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2020 Women's Cross Country Roster

Amerhyst Aguirre

  • Height 5-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Las Cruces, N.M.
  • Prev School Oñate HS

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Awards

All-Lone Star Conference (3): 2018, 2019, 2020

Academic Awards

USTFCCCA All-Academic (1): 2019
MSU Provost's Honor Roll (2) 2018 (F), 2018 (S)
MSU Dean's Honor Roll (3): 2021 (S), 2020 (F), 2020 (S)
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (5): 2018 (S), 2018 (F), 2020 (S), 2020 (F), 2021 (S)

Cross Country Personal Bests

6,000 Meters: 22:44.93 -- Lone Star Conference Championship (10/31/20)
5,000 Meters: 18:48.59 -- Missouri Southern Stampede (9/16/17)

Senior (2020)

became the fifth student-athlete in program history to become a three-time All-Lone Star Conference performer... closed career by running a personal best 6K time of 22:44.94 to finish eighth in the Lone Star Conference Championship in San Angelo (10/31)... carried front runner accolades in all three of her meets in 2020 and in each of her last nine collegiate competitions... finished 13th in each of her first two meets of 2020 at the 5,000-meter distance clocking a 19:39.10 in the Orville Rogers DBU Cross Country Opener at Lynn Creek Park (9/25) then logged a 19:40.63 in the West Texas A&M Buffalo Stampede (10/9)...

Junior (2019)

team's front runner in all six races... earned All-Lone Star Conference honors for the second straight season after finishing seventh in the LSC Championship with a 6K personal best time of 23:02.59 at the WNMU Golf Course at Scott Park (10/26)... earned United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic performer... placed 37th overall at the NCAA II South Central Championship finishing the 6K loop at The Range in Canyon in 23:13.96 (11/9)... claimed first individual meet win at season opening Endurance House Stampede at the Wee-Chi-Tah Off-Road Trail with a 5K time of 20:39.90... claimed second meet win in the Red River Cross Country Shootout at River Creek Golf Course with a 5K time of 19:26.70... ran season-best 5K time of 18:57.70 to take ninth in the Gerald Richey UTA Invitational at the Jesse Owens Memorial Athletic Complex (9/14)...

Sophomore (2018)

competed in six meets... turned in team countable finishes in each of her six races... earned All-Lone Star Conference honors helping MSU Texas to a Lone Star Conference championship placing 10th in the LSC Championship at West Texas A&M's The Range clocking a 6K time of 23:42.40 (11/3)... was team's frontrunner placing 25th with a time of 20:03.38 at the 5K Oklahoma Baptist Invitational (10/6)... paced season-best 5K time of 19:17.60 to finish 71st at the Missouri Southern Stampede (9/15)... placed fifth at the Endurance House Cross Country Stampede with a 5K time of 19:41.10 (10/19)... placed 84th in the NCAA Division II South Central Championship with a 6K time of 24:22.70 at Washington Park in Denver helping the Mustangs to a 12th-place showing in a field of 30 (11/17)...

Freshman (2017)

competed in six meets as a true frosh... turned in team countable finishes in five of her six meets... was frontrunner leading team to a second-place team showing at the 5K Southwestern Invitational at Berry Springs Park in Georgetown placing fourth overall with a time of 20:13.14 (10/13)... paced a personal best 6K time of 24:12.85 to place 91st overall at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional at West Texas A&M's The Range XC Course in Canyon (11/3)... turned in personal best 5K time of 18:48.59 to finish 72nd overall at the Missouri Southern Stampede (9/16)...

At Oñate High School

a four-year letterwinner in track and cross country for coach David Nunez at Oñate High School in Las Cruces, N.M... ran top prep times of 18:42 in the 5K, 11:44 in the 3,200-meter run and 5:25 in the 1,6000-meter run... placed sixth in the 3,200-meter run at the Great Southwest Track & Field Classic ran at the University of New Mexico on June 4, 2017... helped Oñate's powerhouse programs to three cross country district championships and one track title... earned all-state honors in track in 2017 and cross country in 2015... a three-time all-district performer in cross country and four times in track... finished third in the 1,600-meter run and fourth in the 3,200-meter run at the New Mexico Class 6A State Championships as a senior in 2017... claimed five wins at the 1,600-meter distance as a senior in 2017 with a PR of 5:25.50 at the Centennial Invitational in Las Cruces (3/11)... posted six wins in the 3,200-meter run posting a PR of 11:43.36 at the 2017 New Mexico Class 6A State Championships... qualified for the New Mexico Class 6A State Championships at the 3,200-meter distance in each of her prep seasons finishing eighth as a freshman and sophomore and 11th as junior... also qualified for the New Mexico Class 6A Championships in the 1,600-meter run as a freshman (12th) and sophomore (11th)... also competed in soccer as a freshman and sophomore... served as president of the National Honor Society...

Personal

daughter of David and Linda Aguirre...

Cross Country Career Performances

Senior (2020)

Date Meet Distance Time Overall/Team
9/25/20 Orville Rogers DBU XC Opener 5K 19:39.10 13 / 1
10/9/20 Buffalo Stampede 5K 19:40.63 13 / 1
10/31/20 Lone Star Conference Championship 6K 22:44.94 8 / 1

Junior (2019)

Date Meet Distance Time Overall/Team
9/5/19 Endurance House Stampede 5K 20:39.90 1 / 1
9/14/19 Gerald Richey UTA Invitational 5K 18:57.70 9 / 1
9/21/19 Texas Tech Open 5K 19:50.30 19 / 1
10/10/19 Red River Cross Country Shootout 5K 19:26.70 1 / 1
10/29/19 Lone Star Conference Championship 6K 23:02.59 7 / 1
11/9/19 NCAA II South Central Championship 6K 23:13.96 37 / 1

Sophomore (2018)

Date Meet Distance Time Overall/Team
9/15/18 Missouri Southern Stampede 5K 19:17.60 71 / 2
9/28/18 Red River Cross Country Shootout 5K 20:36.21 7 / 4
10/6/18 Oklahoma Baptist Invitational 5K 20:03.38 25 / 1
10/19/18 Endurance House Cross Country Stampede 5K 19:41.10 5 / 2
11/3/18 Lone Star Conference Championship 6K 23:42.40 10 / 3
11/17/18 NCAA II South Central Championship 6K 24:22.70 84 / 3

Freshman (2017)

Date Meet Distance Time Overall/Team
9/9/17 Texas Tech Open 5K 19:31.70 23 / 3
9/30/17 Arkansas Chile Pepper 5K 19:13.90 135 / 2
10/13/17 Southwestern Invitational 5K 20:13.14 4 / 1
10/21/17 Lone Star Conference Championship 6K 24:45.00 22 / 6
11/4/17 NCAA II South Central Championship 6K 24:12.85 91 / 2

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

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  • 2018Sophomore

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  • 2019Junior

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  • 2020Senior

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