NORTH NEWTON – After some impressive performances by the Kansas Wesleyan Women's Outdoor Track distance squad on Friday night, the rest of the Coyotes got things going on Saturday at the Bethel Invitational.
 
Wesleyan had some outstanding performances, including already some national qualifiers and school records being set.
 
The Coyotes went 1-2-3 in the javelin led by Mayce Russell with a throw of 44.08m setting a new school record, and hitting the NAIA A-Standard, and currently has the top mark in the NAIA. Madelyn Wolf also set a new personal best with a second place finish and a NAIA B-Standard mark of 40.43m. Aunisty McNeal finished third with a mark of 36.74m.
 
Brionna Floyd won the 400m with a time of 62.32 seconds and Julie Rottinghaus got third with a time of 62.94 seconds.
 
The 4x100m relay team of Markyla Shaw, Julie Rottinghaus, Lauryn Mikkelson and Brionna Floyd won the event with a time of 50.71 seconds.
 
Lauryn Mikkelson was third in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:13.68.
 
In the shot put, Elizabeth Stout was fifth with a mark of 11.64m, and Chloe Grusing was eighth with a mark of 11.01m.
 
In the long jump Julie Rottinghaus placed seventh with a mark of 4.44m.
 
In the discus, Aunisty McNeal was eighth with a mark of 35.25m, Chloe Grusing was 10th with a mark of 34.03m and Roselyn Torres was 15th with a mark of 27.67m.
 
Brionna Floyd was eighth in the 200m with a time of 27.72 seconds, and Markyla Shaw was ninth in 28.22 seconds.
 
In the hammer throw, Elizabeth Stout was eighth with a mark of 36.35m and Roselyn Torres was 12th with a mark of 32.42m.
 
The Coyotes are back in action next weekend at the ESU Relays at Emporia State University on the Zola Witten Track at Welch Stadium.