EL DORADO, Kan. - Throwers from the Fort Hays State men's and women's track and field teams wrapped up the weekend Saturday (April 11) at the Grizzly Gold Invite, earning five podium finishes and surpassing one national qualifying mark.
 
Emma Slade won the hammer throw with a national-qualifying heave of 181-11 on her first attempt, second-best at FHSU during the DII and currently 12th in Division II this season. It was Slade's second national qualifying toss of the weekend after she tied her own school record in the discus on Friday (162-9).
 
Natalee North finished second in the shot put with a top toss of 42-8.5 on her second attempt, ranking eight on the FHSU DII era performance chart.
 
Liberty Booker finished in third place in both the shot put (42-3.5) and the hammer throw (170-7).
 
Guy Tubbs also finished third in the men's javelin, recording a top mark of 188-9 on his first attempt of the day.

With just two weekends remaining in the regular season, the Tigers will be back in action next weekend (April 16-18) with some student-athletes heading to Azusa, Calif. for the Bryan Clay Invitational and others traveling to Kearney, Neb. for the Loper Invitational.
 
Full FHSU Results
Saturday
Grizzly Gold Invite
Women
Shot Put
2nd - Natalee North - 42-8.5
3rd - Liberty Booker - 42-3.5
 
Hammer
1st - Emma Slade - 181-11 *
3rd - Liberty Booker - 170-7
10th - Natalee North - 146-11
 
Javelin
5th - Macy Nachtigal - 123-3
 
Men
Shot Put
14th - Logan Willour - 48-0.75
 
Javelin
3rd - Guy Tubbs - 188-9
6th - Jackson Rumford - 174-8
7th - Dalton Meyers - 173-4
 
Thursday-Friday Results
Jo Meaker Classic & Multi
Women
100m
44th - Ellie Harper - 12.47
52nd - Chloe Mader - 12.79
 
200m
38th - Amelia Foster - 25.06
44th - Hailey Brown - 25.25
52nd - Ellie Harper - 25.74
 
400m
13th - Amelia Foster - 57.22
27th - Kendra Blaylock - 1:01.03
 
100m Hurdles
13th - Chloe Mader - 15.27
16th - Donna Jackson - 15.79
 
400m Hurdles
3rd - Reba Mader - 1:00.99 *
 
4x100m Relay
9th - Reba Mader, Hailey Brown, Amelia Foster, Donna Jackson - 46.99
 
4x400m Relay
5th - Reba Mader, Hailey Brown, Kendra Blaylock, Amelia Foster - 3:59.74
 
Pole Vault
1st - Annabeth Baalmann - 13-1.75 *
Lillian Finke - NH
 
High Jump
3rd - Katie Linenberger - 5-5
 
Long Jump
7th - Jayme Hagerman - 18-11.75
 
Men
100m
20th - Avrey Albright - 10.64
 
200m
14th - Avrey Albright - 21.22
 
400m
6th - Avrey Albright - 47.24 *
 
110m Hurdles
8th - Bradley Nkosi - 14.54
15th - Jayden Michaelis - 15.07
 
400m Hurdles
1st - Jayden Michaelis - 52.31 *
4th - Mayan Paz - 53.76
11th - Lucas Kirk - 56.10
 
Pole Vault
3rd - Hunter Angove - 16-11 *
4th - Josiah Ball - 16-5.25 *
5th - Will Wegerer - 15-3.5
5th - Brady Deges - 15-3.5
5th - Mason Younger - 15-3.5
Aiden Heidari - NH
Rylan White - NH
 
Long Jump
4th - Dean Clark - 24-11.25 ! *
 
Decathlon
2nd - Drew Tolar - 7096 *
100m - 10.61 - 949
LJ - 24-0.75 - 893
SP - 39-1.25 - 602
HJ - 6-4.25 - 749
400m - 49.92 - 818
110mH - 15.43 - 798
DT - 134-11 - 687
PV - 12-1.5 - 535
JT - 151-7 - 533
1,500m - 5:04.79 - 532
 
Grizzly Gold Invite
Women
1,500m
5th - Janae Fugitt - 4:48.15
6th - Abbye Hudson - 4:51.17
11th - Madelynn Nichols - 4:58.74
 
5,000m
14th - Cate Wiese - 18:40.34
15th - Keziah Bachman - 18:56.50
27th - Eva Cortes - 20:10.01
 
10,000m
1st - Ashlyn Harbaugh - 36:56.13
6th - Margaret Browning - 38:27.46
 
3,000m Steeplechase
4th - Esther Clark-Pavlovich - 11:10.06
6th - Makenzie Premer - 11:51.97
9th - Brenna Murphy - 12:08.60
 
Discus
1st - Emma Slade - 162-9 ! *
2nd - Natalee North - 149-10 *
 
Men
800m
16th - Kamryn Golub - 1:56.22
28th - Quade Smith - 1:58.33
40th - Taran Castro - 1:59.69
 
1,500m
16th - Luke Wessel - 4:09.19
17th - Emery Wolfe - 4:09.63
25th - Kaiden Esfeld - 4:12.91
38th - Zach Moore - 4:19.81
49th - Andrew Waller - 4:40.25
 
5,000m
8th - Hayden Nemechek - 15:07.86
9th - Austin Ritsema - 15:11.19
19th - Ty Raulston - 15:38.31
36th - Brady Conway - 16:12.60
 
10,000m
Chayse McCullough - DNF
 
3,000m Steeplechase
9th - Cole Krug - 9:25.84
 
Discus
2nd - Kaeden Kasselman - 160-4
3rd - Logan Willour - 159-0
 
! indicates school record
* indicates national qualifying mark