WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue track & field freshman Bryanna Craig has been named the Big Ten Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week, the conference announced.
Craig is recognized after she made her collegiate pentathlon debut and entered the school record books at No. 5 in the event on January 27. It is her first award of any kind in her Boilermaker career and the first women's indoor field honor for Purdue since 2017.
The third Boilermaker to earn Big Ten weekly accolades in 2022-23, Craig joins fifth-year Johnny Vanos and junior K'Ja Talley, who were recognized on December 14 after the season-opening meet.
At the Lenny Lyles Invitational in Louisville last weekend, Craig finished with 3,968 points in the pentathlon, which ranks fifth in team history and is No. 1 in the Big Ten this season. It's the best pentathlon mark by a Boilermaker since 2020 and the second-best since 1997.
Craig was competing in her fourth collegiate meet and her first in the pentathlon, and she finished third overall in the event. Her day was highlighted by an 800m win in 2:16.02 and a personal-best long jump mark of 5.53m. Additionally, Craig was the high jump runner-up with a clearance of 1.71m and she began the day in fourth in the 60m hurdles in 8.76 seconds. She added a shot put mark of 10.36m in her debut in the event.
Purdue's indoor season continues this weekend at the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame from February 3-4.
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.
Craig is recognized after she made her collegiate pentathlon debut and entered the school record books at No. 5 in the event on January 27. It is her first award of any kind in her Boilermaker career and the first women's indoor field honor for Purdue since 2017.
The third Boilermaker to earn Big Ten weekly accolades in 2022-23, Craig joins fifth-year Johnny Vanos and junior K'Ja Talley, who were recognized on December 14 after the season-opening meet.
At the Lenny Lyles Invitational in Louisville last weekend, Craig finished with 3,968 points in the pentathlon, which ranks fifth in team history and is No. 1 in the Big Ten this season. It's the best pentathlon mark by a Boilermaker since 2020 and the second-best since 1997.
Craig was competing in her fourth collegiate meet and her first in the pentathlon, and she finished third overall in the event. Her day was highlighted by an 800m win in 2:16.02 and a personal-best long jump mark of 5.53m. Additionally, Craig was the high jump runner-up with a clearance of 1.71m and she began the day in fourth in the 60m hurdles in 8.76 seconds. She added a shot put mark of 10.36m in her debut in the event.
Purdue's indoor season continues this weekend at the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame from February 3-4.
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.