EUGENE, Ore. – The 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships will conclude the 2023-24 season for the Purdue track & field team on June 5 and 7 in Euguene, Oregon.
The Boilermakers earned five entries at the national championship meet, which returns to the new Hayward Field for the third time in the last four seasons. The Old Gold and Black will be represented by graduate students Cameron Miller (200-meter) and Safin Wills (triple jump), junior Praise Aniamaka (triple jump), sophomore Seth Allen (discus) and the men's 4x400 relay.
The championships begin on Wednesday, June 5, with the 200-meter semifinal at 9:44 p.m. ET / 6:44 p.m. PT and the 4x400 semifinal at 10:48 p.m. ET / 7:48 p.m. PT. The second day of the men's competition is on Friday, June 7. The discus will get Purdue's day started at 8:35 p.m. ET / 5:35 p.m. MT, followed by the triple jump at 9:20 p.m. ET / 6:20 p.m. PT. The 200m final is scheduled for 10:37 p.m. ET / 7:37 p.m. PT and the 4x400 final is at 11:21 p.m. ET / 8:21 p.m. PT.
Fans unable to cheer on the Boilermakers in person can follow along with live results and watch all of the action live on ESPN2 and ESPN+. Additional NCAA Championships information, including the complete schedule, is available at NCAA.com. Updates from Eugene 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.
Purdue has five entries at this week's national championships, up from three a year ago. The Boilermakers' five men's qualifiers is tied for second-most among Big Ten programs.
The NCAA Championships feature 24 entries in each event, 12 who qualified from the NCAA East First Round and 12 from the west. Purdue's five entries all earned national championships berths in Lexington, Kentucky, from May 22-25.
SETH ALLEN: DISCUS
Allen qualified for his first NCAA Championships and will compete in the discus on Friday at 8:35 p.m. ET. He is the No. 17 seed and earned a spot in the second of two flights. Allan advanced to nationals with a throw of 57.87 meters to finish sixth at the NCAA First Round on May 24. The Austell, Georgia, native owns the second-best discus mark in school history, as a 60.95m-throw won him the Big Ten title on May 12.
PRAISE ANIAMAKA: TRIPLE JUMP
The back-to-back Big Ten champion in the triple jump, Aniamaka will compete at his third national championship meet and second outdoors. He is the No. 12 seed on Friday at 9:20 p.m. ET in flight one. Aniamaka earned his trip to Oregon when he was seventh at the first round with a jump of 15.93m on May 24. He won his second Big Ten title with a meet-record jump of 16.49m on May 12, which moved him up to No. 2 in Purdue's record book. The Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, native was ninth nationally at each of his previous two NCAA appearances, outdoors in 2023 and indoors earlier this season.
CAMERON MILLER: 200m
The school record-holder both indoors and outdoors in the 200m, Miller improved his record time to qualify for his fourth NCAA Championships on May 24. As the No. 12 seed, Miller races in the 200m semifinal on Wednesday at 9:44 p.m. ET in heat three, lane four. The final is on Friday at 10:43 p.m. ET. Miller qualified for nationals in 20.25, ninth overall at the east prelims. Indoors earlier this year, Miller earned First Team All-America honors in the 200m, and he also was eighth outdoors and fourth indoors in 2023 at nationals in the 200m. From Dallas, Texas, Miller is a four-time First Team All-American. A 19.97-w won him a Big Ten title on May 12.
SAFIN WILLS: TRIPLE JUMP
Wills qualified for his third NCAA Championships in the triple jump and competes on Friday at 9:20 p.m. ET. Seeded No. 14, he is in the first flight after a jump of 15.91m was eighth at the NCAA First Round on May 24. Wills was 15th nationally in the triple jump and 20th in the long jump in 2022, and he reached nationals in the triple jump in 2021 and was 22nd. From Rock Hall, St. Andrew, Jamaica, Wills was fifth at Big Tens in the triple jump with a mark of 15.95m on May 12 that put his name in the record book at No. 8 all-time.
MEN'S 4X400 RELAY
The men's 4x400 relay team broke the school record to punch their nationals ticket on May 24. Seeded 18th, the Boilermakers run in the semifinal on Wednesday at 10:48 p.m. ET in heat two, lane three. The final is on Friday at 11:21 p.m. ET. Junior Brett Otterbacher, Miller, sophomore Connor Czajkowski and freshman Nickens Lemba were 10th at the first round to earn the first of three non-automatic qualifying spots. They ran a school-record 3:03.72, which topped the previous mark of 3:04.74, set in 2016. The time also bested Purdue's Big Ten bronze medal-winning mark by more than three seconds.
