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Ford, Luque Earn Berths in Eugene for NCAA Outdoors
05.27.2017 | Track and Field
AUSTIN, Texas – Iowa State's track and field team closed out the NCAA West Preliminaries with a final pair of qualifiers to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in two weeks' time. After a month-long effort to get a high jump over seven feet, Jalen Ford picked the perfect stage to accomplish it, advancing to Eugene for the first time in his career.
Meanwhile, in the women's triple jump, Jhoanmy Luque secured her second event entry for the NCAA Championships, after also qualifying for the long jump on Thursday.
Ford made it over his first two bars with just one missed across the two. His third bar of the day was set at 7-0 1/2, with the seven-foot barrier having been a project of Ford's over the past month as he has looked for the breakthrough. It only took one shot on Saturday, as he cleared 7-0 1/2 to become the 10th man in ISU history to go above seven feet.
Though he missed all three of his attempts at 7-1 3/4, based off number of misses, Ford finished tied for eighth, and secured his ticket for Eugene. Ford is the first ISU men's high jumper since Cameron Ostrowski in 2012 to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
After a first jump foul, Luque settled down and got into her groove. 48 hours after breaking the school and Venezuelan national record in the long jump, she uncorked a second leap of 43-1 3/4 (13.15m) to get into the top-12. Though that jump would have been enough to advance to Eugene, she made sure there would be no double on her final jump, as she leaped to a wind-legal personal best of 44-2 (13.46m) to move up to second place in the standings and book her second trip to Eugene.
This marks the second-straight season Luque has advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in both the long jump and triple jump, and she had made it to the National Championships site both indoors and outdoors in each event the past two seasons.
The first heat of the men's 1,500 was a slow one, ensuring that timed qualifiers could come out of the second heat. Though quicker, Christian DeLago and the rest of the field ran a cautious race. With one lap to go, the sprint began, but DeLago could not keep up, eventually finishing 10th in 3:53.12. DeLago closed out his ISU career with a First Team All-American honor as part of the distance medley relay during the 2015 indoor season, and a pair of Academic All-Big 12 honors.
With a heat index in the mid-90s, it was a difficult night for the 5,000s. Andrew Jordan's heat of the men's 5,000 went out to a slow pace, with the majority of the 24-man field grouped together at the bell lap. However, the Cyclone freshman did not have the kick to make the final push, as he finished ninth in the heat and 19th overall in 14:39.71. In the women's 5,000, Erin Hooker finished 17th in her heat, 29th overall with a clocking of 17:17.12.
Up Next
Iowa State will have five entries through four student-athletes at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon June 7-10. They are: Jalen Ford (men's long jump), Jhoanmy Luque (women's long jump and triple jump), Allanah McCorkle (women's long jump) and Jasmine Staebler (women's 800-meter run).
The Cyclones will start events on Thursday, June 8, with Luque and McCorkle in the long jump and Staebler in the semifinals of the 800. Ford will take to the high jump on Friday, June 9. Luque will be back on Saturday, June 10, in the triple jump, while Staebler will return should she make the top-8 during the Thursday semifinal.
Iowa State Results
1,500m Run, Quarterfinal (M): 1. Joshua Thompson, Oklahoma State – 3:47.38; 10. Christian DeLago, Iowa State – 3:53.12
5,000m Run (W): 1. Karissa Schweizer, Missouri – 16:24.07; 29. Erin Hooker, Iowa State – 17:17.12
5,000m Run (M): 1. Grant Fisher, Stanford – 14:12.79; 18. Andrew Jordan, Iowa State – 14:39.71
High Jump (M): T-1. Christoff Bryan, Kansas State & Kyle Landon, Southern Illinois – 7-1 3/4; T-7. Jalen Ford, Iowa State – 7-0 1/2
Triple Jump (W): 1. Chaquinn Cook, Oregon – 44-4; 2. Jhoanmy Luque, Iowa State – 44-2
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