WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State delivered a pair of solid performances while competing in a pair of events Saturday morning.

The Mustangs placed ninth in a 45-team field in Dallas Baptist's Old Glory Gallop at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie, and also placed second among a five-team field in the Eastern New Mexico Greyhound Invitational in Portales.

Junior Ella Pando led the Mustangs in the Old Glory Gallop by turning in the 10th-best, 5,000-meter time in program history to place 36th overall at 18:18.00.

It was one of four performances on the school's all-time 5K list with senior Nathalia Escontrias running an 18:32.00 to place 50th with the school's 16th-best mark, junior Jadyn Dangerfield running an 18:35.00 to take 53rd with the program's 17th-best time, and junior Rosalene Reyes Perez finishing in 18:44.00 to finish 63rd with the school's 21st-best performance.

Freshman Grace Pineda turned in the final team countable performance by finishing 70th with a time of 18:51.00.

The Mustangs amassed 247 points to finish ninth behind Rice (31), Cal Poly Pomona (102), Dallas Baptist (130), Texas State (140), Ouachita Baptist (164), Arkansas Tech (218), East Central (230), and MSU Denver (240).

Dallas Baptist's Lesli Salas was the individual winner with a time of 17:06.00.

Junior Isabel Hernandez led the Mustangs to a runner-up team showing at the Greyhound Invitational, by taking second individually with a 6,000-meter time of 24:51.24.

Overall, the Mustangs amassed 50 points with freshman Evelyn Daugherty (25:47.16) place sixth, sophomore Jazira Perez (26:18.86) finishing 11th, freshman Abigail Michaelis (27:17.02) taking 16th, and freshman Bailee Bowers (28:05.06) finishing 20th.

The Mustangs finished 20 points behind Amarillo College (30 points), which produced individual champion Mia Lujan, who finished ENMU's campus course in 24:44.55.

Midwestern State competes in the Lone Star Conference Championship set for Saturday, October 26 in Kingsville.  

Old Glory Gallop (5K)

Lynn Creek Park
Grand Prarie, Texas
October 5, 2024

Team Standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Rice	31
2	Cal Poly Pomona	102
3	Dallas Baptist	130
4	Texas State	140
5	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	164
6	Arkansas Tech	218
7	East Central (Okla.)	230
8	MSU Denver (Colo.)	240
9	Midwestern State	247
10	Oklahoma Baptist	251
11	UT Tyler	293
12	Trinity (Texas)	325
13	Southeastern Oklahoma	353
14	St. Edward's (Texas)	362
15	Cameron (Okla.)	428
16	Oklahoma City	472
17	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	623
18	McMurry (Texas)	638
19	Southern Arkansas	687
20	Prairie View (Texas)	712
21	Western New Mexico	715
22	Hill College (Texas)	728
23	Ranger CC (Texas)	732
24	New Mexico Highlands	757
25	Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)	763
26	Southwestern (Texas)	765
27	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	806
28	Texas A&M-Texarkana	825
29	Hardin-Simmons (Texas)	855
30	North Central Texas College	860
31	Texas Southern	865
32	UT Dallas	927
33	Texas A&M International	948
34	Blinn College (Texas)	962
35	Texas Lutheran	986
36	Mid-America Christian (Okla.)	1082
37	Nelson (Texas)	1102
38	Southwestern Oklahoma	1114
39	Schreiner (Texas)	1115
40	Jacksonville College (Texas)	1136
41	Texas Wesleyan	1162
42	University of Dallas	1226
43	Murray State (Okla.)	1304
44	Concordia (Texas)	1331
45	Arkansas-Monticello	1424

 

MSU Individual Results

Pos	Student-Athlete	Time	Points
36	Ella Pando	18:18.00	32
50	Nathalia Escontrias	18:32.00	45
53	Jadyn Dangerfield	18:35.00	48
63	Rosalene Reyes Perez	18:44.00	58
70	Grace Pineda	18:51.00	64
95	Lula Nolen	19:08.00	(89)
99	Jaycee Lyons	19:10.00	(93)
123	Mariana Sanchez	19:26.00	---
135	Perla Flores	19:35.00	---
235	Maggie Neal	20:51.00	---

Greyhound Invitational (6K)

ENMU Campus Course
Portales, NM
October 5, 2024

Team Standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Amarillo College	30
2	Midwestern State	50
3	Eastern New Mexico	62
4	UT Permian Basin	83
5	Northern New Mexico	125

 

MSU Individual Results

Pos	Student-Athlete	Time	Points
2	Isabel Hernandez	24:51.24	2
6	Evelyn Daugherty	25:47.16	6
11	Jazira Perez	26:18.86	11
16	Abigail Michaelis	27:17.02	16
20	Bailee Bowers	28:05.06	20