Jhoanmy Luque saved her best attempt for last in the women’s long jump at the NCAA West Preliminaries on Friday in Austin, Texas. 

With a 20-feet-10.5-inch mark, The freshman from Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela, finished fifth place overall in the event and earned a qualifying bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championship in Eugene, Ore. on June 10-13. She also broke her personal record in the event by more than six inches.

Luque’s new career-best mark ranks her second on Iowa State’s all-time performers list. 

Redshirt senior Katy Moen will join Luque in Eugene after finishing 10th in the 10,000-meter run. 

Juniors Alyssa Gonzalez and Perez Rotich, senior Kendra White and freshman Evelyne Guay advanced to the quarterfinals in the 400-meter hurdles, 1,500-meter run, 400-meter dash and 800-meter run, respectively. 

Running events for Iowa State will begin with the 400-meter dash at 6 p.m. Friday.