White snowflakes fell from the dark sky outside Steinhauer Field House in Golden.
Temperatures had plummeted with the sun.
Winter has made itself quite known in recent weeks in Colorado.
But inside Steinhauer things were heating up.
Kourtney Rathke stood tall with the runway in front of her, eyeing the sandy box at the end while Jack Harlow echoed out of the field house speakers.
The Peak to Peak senior was clearly warming up into the night - she opened with a leap just under 18-feet, then followed that up with one just over the mark.
But her third jump hit just right.
Rathke soared to a Colorado No. 1, and new indoor personal best of 18-9. The performance was just three-inches shy of her 19-0 outdoor PR.
And that wasn't her only state-leading mark of the night.
Less than an hour later the defending 3A pole vault and long jump state champion soared to a CO No.1, US No. 3, season best of 13-3.5 to win the pole vault.
The mark is the third-consecutive time Rathke has cleared 13-feet this season.
Add that Rathke wasn't just celebrating two state-leading marks, she was celebrating her birthday.
And she wasn't the only one bringing the heat to Steinhauer Field House.
The girl's 800 saw the 5A 800 and cross country state champ toe the line for the first time in 2024.
Rosie Mucharsky (far right) controlled the pace from start to finish, though she had eighth-grader Sky St. Louis (purple singlet next to Mucharsky) hot on her heels throughout.
Mucharsky cruised to a 2:20.37, while St. Louis was a stride back in 2:20.54.
Of additional note on St. Louis - she was the 2023 Colorado Middle School State Cross Country Championship, and the Middle School XC Nationals champion last fall.
She's definitely someone you'll want to keep an eye on in the coming years, because she's already dropped some very impressive times - a 4:58 mile at lower elevations, along with a 2:16 800, and a 1:01 400 here in Colorado as a seventh-grader...
On the topic of races less-than a minute, Abigail Trapp torched the field to win the 300 in a state-leading 41.37.
On the boy's side of competition Fossil Ridge's Trevor Bode leapt to a state-leading, personal best of 22-10 to win the long jump.
The performance was Bode's second-consecutive time over 22-feet this winter. Last spring his PR was 22-1.75, and he did not compete at the Colorado State Track & Field Championships.
As of Thursday night Bode is the No. 1 long jumper in the state.