The ISU women came away from this weekend’s ISU Open at Lied Recreation Athletic Center exactly where they wanted to be: healthy.

After being injured most of the indoor track season last year, All-American Lisa Koll had a dominating performance in the 3,000-meter run.

Her efforts resulted in a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 9:16.23, just short of the 9:13 time that would give her an automatic qualifying bid for the NCAA championships.

“I’m kind of disappointed; a 9:16 is really all I need,” Koll said. “It really wasn’t about a personal record, it was more about being against competition this weekend.”

Freshman Betsy Saina finished in second place for the Cyclones.

Koll also participated in the women’s distance medley with teammates Erin Penticoff, Kaylee Small and Molly Lohry, a group that put together a record-breaking performance by setting a new ISU Open record with a time of 11:47.60.

Senior hurdler Jenna Caffrey also managed to earn a provisional NCAA qualifier by running an 8.40 in the 60-meter hurdles.

“It blew my mind,” said sprints and hurdles coach Nate Wiens. “It’s been in there all along; that’s the fastest time by far that she’s run indoor, and I don’t think you’ve seen the tip of the iceberg yet with her.”

Sophomore runner Semehar Tesfaye took the title in the mile run for the Cyclones, while Dani Stack and Paige Ties set personal bests in the event with fourth- and ninth-place finishes.

The personal bests continued to pour in for the Cyclones as the senior Penticoff placed second in the 1,000-meter run, setting a personal best along with the third- and fourth-place finishers in the event, junior Ines Fischer and sophomore Kellien Oettle.

Kianna Elahi took home the title in the 600-yard run, just missing a personal-best time.

Another personal best was set for recent redshirt junior transfer Emily Nugent, who competed unattached in the weight throw. Her throw of 54 feet, 09.25 inches — which beat her previous mark by over two feet — was good enough to win the event for the ISU women.

The women finished one, two and three in the event with Danielle Frere and Hayli Bozarth following behind Nugent. Junior Britta Christofferson took home second place in the shot put, while sophomore Caitlin Weber finished third in the pole vault competition to round out the strong performances for the women.

“I think, for the most part, we’re coming out of it healthy, which is good,” ISU head coach Corey Ihmels said after the meet. “We’re coming out of it with a lot of positive momentum, but understand that we’ve got a long road ahead of us and we’re going to have to be firing on all cylinders to do what we want to do this season.”