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2025 Women's Track Roster

Daiza Jones

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Haltom City, Texas
  • Prev School Haltom HS

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Honors

All-Lone Star Conference (Outdoor): 2022 (3rd), 2023 (3rd)
24Strong Teammate of the Year (2): 2023-24, 2024-25

Academic Awards

President's Honor Roll (1): 2023 (F)
Provost's Honor Roll (1): 2023 (S)
Dean's Honor Roll (5): 2022 (S), 2022 (F), 2024 (S), 2024 (F), 2025 (S)
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (6): 2022 (S), 2022 (F), 2023 (S), 2023 (F), 2024 (S), 2024 (F)

Indoor Track Personal Bests

60-Meter Dash: 7.89 -- Jarvis Scott Open (2/10/24)
200-Meter Dash: 26.12 -- Wendy's Pittsburg State Invitational (1/28/23)
400-Meter Dash: 56.44 -- LSC Indoor Championships (2/23/24)
600-Yard Dash: 1:29.22 -- Washburn Open (2/4/23)
800-Meter Run: 2:29.66 -- Owen Hewett Invitational (1/17/25)

Outdoor Track Personal Bests

100-Meter Dash: 12.31 (+1.0) -- Wes Kittley Invitational (3/22/25)
200-Meter Dash: 24.86 (+1.2) -- LSC Outdoor Championships (5/1/25)
400-Meter Dash: 55.14 -- Corky/Crofoot Shootout (4/27/24)
800-Meter Run: 2:21.67 -- John Jacobs Invitational (4/12/24)

2023 Season

Indoor Season (Sophomore)

competed in five meets... posted a personal best and the second fastest indoor 400-meter time in program history with a 57.77 in the preliminaries of the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships at Texas Tech's Sport Performance Center (2/18)... set PR and posted second fastest indoor 600-yard time in program history to finish third with a 1:29.22 at thw Washburn Open (2/4)... posted PR time of 8.01 in the 60-meter dash at the J.D. Martin Invitational (1/21)... combined with Jadyn Dangerfield, Da'Shrana Sims, and Asia Robertson to set a school 4x400-meter indoor record and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 3:50.96 to finish fourth at the LSC Indoor Championships (2/19)...

Outdoor Season (Sophomore)

competed in six meets... earned All-Lone Star Conference third-team honors after combining with Jadyn Dangerfield, Da'Shrana Sims, and Asia Robertson to set a school record and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 3:46.93 to win a bronze medal in the 4x400-meter relay at the LSC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Lubbock (5/6)... delivered a 400-meter personal best with a 57.43 -- second on MSU's all-time performance chart -- in the prelims at the LSC Outdoor Championships (5/4)... recorded PR time of 25.56 (+1.9) to place seventh in the 200-meter dash at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational (3/25)... ran a wind-aided time of 25.26 (+4.6) to take sixth in the 200-meter dash at the East Texas Invitational (4/15)...

2022 Season

Indoor Season (Freshman)

competed in five meets during indoor season... helped Mustangs score points in the 4x400-meter and distance medley relays at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships... ran 400-meter leg of the distance medley relay to help Alexandra Feller, Nathalia Escontrias and Elizabeth Butzke finish fourth with a time of 12:54.21 (2/25)... combined with Tyshi Reynolds, Reece Johnson and Shakiah Randall to set a school record placing fifth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:57.06 (2/26)... placed sixth in the 600-yard dash with a time of 1:30.32 at the Washburn Open (1/29)... ran season-best 400-meter time of 1:00.63 to finish 14th at Pittsburg State's Crimson & Gold Invitational (12/4)...

Outdoor Season (Freshman)

competed in five meets during outdoor season... earned third-team All-Lone Star Conference honors... combined with Tyshi Reynolds, Nathalia Escontrias and Asia Robertson to set a school record finishing third in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:52.08 at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships (5/7)... also placed 10th in the 400-meter preliminaries with a time of 58.83 at LSC Outdoor Championships (5/6)... owns second fastest 400-meter time in program history clocking a 58.34 to take second at the East Texas Invitational (4/9)... finished second in the 400-meter dash (58.72) and set 200-meter PR (26.31) to take 10th at UT Tyler's Ice Breaker Classic (3/19)...

At Haltom High School

a two-year varsity letter winner for coach Joshua Papagno at Haltom High School in Haltom City, Texas... claimed the District 3-6A championship as a senior in 2021 with a time of 1:00.59... finished third in the 400-meter dash in the Area meet... ran personal best time of 1:00.27 to finish 11th at the Region I-6A meet... also ran personal best time of 26.90 to take fifth in the 200-meter dash at the District 3-6A Championships... turned in PR time of 13.02 finish third in the 100-meter dash at the Susan Lumley Relays as a senior... was an alternate on the regional qualifying 4x100-meter relay team as a freshman in 2017... also served as an alternate for the area qualifying 4x200-meter relay team as a sophomore in 2018... claimed JV district championship in 400-meter dash as a freshman and sophomore... gained Texas High School Coaches' Association Academic Team All-State honorable mention as a senior... a member of Science National Honor Society... served as a varsity athletic training student for two years...

Personal

daughter of Shamina Suggs...

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    5'1"
  • 2023Sophomore

    5'1"
  • 2024Junior

    5'1"
  • 2025Senior

    5'1"