A champion at last.

After four track and field seasons of seconds, thirds and fourths, Jhoanmy Luque has finally won a title.

Her third leap in the long jump Friday at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship sent her 21 feet 5.25 inches through the air and to the top of the awards podium.

The mark, which ranks No. 4 in the nation, has assured her a return to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship for the second straight year.

It also provided the Cyclones with 10 of their 26 points Friday and a surge to fifth place in the team standings heading into day two.

“I just want to do well and do well for my school, and just being able to score points for Iowa State,” Luque said. “[Competing at Big 12s] gives me more excitement, and I feel like I can jump farther.”

By the time the final of the 1,000-meter run rolled around Saturday, Iowa State was in ninth place with 30 points and little hope of mounting a significant comeback.

Junior Evelyne Guay and sophomore Jasmine Staebler provided a spark with second-place finishes in the 1,000 and 800, respectively.

And as if one championship wasn’t enough, Luque celebrated a second in as many days Saturday in the triple jump.

With another personal record, this time 44-9 1/2, Luque became the leading point scorer at the Big 12 Championships and finished with 20 of her team’s 57 points.

“I just [want] to keep doing what I’m doing,” Luque said. “I know I have been working really hard and I know I can show that at [NCAAs]. “I’m just going to try to have fun and be relaxed during nationals and maybe be able to be in the top three.”

The Cyclones were unable to generate any scoring in the lone long-distance event — the 3,000 — for the second straight day and failed to score in the sprint events.

It was the first time since 2006 the team hasn’t scored in the 3,000 and 5,000 at a conference meet.

Iowa State ended the two-day meet with 57 points, finishing eighth overall. Luque and three others — Guay, Staebler and junior Christabel Okeke — combined to score 42.

Months of grueling four-hour practices combined with five meets in six weeks payed off just in time for Okeke as the clock on the indoor track and field season began ticking away.

A scream and hugathon accompanied a moment of pure bliss as she struggled to find words to express her emotions after letting loose the farthest throw in her life Friday.

After spoiling her first weight throw attempt into the net, Okeke delivered on the second with a 62-1 1/4 mark, improving her previous personal best by more than 2 feet.

“I was screaming I was so happy,” Okeke said after the event. “I felt really good because I’ve been really working hard for this. Very happy.”

The rest of the team combined for 15 points, leading Iowa State to its worst finish at a Big 12 indoor meet since 2009. It was also the third straight year the team has finished in the bottom half of the conference.

Iowa State will find out this week who is headed to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship, which will take place March 10 and 11 in College Station, Texas.