Iowa State finally got some good weather for a meet and they took full advantage of it, claiming four individual titles at the Jim Duncan Invitational in Des Moines over the weekend. Sophomore Lisa Koll, senior Jenny Mockler, freshman Jenna Caffrey and senior Priya Hoze all took home first place honors for the Cyclones.

For the first time her collegiate career, Jenna Caffrey claimed a first place finish in the 100-meter hurdles. Caffrey blew away the competition and crossed the line in a time of 14.05 seconds with her nearest competitor finishing in a time 14.79 seconds.

“It’s definitely exciting,” Caffrey said. “Going into this meet, it definitely was one of my goals.”

Now that Caffrey has her first win under her belt, she will turn her eyes on to running a regional qualifying time, which is something she narrowly missed at the Texas Relays in very unfavorable weather conditions. Sprint coach Scott Roberts said the win will also help the confidence of Caffrey as the long track and field season continues through June.

“I think it is a great confidence booster, especially for a young athlete like Jenna,” Roberts said. “We’ve had some bad weather and things and so the times are tougher to judge things by. I think getting a victory will help her outlook on things.”

The second victory of the day came from Mockler, who came away with a first place finish in the 1,500-meter run with a career best time of 4:31.39. Mockler is a rover of sorts for the Cyclones, having placed in the top ten in five different events this season. Mockler has already hit the regional qualifying time this season in the 800-meter run at the Walt Disney World Invitational.

“Right now we are racing both and will wait and see how these things work out and what the conference looks like for depth in each race,” coach Dick Lee said. “We would still like to get the regional qualifying mark in the 1,500m to have that flexibility.”

Koll changed distances at the Jim Duncan Invitational but found a common result. Koll normally runs the 5,000-meter run but stepped down to the 3,000-meter. Koll, after being paced for the first mile by Mockler, ran away from the field, finishing in a time of 9:29. Lee said Koll was running the 3,000m to work on speed and take a break both physically and mentally from the 5,000m, which can be very hard to run week in and week out.

Hoze finished the day like her teammates started, shattering a personal best and winning the triple jump with a leap of 40 feet and 10 and 1/4 inches. The leap was a career best for Hoze by a stunning nine inches, and her first victory of the outdoor season after coming off an injury last season.