Two ISU women athletes advanced during the weekend to the NCAA Track and Field Championships on June 9-12.

Agata Kosuda earned fifth place in the triple jump, and Jessica Huff finished fifth in the 1,500-meter run at this weekend’s Midwest Track and Field Regional Championships in College Station, Texas.

The top five times or distances in each event and the top three relay times automatically qualified for the NCAA championships.

ISU athletes Rebecca Williams in the 100-meter hurdles, Tony Douglas in the long jump and Jamal Salahuddin in the discus will find out Tuesday if they will receive at-large bids to compete at nationals.

Jumps coach Ron McEachran was very pleased with Kosuda’s finish in the triple jump.

“The 42 feet was the best that she has jumped outdoors all year. In the finals she jumped farther, but they were fouls,” McEachran said.

“So I expect her to keep jumping farther. I think that she is ready to jump farther at nationals.”

Teammate Jenny Mockler said Huff also had a very good performance.

“Jessica did really, really well,” Mockler said. “She was in control the whole race and qualified easy.”

Mockler said big things are ahead for Huff at nationals.

“She has worked hard all year, and I wouldn’t be surprised if she has a [personal record] at nationals,” Mockler said.

“At nationals, she will be an underdog, and she will surprise some people.”

Women’s head coach Dick Lee and men’s head coach Steve Lynn said this regional meet was an OK-but-not-great meet.

“We have two that are going [to nationals] so far,” Lee said. “Rebecca has a good chance too, because of her season’s best time. She did not finish the finals because she felt her hamstring pull.”

Sprints coach Scott Roberts said Williams was smart to not finish in the finals.

“She was coming off an injury and didn’t want to turn anything else,” Roberts said. “In the prelims, her time was 13:32, which was fantastic.”

Lynn and McEachran said that even though Douglas finished in sixth place, he should still make nationals with his season-best jump.

“Tony’s chances are good, but we will find out for sure on Tuesday,” McEachran said. “The NCAA picks up at-large jumpers — usually six to eight. But since he has two jumps over 25 feet, he should make it. But you never know for sure what the committee will do.”

Douglas was impressed with the talent at the regional meet.

“This was fun. Usually you don’t see that many good people at one meet,” Douglas said. “It was really fun.

But I think that nationals will really be fun.”

Salahuddin also thinks he has a good shot of making nationals in the discus.

“I had a personal record of 190 feet, which was good for ninth place,” Salahuddin said. “This regional was one of the strongest for the discus. I could have won some regionals or at least put me in the top three in some other regionals.”