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2018 Women's Track Roster

Sara Smith

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Dalhart, Texas
  • Prev School Dalhart HS

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Honors

24 Strong Teammate of the Year (1): 2015-16

Academic Awards

MSU President's Honor Roll (1): 2018 (S)
MSU Provost's Honor Roll (1): 2017 (F)
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (7): 2015 (F), 2016 (S), 2016 (F), 2017 (S), 2017 (F), 2018 (S), 2018 (F)

Indoor Personal Bests

Mile: 5:18.89 -- Pittsburg State Invitational (1/29/16)
3000 Meters: 10:33.94 -- Indoor Gorilla Classic (2/13/16)

Outdoor Personal Bests

800 Meters: 2:30.36 -- West Texas A&M Classic (4/9/16)
1,500 Meters: 5:00.12 -- UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (3/26/16)
5,000 Meters: 18:10.51 -- Texas State Bobcat Invitational (4/2/16)

Junior (2018)

Indoor Season

competed in three meets... placed 12th in the 3,000-meter run with a season-best time of 11:21.30 at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships (2/25)... opened season running an 11:56.92 in the 3,000-meter run at the Texas Tech Open (2/3) and an 11:51.02 at the Texas Tech Matador Qualifier (2/16)...

Outdoor Season

competed in six meets and two events... placed 23rd in the 5,000-meter run at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships with a  time of 20:42.70 (5/5)... paced a season-best mark of 20:22.58 to finish eighth in the 5,000-meter run at the West Texas A&M Invitational (4/22)... turned in a season-best 1,500-meter time of 5:09.55 to take 18th at the East Texas Invitational (4/14)...

Sophomore (2017)

Indoor Season

served medical redshirt...

Outdoor Season

served medical redshirt...

Freshman (2016)

Indoor Season

competed in four meets during the indoor season... combined with April Pena, Tia Streeter and Bridget Reilly to take second in the distance medley relay with a time of 12:58.49 at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships in Almosa, Colo. (2/20)... also placed 11th in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:39.82 at the LSC Indoor Championships (2/21)... ran season-best time of 10:33.94 to take third in the 3,000-meter run at the Indoor Gorilla Classic in Pittsburg, Kan. (2/13)... clocked season-best mile time of 5:18.89 at the Pittsburg State Invitational (1/29)...

Outdoor Season

competed in five meets during the outdoor season... placed 11th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 19:12.73 at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships in Stephenville (5/7)... ran season-best time of 18:10.51 to take 10th in the 5,000-meter run at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational (4/2)... posted campaign-best 1,500-meter mark of 5:00.12 at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (3/26)... ran season-best 800-meter time of 2:30.36 at the West Texas A&M Classic (4/9)...

At Dalhart High School

a four-year letter winner in cross country and track for coach Stephanie Vogel at Dalhart (Texas) High School... a three-time all-state first-team honoree finishing as a medalist at the state meet in her sophomore (3rd), junior (5th) and senior (3rd) seasons... a four-time individual district champion winning the regional title in 2011 and 2012... helped Golden Wolves to four cross country district championships and two track titles... part of two regional team champs in cross country (2013, 2014) while finishing third at the state meet in 2014... boasts personal best times of 19:15.00 in the 5K, 5:16.00 in the 1,600-meter run, 11:23.00 in the 3,200-meter run and 11:22.00 in 2-mile run during cross country... member of the National Honor Society and Student Council...

Personal

daughter of Bill and Dona Smith... born July 7, 1997...

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2018Redshirt Sophomore

    5'3"