Fort Hays State University

Alex Hendee earned Athlete of the Week for his performance at the MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Hendee helped the TIgers to a fifth place finish as he took second and third in his two events.

Hendee was second in the 5,000, timing a 15:18 in the event, which was 3 seconds behind UCM's Lab Sialo. In the 1,500, Hendee placed third just 0.33 off first in a very tight race.

During the 2012 season, Hendee twice earned MIAA Track Student-Athlete of the Week. He was also All-MIAA in the fall in cross country.

The Tigers as a team ended up fifth at the MIAA Championships with 92.5 points. Pittsburg State won the MIAA Championship with 168.5 points.

Makayla McPhail earned Athlete of the Week for her performance over the weekend at the MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. McPhail was the Tigers' only individual champion and broke the FHSU school record in the javelin throw.

McPhail, a sophomore from Liberal, Kan., topped the school record with a mark of 159-4 in the javelin. The record was previously set by Reginia Taylor in 1999 (158-7). McPhail won the event at the MIAA Championships by nearly 10 feet.

The mark is the sixth time McPhail has passed the automatic qualifying standard and this time the distance ranks No. 2 in Division II this season, only behind a 161-11.

The Tigers women's track and field team finished eighth at the MIAA Championships this past weekend.