EUGENE, Ore. – Jalen Elrod wrapped up her collegiate career and Purdue Track & Field's 2024-25 season as a Second Team All-American in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Elrod Notes
• Elrod scored a personal-best 5,594 points and earned 16th in the heptathlon. She initially missed qualifying for nationals by one point but was added after a scratch in the top 24.
• She capped her NCAAs by winning the final event, 800m, in a personal-best 2:11.37 to jump up from 19th to 16th. The standings jump improved Elrod from Honorable Mention to Second Team.
• She also finished third in the 200m (24.00), eighth in the long jump (5.98m / 19-07.50) and ninth in the 100mH (13.72) to round out her top 10 event finishes.
• Her NCAAs also featured a 17th-place finish in the shot put (11.62m / 38-01.50), 21st-place finish in the javelin (29.63 / 97-02) and 24th-place finish in the high jump (1.57m / 5-01.75).
• Elrod's finish on Saturday was similar to her indoor season when she finished 8th in the NCAA Indoor Championships pentathlon by winning the 800m and jumping from 11th to eighth.
• Her All-American honor was the ninth by a Boilermaker in the heptathlon. She joins three-time honorees Cathey Tyree (1985-87) and Jamie McNeair (1988-90) and one-time honorees Corissa Yasen (1996) and Angela Craft (2001).
Next Up
Purdue's season came to an end on the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Championships and the Boilermakers will look ahead to the 2025-26 season starting with cross country in August.
Elrod Notes
• Elrod scored a personal-best 5,594 points and earned 16th in the heptathlon. She initially missed qualifying for nationals by one point but was added after a scratch in the top 24.
• She capped her NCAAs by winning the final event, 800m, in a personal-best 2:11.37 to jump up from 19th to 16th. The standings jump improved Elrod from Honorable Mention to Second Team.
• She also finished third in the 200m (24.00), eighth in the long jump (5.98m / 19-07.50) and ninth in the 100mH (13.72) to round out her top 10 event finishes.
• Her NCAAs also featured a 17th-place finish in the shot put (11.62m / 38-01.50), 21st-place finish in the javelin (29.63 / 97-02) and 24th-place finish in the high jump (1.57m / 5-01.75).
• Elrod's finish on Saturday was similar to her indoor season when she finished 8th in the NCAA Indoor Championships pentathlon by winning the 800m and jumping from 11th to eighth.
• Her All-American honor was the ninth by a Boilermaker in the heptathlon. She joins three-time honorees Cathey Tyree (1985-87) and Jamie McNeair (1988-90) and one-time honorees Corissa Yasen (1996) and Angela Craft (2001).
Next Up
Purdue's season came to an end on the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Championships and the Boilermakers will look ahead to the 2025-26 season starting with cross country in August.