Fort Hays State Track and Field
at the Jo Meaker Classic & Multi
Thursday-Friday, April 9-10 • 9 a.m.
Canyon, Texas
 
at the Grizzly Gold Invite
Friday, April 10 • 5 p.m.
El Dorado, Kan.
 
The Fort Hays State men's and women's outdoor track and field teams are set to compete at a pair of meets in the fourth week of the 2026 regular season, with some athletes traveling to Canyon, Texas for the Jo Meaker Classic & Multi on Thursday and Friday (April 9-10) and others heading to El Dorado, Kan. for the Grizzly Gold Invite.
 
The group heading to West Texas A&M primarily includes multi-athletes, sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers, while the Tigers competing at Butler County CC will include distance runners and throwers.
 
Live video will be available from Texas with a subscription to FloCollege here, with live results posted online here. Results from El Dorado will be available online here.
 
The Tigers are off to a strong start to the outdoor season, posting nine national qualifying performances and breaking two school records to date.
 
Avrey Albright broke a 21-year-old school record in the 400m dash, running in 46.80 to rank seventh in Division II this season. Emma Slade broke her own school record in the discus, recording a top heave of 162-9 to rank eighth in the country.
 
Other national qualifying performances came from Dean Clark in the long jump (24-7, eighth in DII), Annabeth Baalmann in the pole vault (13-1.5, 10th), Bradley Nkosi in the 110m hurdles (14.26, 23rd), Josiah Ball in the pole vault (16-2.75, 24th) and a trio of athletes in the men's javelin - Jackson Rumford (212-9, 21st), Dalton Meyers (206-7, 29th) and Guy Tubbs (198-8, 40th).