PUEBLO, Colo. – Midwestern State is among the 26 schools running in the South Central Regional Championships at Walking Stick Golf Course. The women's 6k race is scheduled to begin Saturday morning at 10 a.m. CST.

The top three teams earn an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA National Championships, scheduled for November 22 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The field includes No. 1 Colorado School of Mines, which captured its first-ever RMAC women's title last week behind a record run from Grace Strongman (20:06.7), and No. 2 UC-Colorado Springs, led by freshman standout Elizabeth McQuitty. No. 3 Adams State and Western Colorado round out a loaded regional field.

The Walking Stick Golf Course layout is known for its rolling fairways, and wide turns.

Midwestern State is coming off a second-place performance at the Lone Star Conference Cross Country Championships, its highest finish at the championships since 2018. Ella Pando and Jadyn Dangerfield led the team with 9th and 10th place finishes at AP Ranch in Fort Worth, Texas.

The Mustangs took second place of 15 teams, finishing behind West Texas A&M (37 total points) with 77 total points, and beat out 3rd place UT Tyler by just three points (80 points) in team scoring. A charge in the final 3 km helped the Mustangs leap the Patriots of UTT, going past the UT Tyler in team scoring during the final half of the race. The Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M claimed their 3rd straight conference championship, and fifth overall.

Pando and Dangerfield's top 15 finishes both earned the seniors all-conference honors, with Pando garnering the accolade for the third straight season, while Dangerfield wins the all-conference accolade for the first time. Pando was with the top finisher for the Mustangs with a 21:52.96 time in the 6K race. Dangerfield finished right after Pando in 10th, turning in a 22:07.73 mark.

Rosalene Reyes Perez turned in a collegiate best performance, running a 22:28.92 to take 17th place. Grace Pineda followed (22:38.71, 19th), while Konnar McClendon posted a collegiate best time of 22:40.46 (22nd) to round out the top-five runners for MSU. Perla Flores was the 6th fastest Mustang, clocking a 22:58.38 to take 28th place in the race. Isabel Hernandez rounded out the scoring for MSU in 45th place, finishing the 6K course in 23:57.82. Jazira Perez crossed the line in 24:22.05, finishing in 54th, while Jackie Earley finished 71st with time of 25:12.99.


 

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