MADISON, Wis. — Just one day after setting a new MIAC record in the heptathlon — breaking her own conference mark and automatically qualifying for the outdoor national championships with a 4,668-point performance — Ashley Dingels (Gibbon, Minn.) was back in the record-breaking spotlight on Saturday.

But this time, the Saint Mary's University senior wasn't alone.

Dingels teamed with Autumn Valk (Appleton, Wis.), Megan Moran (Burlington, Wis.) and Maria Roche (Eden Prairie, Minn.) to set a new school mark in the 4 x 100 (49.81) at the University of Wisconsin Open, then switched gears — and a teammate — as she, Valk and Roche were joined by Emily Bartusek (Albert Lea, Minn.) to break SMU's three-year-old 4 x 400 relay record, clocking a time of 4:00.30.

"This was a great final meet as we head into next weekend's conference championships," said SMU coach Kirk Nauman, noting that his squad not only broke the two school records, but also posted 17 season-best efforts in their final tune-up prior to the regular season-ending MIAC Championships. "Both relay teams put together outstanding performances, as did a number of our other competitors. It was a great day overall."

Valk and Ellen Koranda (Blue Earth, Minn.) narrowly missed joining Dingels (automatic) and Jenny Folgers (McHenry, Ill. / provisional) as qualifiers for the NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships

Valk was just three-one hundredths of a second off a qualifying time in the 100 hurdles, where she was the top Division III runner with a time of 15.13, while Koranda missed a national-qualifying time in the 1,500 by one-half second, stopping the clock in 4:41.53 to finish fifth behind a quartet of runners from NCAA Division I Marquette.

"I'm very pleased with everyone's performance," said Nauman. "We showed that we appear to be peaking at just the right time. Hopefully our performances (at Wisconsin) are a sign of good things to come next week at the conference meet."