Iowa State is on the move.

The women’s squad posted its best finish since 2000 at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships with its sixth place finish this weekend. The Big 12 overall title went home with the Texas A&M Aggies, which came into the weekend’s Big 12 Championships with the top-ranked women’s squad in the country.

The Cyclones were once again lead by senior distance runner Lisa Koll. Koll ran in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter competitions and emerged as the Big 12 champion in both events, earning her seventh and eighth individual Big 12 championships in her career at Iowa State.

Koll’s final race at her home track was one of her greatest with a time of 8:56.09 in the 3,000 meters, the third-fastest time ever by a collegiate athlete on an indoor track.

“My last [3,000-meter race] didn’t go very well, so I didn’t know what to expect,” Koll said. “I just stayed relaxed the first half and got rolling and rolling, and the last 600 I just gave it all I had. The crowd was amazing and just feeling the energy; there’s no better place to run fast than at home in front of all these people excited about track.”

There was hardly room to stand around the track as the competition went on providing the electric atmosphere for Koll’s record performance.

Coach Corey Ihmels was excited about Koll’s weekend performance.

“She was on fire,” Ihmels said. “Today she showed up and knew this was her last time running here as a Cyclone, so she made the most of it.”

The entire group of Cyclone distance runners put on quite a showing this weekend in addition to Koll’s performances, with All-American runner Betsy Saina finishing third and sophomore Semehar Tesfaye finishing eighth in the 3,000 meters. Tesfaye also earned a fifth-place finish in the mile run.

Senior Erin Penticoff brought a fourth-place finish to the Cyclones with her efforts in the 800-meter run, and sophomore Kianna Elahi finished second in the 600-yard run.

Hurdler Jenna Caffrey was unable to improve on her quickest time of the year in the 60-meter hurdles, but remains a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 12 and 13 with her time of 8.36 earlier this year. Her time of 8.47 was quick enough for sixth place on the podium Saturday.

The women’s throwers were able to score points for the Cyclones with fourth- and sixth-place finishes in the weight throw from Laishema Hampton and Danielle Frere. Iowa State will host its final indoor track meet of the season next weekend with the last-chance NCAA Qualifier meet. The meet will start at 10:30 a.m. Saturday as athletes from all over the country try one final time to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Track Championships.