PITTSBURG, Kansas -- Midwestern State made strides toward the top of numerous program performance lists in the indoor season opening Crimson & Gold Invitational Saturday at the Robert W. Plaster Center.

Sophomore Nathalia Escontrias led the way with a third-place showing in her signature 800-meter event delivering a PR time of 2:16.95 which landed second on MSU's all-time indoor list narrowing her gap to 1.53 second behind record hold Ana Lopez, who clocked in a 2:15.42 in 2014.

Freshman Jadyn Dangerfield Moore placed seventh in the 800-meter competition with a time of 2:20.27, which rated seventh on the program's all-time performance list.

Meanwhile, sophomore Daiza Jones posted an indoor personal best time of 58.52 to take sixth in the 400-meter dash. Her time was just .09 seconds off the program's top indoor mark set last season by Tyshi Reynolds.

Junior Sydni Lewis ran a 60-flat to move to fifth on the all-time list finishing 13th, while freshmen Da'Shrana Sims (1:00.72) and Trell'Kyrah Watkins (1:00.78) also landed amongst the program's Top 10 by taking 20th and 22nd place.

Junior Peyton Lewis improved her top and the program's top indoor mark to 17 feet, 1 inch to finish fourth in the open long jump.

Junior Elizabeth Butzke delivered the program's best time since 2016 in the 1-mile run to place 12th overall with a time of 5:15.22 -- to stand fourth on MSU's all-time indoor performance list.

Senior Alexandra Feller notched a PR to finish 18th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:38.42, while freshman Ella Pando also landed a Top 10 time to place 21st in the 3,000-meter run with a 10:43.40.

Freshman Steveanna Hearn landed fourth on the 60-meter dash (7.87) and 200-meter dash (25.99) to place 20th and 19th, respectively.

But it was junior Asia Robertson who led the Mustangs in the 200 racing to a time of 25.71 to place 13th.

Robertson, Sims, Dangerfield Moore, and Watkins combined to finish 10th in the 4x400-meter relay with the second-best time in program history at 4:00.03.

Freshman Rylie Tipton became the first MSU student-athlete to compete in combined event earning 2,462 points to place 30th in the Indoor Pentathlon.

Midwestern State next competes in the J.D. Martin Invitational at Oklahoma's Mosier Indoor Facility on Saturday, January 21.

CRIMSON & GOLD INVITATIONAL

Robert W. Plaster Center
Pittsburg, Kansas

Midwestern State Track Results

60-METER HURDLES | 37. Rylee Gattenby, 10.30.
60-METER DASH | 20. Steveanna Hearn, 7.87; 29. Asia Robertson, 7.92.
200-METER DASH | 13. Asia Robertson, 25.71; 19. Steveanna Hearn, 25.99; 46. Peyton Lewis, 27.08.
400-METER DASH | 6. Daiza Jones, 58.52; 13. Sydni Lewis, 60.00; 20. Da'Shrana Sims, 1:00.72; 22. Trell'Kyrah Watkins, 1:00.78; 29. Britney Tyree, 1:02.40.
600-YARD RUN | 14. Rylee Gattenby, 1:42.47.
800-METER DASH | 3. Nathalia Escontrias, 2:16.95; 7. Jadyn Dangerfield Moore, 2:20.27; 12. Arianna Carballeira, 2:26.07; 16. Hallie Kogler, 2:30.90.
1-MILE RUN | 12. Elizabeth Butzke, 5:15.33; 18. Ella Pando, 5:24.62; 23. Alexandra Feller, 5:29.42; 29. Cori Morgan, 5:36.93; 30. Lula Nolen, 5:37.43; 31. Rosalene Reyes Perez, 5:37.88; 39. Isabel Hernandez, 6:06.15.
3,000-METER RUN | 21. Ella Pando, 10:43.40; 22. Elizabeth Butzke, 10:44.11.
5,000-METER RUN | 18. Alexandra Feller, 18:38.42; 28. Mariana Sanchez, 19:03.34; 30. Sydney MacDonald, 19:10.62; Rosalene Reyes Perez, 19:25.52.

Midwestern State Relay Results

4x400-METER RELAY | 10. Midwestern State (Asia Robertson, Da'Shrana Sims, Jadyn Dangerfield Moore, Trell'Kyrah Watkins), 4:00.03.

Midwestern State Field Results

HIGH JUMP | 18. Emily Hurst, 4-10.5.
LONG JUMP | 4. Peyton Lewis, 17-1; 20. Rylie Tipton, 15-2.75.
TRIPLE JUMP | 5. Peyton Lewis, 35-6; 16. Rylie Tipton, 33-3.5.

BOO ROGERS COMBINED EVENTS

Robert W. Plaster Center
Pittsburg, Kansas
INDOOR PENTATHLON | 30. Rylie Tipton, 2462 points.
60-Meter Hurdles | 27. Tipton, 10.41 (637 points)
High Jump | 27. Tipton, 4-6.25 (491 points)
Shot Put | 30. Tipton, 24-7 (366 points)
Long Jump | 27. Tipton, 15-2.25 (461 points)
800-Meter Run | 26. Tipton, 2:45.88 (507 points)