TOPEKA, Kan. - The Fort Hays State men's and women's track and field teams resumed their season Friday (Jan. 16) at the Washburn Rust Buster. The Tigers recorded two national qualifying marks and one event victory while two other athletes placed in the top three.
 
Annabeth Baalmann continued her strong season, winning the pole vault with a national-qualifying clearance of 13-7.25. She entered the competition at 13-1.5 after all other athletes were already out. The senior then took three good attempts at a school-record height of 14-1.75 but was unable to clear the height.
 
Mason Younger also cleared the national qualifying mark in the pole vault, placing third with a personal-best clearance of 16-0.75. That performance places the sophomore 10th on the FHSU DII era chart. He did not miss a bar in his three clearances on the day.
 
The Tigers had two runners in the top five of the women's mile, with Taylor Hoskinson placing second with a time of 5:07.99 and Emily Diercks McCullough placing fourth after crossing the line in 5:09.29.
 
Jayden Michaelis finished in fifth place in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.50 with Brett Eckhardt close behind in eighth place after crossing the line in 8.57.
 
Drew Tolar finished in fifth place in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 23-0.75.
 
FHSU had a pair of finishers in the top 10 in the 400m, with Amelia Foster placing sixth in the women's race with a time of 1:00.23 and Nakari Morrical-Palmer placing eighth in the men's competition with a time of 49.86.
 
The Tigers will be back in action next Friday (Jan. 23) at the Rumble in the Jungle Invite in Pittsburg, Kan.
 
Full FHSU Results
Women
60m
30th - Hailey Brown - 8.04
32nd - Amelia Foster - 8.10
40th - Ellie Harper - 8.22
51st - Joslyn Scheck - 8.39
 
200m
26th - Hailey Brown - 26.83
36th - Ellie Harper - 27.34
46th - Breanna Wells - 28.17
 
400m
6th - Amelia Foster - 1:00.23
 
800m
13th - Janae Fugitt - 2:25.85
14th - Madelynn Nichols - 2:27.56
 
Mile
2nd - Taylor Hoskinson - 5:07.99
4th - Emily Diercks McCullough - 5:09.29
10th - Abbye Hudson - 5:15.94
15th - Esther Clark-Pavlovich - 5:19.87
 
3,000m
14th - Keziah Bachman - 10:57.76
 
60m Hurdles
19th - Chloe Mader - 9.88
28th - Breanna Wells - 10.53
 
Pole Vault
1st - Annabeth Baalmann - 13-7.25 #
9th - Lillian Finke - 10-11.75
Liz Moore - NH
 
Long Jump
21st - Breanna Wells - 16-1.75
 
Shot Put
10th - Liberty Booker - 40-0
 
Weight Throw
11th - Liberty Booker - 47-5.75
14th - Emma Slade - 46-4
 
Men
60m
32nd - Avrey Albright - 7.07
46th - Dylan Velasco - 7.16
52nd - Josiah Ball - 7.19
60th - Wyatt Probst - 7.23
100th - Brody Burns - 7.60
 
200m
13th - Drew Tolar - 22.17
38th - Jayden Michaelis - 22.86
79th - Bryce Steffan - 24.55
 
400m
8th - Nakari Morrical-Palmer - 49.86
17th - Mayan Paz - 50.68
 
800m
13th - Luke Wessel - 1:57.38
22nd - Emery Wolfe - 1:59.72
29th - Quade Smith - 2:01.60
34th - Bret Jones - 2:02.54
59th - Braylon Moore - 2:07.98
 
Mile
36th - Ian Weich - 4:31.16
66th - Elijah McCullough - 4:47.07
 
3,000m
14th - Hayden Nemechek - 8:47.28
23rd - Chayse McCullough - 8:57.57
31st - Brady Conway - 9:15.15
 
60m Hurdles
5th - Jayden Michaelis - 8.50
8th - Brett Eckhardt - 8.57
16th - Drew Tolar - 9.01
17th - Spencer Rich - 9.09
18th - Bryce Steffan - 9.15
22nd - Lucas Kirk - 9.43
 
Long Jump
5th - Drew Tolar - 23-0.75
 
Pole Vault
3rd - Mason Younger - 16-0.75 #
5th - Brady Deges - 15-7
6th - Will Wegerer - 15-1
8th - Aiden Heidari - 15-1
12th - Rylan White - 14-7.25
16th - Trevor Christensen - 14-1.25
22nd - Ben Pahls - 13-1.5
Josiah Ball - NH
Kurtis McCormick - NH
 
Shot Put
10th - Logan Willour - 45-11.25
 
# indicates NCAA DII national qualifying mark