TOPEKA, Kan. - The Fort Hays State track and field team posted three more national qualifying marks and secured one event victory Saturday (Jan. 31) on day two of the Washburn Open.
 
Annabeth Baalmann placed first in the pole vault, clearing the 13-2.25 bar on her first attempt. That national-qualifying performance would be ranked seventh in Division II this season were it not for her school-record clearance of 14-1.25 set earlier this season that is the best in the country.
 
A pair of Tigers cleared the national qualifying threshold in the men's pole vault, with Josiah Ball finishing first and Hunter Angove placing second. Ball cleared the 16-7.25 bar on his third and final attempt, setting a new indoor best that is just one centimeter below his outdoor PR. That performance ranks Ball 18th in Division II this season and is good for seventh at FHSU during the program's Division II era.
 
Angove also etched his name on the national qualifying list after soaring over the bar at 16-3.25 on his third and final attempt. That performance is good for 21st in the country this season and places the senior 10th on the FHSU DII era performance list.
 
Janae Fugitt ran the 800m in 2:18.43, placing 12th out of 52 competitors and ranking sixth on the FHSU DII era list.
 
Taylor Hoskinson ran a personal-best 5:05.55 in the mile, finishing 21st in the field of 58 runners and moving from eighth to sixth on the FHSU DII era performance chart.
 
Lillian Finke matched her personal best in the pole vault, clearing the bar at 11-8.5 to place eighth in the event.
 
Looking ahead, the Tigers will be back in action in two weeks when they travel to Pittsburg, Kan. for the 11th Annual Russ Jewett Indoor Gorilla Classic February 13-14.
 
Washburn Open - Saturday
Women
400m Dash
29th - Reba Mader - 58.98
 
800m Run
12th - Janae Fugitt - 2:18.43
29th - Makenzie Premer - 2:22.82
 
Mile Run
21st - Taylor Hoskinson - 5:05.55
34th - Abbye Hudson - 5:14.06
35th - Keziah Bachman -5:14.62
41st - Esther Clark-Pavlovich - 5:17.06
 
3,000m Run
23rd - Margaret Browning - 10:41.64
37th - Cate Wiese - 11:00.29
 
Pole Vault
1st - Annabeth Baalmann - 13-2.25 #
8th - Lillian Finke - 11-8.5
 
Long Jump
18th - Jayme Hagerman - 17-7.5
 
Men
400m Run
48th - Avrey Albright - 50.42
 
800m Run
36th - Luke Wessel - 1:57.30
 
3,000m Run
36th - Austin Ritsema - 8:52.15
 
60m Hurdles Prelims
26th - Jayden Michaelis - 8.52
41st - Lucas Kirk - 8.82
 
Pole Vault
1st - Josiah Ball - 16-7.25 #
2nd - Hunter Angove - 16-3.25 #
6th - Will Wegerer - 15-3.5
7th - Mason Younger - 15-3.5
8th - Brady Deges - 15-3.5
 
Long Jump
13th - Dean Clark - 22-4.5
 
Washburn Open - Friday
Women
60m Dash Prelims
59th - Hailey Brown - 7.94
95th - Reba Mader - 8.13
102nd - Ellie Harper - 8.16
 
600y Run
6th - Amelia Foster - 1:26.73
9th - Reba Mader - 1:26.90
 
5,000m Run
13th - Emma Weiner - 17:44.77
17th - Ashlyn Harbaugh - 17:54.09
 
Distance Medley Relay
9th - Taylor Hoskinson, Makenzie Premer, Janae Fugitt, Esther Clark-Pavlovich - 12:39.10
 
Triple Jump
26th - Jayme Hagerman - 35-1.25
 
Men
60m Dash Prelims
52nd - Avrey Albright - 7.01
 
600y Run
27th - Avrey Albright - 1:13.48
34th - Luke Wessel - 1:15.48
 
5,000m Run
27th - Chayse McCullough - 15:12.39
47th - Cole Krug - 15:38.55
48th - Hayden Nemechek - 15:40.72
 
Triple Jump
14th - Dean Clark - 46-5.5
 
# indicates national qualifying mark