WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Indoor Track & Field has its only split weekend of the season between the Fighting Illini Challenge & Combined Events in Champaign, Ill. and the Crossroads of America Invitational in Indianapolis, Ind.
Combined events and jumpers will participate at Illinois, while the rest of the team will compete in Indianapolis.
Men's Notes
• Three-time All-American Praise Aniamaka is set to make his season debut in Champaign. He finished ninth at last season's NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a jump of 15.89m (52-05.25). He holds an indoor personal best of 16.05m (52-05.50) that ranks fourth in program history.
• Cameron Miller is set for his season debut in the 200m – an event he qualified for the national finals in last season. He holds the indoor program record (20.40).
• Nathan Walker is coming off a personal-best 8:07.79 that earned the 3000m victory last weekend and placed him No. 8 in program history. He is set to run the mile on Saturday.
• Antoine Spencer set a personal best with his 21.00 in the 200m last weekend and moved into eighth in program history. He currently ranks 12th in Division I and is set to run the 200m on Friday.
• Both Andreas Hantson (third) and Logan Sandlin (sixth) rank top 10 in program history in the heptathlon. They will make their respective season debuts in the event in Illinois.
Women's Notes
• Zoe Sullivan remains top five in the country in the 60m hurdles with her 8.08 on Jan. 11. She has earned a finals victory in both of her 60mH competitions this season. Sullivan also currently ranks eighth in the Big Ten with a 24.07 in the 200m.
• Alexia Smith set a personal best with her 24.16 in the 200m that finished third at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational. Her time currently ranks ninth in the Big Ten.
• Payne Turney took a third-place finish in the 3000m in 9:43.99 that was 1.86 seconds from a new personal best in her season debut.
• Bryanna Craig (fourth) and Jalen Elrod (seventh) enter the season top 10 in program history in the pentathlon. Angeline Amefia will join the duo to make their pentathlon season debuts in Champaign.
Next Up
Purdue heads back to Indianapolis for a two-day meet at the Midwest Classic Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
Combined events and jumpers will participate at Illinois, while the rest of the team will compete in Indianapolis.
Men's Notes
• Three-time All-American Praise Aniamaka is set to make his season debut in Champaign. He finished ninth at last season's NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a jump of 15.89m (52-05.25). He holds an indoor personal best of 16.05m (52-05.50) that ranks fourth in program history.
• Cameron Miller is set for his season debut in the 200m – an event he qualified for the national finals in last season. He holds the indoor program record (20.40).
• Nathan Walker is coming off a personal-best 8:07.79 that earned the 3000m victory last weekend and placed him No. 8 in program history. He is set to run the mile on Saturday.
• Antoine Spencer set a personal best with his 21.00 in the 200m last weekend and moved into eighth in program history. He currently ranks 12th in Division I and is set to run the 200m on Friday.
• Both Andreas Hantson (third) and Logan Sandlin (sixth) rank top 10 in program history in the heptathlon. They will make their respective season debuts in the event in Illinois.
Women's Notes
• Zoe Sullivan remains top five in the country in the 60m hurdles with her 8.08 on Jan. 11. She has earned a finals victory in both of her 60mH competitions this season. Sullivan also currently ranks eighth in the Big Ten with a 24.07 in the 200m.
• Alexia Smith set a personal best with her 24.16 in the 200m that finished third at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational. Her time currently ranks ninth in the Big Ten.
• Payne Turney took a third-place finish in the 3000m in 9:43.99 that was 1.86 seconds from a new personal best in her season debut.
• Bryanna Craig (fourth) and Jalen Elrod (seventh) enter the season top 10 in program history in the pentathlon. Angeline Amefia will join the duo to make their pentathlon season debuts in Champaign.
Next Up
Purdue heads back to Indianapolis for a two-day meet at the Midwest Classic Jan. 31-Feb. 1.