INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The 2019 NCAA DII Indoor Track and Field national qualifiers have been announced, and four Tigers will be heading to compete. The event will be held at Pittsburg State March 8-9.

For the Tigers, three men and one woman will make the trek to compete for their respective national title. Brett Meyer, Kolt Newell and Philip Landrum will represent the men, while Rohey Singhateh makes the lone female appearance for Fort Hays State.

Meyer heads into the mile run at No. 5 on the performance list with his best-time of 4:04.23. The prelim time for that event will be Friday at 3:45 p.m. Last season, Meyer came in second place in the mile run at nationals, bettering his fifth place finish in 2017.

Landrum will look to compete in the 60-meters, an event which he is No. 17 on the performance list. Landrum brings in his best time of 6.83. He will compete at 3:15 p.m. on Friday for the prelims. For Newell, he will compete in the high jump after boasting a provisional mark of 6 feet, 11 inches. Newell ranks at No. 10 on the performance list. The high jump will start at 3:40 on March 8.

Singhateh qualified in the triple jump following her best distance of 39 feet, 9 ¾ inches – good enough to put her at No. 17 on the national performance list. Singhateh will commence with the triple jump at 5:55 on March 9.

The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team will open the final week of the regular season ranked third in the country according to both national polls released Tuesday (Feb. 26). This week’s position in the WBCA Division II Coaches Poll matches the Tigers’ top ranking so far this season, while FHSU is third in the D2SIDA Media Poll for the third week in a row.

The Tigers reached No. 3 in the coaches poll earlier this season (1/15/19) after opening the year 15-0. Fort Hays State is 8-2 all-time as the third-ranked team in the coaches poll, including a 1-1 mark this season.

Central Missouri is the only other MIAA institution listed in either poll, coming in 24th once again in the coaches poll while jumping to 23rd according to the media.

Fort Hays State wraps up the regular season at home this weekend, beginning with a 5:30 p.m. contest Thursday (Feb. 28) against Missouri Southern.

The complete national polls for February 26, 2019 can be found below.

The softball doubleheader between Fort Hays State and Newman University in Wichita, Kansas on Tuesday (Feb. 26) has been postponed until a later date. The weather conditions and forecast in the Wichita area for Tuesday have worsened, so the teams have rescheduled the doubleheader for Wednesday, April 24 at 3 pm.

HAYS, Kan. – For the second week in a row, winter weather has forced the Fort Hays State baseball team to adjust its scheduled conference series. Instead of playing at home this weekend, the Tigers will travel to play Southwest Baptist in Bolivar, Mo. in their three-game MIAA set. The Tigers will play all three games as the home team.

The teams will target a single game on Thursday, February 28 beginning at 2 p.m. before wrapping things up with a doubleheader on Friday, March 1 beginning at 11 a.m. Live stats and video are scheduled to be available at the links above.

The Tigers are 24-15 all-time against Southwest Baptist, including a 12-12 mark in Bolivar. Fort Hays State took two out of three on the road against the Bearcats last year.

EDMOND, Okla. – The Fort Hays State baseball team wrapped up its first conference series with a pair of losses Monday afternoon against Missouri Western (5-5, 3-0), falling 11-1 in the opener before dropping the nightcap 20-3. The Tigers (0-11, 0-3) are scheduled to return home to play Southwest Baptist next weekend, but field conditions could force another round of schedule changes. Stay tuned to fhsuathletics.com for the latest information.

Game One: Missouri Western 11, Fort Hays State 1 (7 innings)
The Tigers could never quite get started in the opener, collecting four hits while allowing seven Griffon base knocks. MWSU scored one in the first before adding four in the third to go up 5-0 before the Tigers put together their first rally. Jordan Wilkerson led off with a double before Isaac Soares reached on an error. Tyler Olson later singled to load the bases before Dawson Sramek drew a walk, helping FHSU close within 5-1.

FHSU managed just one hit after the fourth inning, giving Missouri Western the chance to pull away with six more runs.

Marcus McDaniel and Sramek also collected singles in the loss. Cole Zimmerman (0-3) was credited with the loss after allowing eight runs (seven earned) on five hits over 3.1 innings of work. He struck out three batters while Cody Rottinghaus struck out four in 3.1 innings of relief, giving up three runs on two hits.

Game Two: Missouri Western 20, Fort Hays State 3 (7 innings)
While Fort Hays State collected just four hits for the second game in a row, Missouri Western turned up the intensity at the plate to the tune of 16 hits and six home runs.

Missouri Western got things rolling in the first inning for the second game in a row, plating two runs in the home half of the first. Fort Hays State looked to have a chance to respond early when two walks and a double loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the second. But three batters later the Griffons were out of the inning unscathed, and the Tigers next came up to the plate trailing 11-0.

Taylan Mullins-Ohm got the Tigers on the board after a two-run double scored Tyler Olson and Marcus Altman in the top of the third, making the score 11-2. Fort Hays State added a run in the seventh when Caleb Egan legged out a pinch-hit, one out triple. Ryan Stoecklein lifted a sacrifice fly to right one batter later, scoring Egan from third.

