Luque Title Leads Outstanding ISU Day at Big 12s

02.24.2017 | Track and Field

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AMES, Iowa – Led by a Big 12 title for Jhoanmy Luque, Iowa State had a strong day one of the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships Friday at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. The Cyclones were able to convert three-fourths of its prelims runs into finals berths for tomorrow, and put up a good number of points in the team standings.

After one day, ISU is fifth in the women's team race with 26 points, and the men are seventh with 20 points.

After a couple of seasons of close calls, Jhoanmy Luque finally got the elusive Big 12 title. A three-time All-American in 2016, the Venezuelan had a huge day in the women's long jump. Already a contender on paper, Luque made it known she was going to be near the top of the leaderboard with a first jump of 21-1 1/4, which she repeated on her second effort. Her third leap was the best and the winner, as she flew a career-best 21-5 1/4, only one-quarter of an inch of the school record.

Luque picked up her first conference title, ISU's first in the women's indoor long jump. Her winning leap of 21-5 1/4 also sealed her second berth at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in two weeks, as she now ranks third in Division I as of the time of publication. Heading into the weekend, she was ranked No. 4 in the nation in the triple jump.

Christabel Okeke had the best day of her young Cyclone career to pick up the weight throw bronze medal. On paper, she was supposed to be battling just to get into the final, but she made sure her presense was known immediately. Her second throw was a big one, resulting in a big scream from the Cyclone junior. The measurement was a beauty, 62-1 1/4, two-and-a-half feet past her previous best. Her fourth throw (61-2) and sixth throw (61-4) were also beyond her previous best throws. Ariana Kuhn took fifth with a best-toss of 61-5.

On the men's side, ISU had a strong finish to the day, grabbing a 3-4 finish in the 5,000 and taking third in the distance medley relay. The duo of Kevyn Hoyos and Andrew Jordan did the work in the 5K, working their way from the back into to the lead pack in the final laps. The distance medley relay team of Zach Black, Ben Kelly, Christian DeLago and Dan Curts closed out the evening with a third-place run in 9:49.00.

The Cyclone men will have a great chance to make some noise in the 600-yard run final tomorrow, as all three of their entrants made the final. Jaymes Dennison will be the No. 1 seed, with his 1:08.97 being the fastest time of prelims. Roshon Roomes was not far behind, crossing in third at 1:09.76. Derek Jones made the 600-yard final for a second-straight season, taking sixth in prelims at 1:10.37. Dennison's mark ranks third in school history, Roomes is sixth and Jones just missed the top-10 by .02 seconds.

Up Next
Iowa State is back on Harry Hoak Track tomorrow for the second and final day of the Big 12 Indoor Championships. Action begins with the heptathlon at 11 a.m., field events at noon and running finals at 1:30 p.m.

Team Standings
Men: 1. Kansas – 54.5; 7. Iowa State – 20
Women: 1. Baylor – 38; 5. Iowa State – 26

Iowa State Results
Pentathlon: 1. Kaylee Hinton, Texas Tech – 4,010; 8. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 3,634; 11. Carsyn Spurgeon, Iowa State – 3,553; 13. Aleenah Marcucci, Iowa State – 3,470; 15. Kaci Storm, Iowa State
60m Hurdles (Pent.): 1. Kaylee Hinton, Texas Tech – 8.51; 8. Aleenah Marcucci, Iowa State – 8.89; 10. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 8.98; 11. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 9.01; 15. Carsyn Spurgeon, Iowa State – 9.36
High Jump (Pent.): 1. Morgan Coffman, Kansas State – 5-9 1/4; T-10. Carsyn Spurgeon, Iowa State – 5-2 1/4; T-10. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 5-2 1/4; T-14. Aleenah Marcucci, Iowa State – 4-11 3/4; T-14. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 4-11 3/4
Shot Put (Pent.): 1. Rose Njoku, Texas Tech – 37-7 1/4; 4. Carsyn Spurgeon, Iowa State – 35-5 3/4; 7. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 34-2; 10. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 32-11 1/4; 15. Aleenah Marcucci, Iowa State – 29-3 3/4
Long Jump (Pent.): 1. Kaylee Hinton, Texas Tech – 19-5 1/2; 4. Carsyn Spurgeon, Iowa State – 18-9 3/4; 9. Aleenah Marcucci, Iowa State – 17-9 3/4; 10. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 17-7 1/2; 12. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 17-5 1/2
800m Run (Pent.): 1. Jenna Pfeiffer, Baylor – 2:18.75; 5. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 2:20.80; 7. Aleenah Marcucci, Iowa State – 2:25.29; 13. Carsyn Spurgeon, Iowa State – 2:33.15; 15. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 2:39.18

