WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Outdoor Track & Field prepares for the 2025 NCAA East First Round May 28-31 in Jacksonville, Fla. The Boilermakers have 22 entries in the meet with 19 individual events and three relays scheduled for competition.
Purdue's men's program qualified in 13 individual events and two relays while the women's program qualified in six individual events and one relay.
The top 48 individual and top 24 relays teams were accepted to each of the East and West First Round meets. The top 12 individual finishers and top 12 relays at each regional site will qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Men's Notes
• Cameron Miller enters the meet with the No. 2 qualifying time in the 200m (20.12). He will look to qualify for his sixth-career NCAA Championships (third outdoors). He is also on the qualifying 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams.
• The 4x400m relay team ranks seventh (3:04.64) and the 4x100m relay team ranks 10th (39.08) ahead of regionals.
• Caleb Williams is the 12th-ranked 3000m steeplechase entry (8:40.44) and rankings No. 7-24 are all separated by five seconds.
• Bode Gilkerson is coming off a fourth-place finish at Big Tens in the high jump (2.14m / 7-00.25) and enters regionals 23rd.
• Douglas Buckeridge is the only Boilermaker on the men's team scheduled for two individual events (10,000m and 3000m steeplechase).
• In addition to his spots on both relay teams, Spencer also ranks 14th in the 200m with a personal best 20.41.
• Macklin (200m), Kiefer Bell (3000m steeplechase), Kaden Stewart (high jump), Grant Gogel (pole vault), Collin Kao (pole vault), Cale Ayers (hammer throw) and Leo Maxwell (hammer throw) round out Purdue's entries in the East First Round.
• The decathlon is not competed in the NCAA First Round and the top 24 after conference championships weekend qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. As a result, Andreas Hantson (ranked 16th) will qualify for NCAAs. The list of qualifiers and official rankings are pending medical scratches.
Women's Notes
• Zoe Sullivan leads the women's program with a No. 17 ranking in the 100mH (13.11). She earned a bid to the NCAA Indoor Championships in March and will look to qualify for her first NCAA Outdoor Championships.
• Britannia Johnson enters regionals No. 20 in the discus (54.31m / 178-02). The mark is third in Purdue history.
• Payne Turney is the only women's athlete scheduled for two individual events as she will compete in the 5000m and 10,000m. Her personal best in the 5000m (15:57.78) is a school record and her personal best in the 10,000m (33:57.75) is third in school history.
• A new-look 4x400m relay team of Angline Amefia, Gia Clay, Jalen Elrod and Alexia Smith heads into regionals after the team ranked 21st this season (3:33.64). Amefia and Elrod are both set to run the 4x400m for the first time this outdoor season.
• Smith (400m) and Elrod (long jump) round out Purdue's entries on the women's side.
Next Up
The 2024-25 season will conclude for qualified Boilers at the NCAA Outdoor Championships June 11-14 in Eugene, Ore.
Purdue's men's program qualified in 13 individual events and two relays while the women's program qualified in six individual events and one relay.
The top 48 individual and top 24 relays teams were accepted to each of the East and West First Round meets. The top 12 individual finishers and top 12 relays at each regional site will qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Men's Notes
• Cameron Miller enters the meet with the No. 2 qualifying time in the 200m (20.12). He will look to qualify for his sixth-career NCAA Championships (third outdoors). He is also on the qualifying 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams.
• The 4x400m relay team ranks seventh (3:04.64) and the 4x100m relay team ranks 10th (39.08) ahead of regionals.
• Caleb Williams is the 12th-ranked 3000m steeplechase entry (8:40.44) and rankings No. 7-24 are all separated by five seconds.
• Bode Gilkerson is coming off a fourth-place finish at Big Tens in the high jump (2.14m / 7-00.25) and enters regionals 23rd.
• Douglas Buckeridge is the only Boilermaker on the men's team scheduled for two individual events (10,000m and 3000m steeplechase).
• In addition to his spots on both relay teams, Spencer also ranks 14th in the 200m with a personal best 20.41.
• Macklin (200m), Kiefer Bell (3000m steeplechase), Kaden Stewart (high jump), Grant Gogel (pole vault), Collin Kao (pole vault), Cale Ayers (hammer throw) and Leo Maxwell (hammer throw) round out Purdue's entries in the East First Round.
• The decathlon is not competed in the NCAA First Round and the top 24 after conference championships weekend qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. As a result, Andreas Hantson (ranked 16th) will qualify for NCAAs. The list of qualifiers and official rankings are pending medical scratches.
Women's Notes
• Zoe Sullivan leads the women's program with a No. 17 ranking in the 100mH (13.11). She earned a bid to the NCAA Indoor Championships in March and will look to qualify for her first NCAA Outdoor Championships.
• Britannia Johnson enters regionals No. 20 in the discus (54.31m / 178-02). The mark is third in Purdue history.
• Payne Turney is the only women's athlete scheduled for two individual events as she will compete in the 5000m and 10,000m. Her personal best in the 5000m (15:57.78) is a school record and her personal best in the 10,000m (33:57.75) is third in school history.
• A new-look 4x400m relay team of Angline Amefia, Gia Clay, Jalen Elrod and Alexia Smith heads into regionals after the team ranked 21st this season (3:33.64). Amefia and Elrod are both set to run the 4x400m for the first time this outdoor season.
• Smith (400m) and Elrod (long jump) round out Purdue's entries on the women's side.
Next Up
The 2024-25 season will conclude for qualified Boilers at the NCAA Outdoor Championships June 11-14 in Eugene, Ore.