FHSU Athletics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fort Hays State men's track and field senior Jacob Clark has earned a third-consecutive MIAA Field Athlete of the Week honor, announced Tuesday by the league office. The Nottingham, England native has earned the distinction all three times it has been awarded by the league this season.
Clark continued his undefeated season in the pole vault last Friday (Jan. 24), winning the Rumble in the Jungle Invitational with a top clearance of 16-8 (5.08m). That national-qualifying performance would be the best in the conference during the 2024-25 season were it not for his season-best mark of 17-2.75 (5.25m) achieved in December.
The five-time All-American has surpassed the five-meter mark in all four of his competitions this season, a threshold reached by any other MIAA competitor only once this season.
Clark is the first Tiger to earn at least three MIAA weekly honors in a single season since Brett Meyer did the same during the 2018-19 indoor campaign.
Fort Hays State will continue its indoor season this weekend (Jan. 31-Feb. 1) at a pair of meets, with select athletes heading to Topeka, Kan. for the Washburn Open Friday and Saturday and some traveling north to Kearney, Neb. for the Charlie Foster Classic on Friday.