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 Boilermakers earned five entries at the national championship meet, which returns to the new Hayward Field for the third time in the last four seasons. The Old Gold and Black will be represented by graduate students Cameron Miller (200-meter) and Safin Wills (triple jump), junior Praise Aniamaka (triple jump), sophomore Seth Allen (discus) and the men's 4x400 relay.
The championships begin on Wednesday, June 5, with the 200-meter semifinal at 9:44 p.m. ET / 6:44 p.m. PT and the 4x400 semifinal at 10:48 p.m. ET / 7:48 p.m. PT. The second day of the men's competition is on Friday, June 7. The discus will get Purdue's day started at 8:35 p.m. ET / 5:35 p.m. MT, followed by the triple jump at 9:20 p.m. ET / 6:20 p.m. PT. The 200m final is scheduled for 10:37 p.m. ET / 7:37 p.m. PT and the 4x400 final is at 11:21 p.m. ET / 8:21 p.m. PT.
Fans unable to cheer on the Boilermakers in person can follow along with live results and watch all of the action live on ESPN2 and ESPN+. Additional NCAA Championships information, including the complete schedule, is available at NCAA.com. Updates from Eugene 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.
Purdue has five entries at this week's national championships, up from three a year ago. The Boilermakers' five men's qualifiers is tied for second-most among Big Ten programs.
The NCAA Championships feature 24 entries in each event, 12 who qualified from the NCAA East First Round and 12 from the west. Purdue's five entries all earned national championships berths in Lexington, Kentucky, from May 22-25.
SETH ALLEN: DISCUS
Allen qualified for his first NCAA Championships and will compete in the discus on Friday at 8:35 p.m. ET. He is the No. 17 seed and earned a spot in the second of two flights. Allan advanced to nationals with a throw of 57.87 meters to finish sixth at the NCAA First Round on May 24. The Austell, Georgia, native owns the second-best discus mark in school history, as a 60.95m-throw won him the Big Ten title on May 12.
PRAISE ANIAMAKA: TRIPLE JUMP
The back-to-back Big Ten champion in the triple jump, Aniamaka will compete at his third national championship meet and second outdoors. He is the No. 12 seed on Friday at 9:20 p.m. ET in flight one. Aniamaka earned his trip to Oregon when he was seventh at the first round with a jump of 15.93m on May 24. He won his second Big Ten title with a meet-record jump of 16.49m on May 12, which moved him up to No. 2 in Purdue's record book. The Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, native was ninth nationally at each of his previous two NCAA appearances, outdoors in 2023 and indoors earlier this season.
CAMERON MILLER: 200m
The school record-holder both indoors and outdoors in the 200m, Miller improved his record time to qualify for his fourth NCAA Championships on May 24. As the No. 12 seed, Miller races in the 200m semifinal on Wednesday at 9:44 p.m. ET in heat three, lane four. The final is on Friday at 10:43 p.m. ET. Miller qualified for nationals in 20.25, ninth overall at the east prelims. Indoors earlier this year, Miller earned First Team All-America honors in the 200m, and he also was eighth outdoors and fourth indoors in 2023 at nationals in the 200m. From Dallas, Texas, Miller is a four-time First Team All-American. A 19.97-w won him a Big Ten title on May 12.
SAFIN WILLS: TRIPLE JUMP
Wills qualified for his third NCAA Championships in the triple jump and competes on Friday at 9:20 p.m. ET. Seeded No. 14, he is in the first flight after a jump of 15.91m was eighth at the NCAA First Round on May 24. Wills was 15th nationally in the triple jump and 20th in the long jump in 2022, and he reached nationals in the triple jump in 2021 and was 22nd. From Rock Hall, St. Andrew, Jamaica, Wills was fifth at Big Tens in the triple jump with a mark of 15.95m on May 12 that put his name in the record book at No. 8 all-time.
MEN'S 4X400 RELAY
The men's 4x400 relay team broke the school record to punch their nationals ticket on May 24. Seeded 18th, the Boilermakers run in the semifinal on Wednesday at 10:48 p.m. ET in heat two, lane three. The final is on Friday at 11:21 p.m. ET. Junior Brett Otterbacher, Miller, sophomore Connor Czajkowski and freshman Nickens Lemba were 10th at the first round to earn the first of three non-automatic qualifying spots. They ran a school-record 3:03.72, which topped the previous mark of 3:04.74, set in 2016. The time also bested Purdue's Big Ten bronze medal-winning mark by more than three seconds.
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.