LUBBOCK, Texas -- Midwestern State's Nathalia Escontrias narrowly missed the medal stand and Jaylen Hogue set one of two school records for the Mustangs Sunday in the Lone Star Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Texas Tech Indoor Performance Center.

The Mustangs enjoyed their best overall showing as a team competing in their 11th LSC Indoor Championships finishing with 28 points to place sixth in the 10-team field.

MSU 4x400-meter relay team smashed a school record by five seconds finishing fourth overall with a time of 3:50.96 competing in an exceptional heat.

Angelo State turned in the Lone Star Conference's all-time best time at 3:38.38 which is also the fastest time in NCAA Division II to win the relay.

All five teams in the final heat went under the NCAA Division II provisional time with Mustangs running what would have been the 34th fastest time in D2 heading into the weekend. MSU also placed behind times of 3:44.24 by West Texas A&M and 3:49.43 by Texas A&M-Kingsville.

Junior Asia Robertson ran a would-be school record time of 56.89 in the anchor leg following times of 57.59 by Daiza Jones, 57.59 by Jadyn Dangerfield Moore, and 58.46 by Da'shrana Sims.

Escontrias placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:18.99 finishing just off of the pace of West Texas A&M's Raquel Chavez (2:15.38), Angelo State's Shardae Finley (2:16.20), and UT Tyler's Calista Segura (2:17.01).

The sophmore from Odessa joins Ana Lopez, Tia Streeter, and Katie Till as the only Mustangs to twice qualify for the 800-meter finals after placing third in 2022.

Hogue, who became the first MSU sprinter to qualify for the finals of two events at the LSC Indoor Championships, improved on her own school record to take sixth in the 200-meter dash with another NCAA Division II provisional qualifying time of 24.59. The Fort Worth native also placed seventh in the 60-meter dash running a season-best 7.69 in the final.

Senior Peyton Lewis finished 11th in the triple jump with a mark of 35 feet, 8 3/4 inches.

Senior Alexandra Feller, who ran fifth in the 5,000-meter run on Saturday, clocked a time of 11:04.19 to take 13th in the 3,000-meter run ahead of teammate and freshman Mariana Sanchez, who was 14th with a time of 11:07.82.

Senior Elizabeth Butzke (5:31.97) and sophomore Arianna Carballeira (5:32.23) placed 14th and 15th, respectively, in the 1-mile run.
 

LSC Day 1 Recap

Midwestern State's Jaylen Hogue and Nathalia Escontrias advanced to event finals, the distance medley relay hit the medal stand, and three more student-athletes scored points, while eight Mustangs set personal bests during opening day in the Lone Star Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships Friday at Texas Tech's Indoor Performance Center.

Hogue matched a her school record in the 200-meter dash to advance to advance to Saturday's finals with a time of 24.64. The time was the sixth fastest of the preliminary round.

That was after the senior from Fort Worth earned another spot in the finals of the 60-meter dash by placing eighth with a time of 7.70.

Hogue not only becomes the first Midwestern State sprinter to qualify for the finals of two events, but is also the first Mustang to move on in the 60-meter dash.

Sophomore Nathalia Escontrias aims to medal for the second consecutive year after racing to the third fastest prelim time in the 800-meter run with a 2:19.59. The Odessa native placed third in the 2022 LSC Indoor Championships.

Hogue runs in the 60-meter dash finals Sunday at 2 p.m. before racing in the 200-meter finals at 2:40, while Escontrias runs for the 800-meter individual title at 2:20.

Sophomore Daiza Jones narrowly missed becoming the first MSU sprinter to qualify for the 400-meter finals after clocking a 57.77 to take ninthth in the prelims. The top eight advance to the final.

Midwestern State finished third in the distance medley relay with a time of 12:51.23 as Jadyn Dangerfield Moore ran a 3:56.33 in the 1,200-meter leg followed by Da'shrana Sims with a 59.19 in 400 meters, Escontrias paced a 2:24.50 in the 800, and Elizabeth Butzke ran a 5:31.22 in the 1,600-meter leg.

Senior Alexandra Feller led a strong MSU contingent in the 5,000-meter run placing fifth with a time of 18:46.53 followed by Sydney MacDonald (19:14.70/7th), and Mariana Sanchez (19:19.40/8th) as the trio combined to deliver MSU's first seven points of the meet.

Senior Peyton Lewis finished ninth in the long jump with a leap of 17 feet, 4 1/4 inches, while sophomore Delaini Hanna finished 10th in the pole vault upping her program record to 10 feet and a 1/2 inch.
 

Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships

Texas Tech Indoor Performance Center
Lubbock, Texas

Midwestern State Track Results

Sunday, Feb. 19

1-Mile Run | 14. Elizabeth Butzke, 5:31.97; 15. Arianna Carballeira, 5:32.23.
60-Meter Dash Final | 7. Jaylen Hogue, 7.69.
800-Meter Run Final | 4. Nathalia Escontrias, 2:18.99.
200-Meter Dash Final | 6. Jaylen Hogue, 24.59*.
3,000-Meter Run | 13. Alexandra Feller, 11:04.19; 14. Mariana Sanchez, 11:07.82.

Saturday, Feb. 18

400-Meter Dash Prelminaries | 9. Daiza Jones, 57.77*; 12. Asia Robertson, 58.96*.
60-Meter Dash Preliminaries | 8. Jaylen Hogue, 7.70q; 11. Steveanna Hearn, 7.76; 13. Kennedy Smith, 7.85; 17. Corinne Thorpe, 7.92.
800-Meter Run Preliminaries | 3. Nathalia Escontrias, 2:19.59q; 10. Jadyn Dangerfield Moore, 2:23.50; 17. Arianna Carballeira, 2:29.85.
5,000-Meter Run | 5. Alexandra Feller, 18:46.53; 7. Sydney MacDonald, 19:14.70; 8. Mariana Sanchez, 19:19.40.
200-Meter Dash Preliminaries | 6. Jaylen Hogue, 24.64q; 15. Steveanna Hearn, 25.20; 17. Kennedy Smith, 25.47; 19. Corinne Thorpe, 25.94.

Midwestern State Field Results

Sunday, Feb. 19

Triple Jump | 11. Peyton Lewis, 35-8.75.

Saturday, Feb. 18

Long Jump | 9. Peyton Lewis, 17-4.25.
Pole Vault | 10. Delaini Hanna, 10-0.5*.

Midwestern State Relay Results

Sunday, Feb. 19

4x400-Meter Relay | 4. Midwestern State (Daiza Jones, Jadyn Dangerfield Moore, Da'shrana Sims, Asia Robertson), 3:50.96.

Saturday, Feb. 18

Distance Medley Relay | 3. Midwestern State (Jadyn Dangerfield Moore, Da'shrana Sims, Nathalia Escontrias, Elizabeth Butzke), 12:51.23.

* - denotes personal record.