McPhail Breaks School Record, Earns MIAA Championship

FHSU-WTF-McPhail — FHSU's Makayla McPhail broke the school record on her way to a first-place finish in the women's javelin at the MIAA Track and Field Championships in Emporia.

Makayla McPhail broke the school record in the javelin as she won the MIAA Championship on the final day of the 2012 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Emporia State. The Tigers as a team placed eighth with 42 points. Lincoln won the MIAA Championships with 204 points, and Central Missouri was second with 172 points.

McPhail, who has garnered MIAA Women’s Field Athlete of the Week twice this season, threw 159-4 in the javelin to top Regina Taylor’s Fort Hays State record of 158-7 set in 1999. McPhail won the event by almost 10 feet with a throw that is the second-best in the nation this season. Tiger teammate Holly Brown finished fourth in the javelin, going 139-2.

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