Drake Relays: ISU’s Luque takes second in long jump

Posted April 29, 2016 - 9:58pm

Drake Relays: ISU’s Luque takes second in long jump

Buy PhotoIowa State's Jhoanmy Luque placed second in the long jump at the Drake Relays on Friday. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames TribuneIowa State's Christina Hillman finished sixth in the discus at the Drake Relays on Friday. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

DES MOINES — Jhoanmy Luque set the tone right from, literally, the jump.

The Iowa State sophomore leapt to the lead as the only long jumper at the Drake Relays to reach the 20-foot plateau.

Then in her final jump, Purdue’s Savannah Carson bested the Cyclone’s mark with Luque still having one jump remaining.

“I felt it was a good jump,” Luque said…