ABILENE, Texas - Midwestern State may not officially have a track team, but that didn't stop the Mustangs from stacking up four wins and a meet record Thursday afternoon at the McMurry Relays.

Senior Sydnee Cole easily outpaced the field to claim the 10,000-meter run by nearly five minutes to set a meet record with a 39:21.88.

"She just really wanted to see 25 laps on the track felt like," MSU coach Koby Styles said. "This will set her up for the next several weeks."

The Mustangs, who don't qualify to run in the Lone Star Conference Championships, finish an abbreviated slate with the Angelo State meet next week before closing at the Kansas Relays.

Freshman Ashley Flores improved her personal best by eight seconds in the 1,500-meter run striking gold with a time of 4:45.94 and was followed by teammates Janel Campbell (3rd/5:00.99), Lindsey Pate (5:20.48) and Melody Caldwell (5:25.01).

"Ashley was amazing," Styles said. "I felt like she had a really good shot at winning and she kept pulling and pulling away and also had a shot at the meet record but fell .2 of second short."

Flores also claimed gold in the 800-meter run with the team's season best time of 2:25.07 while Campbell logged a 2:30.27 good for seventh place to edge Caldwell, who crossed the line in 2:32.99.

The Mustangs also produced a stellar showing in the 5,000-meter run as freshman Cara Mack took gold with a 19:29.00 while sophomore Heather Owens was third with a 22:12.76.

Midwestern finished the meet seventh with a total of 54 points to place just behind LSC members West Texas A&M (65) and Texas A&M-Commerce (60).

"Anytime you can finish close to the top five and only bring seven runners to a meet, you know you've had a good day," Styles said. "I couldn't be happier with the performance today."
  

McMurry Relays
Wilford Moore Stadium
Abilene, Texas
April 7, 2011
5,000-meter Run
Place							Name	School	Time
1							Cara Mack	Midwestern State	19:29.00
2							Amber Moore	West Texas A&M	19:44.25
3							Heather Owens	Midwestern State	22:12.76
4							Bahena Isabel	Ranger College	22:20.37
5							Cursty Hicks	Northwood	22:28.90
6							Karla Robles	Ranger College	23:26.25
7							Tara McCrory	Northwood	23:43.09
8							Jisvi Padilla	Texas Wesleyan	28:31.07
10,000-meter Run
Place							Name	School	Time
1							Sydnee Cole	Midwestern State	39:21.88
2							Venessa Montelongo	Hardin-Simmons	44:12.48
3							Whitney Rankin	Hardin-Simmons	52:46.91
1,500-meter Run
Place							Name	School	Time
1							Ashley Flores	Midwestern State	4:45.94
2							Celeste Meyer	Tarleton State	4:56.87
3							Janel Campbell	Midwestern State	5:00.99
4							Briana Villarreal	Texas A&M-Kingsville	5:01.81
5							Lilly Duarte	Southwestern	5:01.88
6							Allie Reyna	West Texas A&M	5:02.68
7							Alaisha Guerra	McMurry	5:07.41
8							Iwona Czerniak	NMMI	5:11.42
9							Jessica Rivera	Texas Wesleyan	5:12.02
10							Lakeisha Johnson	Odessa	5:16.41
800-meter Run
Place							Name	School	Time
1							Ashley Flores	Midwestern State	2:25.07
2							Brieana Garcia	West Texas A&M	2:26.75
3							Fanny Farfan	NMMI	2:27.75
4							Ashley Husbands	Tarleton State	2:26.79
5							Briana Villarreal	Texas A&M-Kingsville	2:29.20
6							LaKeisha Johnson	Odessa	2:29.63
7							Janel Campbell	Midwestern State	2:30.27
8							Tezna Roy	Texas A&M-Kingsville	2:30.40
9							Katherine Grillo	Tarleton State	2:30.82
10							Marissa Acosta	Texas A&M-Kingsville	2:31.60