Fort Hays State Track and Field
at the Steve Miller Invitational
Friday, February 20, 2026 • 1:45 p.m.
Manhattan, Kan. • Cliff Rovelto Indoor Track
 
Loper Tune-Up
Friday, February 20, 2026 • 3 p.m.
Kearney, Neb. • Cushing Coliseum
 
The Fort Hays State men's and women's indoor track and field teams will compete in the regular season for the final time on Friday (Feb. 20) when the Tigers send athletes to a pair of meets. Several student-athletes will travel to Manhattan, Kan. for the Steve Miller Invitational, with others headed north to Kearney, Neb. for the Loper Tune-Up.
 
The Tigers will send 27 individuals to compete in 36 entries at the Steve Miller Invite, while 13 student-athletes head to Kearney to compete in 21 entries.
 
The Tiger women head into the weekend ranked 22nd in Division II thanks to four national qualifying performances, including a pair that rank inside the top four nationally. Annabeth Baalmann leads the country in the pole vault with her school-record clearance of 14-1.25, while Katie Linenberger ranks fourth in the high jump with a top mark of 5-10. Emily Diercks McCullough has broken a pair of school records this season, doing so in the 5,000m run two weeks ago with a time of 16:49.86 before running the 3,000m in 16:49.86 this weekend. She ranks 26th in the country in the 5K and 36th in the 3K. She is one of 18 Division II student-athletes to post a national qualifying time in both distances and one of just three in the MIAA.
 
The men's squad has put together six national qualifying marks this season, including a pair from Drew Tolar in the heptathlon (5,117 - 11th) and the long jump (23-6.75, 40th) and four in the pole vault in Josiah Ball (16-10, 12th), Hunter Angove (16-6, 24th), Mason Younger (16-0.75, 35th) and Brady Deges (15-10, 48th).
 
This is FHSU's third trip to Kearney this season, with Tiger athletes putting together six national qualifying performances inside the Cushing Coliseum on the year.
 
The Tigers have competed at the Steve Miller Invite each of the last two seasons, with FHSU competitors turning in seven national qualifying performances on the purple track in 2024 before adding three more in 2025.
 
Looking ahead, FHSU will open postseason competition next weekend (Feb. 27-March 1) with the MIAA Championships in Pittsburg, Kan.
 
Steve Miller Invitational Entries
Women
60m
Hailey Brown, Donna Jackson
 
200m
Hailey Brown
 
400m
Amelia Foster, Reba Mader
 
600y
Makenzie Premer
 
800m
Janae Fugitt
 
1,000m
Taylor Hoskinson
 
3,000m
Cate Wiese
 
60m Hurdles
Donna Jackson
 
Pole Vault
Annabeth Baalmann, Lillian Finke
 
Men
60m
Brock Deterding, Nakari Morrical-Palmer, Rylan White
 
200m
Avrey Albright, Brock Deterding, Jayden Michaelis, Nakari Morrical-Palmer, Drew Tolar
 
400m
Avrey Albright
 
800m
Luke Wessel, Emery Wolfe
 
Mile
Taran Castro
 
60m Hurdles
Brett Eckhardt, Jayden Michaelis, Bradley Nkosi, Drew Tolar
 
Pole Vault
Hunter Angove, Josiah Ball, Brady Deges, Aiden Heidari, Will Wegerer, Rylan White, Mason Younger
 
Shot Put
Drew Tolar
 
Loper Tune-Up Entries
Women
60m
Alonnah Gage, Ellie Harper
 
200m
Ellie Harper
 
400m
Kendra Blaylock
 
60m Hurdles
Chloe Mader, Breanna Wells
 
High Jump
Bella Hudson, Breanna Wells
 
Long Jump
Alonnah Gage
 
Triple Jump
Brynlee Frank, Alonnah Gage
 
Shot Put
Liberty Booker, Natalee North
 
Weight Throw
Liberty Booker, Natalee North, Emma Slade
 
Men
60m
Brady Carlson, Ervin Fierro, Dylan Velasco
 
Long Jump
Brady Carlson, Ervin Fierro