CHICAGO – The new year commences for the Purdue track & field team at the Wisconsin Midwest Invitational on Saturday, January 14, at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center at Gately Park in Chicago.
The meet begins with the men's weight throw at 12:45 p.m. ET / 11:45 a.m. CT, and the first running event is the women's 60-meter hurdles at 3:25 p.m. ET / 2:25 p.m. CT. The day's final event is the women's and men's 4x400 relay, at 7:20 p.m. ET / 6:20 p.m. CT.
Tickets are being sold at TicketWeb.com. Fans unable to watch the Boilermakers in person can follow along with live results at Results.AdkinsTrak.com, and the meet schedule is available at PurdueSports.com/TrackField. Additional updates from Chicago can be found by following and connecting with the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, while direct links are available on the schedule page at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.
Along with host-Wisconsin, the Boilermakers will compete against Illinois, UW-Milwaukee and Southern Illinois on Saturday at the year-old Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center. Thirty-three women and 29 men will represent the Boilermakers in the first of two trips to Chicago during the indoor season.
LAST TIME OUT: FOUR TOP-10 MARKS, 14 WINS
Purdue began the 2022-23 indoor season on December 10 at Lambert Fieldhouse with four top-10 marks in school history and 14 event victories at the Edmonds-Wilt Invitational.
Junior K'Ja Talley won two events and set two top-10 times in the 60-meter hurdles, fifth-year Johnny Vanos moved up to No. 4 in the record books in the weight throw and sophomore Brett Otterbacher entered the top-10 list at No. 7 in the 500m. Additionally, freshman Bryanna Craig won two events in her collegiate debut.
Talley's two wins came in the 60m hurdles and the 300m, while Craig's victories were in the high jump and 800m. They were joined by Otterbacher (500m), Vanos (weight throw), senior Kerris Roberts (60m), juniors LJ Hill (long jump), Deborah Obadofin (long jump), Logan Sandlin (pole vault) and Cierra Williams (500m), freshman Connor Czajkowski (200m) and the men's 4x400 relay with wins on the Boilermakers' home track.
A complete recap, including photos and results, can be found at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.
A YEAR AGO IN THE WINDY CITY
The Boilermakers made two trips to Chicago last season at Gately Park's then-new indoor track & field venue.
On January 15, three Boilermakers won events and another two earned top-10 marks in program history at the Wisconsin Midwest Invitational. Competing against five other Big Ten teams, Jessica Bray (pole vault), Curt Eckstein (3,000) and LJ Hill (long jump) all earned victories, and a pair of sprinters, Antonio Mitchell II and Kerris Roberts, posted top-10 times in the Purdue record books in the 60-meter dash. A full recap is available here.
A month later, from February 11-12, Eckstein broke his own school record in the 3,000m to highlight Purdue's weekend at the Windy City Invitational. Shianne Dacosta (400m), John Pieper (3,000m), Blake Selm (5,000m) and Vanos (weight throw) joined Eckstein with top-10 times in the record books. Eckstein, Selm, Vanos and Tamar Greene (triple jump) all notched runner-up finishes as 20 personal-best marks were recorded at the two-day meet. Recap day one and day two from Chicago.
NEXT UP: ON TO CHICAGO TO OPEN 2023
The Boilermakers are back in action next weekend, when they travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the Simmons-Harvey Invitational on January 21. Purdue returns to Michigan for the first time since opening the 2020-21 indoor season at the U-M Indoor Track Building.
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.
The meet begins with the men's weight throw at 12:45 p.m. ET / 11:45 a.m. CT, and the first running event is the women's 60-meter hurdles at 3:25 p.m. ET / 2:25 p.m. CT. The day's final event is the women's and men's 4x400 relay, at 7:20 p.m. ET / 6:20 p.m. CT.
Tickets are being sold at TicketWeb.com. Fans unable to watch the Boilermakers in person can follow along with live results at Results.AdkinsTrak.com, and the meet schedule is available at PurdueSports.com/TrackField. Additional updates from Chicago can be found by following and connecting with the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, while direct links are available on the schedule page at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.
Along with host-Wisconsin, the Boilermakers will compete against Illinois, UW-Milwaukee and Southern Illinois on Saturday at the year-old Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center. Thirty-three women and 29 men will represent the Boilermakers in the first of two trips to Chicago during the indoor season.
LAST TIME OUT: FOUR TOP-10 MARKS, 14 WINS
Purdue began the 2022-23 indoor season on December 10 at Lambert Fieldhouse with four top-10 marks in school history and 14 event victories at the Edmonds-Wilt Invitational.
Junior K'Ja Talley won two events and set two top-10 times in the 60-meter hurdles, fifth-year Johnny Vanos moved up to No. 4 in the record books in the weight throw and sophomore Brett Otterbacher entered the top-10 list at No. 7 in the 500m. Additionally, freshman Bryanna Craig won two events in her collegiate debut.
Talley's two wins came in the 60m hurdles and the 300m, while Craig's victories were in the high jump and 800m. They were joined by Otterbacher (500m), Vanos (weight throw), senior Kerris Roberts (60m), juniors LJ Hill (long jump), Deborah Obadofin (long jump), Logan Sandlin (pole vault) and Cierra Williams (500m), freshman Connor Czajkowski (200m) and the men's 4x400 relay with wins on the Boilermakers' home track.
A complete recap, including photos and results, can be found at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.
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A YEAR AGO IN THE WINDY CITY
The Boilermakers made two trips to Chicago last season at Gately Park's then-new indoor track & field venue.
On January 15, three Boilermakers won events and another two earned top-10 marks in program history at the Wisconsin Midwest Invitational. Competing against five other Big Ten teams, Jessica Bray (pole vault), Curt Eckstein (3,000) and LJ Hill (long jump) all earned victories, and a pair of sprinters, Antonio Mitchell II and Kerris Roberts, posted top-10 times in the Purdue record books in the 60-meter dash. A full recap is available here.
A month later, from February 11-12, Eckstein broke his own school record in the 3,000m to highlight Purdue's weekend at the Windy City Invitational. Shianne Dacosta (400m), John Pieper (3,000m), Blake Selm (5,000m) and Vanos (weight throw) joined Eckstein with top-10 times in the record books. Eckstein, Selm, Vanos and Tamar Greene (triple jump) all notched runner-up finishes as 20 personal-best marks were recorded at the two-day meet. Recap day one and day two from Chicago.
NEXT UP: ON TO CHICAGO TO OPEN 2023
The Boilermakers are back in action next weekend, when they travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the Simmons-Harvey Invitational on January 21. Purdue returns to Michigan for the first time since opening the 2020-21 indoor season at the U-M Indoor Track Building.
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.