EUGENE, Ore. – The Purdue track & field team will compete in five events at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships from June 9-12, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon,.
Ten Boilermakers qualified for the national championships as the top 24 competitors in the country in their events. Seniors Samson Colebrooke (200m, 4x100), Malcolm Dotson (4x100) and Samara Miller (4x400), junior Tamar Greene (triple jump), sophomores Justin Becker (4x100) and Isaiah Martin (decathlon) and freshmen Saran Kouyeth (4x400), Marcellus Moore (4x100), K'Ja Talley (4x400) and Cierra Williams (4x400) will represent the Boilermakers at the four-day meet.
A complete schedule is available here, and specific dates and times when each Boilermaker competes can be found below. The meet will be broadcast live on ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3, and fans can follow all the action with live results. Direct links are available on the track & field schedule page on PurdueSports.com/TrackField and on the NCAA's website. Additional updates can be found by following the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
The Purdue men's track & field and cross country program enters the NCAA Championships ranked No. 8 nationally in the USTFCCCA Program of the Year mid-year update. Among all men's NCAA Division I programs, Purdue is one of just 10 teams nationally and one of three in the Big Ten that remain eligible for the award, which recognizes programs that show consistent success at NCAA Championships in a given academic year. To be ranked, teams must place at the cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field championship meets, and the Boilermakers earned a team finish at the first two events, heading into this week's final championship.
SAMSON COLEBROOKE: 200m, 4x100
Colebrooke will race in the 200m, along with the 4x100 relay. The semifinal of the 200m is set for Wednesday at 10:14 p.m. ET, with the final on Friday at 9:37 p.m. ET. ESPN2 will broadcast both Wednesday and Friday's competition. Colebrooke earned the No. 17 seed and will run in heat three of Wednesday's semifinal.
Colebrooke, who is second in school history in the event with a time of 20.46, qualified for his fifth NCAA event as a Boilermaker and second outdoor championships. In 2019, he was 15th in the 200. An Exuma, Bahamas, native, Colebrooke qualified in 20.50w, the 11th-fastest time at the east prelims. This is his final NCAA collegiate meet.
TAMAR GREENE: TRIPLE JUMP
The Big Ten champion outdoors and first team All-American indoors in the event in 2021, Greene competes in the triple jump on Friday at 8:20 p.m. ET on ESPN3. He is seeded No. 24.
A native of Nassau, The Bahamas, Greene qualified for his fifth NCAA event and third championships. He was seventh indoors earlier this year and 19th outdoors in 2019. Greene is fifth in school history in the event with a mark of 16.17 meters, and he qualified at the NCAA East Prelims with a jump of 15.90m.
ISAIAH MARTIN: DECATHLON
Martin will compete in the decathlon, where he is seeded No. 7 overall. Wednesday's events are the 100 meters (4 p.m. ET, ESPN3), long jump (4:40 p.m. ET, ESPN3), shot put (5:55 p.m. ET, ESPN3), high jump (7:10 p.m. ET, ESPN3) and 400 meters (10:26 p.m. ET, ESPN2). On Thursday, the decathlon concludes with the 110 hurdles (12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3), discus (1:20 p.m. ET, ESPN3), pole vault (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3), javelin (5 p.m. ET, ESPN3) and 1,500 meters (8:56 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
The Boilermaker record-holder in both the decathlon and heptathlon, Martin qualified for his fifth NCAA meet and second outdoor NCAA Championships. The Hillsboro, Missouri, native was 10th indoors in the heptathlon earlier this year and also outdoors in the decathlon in 2019. At the Big Ten Championships in May, Martin was fourth with a school-record 7,708 points to break a 26-year-old Purdue record.
MEN'S 4x100 RELAY
The Purdue men will race in the 4x100 relay semifinal on Wednesday at 8:02 p.m. ET on ESPNU, and the final is on Friday, also at 8:02 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The Boilermakers earned the No. 8 seed and run in the opening heat on Wednesday.
The 2021 Big Ten champions in the event, Colebrooke, Dotson, Becker and Moore qualified in 39.06 seconds, the second-fastest time in school history. They ran the fifth-fastest time at the NCAA East Prelims and topped their Big Ten-winning time of 39.30. Additionally, Becker and Colebrooke are part of the Purdue record-holding relay team, with a mark of 38.75 set in 2019, Becker, Colebrooke and Dotson have the fourth-fastest time, also in 2019, and Dotson's team ran the No. 5-fastest mark in 2018.
