WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue track & field alumna Devynne Charlton will race at her second Olympic Games in the 100-meter hurdles, beginning on Wednesday, August 7, in Paris.
The heats are scheduled for Wednesday at 4:15 a.m. ET. The repechage round is on Thursday, August 8, at 4:35 a.m. ET, with the semifinal set for Friday, August 9, at 6:05 a.m. ET. The Olympic final is on Saturday, August 10, at 1:35 p.m. ET.
Representing the Bahamas, Charlton will run in the fifth and final heat on Wednesday, in lane two. The top three finishers in each heat, plus the next three fastest times, advance to the semifinal, with all other finishers moving on to the repechage.
The 100m hurdles will be broadcast live on Peacock, and live results can be found on Olympics.com. Additional updates will be available by following the Boilermakers on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.
On Saturday, fellow Boilermaker alum Chukwuebuka Enekwechi placed sixth in the shot put final at the Olympic Games. Charlton and Enekwechi will be joined in Paris by incoming Purdue senior Joel Gomez, who qualified for the Paralympic Games and will race in the 1,500m T13 from September 2-3.
Charlton and Enekwechi also were announced on Friday as two of eight Boilermaker greats that will be inducted into the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame.
Charlton is ranked No. 2 in the world in the 100m hurdles and has a season-best time of 12.49, achieved on April 20 in Xiamen, China. Earlier in 2024 indoors, the Nassau native broke the world record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.65 to win the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Charlton was sixth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and seventh at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
A Boilermaker from 2013-18, Charlton is the school record-holder in the 100m hurdles, 100m, 60m hurdles and 60m. She is a nine-time All-American and an 11-time Big Ten Champion, and was named the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year three times and the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championships four times. Charlton was the national runner-up in the 60m hurdles indoors in 2017 and in the 100m hurdles outdoors in 2018.
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 heats are scheduled for Wednesday at 4:15 a.m. ET. The repechage round is on Thursday, August 8, at 4:35 a.m. ET, with the semifinal set for Friday, August 9, at 6:05 a.m. ET. The Olympic final is on Saturday, August 10, at 1:35 p.m. ET.
Representing the Bahamas, Charlton will run in the fifth and final heat on Wednesday, in lane two. The top three finishers in each heat, plus the next three fastest times, advance to the semifinal, with all other finishers moving on to the repechage.
The 100m hurdles will be broadcast live on Peacock, and live results can be found on Olympics.com. Additional updates will be available by following the Boilermakers on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.
On Saturday, fellow Boilermaker alum Chukwuebuka Enekwechi placed sixth in the shot put final at the Olympic Games. Charlton and Enekwechi will be joined in Paris by incoming Purdue senior Joel Gomez, who qualified for the Paralympic Games and will race in the 1,500m T13 from September 2-3.
Charlton and Enekwechi also were announced on Friday as two of eight Boilermaker greats that will be inducted into the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame.
Charlton is ranked No. 2 in the world in the 100m hurdles and has a season-best time of 12.49, achieved on April 20 in Xiamen, China. Earlier in 2024 indoors, the Nassau native broke the world record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.65 to win the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Charlton was sixth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and seventh at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
A Boilermaker from 2013-18, Charlton is the school record-holder in the 100m hurdles, 100m, 60m hurdles and 60m. She is a nine-time All-American and an 11-time Big Ten Champion, and was named the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year three times and the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championships four times. Charlton was the national runner-up in the 60m hurdles indoors in 2017 and in the 100m hurdles outdoors in 2018.
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.