WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A week away from the 2020 Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Purdue track & field team travels to Notre Dame for the Alex Wilson Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 22.
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The meet begins at 10:30 a.m. ET at the Loftus Sports Center. A complete schedule of events can be found at UND.com. Live stats will be available at EnduranceRaceTiming.com. Updates and behind-the-scenes news and notes on the Boilermakers throughout the weekend can be found on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Ahead of next weekend's Big Ten Championships, from Feb. 28-29, 21 Boilermakers will compete in a total of 28 events on Saturday.
IN THE RANKINGS
The latest Track & Field National Rating Index includes nine ranked Purdue student-athletes along with the team event rankings, where the Boilermakers are in the top-25 in 10 events. Both the Purdue men and women are ranked No. 62 nationally. The men are No. 2 in the Great Lakes Region and No. 5 in the Big Ten Conference, while the women check in at No. 7 in the region and No. 10 in the Big Ten.
A total of nine Boilermakers are ranked in the individual event rankings, with four in the top-15. Senior Janae' Moffitt has Purdue's best ranking, at No. 9 in the high jump. In the 200-meter run, senior Samson Colebrooke checks in at No. 14, while junior Jalil Brewer and senior Jah Strange are both ranked No. 15, in the shot put and triple jump, respectively.
In the team event rankings, the men and women are both ranked in 11 events. The men lead the way with a No. 8 ranking in the 60-meter dash and are in the top-25 in the 5,000-meter (No. 12), long jump (No. 17), 200-meter (No. 18) and 3,000-meter (No. 19). The women are led by a No. 14-ranking in the high jump and also are No. 25 in the 60-meters and 200-meters.
A complete breakdown of Purdue's appearance in the week four rankings can be found at PurdueSports.com.
LAST TIME OUT: MUSIC CITY CHALLENGE, IOWA STATE CLASSIC
On Feb. 14 and 15, junior Brian Faust set a school record for the third time in eight days, as he broke his week-old 400-meter record. Faust was one of five Boilermakers to record marks that rank in the top-10 in team history. He was joined by sophomore pole vaulter Jessica Bray, whose jump is tied for fourth-best in the Purdue record books, freshman Kerris Roberts and sophomore Camille Christopher, who ran the fifth and ninth-fastest 200-meter dash times in program history, respectively, and sophomore Bailey McIntire, who notched the ninth-fastest 5,000-meter time in team history. At the Music City Challenge in Nashville, along with the distance runners competing at the Iowa State Classic, Purdue recorded four top-10 scores in team history, registered 19 top-five finishes and earned 19 personal-record totals.
A complete recap from Friday and Saturday's action can be found at PurdueSports.com.
A LOOK BACK AT THE 2019 ALEX WILSON INVITATIONAL
Four Boilermakers competed at last year's Alex Wilson Invite. Sarah Loesch and Ife Oketona picked up victories in the weight throw and long jump, respectively.
EARLIER THIS SEASON AT NOTRE DAME
The Alex Wilson Invite marks Purdue's second visit to Notre Dame in the last three weeks. At the Meyo Invite, from Feb. 7-8, Faust broke a pair of program records and two more top-10 marks in program history were set. Faust broke his own school record in both the 600-meter (1:17.20) and 400-meter (46.68), placing first and third in each event, respectively. Additionally, Bray recorded the fifth-best pole vault mark (4.11m) in school history and freshman Johnny Vanos notched the No. 6-ranked weight throw mark in Purdue history (20.26m). In total, the Boilermakers earned 14 personal-record times and 12 top-10 finishes.
UP NEXT: ALEX WILSON INVITATIONAL
The Boilermakers return to Notre Dame for the Alex Wilson Invite on Saturday, Feb. 22. Competition is set to begin at 11 a.m. at UND's Loftus Sports Center.
For more on the Purdue track and field team, visit PurdueSports.com and follow and connect with the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Live Results | Event Schedule | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The meet begins at 10:30 a.m. ET at the Loftus Sports Center. A complete schedule of events can be found at UND.com. Live stats will be available at EnduranceRaceTiming.com. Updates and behind-the-scenes news and notes on the Boilermakers throughout the weekend can be found on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Ahead of next weekend's Big Ten Championships, from Feb. 28-29, 21 Boilermakers will compete in a total of 28 events on Saturday.
IN THE RANKINGS
The latest Track & Field National Rating Index includes nine ranked Purdue student-athletes along with the team event rankings, where the Boilermakers are in the top-25 in 10 events. Both the Purdue men and women are ranked No. 62 nationally. The men are No. 2 in the Great Lakes Region and No. 5 in the Big Ten Conference, while the women check in at No. 7 in the region and No. 10 in the Big Ten.
A total of nine Boilermakers are ranked in the individual event rankings, with four in the top-15. Senior Janae' Moffitt has Purdue's best ranking, at No. 9 in the high jump. In the 200-meter run, senior Samson Colebrooke checks in at No. 14, while junior Jalil Brewer and senior Jah Strange are both ranked No. 15, in the shot put and triple jump, respectively.
In the team event rankings, the men and women are both ranked in 11 events. The men lead the way with a No. 8 ranking in the 60-meter dash and are in the top-25 in the 5,000-meter (No. 12), long jump (No. 17), 200-meter (No. 18) and 3,000-meter (No. 19). The women are led by a No. 14-ranking in the high jump and also are No. 25 in the 60-meters and 200-meters.
A complete breakdown of Purdue's appearance in the week four rankings can be found at PurdueSports.com.
LAST TIME OUT: MUSIC CITY CHALLENGE, IOWA STATE CLASSIC
On Feb. 14 and 15, junior Brian Faust set a school record for the third time in eight days, as he broke his week-old 400-meter record. Faust was one of five Boilermakers to record marks that rank in the top-10 in team history. He was joined by sophomore pole vaulter Jessica Bray, whose jump is tied for fourth-best in the Purdue record books, freshman Kerris Roberts and sophomore Camille Christopher, who ran the fifth and ninth-fastest 200-meter dash times in program history, respectively, and sophomore Bailey McIntire, who notched the ninth-fastest 5,000-meter time in team history. At the Music City Challenge in Nashville, along with the distance runners competing at the Iowa State Classic, Purdue recorded four top-10 scores in team history, registered 19 top-five finishes and earned 19 personal-record totals.
A complete recap from Friday and Saturday's action can be found at PurdueSports.com.
A LOOK BACK AT THE 2019 ALEX WILSON INVITATIONAL
Four Boilermakers competed at last year's Alex Wilson Invite. Sarah Loesch and Ife Oketona picked up victories in the weight throw and long jump, respectively.
EARLIER THIS SEASON AT NOTRE DAME
The Alex Wilson Invite marks Purdue's second visit to Notre Dame in the last three weeks. At the Meyo Invite, from Feb. 7-8, Faust broke a pair of program records and two more top-10 marks in program history were set. Faust broke his own school record in both the 600-meter (1:17.20) and 400-meter (46.68), placing first and third in each event, respectively. Additionally, Bray recorded the fifth-best pole vault mark (4.11m) in school history and freshman Johnny Vanos notched the No. 6-ranked weight throw mark in Purdue history (20.26m). In total, the Boilermakers earned 14 personal-record times and 12 top-10 finishes.
UP NEXT: ALEX WILSON INVITATIONAL
The Boilermakers return to Notre Dame for the Alex Wilson Invite on Saturday, Feb. 22. Competition is set to begin at 11 a.m. at UND's Loftus Sports Center.
For more on the Purdue track and field team, visit PurdueSports.com and follow and connect with the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.