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When Tigers Roared

Tigers fare well at national meet

5/24/2009



By The Hays Daily News

SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Junior Darcie Schmitz picked up her second All-American honor for the Fort Hays State University track and field team at the NCAA Division II national championships. Schmitz, who was fourth in the long jump on Thursday, earned a seventh-place showing in the triple jump on Friday with a jump of 39 feet, 73âÑ4 inches. On Saturday, junior sprinter Bryan Haynes and earned All-American honors in the 100-meter dash, and senior Lindsay McCormick picked up All-American honors in the javelin, earning seventh place (144-2). Sophomore Amy Wilson finished ninth (138-4), one spot out of All-American honors.

Haynes finished sixth in the 100 in a time of 10.47 seconds. He also was 16th in the 200-meter prelims (21.33) on Friday and did not qualify for the finals. Schmitz's jump of 19-11 set a school record in the long jump, beating the old mark of 19-81âÑ2 set by Maisha Prewitt in 2000.

Schmitz became the first Fort Hays woman to earn multiple individual All-American honors since Prewitt in 2000.


Scoreboard
Sport Date Opponent Score
TS 04/06 Emporia State L 8-1
SB 03/30 Panhandle State W 10-2 (5 inn.)
SB 03/30 Panhandle State W 13-3 (5 inn.)
BB 03/30 Washburn W 3-1
BB 03/30 Washburn W 3-1
TS 03/23 Kansas Wesleyan L 6-3
BB 03/23 Metro State W 20-8
BB 03/23 Metro State W 6-5
SB 03/19 Nebraska-Omaha L 4-2
SB 03/19 Truman State W 4-1
SB 03/18 Mo. Western L 6-2
BB 03/17 Missouri S&T W 2-1 (10)
SB 03/17 Bethany W 6-1
SB 03/17 Bethany W 8-1
BB 03/16 Misosuri S&T L 13-4
MB 03/14 Central Missouri L 80-73
BB 3/13 NW Missouri W 13-10
BB 03/13 NW Missouri W 4-3
MB 03/13 Central Oklahoma W 80-64
SB 03/08 Fort Lewis W 5-4