WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue track & field team heads south to Jacksonville, Florida, for the Big Ten North Florida Hawkeye Invitational from April 2-3.
Competition commences on Friday, April 2, with field events starting at 10 a.m. ET and track events at 2 p.m. On Saturday, April 3, field events begin at 8:30 a.m. and action on the track will start at 3:30 p.m.
Fans can follow all the action with live results, the event schedule and the performance list, available on the track & field schedule page on PurdueSports.com/TrackField. Additional updates can be found by following the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
At the two-day meet contested at North Florida's Hodges Stadium, 20 women will represent the Boilermakers in 18 total events, while 16 men are slated to compete in 17 events. Every Big Ten Conference team will be represented this weekend.
TOP-25 BOILERMAKERS
Three Boilermakers have marks that rank in the top-25 nationally after the opening weekend. Junior Jalil Brewer is No. 6 in the shot put, with a throw of 19.65 meters to win the Big Ten Indiana Invitational No. 1. The men's 4x100 relay team is 10th after a winning time of 39.57 seconds on March 27, while Samson Colebrooke checks in at No. 11 in the 200-meter with a victory in 20.73.
LAST TIME OUT: BIG TEN INDIANA INVITATIONAL NO. 1
Purdue returned to outdoor competition for the first time as a team since June, 2019, and won seven events and recorded two marks that rank in the top 10 in school history at the Big Ten Indiana Invitational No. 1 from March 26-27.
Sophomore Camille Christopher won both of her events, the 200-meter with the seventh-fastest time in school history and the 100-meter. Sophomore Jessica Bray also notched a top-10 mark with the No. 8-ranked pole vault mark in Boilermaker history. Christopher was joined by Brewer (shot put), Colebrooke (200) and senior Malcolm Dotson (400) and as individual winners. Colebrooke and Dotson helped the men's 4x100 relay team to a win, while the women's 4x400 relay also was victorious.
Along with its seven wins, the squad tallied three second-place finishes and had four third-place showings. A complete recap from Bloomington, Indiana, can be found at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.
UP NEXT: BIG TEN INDIANA INVITATIONAL NO. 2
The Boilermakers return to Bloomington next weekend for the Big Ten Indiana Invitational No. 2 from April 9-10.
For more on the Purdue track & field and cross country program, visit PurdueSports.com/TrackField and follow and connect with the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Competition commences on Friday, April 2, with field events starting at 10 a.m. ET and track events at 2 p.m. On Saturday, April 3, field events begin at 8:30 a.m. and action on the track will start at 3:30 p.m.
Fans can follow all the action with live results, the event schedule and the performance list, available on the track & field schedule page on PurdueSports.com/TrackField. Additional updates can be found by following the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
At the two-day meet contested at North Florida's Hodges Stadium, 20 women will represent the Boilermakers in 18 total events, while 16 men are slated to compete in 17 events. Every Big Ten Conference team will be represented this weekend.
TOP-25 BOILERMAKERS
Three Boilermakers have marks that rank in the top-25 nationally after the opening weekend. Junior Jalil Brewer is No. 6 in the shot put, with a throw of 19.65 meters to win the Big Ten Indiana Invitational No. 1. The men's 4x100 relay team is 10th after a winning time of 39.57 seconds on March 27, while Samson Colebrooke checks in at No. 11 in the 200-meter with a victory in 20.73.
LAST TIME OUT: BIG TEN INDIANA INVITATIONAL NO. 1
Purdue returned to outdoor competition for the first time as a team since June, 2019, and won seven events and recorded two marks that rank in the top 10 in school history at the Big Ten Indiana Invitational No. 1 from March 26-27.
Sophomore Camille Christopher won both of her events, the 200-meter with the seventh-fastest time in school history and the 100-meter. Sophomore Jessica Bray also notched a top-10 mark with the No. 8-ranked pole vault mark in Boilermaker history. Christopher was joined by Brewer (shot put), Colebrooke (200) and senior Malcolm Dotson (400) and as individual winners. Colebrooke and Dotson helped the men's 4x100 relay team to a win, while the women's 4x400 relay also was victorious.
Along with its seven wins, the squad tallied three second-place finishes and had four third-place showings. A complete recap from Bloomington, Indiana, can be found at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.
UP NEXT: BIG TEN INDIANA INVITATIONAL NO. 2
The Boilermakers return to Bloomington next weekend for the Big Ten Indiana Invitational No. 2 from April 9-10.
For more on the Purdue track & field and cross country program, visit PurdueSports.com/TrackField and follow and connect with the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.