WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Midwestern State enjoyed a stellar start to the 2015 campaign claiming a win at the Strohman Dental/MSU Stampede Thursday night at Lake Wichita Park.

The Mustangs outdistanced a field totaling 19 points finishing ahead of Texas-Permian Basin (42 points), Oklahoma Panhandle State (75 points) and Bacone (Okla.) (no team score).

Freshman Bridget Reilly completed the 4K course in a time of 15:35.1 as MSU's frontrunner to claim the overall win and junior Leticia Shaban took third with a time of 16:32.7 while senior Brittany Adams (16:46.1), junior Brandi Hobson (16:46.9) and sophomore Tia Streeter (16:49.1) packed up to take fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

Texas-Permian Basin's Michelle Garcia broke up the sweep by placing second with a time of 16:30.2.

"We came in with the same mindset as last week," MSU coach Koby Styles said. "We wanted to represent Midwestern to the fullest. We wanted to put on a good show for the home crowd and we were able to do that."

MSU used the race to turn out a tempo run workout to pack up and claim a win in an event the program has won each of the last six years as 11 runners broke the 18-minute mark including freshman Sara Smith (16:53.9), senior Maira Salinas (17:19.1), junior Jasmine Stokes (17:33.7), freshman Kylee Gorney (17:34.0) and freshman Stefanie Blaine (17:45.6).

"It was hot and I was proud of the way they stuck out the conditions," Styles said. "With the heat, you just can't look at the times but you have to make sure you are outworking your opponent and just grind it out."

Rounding out MSU finishers were redshirt-freshman Angela Powers (18:33.1), sophomore Maranda Rodriguez (18:43.1), freshman Alex Pearcy (20:23.4) and sophomore April Pena (20:24.3).

The Mustangs compete in the first 6K event of the season on Saturday, Sept. 19 at the West Texas A&M Invitational in Canyon.