Competing at their home venues seemed to suit Julie Rottinghaus, Lauryn Mikkelson and Chloe Grusing.
Each produced standout efforts during the second day of Kansas Wesleyan's Coyote Challenge track and field event Saturday at JRI Hospitality Stadium in the Graves Family Sports Complex and the throws venue west of campus on Coronado Avenue.
Rottinghaus set a PR (personal record) and moved into second on the school's all-time list in the triple jump with a distance of 10.71 meters. She placed seventh in the event and was followed by teammate Dahn Hanlon who was eighth (10.11m).
"We only gave her three attempts because she had to go run the (4x400 meter relay) after that and then split 60 seconds flat on that," coach Kyle Hiser said of Rottinghaus.
Rottinghaus ran the first leg on the 4x4 relay team that took second with a time of 4:05.69. She was joined by Madisyn Ehrlich, Brionna Floyd and Hailey Nordhus.
Not to be outdone, the 4x100-meter relay team placed third (49.61) and was comprised of Rottinghaus, Markyla Shaw, Mikkelson and Floyd.
"Our women's 4 by 4 ran the second fastest time in school history and then the 4 by 1 ran the second fastest time in school history as well," Hiser said. "Those sprinters really stepped up and showed out. We had a blend of athletes that ran last night, came back and ran today so really fun to see."
Mikkelson was perhaps the most at ease having competed in JRI Stadium before coming to KWU. She placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a PR (1:10.48) on Saturday.
"This is her track that she trained at in high school (Sacred Heart) and now in college," Hiser said. "She got to come in here and compete at home. Looked really strong and was just running confident through the first part of the race which is what we've been really been working on over the last week."
Grusing set a PR in the shot put with a throw of 11.6 meters and placed fifth. Elizabeth Stout was 11th (10.65m), Aunisty McNeal 14th (10.03m) and Roselyn Torres 26th (6.95m).
Rottinghaus also placed eight in the long jump (5.02m), Hanlon 11th (4.86) and Shaw 16th (4.57m).
In the discus McNeal finished 15th (31.71m), Grusing 17th (31.40m), Torres 23rd (27.53m) and Stout 26th (25.64m).
Floyd finished fifth in the 400 meters (1:01.48) and Ava Kenyon 13th (1:03.40).
Shaw placed 14th in the 200 meters (27.05).
Hiser was thrilled with how things transpired in KWU's first home meet since 2019.
"I can't thank our administration enough for giving us the facilities, the resources, the coaching staff, to do what we were able to do over these last two days," he said. "Had a lot of coaches coming up and saying you guys are doing a really good job. It's always nerve wracking but I think it went about as smooth as possible."