Along with Colebrooke, Dotson is racing in his final meet as a Boilermaker. From Indianapolis, Dotson is competing at his seventh NCAA competition and fourth NCAA Championships. He helped Purdue's 4x100 finish 17th in 2016 and 20th in 2018, and the 4x400 place 17th in 2019. Becker, a Fort Wayne, Indiana, native, is running at his fourth NCAA meet and second national championships, after he helped the Boilermaker's 4x100 finish seventh overall in 2019. Moore is competing at his third NCAA event and first outdoor national championships, all in the last three months. A first team All-American indoors in the 60m earlier this year, Moore hails from Plainfield, Illinois.
WOMEN'S 4x400 RELAY
The final event of the championships is the women's 4x400 relay, with the semifinal on Thursday at 9:48 p.m. ET on ESPN2, and the final on Saturday at 8:21 p.m. ET on ESPNU. Purdue is seeded No. 19 and will race in the first heat of Thursday's semifinal.
Talley, Williams, Kouyeth and Miller automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in 3:33.83 at the NCAA prelims. The 10th-fastest time overall, they had the third-fastest time in their heat after entering the meet as the No. 16 seed. The Boilermakers' prelim time was just behind their silver-medal-winning mark of 3:33.70 at the Big Ten Championships, which is fifth-fastest in program history. Additionally, Miller was a member of the sixth-and seventh-fastest relay teams, in 2019 and 2017, respectively.
This weekend marks the final competition of Miller's collegiate career, as the Naperville, Illinois, native races at her fifth NCAA meet and first NCAA Championships. Kouyeth, Talley and Williams, all freshmen, are at their first national championships and second NCAA event after last weekend's prelims. Kouyeth is from Sandy Springs, Georgia, Talley hails from Dearborn, Michigan, and Williams is an Indianapolis native.
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.
Ten Boilermakers qualified for the national championships as the top 24 competitors in the country in their events. Seniors Samson Colebrooke (200m, 4x100), Malcolm Dotson (4x100) and Samara Miller (4x400), junior Tamar Greene (triple jump), sophomores Justin Becker (4x100) and Isaiah Martin (decathlon) and freshmen Saran Kouyeth (4x400), Marcellus Moore (4x100), K'Ja Talley (4x400) and Cierra Williams (4x400) will represent the Boilermakers at the four-day meet.
A complete schedule is available here, and specific dates and times when each Boilermaker competes can be found below. The meet will be broadcast live on ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3, and fans can follow all the action with live results. Direct links are available on the track & field schedule page on PurdueSports.com/TrackField and on the NCAA's website. Additional updates can be found by following the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
The Purdue men's track & field and cross country program enters the NCAA Championships ranked No. 8 nationally in the USTFCCCA Program of the Year mid-year update. Among all men's NCAA Division I programs, Purdue is one of just 10 teams nationally and one of three in the Big Ten that remain eligible for the award, which recognizes programs that show consistent success at NCAA Championships in a given academic year. To be ranked, teams must place at the cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field championship meets, and the Boilermakers earned a team finish at the first two events, heading into this week's final championship.
One more day!#BoilerUp 🚂 #NCAATF pic.twitter.com/5aSn35JLDO
— Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country (@PurdueTrackXC) June 8, 2021
SAMSON COLEBROOKE: 200m, 4x100
Colebrooke will race in the 200m, along with the 4x100 relay. The semifinal of the 200m is set for Wednesday at 10:14 p.m. ET, with the final on Friday at 9:37 p.m. ET. ESPN2 will broadcast both Wednesday and Friday's competition. Colebrooke earned the No. 17 seed and will run in heat three of Wednesday's semifinal.
Colebrooke, who is second in school history in the event with a time of 20.46, qualified for his fifth NCAA event as a Boilermaker and second outdoor championships. In 2019, he was 15th in the 200. An Exuma, Bahamas, native, Colebrooke qualified in 20.50w, the 11th-fastest time at the east prelims. This is his final NCAA collegiate meet.
