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Missouri State

2023-24 Women's Track & Field Roster

Natalie Clayton

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Home School
  • Hometown Rogersville, Mo.

Biography

Collegiate Indoor PR | 1-Mile Run: 5:35.33 (1/28/23), 3000m: 10:54.78 (1/21/23)
Collegeiate Outdoor PR | 1500m: 5:02.76 (4/8/23), 3000m: 10:48.67 (4/21/23), 5000m: 18:39.59 (4/1/23)

Honors
  • MVC Good Neghbor Award: Fall 2023
  • MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2020-21, 2022-23
  • MVC Honor Roll: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2022-23
  • MSU Athletic's Director Honor Roll: Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
2023-24
Indoor: Did not compete. 
Outdoor: Did not compete.

2022-23
Indoor
: Raced in three meets for MSU during her indoor campaign... Competed in the one-mile run and 3,000-meter run... Raced season and lifetime bests in both events with a 5:35.33 in the one-mile run, beating her former personal best by 20 seconds... Earned a 3,000-meter lifetime best racing a time of 10:54.78... Earned a spot on the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for her fall 2022 academic efforts. 
Outdoor: Appeared in six meets during the Bears’ outdoor campaign competing in the 1,500-meter, 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter runs... Raced her top 5,000-meter time (18:39.59) at the Bearcat Invitational where she recorded an 11th place finish in the event on April 1... Raced lifetime bests in the 1,500-meter (5:02.76) and 3,000-meter (10:48.67). 

2021-22 
Indoor: Competed in one meet during the 2021-22 indoor season ... Ran the 3,000-meter run at the Gorilla Classic (2/11/22) with a time of 10:58.34 ... Made the MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2021. 
Outdoor: Raced in four events during the outdoor season ... Earned a lifetime bests in the 3,000-meter and the 5,000-meter, clocking times of 5:20.65 and 18:52.86 ... The latter, beat her former lifetime best by over a minute, and was earned at the Mule Relays (4/15/22).

2020-21
Indoor: Competed in two meets … Set a personal-best time in the mile after she ran a 5:56.06 and finished 11th at the UCM Classic (2/19/21)… Recorded a 3,000-meter time of 11:29.59 to mark a personal best at the Washburn Open (1/29/21).
Outdoor: Competed in three meets… Ran a season-high time of 20:13.09 in the 5,000-meter run at the Mule Relays (4/16/21) ... Finished 22nd in the 5k at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/1/21) … Recorded a 5:35.94 time in the 1,500-meter run at the Gorilla Classic (4/10/21).


2019-20 
Indoor: Competed in one meet… Made her MSU debut at the Gorilla Classic… Finished with a time of 6:06.49 in the mile and an 11:58.91 in the 3,000m.
Outdoor: Canceled

High School
Was home-schooled.

Personal
Clayton was born 4/5/01 in McAlester, Okla. ...  Daughter of Mark and Gina Clayton of Rogersville, Mo. ... Has a brother, Joshua, and a sister, Lauren ... Majoring in Nutrition and Dietetics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2021Sophomore

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    Distance
    5'6"

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