NEW ORLEANS – With one outdoor meet behind them, the Fort Hays State women’s track and field team has been ranked in the No. 9 spot in the USTFCCCA Coaches’ Preseason Poll released Tuesday (March 20). The Tigers captured 83.50 points in the installment to earn the ranking.

FHSU’s 83.50 points were tabulated from the computer-based system within the poll. The Tigers are one of three MIAA programs to earn a nod in the preseason installment, alongside No. 15 Pittsburg State and No. 20 Emporia State.

Fort Hays State is coming off their first outdoor meet of the 2018 season after a strong showing at the Emporia State Spring Invite this past weekend. The Tigers ended the event with Madison Wolf leading the way with her automatic qualification mark in the javelin at 167 feet, 3 inches. This throw is the top in Division II and would rank eighth in Division I. Close behind is teammate Alexcia Deutscher who ranks No. 2 in Division II with her distance of 157 feet, 9 inches. This mark was good for a provisional for Deutscher. Rohey Singateh also claimed a provisional in the long jump with her length of 19 feet, 2 ¾ inches.

The Tigers are back in action on March 30 when they host the Alex Francis Classic in Hays.

Below are the latest USTFCCCA rankings.

Rank Institution Points
1 SF State 199.72
2 Angelo State 155.66
3 Fresno Pacific 114.90
4 Chico State 95.71
5 Academy of Art 91.25
6 Concordia (Ore.) 90.59
7 UC San Diego 90.24
8 Central Washington 85.52
9 Fort Hays State 83.50
10 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 82.62
11 Cal State LA 82.54
12 Seattle Pacific 81.72
13 Edinboro 75.99
14 Saint Augustine’s 73.41
15 Pittsburg State 72.65
16 Cal State Stanislaus 69.20
17 Western Washington 64.94
18 Azusa Pacific 63.21
19 Point Loma Nazarene 61.20
20 Emporia State 59.50
21 Nova Southeastern 59.30
22 Harding 58.89
23 Saint Leo 58.86
24 Concordia (Calif.) 58.01
25 Alabama-Huntsville 57.84