullough – 31:12.87
22nd – Ty Raulston – 32:40.41
 
Long Jump
10th – Dean Clark – 23-4.00
11th – Nolan Churchman – 23-0.00
 
Decathlon
7th – Drew Tolar – 6,114
110mH – 15.50 – 790
Discus – 119-05 – 592
Pole Vault – NH – 0
Javelin – 140-11 – 485
1500m – 4:57.98 – 571 1st
 
Women's
200m Prelims
13th – Amelia Foster – 26.14
 
400m Prelims
18th – Amelia Foster – 59.27
 
400mH
1st – Reba Mader – 1:00.79 q #
 
800m Prelims
12th – Eden Bathurst – 2:16.93
 
3,000m Steeplechase
5th – Makenzie Premer – 11:15.30
9th – Brenna Murphy – 11:55.54
 
10,000m
6th – Emma Weiner – 37:04.20
13th – Abbye Hudson — 38:21.88
 
Pole Vault
1st – Annabeth Baalmann – 14-0.50 # ! $ @
 
Long Jump
9th – Jayme Hagerman – 17-11.75
17th – Abby Rueschhoff – 17-0.50
 
Discus
3rd – Emma Slade – 149-06 # @
10th – Jessica Saunders – 140-08
15th – Kieran Burke – 131-02
 
Hammer
8th – Liberty Booker – 171-11
18th – Emma Slade – 158-08
21st – Kieran Burke – 139-08
 
Heptathlon
8th – Kylin Rudzik – 3,141
Long Jump – 14-8.75 – 426
Javelin – 82-11 – 388
800m – 3:13.77 – 248
 
Friday
Combined
Men's Decathlon
2nd – Drew Tolar – 3,676
100m – 10.77 – 912
Long Jump – 21-8.00 – 720
Shot Put – 39-1.00 – 601
High Jump – 5-9.25 – 593
400m – 49.24 – 850
 
Women's Heptathlon
8th – Kylin Rudzik – 2,079
110mH – 17.13 – 582
High Jump – 4-6.75 – 502
Shot Put – 32-2.25 – 517
200m – 30.06 – 478
 
$ - indicates school record
# - indicates NCAA Division II national qualifying mark
! - indicates MIAA Champion
@ - indicates All-MIAA performance
q - indicated qualifying for finals