Mullins-Ohm finished 2-for-2 with a walk and two RBI. Garrett Francis collected the other Tiger hit, doubling to left in his first at bat. Jake Taylor (0-2) took the loss after surrendering nine runs (seven earned) on six hits over 1.2 innings of work.

EDMOND, Okla. – The Fort Hays State baseball team struggled to get the bats going in Sunday’s MIAA opener against Missouri Western (Feb. 24), falling to the Griffons 7-1. The Tigers (0-9, 0-1) and Griffons (3-5, 1-0) will wrap up their series with a doubleheader Monday beginning at noon.

The Griffons wasted little time getting started, pushing across three runs over the first two innings. The Tigers got a run back in the top of the fourth after Landon Erway drew a leadoff walk. The sophomore swiped two bases before coming around to score on Tyler Olson’s double down the left field line, helping the Tigers close within 3-1.

But Missouri Western Starter Anthony Castaneda continued to stymie the Tiger offense, allowing just three hits while striking out 12 over 7.0 innings of work. The Griffons tacked on four insurance runs against the Tiger bullpen down the stretch, pushing across two in the sixth and two in the eighth.

Ethan Booe (0-1) took the loss after tossing five effective innings, allowing just one earned run on five hits while striking out six batters. Ryan Ruder struck out three Griffons over two innings of relief, allowing two runs on two hits. Chase Werth finished the game on the mound, allowing a pair of runs on three hits while striking out one batter.

Kyler Cox added a pinch-hit double in the ninth, the only other extra-base hit of the evening for the Tigers.

MARYVILLE, Mo. – In the 2019 edition of the MIAA Indoor Conference Championships, the Fort Hays State women’s track and field team produced a strong weekend as they earned a 7th place team finish. The Tigers captured multiple podium finishes to cap on a solid weekend. The event was hosted by Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Mo.

Mirena Goncalves appeared on the podium twice with two runner-up finishes. In the 3,000-meters, Goncalves clocked a second place finish at 9:58, while receiving her runner-up time of 17:41 in the 5,000-meters. Yessenia Gonzales was close by in both events, coming in fifth in the 5,000-meters at 17:50, and seventh in the 3,000-meters at 10:09.

Mattie Rossi had a big weekend for the Tigers, claiming a provisional in the pentathlon with her sixth place finish. Rossi captured 3,258 points in her first season as a multi athlete for the Tigers. This calculation puts Rossi fourth on the FHSU all-time list.

Another podium finish for FHSU came after a third place finish for Summer Kragel in the high jump. Kragel claimed a provisional with her jump of 5 feet, 6 ½ inches. Teammate Haley Jones came in the sixth place with a personal best of 5 feet 4 ¼ inches.

Rohey Singhateh received her place on the podium following a third place finish in the triple jump while improving her NCAA qualifying mark at 39 feet, 9 ¾ inches.

A new school record was set by the women’s 4×400 relay team who compiled a time of 3:54.27 for a fifth place finish. The quad made up of Lindsay Shupe, Mattie Rossi, Peri Lange and Lyric Holman capitalized on the success.

Up next, the Tigers await their fate at the 2019 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships. The event runs from March 8-9 at Pittsburg State University.

MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Fort Hays State men’s track and field team ended a successful weekend at the 2019 installment of the MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a 6th place team finish. Alongside the strong team performance, multiple Tigers completed record-breaking and high-placing finishes. The event last Feb. 22 – 24 and was hosted by Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Mo.

Among the highlights for the team on the weekend was the distance medley relay team claiming the title in their event. The quad, consisting of Brett Meyer, Israel Barco, Malcom Gardner and Seppe van ‘t Westende completed the relay with a new school and MIAA record time of 9:52.80. This also gives the Tigers the 10th-best time in NCAA Division II.

Meyer defended his previous MIAA title in the mile with a time of 4:09. 98, followed closely by van ‘t Westende in fourth place at 4:12.01 and Oscar Carmona clocking a seventh place finish at 4:16.26. Philip Landrum completed his weekend with an upset in the 60-meters with an NCAA Division II qualifying time of 6.83 to win the event.

Matthew Pieper earned a new school record in the decathlon with a fourth place finish by accumulating 5,083 points. This total also gave Pieper an improved provisional. Kolt Newell earned an NCAA qualifying mark in the high jump by finishing in the runner-up position with a jump of 6 feet, 11 ½ inches. This was also a personal best for Newell. Lucas Broxterman finished the high jump in eighth
place.

In the 5,000-meters, Carmona clocked a fifth place finish with a time of 14:57, while teammate Layton Werth captured eighth place at 15:01. Landrum documented a fourth place finish in the 200-meters with his time of 21.73, an NCAA provisional.

In the pole vault, Ryan Stanley finished in seventh place with a mark of 15 feet, 5 ¾ inches.

Up next, the Tigers await their fate at the 2019 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships. The event runs from March 8-9 at Pittsburg State University.