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2019 Women's Track Roster

April Pena

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Denton, Texas
  • Prev School Denton HS

Biography

At Midwestern State

Academic Awards

MSU Provost's Honor Roll (1): 2018 (F)
MSU Dean's Honor Roll (2): 2018 (S), 2017 (F)
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (3): 2017 (S), 2017 (F), 2018 (F)

Indoor Personal Bests

200 Meters: 26.12 -- LSC Indoor Championships (2/16/19)
400 Meters: 59.08 -- LSC Indoor Championships (2/16/19)

Outdoor Personal Bests

200 Meters: 25.07 -- West Texas A&M Invitational (4/20/19)
400 Meters: 58.71 -- East Texas Invitational (4/12/19)
400 Meter Hurdles: 1:06.48 -- West Texas A&M Invitational (4/23/17)
800 Meters: 2:35.38 -- Victor Lopez Classic (4/3/15)

Redshirt Senior (2019)

Indoor Season

closes career holding program indoor records in the 200-meter dash at 26.12 and the 400-meter dash at 59.08... competed in three meets during the indoor season... set a pair of program records in the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships at the Texas Tech Sports Performance Center in Lubbock running a 26.12 in the 200-meter dash and 59.08 in the 400-meter dash -- both in the preliminary rounds (2/16-2/17)... also helped Mustangs to a fifth-place finish in the distance medley relay with a time of 13:13.51 at LSC Indoor Championships (2/16-2/17)... placed third in the 400-meter dash (1:01.50) and eighth in the 200-meter dash (27.02) while helping MSU Texas win the distance medley relay (12:59.07) at the UCO Alumni Classic (2/9)...

Outdoor Season

possesses three career outdoor program records in the 200-meter dash (25.07), 400-meter dash (58.71) and 400-meter hurdles (1:06.48)... competed in five meets during the outdoor season... set program record with a time of 25.07 in the 200-meter dash (15th) and placed sixth in the 400-meter dash (59.34) at the West Texas A&M Invitational (4/20)... set program record with a time of 58.71 to take fourth in the 400-meter dash and was sixth in the 200-meter dash (25.59) at East Texas Invitational (4/12)... placed third in the 400-meter dash (59.49) and fourth in the 200-meter dash (25.19) at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (3/23)... paced preliminary round times of 25.38 in the 200 and 59.79 in the 400-meter dash at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships in Portales, N.M. (5/2-5/4)...

Senior (2018)

served redshirt season...

Junior (2017)

Indoor Season

competed in four meets during the indoor season... combined with Valeska Vitt, Kylee Gorney and Ana Lopez to take fourth in the distance medley relay with a time of 13:40.76 at the LSC Indoor Championships in Alamosa, Colo (2/18)... delivered program indoor record time of 26.60 to finish second in the 200-meter run at the J.D. Martin Invitational in Norman, Okla. (1/28)... set personal best time of 1:00.32 in the 400-meter dash at the Dunamis Sports Group College Classic at The Star in Frisco (2/9)... combined with Vitt, Lopez and Bridget Reilly to win the distance medley relay with a time of 12:41.55 at the Dunamis Sports Group College Classic (2/9)...

Outdoor Season

competed in five meets during the outdoor season... set school record in the 200-meter prelims with a time of 25.50 at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships in Commerce (5/5)... lowered program best mark to 1:06.48 in the 400-meter hurdles at the West Texas A&M Invitational (4/23)...

Sophomore (2016)

Indoor Season

competed in three meets during the indoor season... combined with Sara Smith, Tia Streeter and Bridget Reilly to take second in the distance medley relay at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships in Alamosa, Colo. with a time of 12:58.49 (2/20)... paced a season-best time of 1:02.98 in the 400-meter run at the Indoor Gorilla Classic (2/13)... ran a campaign-best time of 27.82 in the 200-meter dash at the Missouri Southern Invitational (1/23)...

Outdoor Season

competed in five meets during the outdoor season... ran a season-best time of 26.18 in the 200-meter prelims at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships in Stephenville (5/6)... ran season-best 400-meter time of 1:05.22 at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (3/26)... bettered personal best 400-meter hurdle time to 1:08.84 in the prelims at the LSC Championships (5/6)...

Freshman (2015)

Indoor Season

appeared in four meets as a true freshman competing in the 400-meter dash... also participated in the 4x880-yard relay at the Oklahoma Baptist Bison Invitational (2/14), the 4x400-meter relay at the LSC Championships (3/1) as well as the distance medley relay on two occasions... combined with Emma Ramirez, Tia Streeter and Ashley Flores to claim bronze (3rd) in the distance medley relay at the LSC Indoor Championships with a time of 12:25.82 (3/1)... anchored a fifth-place showing in the 4x400-meter relay at the LSC Indoor Championships (3/1) with Streeter, Ramirez and Maranda Rodriguez... ran season best time of 1:00.60 in the 400-meter preliminaries at the LSC Indoor Championships (2/28)...

Outdoor Season

appeared in six meets competing in the 400-meter dash, 400-meter hurdles and 800-meter run... also part of a rare outdoor distance medley relay squad at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (3/27) and the 4x400-meter relay at the West Texas A&M Classic and Multi (4/11)... placed 11th in the 400-meter hurdles at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships (3/9)... ran season-best time of 1:02.24 to take seventh in the 400-meter dash at the West Texas A&M Classic and Multi (4/11)... paced a season-best time of 2:35.38 in the 800-meter run at Rice's Victor Lopez Classic (4/3)...

At Denton High School

a four-year letter winner in track & field for coach Gary Roberson at Denton (Texas) High School... holds the pole vaulting record at DHS... a three-year starterin basketball for the Broncos... earned All-District 5-4A second-team honors while serving as captain of the basketball team as a senior in 2013-14...

Personal

daughter of Robert and Gaby Pena... born April 5, 1996...

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2016Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2017Junior

    5'4"
  • 2018Senior

    5'4"
  • 2019Redshirt Senior

    5'4"