GLASGOW, United Kingdom – Purdue track & field alumna Devynne Charlton broke her own world record in the 60-meter hurdles to win gold as three Boilermaker alumns competed at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships from March 1-3 in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Along with Charlton's world-record-winning run at the three-day event at Commonwealth Arena, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi was sixth in the shot put and Brian Faust was 14th in the 400m.
Three weeks after she broke a 16-year-old world record in the 60m hurdles, Charlton broke her own record in the final on Sunday, March 3 with a time of 7.65 seconds. She eclipsed her old mark of 7.67, set at the Millrose Games on February 11, and the previous record of 7.68, set by Sweden's Susanna Kallur in 2008.
A native of The Bahamas and a Boilermaker from 2014-18, Charlton won gold by 0.09 seconds and secured a medal by 0.16 seconds. Her finish in the final came after she registered the top time in the semifinal, with a 7.72, just 80 minutes earlier in the day. In the heats on Saturday, Charlton finished with the top time in the third heat and the seventh-fastest time overall, in 7.93, to pick up one of three automatic qualifying spots in the heat.
On Friday, March 1, Enekwechi was sixth in the shot put with a mark of 21.60 meters. His best mark came on his fourth attempt, as he was sixth by 0.49 meters. All four of his legal attempts passed the seventh-place finisher's best mark of 21.11m.
Enekwechi's performance comes after he had a season-best of 21.63m on February 20, which broke the African record. That came at the Hvezdy v. Nehvizdech competition in the Czech Republic and topped the previous African indoor mark was 21.47m, set in 2001. From Nigeria, Enekwechi was a Boilermaker from 2013-16 and also recently spent several years as a volunteer assistant with the team.
Faust got the weekend started for the Purdue alums in the 400m. In the heats, he finished in 47.11 and placed 14th overall. He was just three spots, and 0.07 seconds, away from qualifying for the semifinals at his first career World Indoor Championships.
His showing on the international stage comes after Faust won the 400m at the 2024 USATF Indoor Championships on February 17. The Boilermaker from 2018-21 ran a personal-best 45.47 to win the national title by 0.01 seconds. The Atlanta native was donning the Team USA uniform for the first time.
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Along with Charlton's world-record-winning run at the three-day event at Commonwealth Arena, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi was sixth in the shot put and Brian Faust was 14th in the 400m.
Three weeks after she broke a 16-year-old world record in the 60m hurdles, Charlton broke her own record in the final on Sunday, March 3 with a time of 7.65 seconds. She eclipsed her old mark of 7.67, set at the Millrose Games on February 11, and the previous record of 7.68, set by Sweden's Susanna Kallur in 2008.
A native of The Bahamas and a Boilermaker from 2014-18, Charlton won gold by 0.09 seconds and secured a medal by 0.16 seconds. Her finish in the final came after she registered the top time in the semifinal, with a 7.72, just 80 minutes earlier in the day. In the heats on Saturday, Charlton finished with the top time in the third heat and the seventh-fastest time overall, in 7.93, to pick up one of three automatic qualifying spots in the heat.
On Friday, March 1, Enekwechi was sixth in the shot put with a mark of 21.60 meters. His best mark came on his fourth attempt, as he was sixth by 0.49 meters. All four of his legal attempts passed the seventh-place finisher's best mark of 21.11m.
Enekwechi's performance comes after he had a season-best of 21.63m on February 20, which broke the African record. That came at the Hvezdy v. Nehvizdech competition in the Czech Republic and topped the previous African indoor mark was 21.47m, set in 2001. From Nigeria, Enekwechi was a Boilermaker from 2013-16 and also recently spent several years as a volunteer assistant with the team.
Faust got the weekend started for the Purdue alums in the 400m. In the heats, he finished in 47.11 and placed 14th overall. He was just three spots, and 0.07 seconds, away from qualifying for the semifinals at his first career World Indoor Championships.
His showing on the international stage comes after Faust won the 400m at the 2024 USATF Indoor Championships on February 17. The Boilermaker from 2018-21 ran a personal-best 45.47 to win the national title by 0.01 seconds. The Atlanta native was donning the Team USA uniform for the first time.
For more on the Purdue track & field and cross country program, visit PurdueSports.com/TrackField and follow and connect with the Boilermakers on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.