TAMAR GREENE: TRIPLE JUMP
The Big Ten champion outdoors and first team All-American indoors in the event in 2021, Greene competes in the triple jump on Friday at 8:20 p.m. ET on ESPN3. He is seeded No. 24.
A native of Nassau, The Bahamas, Greene qualified for his fifth NCAA event and third championships. He was seventh indoors earlier this year and 19th outdoors in 2019. Greene is fifth in school history in the event with a mark of 16.17 meters, and he qualified at the NCAA East Prelims with a jump of 15.90m.
ISAIAH MARTIN: DECATHLON
Martin will compete in the decathlon, where he is seeded No. 7 overall. Wednesday's events are the 100 meters (4 p.m. ET, ESPN3), long jump (4:40 p.m. ET, ESPN3), shot put (5:55 p.m. ET, ESPN3), high jump (7:10 p.m. ET, ESPN3) and 400 meters (10:26 p.m. ET, ESPN2). On Thursday, the decathlon concludes with the 110 hurdles (12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3), discus (1:20 p.m. ET, ESPN3), pole vault (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3), javelin (5 p.m. ET, ESPN3) and 1,500 meters (8:56 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
The Boilermaker record-holder in both the decathlon and heptathlon, Martin qualified for his fifth NCAA meet and second outdoor NCAA Championships. The Hillsboro, Missouri, native was 10th indoors in the heptathlon earlier this year and also outdoors in the decathlon in 2019. At the Big Ten Championships in May, Martin was fourth with a school-record 7,708 points to break a 26-year-old Purdue record.
MEN'S 4x100 RELAY
The Purdue men will race in the 4x100 relay semifinal on Wednesday at 8:02 p.m. ET on ESPNU, and the final is on Friday, also at 8:02 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The Boilermakers earned the No. 8 seed and run in the opening heat on Wednesday.
The 2021 Big Ten champions in the event, Colebrooke, Dotson, Becker and Moore qualified in 39.06 seconds, the second-fastest time in school history. They ran the fifth-fastest time at the NCAA East Prelims and topped their Big Ten-winning time of 39.30. Additionally, Becker and Colebrooke are part of the Purdue record-holding relay team, with a mark of 38.75 set in 2019, Becker, Colebrooke and Dotson have the fourth-fastest time, also in 2019, and Dotson's team ran the No. 5-fastest mark in 2018.
Along with Colebrooke, Dotson is racing in his final meet as a Boilermaker. From Indianapolis, Dotson is competing at his seventh NCAA competition and fourth NCAA Championships. He helped Purdue's 4x100 finish 17th in 2016 and 20th in 2018, and the 4x400 place 17th in 2019. Becker, a Fort Wayne, Indiana, native, is running at his fourth NCAA meet and second national championships, after he helped the Boilermaker's 4x100 finish seventh overall in 2019. Moore is competing at his third NCAA event and first outdoor national championships, all in the last three months. A first team All-American indoors in the 60m earlier this year, Moore hails from Plainfield, Illinois.
WOMEN'S 4x400 RELAY
The final event of the championships is the women's 4x400 relay, with the semifinal on Thursday at 9:48 p.m. ET on ESPN2, and the final on Saturday at 8:21 p.m. ET on ESPNU. Purdue is seeded No. 19 and will race in the first heat of Thursday's semifinal.
Talley, Williams, Kouyeth and Miller automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in 3:33.83 at the NCAA prelims. The 10th-fastest time overall, they had the third-fastest time in their heat after entering the meet as the No. 16 seed. The Boilermakers' prelim time was just behind their silver-medal-winning mark of 3:33.70 at the Big Ten Championships, which is fifth-fastest in program history. Additionally, Miller was a member of the sixth-and seventh-fastest relay teams, in 2019 and 2017, respectively.
This weekend marks the final competition of Miller's collegiate career, as the Naperville, Illinois, native races at her fifth NCAA meet and first NCAA Championships. Kouyeth, Talley and Williams, all freshmen, are at their first national championships and second NCAA event after last weekend's prelims. Kouyeth is from Sandy Springs, Georgia, Talley hails from Dearborn, Michigan, and Williams is an Indianapolis native.
Hello from Eugene, Oregon, and the #NCAATF Championships!#BoilerUp 🚂 pic.twitter.com/W8kSTghYoG
— Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country (@PurdueTrackXC) June 7, 2021
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.