April 23, 2016
Final Results
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The women won 11 of 19 events and the dual against Indiana, while the men won 12 of the 17 events in which they had entries Saturday at Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex. The Boilermakers broke a pair of school records, with one coming on each the men's and women's sides.
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi had a huge double in the shot put and hammer throw with wins and season-bests in both events. He started the day in the hammer, where he recorded a mark of 68.85 meters (225-11), which ranks 11th in the country and second in the Big Ten. He won that event by more than 18 feet. The senior then made his way to the shot put where he had a breakout performance. Enekwechi, who has been close to 20 meters several times in his career, muscled up and launched an outdoor personal best of 20.37m (66-10.00), which was nearly three feet better than his previous best. Enekwechi broke the school record of 20.31m (66-7.75) set by Olympian Nedzad Mulabegovic in 2004. His mark ranks second in the country this season and is tops in the Big Ten.
Enekwechi now holds the school record in the four throwing events he has competed in collegiately. He owns the weight throw and shot put records indoors, while placing his name at the top of the list in the hammer throw and shot put outdoors.
Savannah Carson's day was also quite impressive. She was busy competing in the long jump, 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay. Carson not only scored in all four events; she won three of them and broke a school record. In the long jump, she was in a league of her own, leaping 6.40m (21-00.00) to win the event by one foot, eight inches. The jump was the second best of Carson's career and better than all but two other women in school history, and ranks among the top eight jumps in the country this season nationally. She then headed to the 100m dash starting line. From there, she took down teammate Devynne Charlton's school record, blazing to a time of 11.35 seconds. That time ranks 31st in the country.
Next up for Carson was the 4x100m relay where she ran the anchor leg. Carson, who took the stick after a lead leg from Autumn Heath, second leg from Carmiesha Cox and third leg from Savannah Roberson, brought home the win with a time of 44.31 seconds. That time is the third fastest in program history, though that same team holds the school record from three weeks earlier. Carson wrapped up her day with the 200m dash where she was just 0.15 of a second off her PR, finishing third in 24.17 seconds. In all, Carson earned 12.25 points for the women's side, including 1.25 of the relay team's five.
Several other Boilermakers had huge days as well. Roberson had PRs in the 100m dash, 100-meter hurdles, matched her PR in the 200m dash and ran the third leg of the aforementioned 4x100m relay. In the 100m hurdles, Roberson won the event with a time of 13.68 seconds. That time was just the second time she has run it as a Boilermaker and her first wind-legal time. It is 0.38 of a second better than her windy time from LSU and ranks 11th in program history. Roberson was second the 200m dash with a time of 23.73, which ties her PR and is third in program history. In the 100m dash, Roberson finished fourth with a career-best time of 11.62 seconds. That mark is fifth in program history and gives the current Purdue roster the five fastest 100m dashers in program history, all of whom have at least one year of eligibility remaining.
Cox was another sprinter who had a nice day for the women. Along with running a leg of the winning 4x100m relay, she PRed in the 100m dash, had a season-best in the 200m and ran the second leg of the winning 4x400m relay. Cox ran a time of 11.51 seconds in the 100m dash to finish second. That time ranks third in program history. In the 200m, she won with a time of 23.43 seconds, which is faster than any other Boilermaker in program history has run and just 0.10 of a second off her PR. With the 4x400m relay, Cox, teamed with Aarin Jones, Symone Black and Taylor Dunlap, ran a time of 3:39.27 to win by more than four seconds. The 4x400m relay clinched the win for the women, as they led by five points entering the event and took the five from the relay.
Janae' Moffitt had an outdoor PR in the women's high jump en route to an event win. The freshman and indoor conference champion cleared 1.80m (5-10.75), which ranks seventh in program history.
Other winners Saturday included Black and Obokhare Ikpefan in the women's and men's 400m hurdles, respectively. Black ran a time of 57.71 seconds to beat the field by nearly four seconds, while Ikpefan finished in 51.01 seconds to win by 0.54 of a second. Keanu Pennerman and Malcolm Dotson took the top two spots in the 100m and 200m dashes. Pennerman took the 100m dash with a time of 10.48 seconds with Dotson right behind him in 10.62 seconds, while Dotson edged Pennerman 21.02 seconds to 21.28 seconds in the 200m.
Nicholas Parks won the men's 400m dash while Kiara McIntosh took the women's 800m. Both won by 0.01 of a second, with Parks finishing with a time of 47.05 seconds, while McIntosh finished with a PR time of 2:07.36. McIntosh's time is tied for fifth in program history. Justin Veteto had a PR and won the 110m hurdles, after crossing the finish line in 14.08 seconds. The men's 4x100m and 4x400m relays were also winners.
Gerald McGee won the men's long jump with a jump of 7.17m (23-6.25), while Vania Anane won the women's triple jump after leaping 12.13m (39-9.50). Anaquan Peterson won the men's triple jump with a mark of 15.83m (51-11.25). Alisha Bahler won the women's shot put, and the Purdue women swept the top three spots, with a mark of 14.62m (47-11.50). That throw bumps Bahler up from 10th to ninth in Purdue history. Brad Hoselton won the men's javelin after throwing 58.22m (191-00).
The women's team won the dual 85-75, while the men came up short, falling 88-72. Though a dual, this year's meet does not count towards the Governor's Cup because both schools agreed to push those points back to the Big Ten Championships, which will be contested in two weeks.
The Boilermakers have another huge meet next week as they head to the prestigious Drake Relays. Competition in Iowa begins Thursday and continues through Saturday.