WACO, Texas—There aren't enough positive adjectives to describe the greatness of Maygan Shaw.

It seems like every meet she has out-done herself, and this one was no different, which highlighted Northwestern State's first day at the Michael Johnson Invitational on Friday.

In the women's 200-meter dash, Shaw clocked a personal-best 23.37 to finish 10^th out of 100 competitors and first among seven Lady Demons.

Margaret Conteh clocked a 24.46 in the 200 to place 28^th and second among Lady Demons in the event.

Kahliyah Anderson (25.24) and Tranasia Jones (25.32) finished back-to-back, placing 60^th and 61^st, respectively.

Jayla Mason ran a 25.69 to finish 72^nd, Silet Gray (25.89) placed 79^th and Cherie Neal (26.33) finished 86^th in a loaded field.

On the men's side, Tavis Wilson led the Demons with a 21.31 to place 19^th out of 85 finishers in the men's 200-meter dash.

Mikkel Johansson ran a 21.37 to finish 25^th overall and second among Demons.

Elijah Rowe (21.52) and Galen Loyd (21.52) finished back-to-back, placing 25^th and 36^th, and Desmond Duncan placed 40^th with a time of 21.56.

William Achee ran a 21.79 to finish 53^rd. Kason Jones ran a season-best 22.32 to come in 75^th and Robert Norton placed closely behind in 78^th with a 22.61.

In the jumps, Roy Morris nearly matched a season best with a jump of 24-7.25 to place seventh out of 20 competitors in the men's long jump.

On the women's side, Samari Finney continued her strong stretch with a jump of 19-3.5 to finish 11^th. Jaslyn Smith (18-7) and Victoria Byrd (15-7) came 20^th and 31^st, respectively.

Kalli Knott cleared 12-2.5 in the women's pole vault to place 15^th while Maxwell Gautreau cleared 15-1.75 to finish in 19^th on the men's side.

At the throws events, Shakera Kirk tossed a 150-07 to place 12^th in the women's discus on the heels of winning the event at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational. Tahisha Thompson (145-01) finished closely behind in the 14^th.

In the men's discus, Seth Smith posted a toss of 153-06 to finish 15^th.

At the men's hammer, Donovahn Watkins threw a 163-08 to also place 15^th, while Abner Johnson (151-00) come in 20^th.

Thompson posted a distance of 155-10 in the women's hammer throw, placing 18^th and Bernesha Knowles' 143-00 was good enough for 21^st.

The teams are back at it for the second and final day Saturday with the women's javelin beginning the day at 11 a.m. The track events start at 12:30 with the women's 100-meter hurdle prelims.