ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Purdue track & field team begins the championship portion of its outdoor schedule at the 2024 Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 10-12.
The weekend gets underway on Friday, May 10, at noon ET, with the decathlon and heptathlon. Field events begin at 1:30 p.m., and Purdue's first running event is at 6:30 p.m. The opening day will conclude at approximately 9 p.m. On Saturday, May 11, the decathlon continues at 9:30 a.m., with the heptathlon resuming 45 minutes later. The Boilermakers' field events start at 2:15 p.m. and the opening running event is at 4 p.m. The day will finish at approximately 7 p.m. The meet wraps up on Sunday, May 12, with field events at 11 a.m. and running events at 12:45 p.m. The championships will finish at approximately 4 p.m.
Fans unable to cheer on the Boilermakers in person can follow along with live results, and watch all of the action live on B1G+ (Friday Track | Friday Field | Saturday Track | Saturday Field | Sunday Track | Sunday Field), with a B1G+ subscription required. Additional championships information, including tickets and the complete schedule, is available at BigTen.org and MGoBlue.com. Updates from Ann Arbor can be found by following and connecting with the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Direct links to follow along also are available on the schedule page at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.
Forty-three Boilermakers, 28 men and 15 women, have made the trip to Michigan for the three-day competition.
Michigan will host this year's outdoor championships for the first time since 1988. Held at the U-M Track and Field Stadium, which opened in 2018, the Wolverines served as hosts of the Big Ten indoor championships in 2019. The Boilermakers last competed in Ann Arbor indoors earlier this season, while they are making their inaugural visit to UM's new outdoor track.
Among those donning the Old Gold and Black this weekend, now-junior Praise Aniamaka will look to defend his triple jump title from a year ago. Sophomore Bryanna Craig also returns after taking silver in the heptathlon as a freshman in 2023, and two members of Purdue's men's 4x100 relay team are back in 2024 after claiming a bronze medal outdoors last season. Aniamaka, Craig and graduate student Cameron Miller will look to add to their medal total in 2024, after Aniamaka (triple jump) and Craig (pentathlon) won silver medals and Miller (200-meter) took bronze indoors in February.
PURDUE'S BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
The Purdue women have won three Big Ten outdoor championships, in 1987, 1999 and 2017, and the men have three runner-up finishes, most recently in 2003. The women's squad has placed in the top-four in four of the last nine seasons, and the men's squad has two top-six finishes in the last four championships.
At the 2023 Big Ten Championships, the Boilermakers won four medals, one gold, one silver and two bronzes, and the team totaled 12 top-eight podium finishes and notched four top-10 marks in school history. Along with Aniamaka's triple jump title and Craig's runner-up finish in the heptathlon, the men's 4x100 and the women's 4x400 relays placed third.
BOILERMAKERS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Boilermakers are represented twice in the top-25 in the sixth weekly national TFRI individual rankings, as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Miller is ranked No. 10 in the 200-meter and sophomore Seth Allen checks in at No. 21 in the discus. Miller earned his spot in the rankings with a school-record time, and Allen is in the top-25 thanks to a throw that is No. 3 in program history.
In the Event Squad rankings, the women's 3,000m steeplechase is No. 7, the men's 3,000m steeplechase is 12th and the men's pole vault is 14th.
LAST TIME OUT: FINAL REGULAR-SEASON WEEKEND
Purdue concluded the outdoor regular season with four top-10 times in program history at the Drake Relays from April 25-27 in Des Moines, Iowa, and at the Desert Heat Classic in Tucson, Arizona, on April 27.
The Drake Relays began with a pair of record-book marks in the steeplechase, by senior Caleb Williams and junior Jaelyn Burgos. Another top-10 time came in the 10,000-meters from senior Caroline Jordan, while junior Jason Polydoris added a win in the 10,000m to highlight the distance runner's weekend at the nationally-renowned meet. In Arizona, freshman Alexia Smith entered the record books in the 400m.
A complete recap from day one, two and three, including full results, can be found at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.
NEXT UP: NCAA EAST PRELIMS
In two weeks, qualifying Boilermakers will compete at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Lexington, Kentucky, from May 22-25. The list of those that qualified for the regional meet will be announced next week.
