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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The track & field teams wrap up the home slate for the indoor season Saturday at Lambert Fieldhouse. The Boilermakers host six schools for the one-day meet that is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. ET. The meet is free for all spectators.
THE COMPETITION
The Boilermakers play host to the following schools:
Bradley
Butler
IPFW
Lincoln College
Northern Illinois
Southeast Missouri State
Wabash
PURDUE HEADLINERS
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi will kick things off at the meet with the men's weight throw. The world's No. 1 in the event will also chase the national lead in the shot put, where he is currently sixth.
Three of the top five 60-meter dashers in Purdue women's history are scheduled to compete in the event, with Devynne Charlton, Carmiesha Cox and Autumn Heath. Six of the top seven 200m dashers in program history, including the aforementioned trio, will compete. The other three competitors are Savannah Carson, Savannah Roberson and Symone Black. Charlton will also run in the 60m hurdles, where she is the school record holder, while Carson is entered in the long jump, where she is No. 2 in program history.
Four of the top 10 400m runners in program history will run for the women Saturday, led by school-record holder Black and No. 2 Aarin Jones. Black is coming off the Meyo Invitational where she ran the nation's No. 12 time. Black, Cox, Jones and Brionna Thomas, the school-record holding 4x400m relay team, will be the top team in the meet's final event.
Three of the program's top 10 women's shot putters of all-time will compete, with Micaela Hazlewood, Elizabeth Iversen and Alisha Bahler. The school record holder in the 800m run, Vanessa McLeod is scheduled to run in the event Saturday. Iversen and Sarah Loesch, who are both top 10 in the weight throw, will also compete in that event.
Malcolm Dotson and Kyle Webb will compete in the 60m dash, where they both have top 10 times in program history. Both are also in the 200m, where Webb ranks fifth in program history. Nicholas Parks and Obokhare Ikpefan are entered in the 400m dash. Both rank in the top seven in Purdue history.
ALSO IN ACTION IN IOWA
The Boilermakers sent a select few to Friday's Iowa State Invite. Matthew McClintock and Tate Schienbein highlight the men's group, as both hold at least one school record. Katie Hoevet highlights the women's group, after setting the mile school record last week.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Purdue men's team ranks 23rd in the country in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll. The women are up to No. 29 nationally and are No. 1 in the Great Lakes Region.
Individually, the men's and women's teams have 12 marks ranked in the top 25 nationally at this point in the season.
Enekwechi is the No. 1 men's weight thrower in the world this season, and No. 6 in NCAA Division I in the shot put. Charlton is No. 4 nationally in the women's 60m hurdles. Hoevet ranks fifth in the women's mile, while Black ranks 12th in the 400m dash. The women's DMR team has the eighth best time in the country this season. Carson ranks 15th in the women's 60m dash and seventh in the long jump, while the women's 4x400m relay team is 21st. The men's 4x400m team is 23rd in division I. Anaquan Peterson is 25th nationally in the long jump and 10th in the triple jump.
FOLLOW THE MEET
Fans can follow all the action with live results at PTTiming.com, then click on the Purdue logo. Results will also be posted on Twitter @PurdueTrackXC. A final recap and results from the entire day will be on PurdueSports.com following the meet's completion.