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Boilermakers Travel to Meyo Invite

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue track & field team will make the short trip to Notre Dame, Indiana, for the Meyo Invite from Feb. 7-8, at the Loftus Sports Center.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue track & field team will make the short trip to Notre Dame, Indiana, for the Meyo Invite from Feb. 7-8, at the Loftus Sports Center.
 
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The meet begins on Friday, Feb. 7, at 4 p.m. ET, while Saturday's competition is slated to commence at 9:45 p.m. A complete schedule of events can be found at UND.com.
 
Live stats will be available at EnduranceRaceTiming.com. Fans can watch a live video stream of Saturday's action on ESPN.com, with the broadcast beginning at 2 p.m. Updates and behind-the-scenes news and notes on the Boilermakers throughout the weekend can be found on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
 
Along with Notre Dame, Purdue's competition this weekend includes athletes from Big Ten foes Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Rutgers and Wisconsin.
 
IN THE RANKINGS
The latest Track & Field National Rating Index features eight Purdue athletes in the top-25 in addition to the debut of team event rankings, where the Boilermakers are in the top-25 in 11 events. The Purdue men are ranked No. 59 nationally and No. 3 in the Great Lakes Region, while the women check in at No. 61 in the country and No. 5 in the region.
 
A total of nine Boilermakers are ranked in the individual event rankings, with two based on marks earned through the first five meets of the 2019-20 campaign. Junior Tamar Greene comes in at No. 19 in the triple jump, while senior Samson Colebrooke is No. 21 nationally in the 200-meter run.
 
In the team event rankings, the men and women are both ranked in 10 total events. The men lead the way with a No. 3 ranking in the 60-meter dash and also check in at No. 8 in the 3,000-meter run and No. 9 in the mile. Also in the top-25 is the 200-meter run (No. 11) and long jump (No. 16). The women are led by a No. 10-ranking in the high jump and also are in the top-25 in the 200-meters (No. 19), long jump (No. 21), 400-meters (No. 22), 60-meter hurdles (No. 23) and 60-meters (No. 25).
 
A complete breakdown of Purdue's appearance in the week two rankings can be found at PurdueSports.com.
 
LAST TIME OUT: RAZORBACK INVITATIONAL
Last weekend, Purdue recorded three top-10 times in school history, notched 17 top-10 finishes and set 11 personal-record times at the two-day Razorback Invite in Fayetteville, Arkansas, from Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Freshman Kerris Roberts and sophomore Camille Christopher posted the eighth and ninth-fastest times in school history in the 200-meter dash, while freshman Marcellus Moore ran the eighth-fastest 60-meter dash time in Purdue history. The star-studded Razorback Invite featured seven top-25 women's teams and six top-25 men's squads, including four of the top-six women's teams and three of the top-seven men's teams in the nation.
 
Recaps from Friday and Saturday's action, including complete results, can be found at PurdueSports.com.
 
LOOKING BACK AT THE 2019 MEYO INVITATIONAL
Purdue's distance runners competed at last season's Meyo Invitational, on Feb. 2, 2019. Bailey McIntire paced the Boilermakers with a seventh-place finish in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:28.52.
 
UP NEXT: MUSIC CITY INVITATIONAL
Purdue travels to Nashville for the Music City Invitational, from Feb. 14-15. Competition at Vanderbilt begins at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, and at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15. Additionally, the Boilermaker distance runners will travel to the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa. The meet is set to begin at noon ET/11 a.m. CT, both days.
 
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