It’s called a field event, but when watching the ISU women’s jumpers compete, it looks more like an air event.

Two meets into the 2015 season and the jumpers on the ISU women’s track and field team have already risen to new heights.

In the group’s most recent performance at the Big 4 Duals on Jan. 24, ISU athletes swept the top three spots in the high jump and added the title in the long jump. Iowa State competed against Iowa, Northern Iowa and Drake in the event.

Sophomore Marine Vallet’s title performance led the way for the high jumps crew, and redshirt senior Hannah Willms and redshirt freshman Katie Reeves followed with second and third place finishes, respectively.

In the long jumps event, freshman Jhoanmy Luque carried the way for the Cyclones, placing first in the event and sixth overall in the ISU record books with a mark of 19’8”.

While field event athletes compliment the track athletes at meets, the two groups are isolated from one another during training and practices.

“Our training’s based a lot on speed, so we do a lot of speed work, a lot of sprint work,” Willms said. “Not a lot of length, but more just like the power output and we do that both on the track and in the weight room. Four days out of the week, we’re in the weight room.”

Since it is early in the season, the team’s biggest goals await down the road.

“With it being the beginning of the year, it’s more technique based,” Reeves said. “For high jumpers specifically, we’re still working more on perfecting our approach.”

Because the group is taking care of the smaller goals right now, like getting enough sleep, eating healthy and showing up to practice on time every day, the athletes believe they will be ready to tackle their biggest goals at the end of the season.

“Our goals start with Big 12s,” Willms said. “Take care of conference first and then see where you can go from there. We’re very team focused. It takes each individual’s work ethic and dedication to create a good team dynamic.”

The track and field team will next compete at the Razorback Team Invitational on Jan. 30 to 31 in Fayetteville, Ark. The team’s next home meet is the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 13 to 14.

With the Big 12 Championships arriving Feb. 27 to 28 and the NCAA Championships on March 13 to 14, the ISU track and field team only has a month and five meets before competing in end of the indoor season competition.