PITTSBURG, Kan. - The Fort Hays State men's track and field team placed eighth at the 2026 MIAA Indoor Championships Sunday (March 1) with a final tally of 25.5 team points, seven national qualifying performances and one school record.
 
The Tigers hit a pair of national qualifying thresholds on day three, including Hunter Angove who tied for fourth in the pole vault with a season-best clearance of 16-6.5 to contribute 4.5 team points.
 
The 4x400m relay team of Avrey Albright, Mayan Paz, Jayden Michaelis and Drew Tolar ran a national qualifying time of 3:13.95, placing fifth and earning five team points. That time is fourth-best at FHSU during the DII era.
 
Farrin Mangelson ran the 3,000m in 8:28.24, finishing in ninth place and ranking seventh on the FHSU DII era chart.
 
The Tigers will now await the announcement of selections for the 2026 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships, scheduled for Tuesday (March 3). The indoor track and field championships will be held March 13-14 at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
 
Full FHSU Results
Mile
18th - Taran Castro - 4:24.46
 
3,000m
9th - Farrin Mangelson - 8:28.24
17th - Austin Ritsema - 8:37.25
20th - Hayden Nemechek - 8:44.26
 
4x400m Relay
5th - Avrey Albright, Mayan Paz, Jayden Michaelis, Drew Tolar - 3:13.95 - 4 team points #
 
Pole Vault
T-4th - Hunter Angove - 16-6.5 - 4.5 team points #
11th - Brady Deges - 15-6.5
11th - Will Wegerer - 15-6.5
15th - Aiden Heidari - 15-0.75
16th - Mason Younger - 15-0.75
Josiah Ball - NH
 
Triple Jump
12th - Dean Clark - 45-6.25
 
Friday/Saturday Results
60m Dash Prelims
18th - Brock Deterding - 7.05
 
200m Prelims
9th - Avrey Albright - 21.93
12th - Brock Deterding - 22.28
 
400m Prelims
15th - Avrey Albright - 48.22 #
 
600y Prelims
14th - Mayan Paz - 1:14.59
 
800m Prelims
12th - Kamryn Golub - 1:55.78
14th - Luke Wessel - 1:56.34
16th - Emery Wolfe - 1:58.58
 
5,000m
6th - Farrin Mangelson - 14:41.56 - 3 team points
18th - Chayse McCullough - 15:17.90
20th - Cole Krug - 15:22.62
 
60m Hurdles Prelims
10th - Bradley Nkosi - 8.12 ! #
15th - Jayden Michaelis - 8.40
16th - Brett Eckhardt - 8.46
 
Distance Medley Relay
7th - Luke Wessel, Jayden Michaelis, Kamryn Golub, Taran Castro - 10:35.03 - 2 team points
 
Long Jump
4th - Drew Tolar - 23-8.75 - 5 team points #
5th - Dean Clark - 23-7.75 - 4 team points #
 
Heptathlon
6th - Drew Tolar - 4855 - 3 team points #
60m - 7.02 - 875
LJ - 21-8.75 - 725
SP - 37-3.75 - 575
HJ - 5-9 - 593
60mH - 8.58 - 841
PV - 12-6 - 562
1,000m - 2:57.98 - 684
 
! indicates school record
# indicates NCAA Division II national qualifying mark
q indicates qualified for Sunday's finals