WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Graduate student Cameron Miller and junior Praise Aniamaka of the Purdue track & field team have qualified for the 2024 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Boston from March 8-9.
Miller will race in the 200-meter and Aniamaka will compete in the triple jump. The 200m semifinal is set for Friday, March 8, at 5:40 p.m. ET, and the final is on Saturday, March 9, at 4:50 p.m. The triple jump prelims and final will be at 3:30 p.m. on March 9.
Both Miller and Aniamaka earned their spot at the national championships as one of the top 16 competitors in their respective events. Miller earned the No. 4 overall seed and Aniamaka is the No. 16 seed. The duo are coming off medal-winning performances at the Big Ten Championships on February 24.
The school record-holder in 200m, Miller will make his third career NCAA appearance and second indoors. In 2023, he notched a fourth-place finish in the 200m indoors and was eighth in the 200m, sixth in the 4x100 relay and 22nd in the 4x400 relay outdoors while running for Louisville. Miller was bestowed with First Team All-America distinction three times and earned honorable mention accolades once.
Aniamaka will compete at the NCAA Championships for the second time in his career and the first time indoors. He was ninth outdoors in 2023 to earn Second Team All-America honors.
The two Boilermakers to qualify are the program's most at the indoor meet since five earned berths at the 2021 event. Purdue is one of seven Big Ten programs with multiple men's qualifiers at this year's championships.
Miller set the Purdue and Big Ten record in the 200m with a time of 20.40 on January 20. Along with breaking the school record that had stood for 20 years, Miller's time was the fastest in the NCAA and third-fastest in the world at the time. The mark came in his first meet as a Boilermaker. One month later, Miller was third at the Big Ten Championships with a finish of 20.82 in the final.
Aniamaka was the Big Ten runner-up at last weekend's conference championships thanks to a season-best jump of 15.96 meters. The mark secured Aniamaka's fourth career Big Ten medal and his spot in next weekend's NCAA Championships. He sits at No. 4 in program history with an indoor personal-best of 16.05m, achieved last season. Outdoors, Aniamaka is No. 7 in the Purdue record books with a PR of 16.10m, set at the 2023 NCAA Championships.
Additional information about the 2024 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, hosted in Boston at The Track at New Balance, can be found at NCAA.com.
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.
Miller will race in the 200-meter and Aniamaka will compete in the triple jump. The 200m semifinal is set for Friday, March 8, at 5:40 p.m. ET, and the final is on Saturday, March 9, at 4:50 p.m. The triple jump prelims and final will be at 3:30 p.m. on March 9.
Both Miller and Aniamaka earned their spot at the national championships as one of the top 16 competitors in their respective events. Miller earned the No. 4 overall seed and Aniamaka is the No. 16 seed. The duo are coming off medal-winning performances at the Big Ten Championships on February 24.
The school record-holder in 200m, Miller will make his third career NCAA appearance and second indoors. In 2023, he notched a fourth-place finish in the 200m indoors and was eighth in the 200m, sixth in the 4x100 relay and 22nd in the 4x400 relay outdoors while running for Louisville. Miller was bestowed with First Team All-America distinction three times and earned honorable mention accolades once.
Aniamaka will compete at the NCAA Championships for the second time in his career and the first time indoors. He was ninth outdoors in 2023 to earn Second Team All-America honors.
The two Boilermakers to qualify are the program's most at the indoor meet since five earned berths at the 2021 event. Purdue is one of seven Big Ten programs with multiple men's qualifiers at this year's championships.
Miller set the Purdue and Big Ten record in the 200m with a time of 20.40 on January 20. Along with breaking the school record that had stood for 20 years, Miller's time was the fastest in the NCAA and third-fastest in the world at the time. The mark came in his first meet as a Boilermaker. One month later, Miller was third at the Big Ten Championships with a finish of 20.82 in the final.
Aniamaka was the Big Ten runner-up at last weekend's conference championships thanks to a season-best jump of 15.96 meters. The mark secured Aniamaka's fourth career Big Ten medal and his spot in next weekend's NCAA Championships. He sits at No. 4 in program history with an indoor personal-best of 16.05m, achieved last season. Outdoors, Aniamaka is No. 7 in the Purdue record books with a PR of 16.10m, set at the 2023 NCAA Championships.
Additional information about the 2024 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, hosted in Boston at The Track at New Balance, can be found at NCAA.com.
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.