Two jumpers grab honors on first day of NCAA Indoors
Freshman Jhoanmy Luque competes in the triple jump at the Drake Relays on April 25 in Des Moines.
March 12, 2016
Two ISU women’s track and field jumpers grabbed Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala., on Friday.
Kate Hall and Jhoanmy Luque finished 12th and 15th, respectively, in the women’s long jump.
Hall, a freshman making her NCAA Indoor Championships debut, leaped to a 20-foot-1-inch mark. She made the leap on her first of three attempts.
Luque, a sophomore, made her 19-foot-11-inch leap on her third and final try. Luque is now a two-time All-American.
Christina Hillman is the lone woman left to compete for the Cyclones. She will compete in the shot put at 5 p.m. Saturday.
