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Tyler Fugate Earns All-America at NAIA Indoor National Championships

Tyler Fugate Earns All-America at NAIA Indoor National Championships

NAIA RELEASE

YANKTON, S.D. -- Siena Heights sophomore Tyler Fugate was the lone representative on the Siena Heights women's track and field team to compete at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Women's Indoor Track and Field National Championships.

Fugate finished sixth in the pole vault event to earn NAIA All-America status. Fugate cleared the bar at 3.73 meters on her second attempt before missing at 3.83 meters to finish in the sixth spot in the standings. This is the first year that Fugate has qualified for the National meet in her college career. 

Tyler Fugate and the rest of the Saint women's track and field team will return to action in two weeks on March 27 for the Indiana Wesleyan Polar Bear Invitational.