PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Katie Till improved her best 800-meter indoor mark by nearly three seconds, while Taylor Carr set a pair of PRs of her own to lead Midwestern State efforts in the Sixth Annual Gorilla Indoor Classic Saturday inside the Robert W. Plaster Center.
 
Till, a senior from Canon City, Colo., ran a 2:21.60 to take in eighth in the 800-meter dash. The effort bettered her time of 2:24.06 set in a fifth-place showing in the 2018 Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships.
 
Carr produced the second-best 200-meter indoor time in program history to finish 16th overall with a new PR of 26.32. The sophomore out of North Crowley High School was clocked just a shade behind April Pena's record time of 26.12 set during the 2019 campaign.
 
Carr delivered a second personal best by taking 12th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.26.
 
Freshman Emily Hurst made history as the first MSU competitor in the high jump. The Norman, Okla. native cleared 4 feet, 8 3/4 inches to finish 13th.
 
Freshman Shakiah Randall (26.67) and sophomore Aaryanna Williams (26.96) finished 22nd and 26th, respectively, in the 200-meter dash, while freshman Brayleigh McGill (2:30.02) was 23rd in the 800-meter dash.
 
Sophomore Alexandra Feller placed 21st in her first indoor try at the 5,000-meter distance finishing in 20:44.83.
 
Senior Hannah Ponder placed 12th in the weight throw with a heave of 38 feet and 1/4 inch, while sophomore Peyton Lewis finished 19th in the long jump with a lunge of 15 feet, 4 1/4 inches.
 
SIXTH ANNUAL INDOOR GORILLA CLASSIC
Robert W. Plaster Center
Pittsburg, Kan.
Midwestern State Results
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021
200-meter Dash: 16. Taylor Carr, 26.32; 22. Shakiah Randall, 26.67; 26. Aaryanna Williams, 26.96.
400-meter Dash: 12. Taylor Carr, 1:00.26.
800-meter Dash:  8. Katie Till, 2:21.60; 23. Brayleigh McGill, 2:30.02
5,000-meter Run: 21. Alexandra Feller, 20:44.83.
High Jump: 13. Emily Hurst, 4-8 3/4.
Long Jump: 19.  Peyton Lewis, 15-4 1/4.
Weight Throw: 12. Hannah Ponder, 38-1 /4.