CANYON, Texas -- Midwestern State's
Katie Till delivered one more impressive performance and the Mustangs flexed a newfound strength with a pair of solid relay showings Saturday in the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Buffalo Sports Park.
The Mustangs amassed a total of 17 points to finish 10th overall, but showing growth from a young program.
Till returned to the podium by taking third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.72. The Canon City, Colo. native also claimed earlier in the earlier at the LSC Indoor Championships. She pointed in the event during her freshman year in 2018 placing fifth indoors and seventh outdoors.
Till, who claimed MSU's Marie Morgan Award this spring as the department's most outstanding female student-athlete, only added to her two indoor all-conference laurels.
Fellow senior
Gemma Gonzalez added two points by placing seventh in the 800 with a time of 2:23.60.
The Mustangs 4x400-meter relay squad of
Asia Robertson,
Taylor Carr,
Sydni Lewis and Till reset their own school record by placing fifth with a time of 3:59.21 to gain four points, while Robertson and Carr joined
Shakiah Randall and
Aaryanna Williams to claim seventh in the 4x100-meter relay clocking a 49.67 for another two points.
Sophomore
Peyton Lewis placed seventh Friday afternoon in the triple jump to gain two points of her own, while sophomore
Elizabeth Butzke added another point by taking eighth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
In all, Midwestern State set three school records and set 11 personal records at the LSC Championships.
Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Midwestern State Track Results
Preliminaries
100-meter Dash: 12. Shakiah Randall, 12.38 (0.0); 16. Aaryanna Williams, 12.79 (0.0).
200-meter Dash: 11. Asia Robertson, 25.47 (+2.6); 12. Sydni Lewis, 25.49 (+1.5); 13. Shakiah Randall, 25.50 (+1.7).
400-meter Dash: 10. Sydni Lewis, 59.41; 11. Asia Robertson, 59.68; 12. Taylor Carr, 59.82.
400-meter Hurdles: 10. Sadie Anderle, 1:15.27.
800-meter Dash: 7. Katie Till, 2:18.33q; 8. Gemma Gonzalez, 2:19.20q.
Finals
800-meter Run: 3. Katie Till, 2:20.72; 7. Gemma Gonzalez, 2:23.60.
3,000-meter Steeplechase: 8. Elizabeth Butzke, 12:43.50; 10. Michelle Estrada, 13:00.58.
10,000-meter Run: 9. Alexandra Feller, 41:30.29; 16. Delaney Locke, 43:29.21; 17. Christyn Smith, 43:39.34; 19. Victoria Rosas, 44:37.69.
5,000-meter Run: 9. Elizabeth Butzke, 19:47.78; Alexandra Feller, 20:23.94.
4x100-meter Relay: 7. Midwestern State (Asia Robertson, Shakiah Randall, Aaryanna Williams, Taylor Carr), 49.67.
4x400-meter Relay: 5. Midwestern State (Asia Robertson, Katie Till, Taylor Carr, Sydni Lewis), 3:59.21.
Midwestern State Field Results
Triple Jump: 7. Peyton Lewis, 37-1.75.
Long Jump: 13. Peyton Lewis, 17-1.25; 15. Aaryanna Williams, 16-11.25.
Midwestern State Point Scorers
Katie Till, 6; 4x400-meter Relay (Asia Robertson, Katie Till, Taylor Carr, Sydni Lewis), 4; 4x100-meter Relay (Asia Robertson, Shakiah Randall, Aaryanna Williams, Taylor Carr), 2; Peyton Lewis, 2; Gemma Gonzalez, 2; Elizabeth Butzke, 1.
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