LIBERAL, Kan. – A rough day for the Hays High baseball team who gets swept in Liberal. The Redskins scored 12 runs in the third inning to win the opener 16-1 in a game called after four innings by run-rule.

Hays scored four in the top of the fifth to break a 6-6 tie in the second game but the Redskins answered with six on the bottom of the inning and won 12-11.

Marcus Altman allowed 13 runs, 11 earned on 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings and takes the loss in the first game. He had two of the Indians three hits and drove in their only run.

Jarett Pfannenstiel gives up nine runs on 11 hits over 4 1/3 innings and takes the loss in game two. Dalton Stout and Connor Rule both had three hits with Rule, Altman, Braydon Delzeit and Jared Haynes all driving in two runs.

The 11-7 Indians wrap up their regular season at home tomorrow with a makeup doubleheader against Garden City.

FHSU Athletics

MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Fort Hays State women’s track and field team turned in an impressive performance to finish fourth at the MIAA Outdoor Championships (May 6-8). Estefania Lopez (javelin), Micki Krzesinski (10,000 meters), and Shea Bonine (5,000 meters) all claimed individual MIAA titles, and they joined Madison Wolf and Scout Wiebe as Fort Hays State’s five All-MIAA performers.

Results

Fort Hays State scored 83.6 points as a team to finish fourth, the position it held after Saturday at the championships. The javelin once again was a treasure trove of points for the FHSU women, producing 28 of the team’s points.

For the second straight year, the Tigers swept the podium in the javelin with a 1-2-3 finish. Lopez set a new MIAA Championships record with a throw of 166 feet to claim her second straight MIAA title. Wolf was second at 153 feet, 11 inches, and Wiebe was third at 135 feet, 11 inches. All three earned All-MIAA honors by sweeping the top three spots. Shannon Toll scored four team points for the Tigers in the event by finishing fifth with a throw of 132 feet, 5 inches.

Krzesinski generated 16 points for the Tigers by herself, earning two All-MIAA honors. She earned the individual conference title in the 10,000 meters with a time of 36:47.95 and then finished third in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:01.07.

Joining Krzesinski in distance events to account for 30 of Fort Hays State’s team points was Shea Bonine, who also earned an individual title. Bonine topped the 5,000 meter field with a time of 17:52.54 for All-MIAA status. She finished fifth in the 1,500 meters with a season-best time of 4:40.60.

Kelly Wycoff accumulated seven points for FHSU in sprinting events, but did so by taking down a 13-year old school record. She was fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 56.14 seconds, edging the old school record of 56.46 set by Leanna Grace in 2003. She was sixth in the 200 meters at 25.06 seconds, though she ran a season-best 24.66 in the prelims.

Rachael Monteil gained four points for the team with a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw at 163 feet, 7 inches. Courtney Geiger scored three points in the shot put with a throw of 42 feet, while Baja Robinson chipped in a point with a throw of 41 feet, 7 inches to finish eighth.

Sophie Dalmasso gave the Tigers three scorers in the 5,000 meters in a time of 18:17.85 to finish seventh. Kara Simmons was seventh in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.30. Both the 4×100 and 4×400 meter relay teams finished eighth.

Pittsburg State won the meet with 170 points. Lincoln was second at 138 points, and Central Missouri was third with 127.

FHSU Athletics

Results

MARYVILLE, Mo. – Fort Hays State men’s track and field finished 10th as a team at the MIAA Championships (May 6-8). Michael Kinuthia and Brett Meyer finished first and second in the 800 meter run, while Kolt Newell finished third in the high jump. All three earned All-MIAA honors.

Fort Hays State scored 43.5 points as a team. The Tigers got 18 of those points in the 800-meter run thanks to Kinuthia and Meyer. Kinuthia crossed the line in 1:54.02, while Meyer was right there with him at 1:54.18. Both earned All-MIAA status.

Newell was the only other FHSU men’s athlete to earn All-MIAA honors with a third-place finish in the high jump. He cleared a season-best height of 6 feet, 9.5 inches. He was just one and a quarter inches short of the winning height.

TJ Dozier scored seven points for the Tigers in throwing events. He generated five points with a fourth-place finish in the discus with a throw of 166 feet, 1 inch. He scored two points in the hammer throw with a seventh-place finish at 168 feet, 9 inches.

Jake Morrow had a season-best effort of 16 feet, 0.75 inches in the pole vault to finish fifth. The height ranks 26^th on the national performance list. Brenner Wells was sixth in the javelin with a throw of 191 feet, 4 inches. Justin Montney finished eighth in the 1500 meters at 4:00.71 seconds, while Christian Delaney was also eighth in the shot put at 50 feet, 0.5 inches. The 4×400 meter relay team also generated points with a sixth-place finish.

Missouri Southern won the men’s championship as a team with 145 points. Pittsburg State was second with 134 points and Lincoln was third with 104.