LUBBOCK, Texas -- Midwestern State set four school records and four NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks as 19 personal records fell Friday and Saturday in the Corky/Crofoot Shootout at the Terry and Linda Fuller Track & Field Complex.
Junior
Daiza Jones crushed the school record which was also her own PR by nearly two seconds to finish 11th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.14. The mark ranks 28th in NCAA Division II as the Haltom City, Texas, native became the first MSU student-athlete to reach a provisional mark in the 400.
Freshman
Jessie Heath sprinted to the second fasted time in program history by pacing 17th with a time of 57.04, while sophomore
Da'Shrana Sims reached seventh on the school's all-time performance list, taking 19th at 58.22.
Jones and Heath were also part of two other school-record setting performances as a member of the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay squads.
The duo combined with
Corinne Thorpe and
Steveanna Hearn as the Mustangs finished third in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 49.69. The provisionally qualifying mark matched the 52nd-fastest time in NCAA Division II this season.
Heath and Jones then joined
Trell'Kyrah Watkins and
Nidhi Singh to place fifth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:46.47 for another provisional qualifying mark. The time would have been the 29th best in the nation heading into the weekend.
Watkins regained a program record with an eighth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a provisional qualifying time of 1:02.25 which is tied for 33rd in NCAA Division II. The Dallas native nosed out teammate
Nidhi Singh, who 12th with a time of 1:03.39.
Freshman
Shalisa Williams set the Mustangs' fourth school record of the weekend with a time of 15.69 to place 31st in the 100-meter hurdles.
Sophomore
Jadyn Dangerfield and junior
Nathalia Escontrias finished 11th and 12th, respectively, in the 800-meter run with times of 2:16.82 and 2:16.83. Their marks fell just shy of personal bests, but six teammates would set PRs in the event, including
Jaycee Lyons (2:18.23/13th),
Ella Pando (2:25.29/19th),
Alexandra Feller (2:26.38),
Hallie Kogler (2:26.89/22nd),
Mariana Sanchez (2:27.25/23rd), and
Madison Millan (2:57.37/28th).
Lyons would also lead another strong MSU team performance by taking fourth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:47.25, just ahead of Escontrias, who placed seventh with the program's seventh-fastest all-time mark with a 4:49.97.
Dangerfield (4:51.83/9th),
Rosalene Reyes Perez (4:59.65/12th), and
Isabel Hernandez (5:18.88/24th) also reached personal bests at the 1,500-meter distance.
Thorpe turned in a season-best time of 25.14 (+0.8) to finish 25th in the 200-meter dash, while Sims improved three spots to fourth on the school's performance chart by taking 26th with a time of 25.15 (+1.6).
Midwestern State competes in the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Champships from May 9-11 at Angelo State's LeGrand Stadium.
Corky/Crofoot Shootout
Terry and Linda Fuller Track & Field Complex
Lubbock, Texas
Midwestern State Track Results
Friday, April 26
100-Meter Hurdles: 31.
Shalisa Williams, 15.69* (+0.4); 34.
Rylee Gattenby, 16.24 (+1.0).
400-Meter Dash: 11.
Daiza Jones, 55.14*p; 17.
Jessie Heath, 57.04*; 19.
Da'Shrana Sims, 58.22*.
100-Meter Dash: 25.
Corinne Thorpe, 12.01 (+3.2); 34.
Steveanna Hearn, 12.34 (+2.9); 38.
Kennedy Smith, 12.41 (+2.4); 46.
Abby Cavender, 12.92 (+2.8).
800-Meter Run: 11.
Jadyn Dangerfield, 2:16.82; 12.
Nathalia Escontrias, 2:16.83; 13.
Jaycee Lyons, 2:18.23*; 19.
Ella Pando, 2:25.29*; 21.
Alexandra Feller, 2:26.38*; 22.
Hallie Kogler, 2:26.89*; 23.
Mariana Sanchez, 2:27.25*; 25.
Rosalene Reyes Perez, 2:28.43; 26.
Lula Nolen, 2:33.59; 27.
Isabel Hernandez, 2:36.45; 28.
Madison Millan, 2:57.37*.
400-Meter Hurdles: 8.
Trell'Kyrah Watkins, 1:02.25*p; 12.
Nidhi Singh, 1:03.39; 20.
Rylee Gattenby, 1:10.19*; 21.
Abby Cavender, 1:10.40†; 22.
Shalisa Williams, 1:16.32.
200-Meter Dash: 25.
Corinne Thorpe, 25.14 (+0.8); 26.
Da'Shrana Sims, 25.15* (+1.6); 38.
Kennedy Smith, 26.07 (+1.6); 45.
Steveanna Hearn, 26.66 (+0.8); 46.
Peyton Lewis, 26.81* (+1.2).
Saturday, April 27
5,000-Meter Run: 4.
Alexandra Feller, 18:33.44.
1,500-Meter Run: 4.
Jaycee Lyons, 4:47.25; 7.
Nathalia Escontrias, 4:49.97*; 9.
Jadyn Dangerfield, 4:51.83*; 12.
Rosalene Reyes Perez, 4:59.65*; 14.
Ella Pando, 5:02.36; 18.
Mariana Sanchez, 5:12.15; 24.
Isabel Hernandez, 5:18.88*; 25.
Lula Nolen, 5:19.90; 27.
Hallie Kogler, 5:23.24.
3,000-Meter Steeplechase: 7.
Arianna Carballeira, 13:07.30.
Midwestern State Field Results
Friday, April 26
Long Jump: 23.
Peyton Lewis, 17-2.25 (+1.8).
Midwestern State Relay Results
Friday, April 26
4x100-Meter Relay: 3. Midwestern State (
Corinne Thorpe,
Jessie Heath,
Daiza Jones,
Steveanna Hearn), 46.69p.
4x400-Meter Relay: 5. Midwestern State (
Daiza Jones,
Trell'Kyrah Watkins,
Nidhi Singh,
Jessie Heath), 3:46.47p.
q - indicates qualification for finals.
p - NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark/time.
* - indicates personal record.
†- indicates first collegiate mark/time.
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