Estafania Lopez shattered the FHSU women’s javelin record on Saturday at the ESU Relays in Emporia. Lopez posted the nation’s best mark in the event so far, throwing 169’7.25″. She helped the Tigers to a fifth-place finish at the meet.
Lopez topped the school’s previous “new model” javelin record of 160’9″ set by Makayla McPhail in 2012. Teammate Madison Wolf had thrown the second-best effort in the nation last week at the Alex Francis Classic in Hays at 160’3″, but Lopez moved into the top spot nationally by over nine feet. Wolf finished third in the event on Saturday with a throw of 145’11.5″, while Megan Honas was fourth with a throw of 143’6.75″ to move up the national provisional mark list.
FHSU won three other events at the meet. Danielle Berry posted a provisional qualifying mark in the high jump, winning with a height of 5’7″. That ties the seventh-best effort nationally so far. Alex Keehn won the 5,000 meters in a time of 18:49.53 to top a field of six runners. The 4×800-meter relay team won in a time of 10:18.25.
The Tigers scored 83 points as a team to finish fifth out of 14 teams. Missouri-Kansas City won the meet with 181 points, while Central Missouri was second at 124.5 points.