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.
The weekend gets underway on Friday, May 10, at noon ET, with the decathlon and heptathlon. Field events begin at 1:30 p.m., and Purdue's first running event is at 6:30 p.m. The opening day will conclude at approximately 9 p.m. On Saturday, May 11, the decathlon continues at 9:30 a.m., with the heptathlon resuming 45 minutes later. The Boilermakers' field events start at 2:15 p.m. and the opening running event is at 4 p.m. The day will finish at approximately 7 p.m. The meet wraps up on Sunday, May 12, with field events at 11 a.m. and running events at 12:45 p.m. The championships will finish at approximately 4 p.m.
Fans unable to cheer on the Boilermakers in person can follow along with live results, and watch all of the action live on B1G+ (Friday Track | Friday Field | Saturday Track | Saturday Field | Sunday Track | Sunday Field), with a B1G+ subscription required. Additional championships information, including tickets and the complete schedule, is available at BigTen.org and MGoBlue.com. Updates from Ann Arbor can be found by following and connecting with the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Direct links to follow along also are available on the schedule page at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.
Forty-three Boilermakers, 28 men and 15 women, have made the trip to Michigan for the three-day competition.
Michigan will host this year's outdoor championships for the first time since 1988. Held at the U-M Track and Field Stadium, which opened in 2018, the Wolverines served as hosts of the Big Ten indoor championships in 2019. The Boilermakers last competed in Ann Arbor indoors earlier this season, while they are making their inaugural visit to UM's new outdoor track.
Among those donning the Old Gold and Black this weekend, now-junior Praise Aniamaka will look to defend his triple jump title from a year ago. Sophomore Bryanna Craig also returns after taking silver in the heptathlon as a freshman in 2023, and two members of Purdue's men's 4x100 relay team are back in 2024 after claiming a bronze medal outdoors last season. Aniamaka, Craig and graduate student Cameron Miller will look to add to their medal total in 2024, after Aniamaka (triple jump) and Craig (pentathlon) won silver medals and Miller (200-meter) took bronze indoors in February.
PURDUE'S BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
The Purdue women have won three Big Ten outdoor championships, in 1987, 1999 and 2017, and the men have three runner-up finishes, most recently in 2003. The women's squad has placed in the top-four in four of the last nine seasons, and the men's squad has two top-six finishes in the last four championships.
At the 2023 Big Ten Championships, the Boilermakers won four medals, one gold, one silver and two bronzes, and the team totaled 12 top-eight podium finishes and notched four top-10 marks in school history. Along with Aniamaka's triple jump title and Craig's runner-up finish in the heptathlon, the men's 4x100 and the women's 4x400 relays placed third.
BOILERMAKERS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Boilermakers are represented twice in the top-25 in the sixth weekly national TFRI individual rankings, as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Miller is ranked No. 10 in the 200-meter and sophomore Seth Allen checks in at No. 21 in the discus. Miller earned his spot in the rankings with a school-record time, and Allen is in the top-25 thanks to a throw that is No. 3 in program history.
In the Event Squad rankings, the women's 3,000m steeplechase is No. 7, the men's 3,000m steeplechase is 12th and the men's pole vault is 14th.
LAST TIME OUT: FINAL REGULAR-SEASON WEEKEND
Purdue concluded the outdoor regular season with four top-10 times in program history at the Drake Relays from April 25-27 in Des Moines, Iowa, and at the Desert Heat Classic in Tucson, Arizona, on April 27.
The Drake Relays began with a pair of record-book marks in the steeplechase, by senior Caleb Williams and junior Jaelyn Burgos. Another top-10 time came in the 10,000-meters from senior Caroline Jordan, while junior Jason Polydoris added a win in the 10,000m to highlight the distance runner's weekend at the nationally-renowned meet. In Arizona, freshman Alexia Smith entered the record books in the 400m.
A complete recap from day one, two and three, including full results, can be found at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.
NEXT UP: NCAA EAST PRELIMS
In two weeks, qualifying Boilermakers will compete at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Lexington, Kentucky, from May 22-25. The list of those that qualified for the regional meet will be announced next week.
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.