The only thing that seemed to be able to keep up with the falling records Saturday at the Multi-Sport Complex was the mounting lead the home team continued to pile up.

The Penn State women's indoor track team started the 2001 season with a victory over five other teams in the U.S. Coaches Association Meet.

Penn State posted a score of 166, 37 points higher than second place Seton Hall.

Several Nittany Lions posted impressive individual performances.

Deshaya Williams took home two wins, one in the 20-pound throw and one in the shot put. Laila Brock placed first in the 400-meter dash. Susanne Heyer lapped several runners and cruised to a 26.89-second margin of victory in the 3,000-meter run.

Jen Aylward and Chioma Aduba also garnered first place finishes in the high jump and long jump, respectively.

Perhaps the most impressive performance was by runners Toyin Augustus and Connie Moore.

Augustus and Moore both broke two Penn State indoor records, sharing one of them. Augustus broke her own record in the 60-meter hurdles with a second place finish at 8.39 seconds. She also broke the record for the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.47 seconds.

Moore shared the 60-meter dash record of 7.47 with Augustus and also broke the 200-meter dash record with her time of 23.88 seconds, giving her a NCAA provisional qualifying time. The times in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash were also good enough to set the facility record for each event. LaTrese Taylor of Akron previously held both records.

Coach Beth Alford-Sullivan was excited about the performance of her team and her two record-breaking runners. She said the setting of the records was something she envisioned happening for the two this season.

"That was something I expected to happen," Alford-Sullivan said. "Both girls are premier runners so it was something I did expect to see. What I didn't expect was that it would come in the first meet. It sets the stage for the program."

Augustus said that having the accomplishments occur so early in the season is something that favors her, especially because her time in the 60-meter hurdles already gives her a NCAA provisional qualifying time.

"It is a national provisional and it is a big step to qualify in the year's first meet," said Augustus. "It will make me try harder to get an automatic NCAA finals trip."

Moore's records are also special because they have come so early in her collegiate career.

"It is quite unbelievable," Moore said. "It feels great to know I can already add to the raw talent that we have."

The runners say that their achievements and the team's victory will serve as a driving force for the rest of the season. Augustus said that it serves as motivation for the team.

Moore agreed.

"Once you start so high it is hard to let yourself drop," said Moore. "We will continue to push from now on."

The team will try to use that motivation in practice this week. Its next meet is Saturday at Kent State.