Heptathlon (thru 4 events): 1. Steele Wasik, Texas – 3,254; 15. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 2,470; 16. Devon Alvarado, Iowa State – 2,443
60m Dash (Hept.): 1. Steven Jazdyk, Oklahoma – 6.93; 12. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 7.32; 15. Devon Alvarado, Iowa State – 7.42
Long Jump (Hept.): 1. George Patrick, Texas – 24-1 1/2; 13. Devon Alvarado, Iowa State – 20-0 1/2; 15. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 19-9 1/2
Shot Put (Hept.): 1. Steele Wasik, Texas – 45-7 3/4; 14. Devon Alvarado, Iowa State – 33-7 1/2; 15. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 32-9 3/4
High Jump (Hept.): 1. Steele Wasik, Texas – 6-8; T-12. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 5-10 1/2; 15. Devon Alvarado, Iowa State – 5-9 1/4

60m Dash Prelim (W): 1. Teahna Daniels, Texas – 7.36; 22. Mariah Anderson, Iowa State – 7.98
60m Dash Prelim (M): 1. Senoj-Jay Givans, Texas – 6.64; 14. Jomal Wiltz, Iowa State – 6.86; 21. Trever Ryen, Iowa State – 7.02
400m Dash Prelim (M): 1. George Caddick, Baylor – 46.62; 4. Eric Fogltanz, Iowa State – 47.06
600y Run Prelim (W): 1. Adriana Newell, Kansas – 1:19.99; 13. Larkin Chapman, Iowa State – 1:23.94
600y Run Prelim (M): 1. Jaymes Dennison, Iowa State – 1:08.97; 3. Roshon Roomes, Iowa State – 1:09.76; 6. Derek Jones, Iowa State – 1:10.37
800m Run Prelim (W): 1. Kaela Edwards, Oklahoma State – 2:07.52; 4. Jasmine Staebler, Iowa State – 2:08.23; 5. Erinn Stenman-Fahey, Iowa State – 2:08.40
1,000m Run Prelim (W): 1. Abbie Hetherington, Oklahoma State – 2:47.85; 2. Evelyne Guay, Iowa State – 2:48.99; 10. Gwynne Wright, Iowa State – 2:51.80
1,000m Run Prelim (M): 1. Joshua Thompson, Oklahoma State – 2:24.87; 3. Dan Curts, Iowa State – 2:25.39; 6. Zach Black, Iowa State – 2:28.86; 7. Christian DeLago, Iowa State – 2:25.52
Mile Run Prelim (W): 1. Riley Cooney, Kansas – 4:51.09; 2. Grace Gibbons, Iowa State – 4:56.57; 7. Maryn Lowry, Iowa State – 4:53.90
Mile Run Prelim (M): 1. Alex Rogers, Texas – 4:10.12; 5. Christian DeLago, Iowa State – 4:10.59
5,000m Run Final (W): 1. Brenley Goertzen, TCU – 16:02.80; 10. Anne Frisbie, Iowa State – 16:31.19; 11. Erin Hooker, Iowa State – 16:35.34; 16. Megan Schott, Iowa State – 16:57.65
5,000m Run Final (M): 1. Dylan Blankenbaker, Oklahoma – 14:22.27; 3. Kevyn Hoyos, Iowa State – 14:24.83; 4. Andrew Jordan, Iowa State – 14:25.63; 15. Toby Hardwick, Iowa State – 14:55.84
60m Hurdles Prelim (W): 1. Rushelle Burton, Texas – 8.03; 10. Tasha Frazier, Iowa State – 8.53
60m Hurdles Prelim (M): 1. Spencer Dunkerley-Offor, Texas – 7.80; 5. Logan Schneider, Iowa State – 8.13; 6. Elijah Young, Iowa State – 8.16
DMR Final (W): 1. Oklahoma State, 11:19.02; 4. Iowa State (Gibbons, Whigham, Stennman-Fahey, Guay) – 11:35.29
DMR Final (M): 1. Oklahoma State – 9:44.99; 3. Iowa State (Black, Kelly, DeLago, Curts) – 9:49.00

Weight Throw (W): 1. Janee' Kassanavoid, Kansas State – 69-11 1/2; 3. Christabel Okeke, Iowa State – 62-1 1/4; 5. Ariana Kuhn, Iowa State – 61-5; 15. .Tessa Krempel, Iowa State – 50-9 1/4
Weight Throw (M): 1. Gleb Dudarev, Kansas – 72-3; 6. Chris Celona, Iowa State – 59-4 3/4; 12. Vlad Pavlenko, Iowa State – 53-6 1/4
Long Jump (W): 1. Jhoanmy Luque, Iowa State – 21-5 1/4; 11. Carsyn Spurgeon, Iowa State – 18-11 1/4; 16. Tasha Frazier, Iowa State – 18-6; Allanah McCorkle, Iowa State - Foul