WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Outdoor Track & Field is set to send four athletes to the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. from June 11-14. Cameron Miller (200m), Bode Gilkerson (high jump) and Andreas Hantson (decathlon) qualified on the men's side and Jalen Elrod (heptathlon) qualified on the women's side.
The 200m will begin with a prelim on Wednesday and the top two from each of the three heats, plus the next three fastest times, will advance to Friday's finals. The men's high jump will feature all 24 qualified athletes competing at once on Friday. The decathlon will have all 24 athletes compete across the first two days of the championships, while the heptathlon runs all 24 athletes on the final two days of competition.
The top eight athletes in each event will earn First Team All-American, 9-16 will earn Second Team All-American and 17-24 will earn Honorable Mention All-American.
Miller Notes
• Miller gears up for his third consecutive trip to nationals in the 200m – twice at Purdue and once at Louisville. He enters the meet ranked 11th after running a 20.17 at the NCAA East First Round. Seven athletes went sub-20 during regionals.
• Miller prepares to join Samson Colebrooke (2019-21) as the only two Boilermakers to earn back-to-back All-American honors in the 200m after he was on the Second Team last season. Colebrooke was a Second Team honoree in 2019 and Honorable Mention in 2021. The 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Miller is the only athlete to qualify for the 200m at the NCAA Division I Championships from 2023-25. Auburn's Makanakaishe Charamba qualified the last two seasons at the Division I level and qualified in 2023 at the Division II level.
• Miller was the Big Ten Champion in the 200m during both indoor and outdoor this season and finished third at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Gilkerson Notes
• Gilkerson cleared a personal-best 2.18m (7-01.75) in the high jump at the NCAA East First Round to punch his ticket to nationals. He was one of seven athletes to clear 2.18m during regionals (all came from the East Region).
• A late season push for Gilkerson featured a then-outdoor season best clearance of 2.14m (7-00.25) to finish fourth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. He had his other performance of at least 2.14m when he cleared 2.16m (7-01.00) to finish fourth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
• Gilkerson is Purdue's first men's qualifier in the high jump at nationals since Eric Blackman earned Second Team All-American honors in 2017. Purdue has nine all-time All-Americans in the men's high jump.
Hantson Notes
• Hantson qualified for nationals with his 7,686-point performance at the Bryan Clay Multi Event from April 10-11. The decathlon is not competed at NCAA Regionals events. The top 24 heptathlon and decathlon performances by the end of conference championship weekend qualifies for nationals.
• His qualifying point total ranks 16th heading into nationals. The top eight qualifying totals round out at 7,874 points by Iowa's Abraham Vogelsang. Along with chasing a spot in the top eight, Hantson will also look to break Isaiah Martin's school record (7,708 points).
• Martin (2019-22) and Jon Pergande (1995) are the only All-Americans in the decathlon in school history.
Elrod Notes
• It was announced on Tuesday that Elrod qualified for nationals in the heptathlon after an athlete in the top 24 scratched. Elrod's 5,550 points scored at Big Tens initially fell just one point shy of the NCAA Championships qualifying spots.
• Purdue has eight different All-American seasons in the heptathlon with the last coming in 2001 by Angela Craft. Both Cathey Tyree (1985-87) and Jamie McNeair (1988-90) are three-time All-Americans.
• Elrod was a First Team All-American during the indoor season in the pentathlon with a school-record 4,233 points. Elrod set a new school record in the pentathlon three times during the indoor season.
Next Up
The 2024-25 season concludes at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Boilermakers will look ahead towards the 2025-26 season that begins with cross country returning in August.
The 200m will begin with a prelim on Wednesday and the top two from each of the three heats, plus the next three fastest times, will advance to Friday's finals. The men's high jump will feature all 24 qualified athletes competing at once on Friday. The decathlon will have all 24 athletes compete across the first two days of the championships, while the heptathlon runs all 24 athletes on the final two days of competition.
The top eight athletes in each event will earn First Team All-American, 9-16 will earn Second Team All-American and 17-24 will earn Honorable Mention All-American.
Miller Notes
• Miller gears up for his third consecutive trip to nationals in the 200m – twice at Purdue and once at Louisville. He enters the meet ranked 11th after running a 20.17 at the NCAA East First Round. Seven athletes went sub-20 during regionals.
• Miller prepares to join Samson Colebrooke (2019-21) as the only two Boilermakers to earn back-to-back All-American honors in the 200m after he was on the Second Team last season. Colebrooke was a Second Team honoree in 2019 and Honorable Mention in 2021. The 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Miller is the only athlete to qualify for the 200m at the NCAA Division I Championships from 2023-25. Auburn's Makanakaishe Charamba qualified the last two seasons at the Division I level and qualified in 2023 at the Division II level.
• Miller was the Big Ten Champion in the 200m during both indoor and outdoor this season and finished third at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Gilkerson Notes
• Gilkerson cleared a personal-best 2.18m (7-01.75) in the high jump at the NCAA East First Round to punch his ticket to nationals. He was one of seven athletes to clear 2.18m during regionals (all came from the East Region).
• A late season push for Gilkerson featured a then-outdoor season best clearance of 2.14m (7-00.25) to finish fourth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. He had his other performance of at least 2.14m when he cleared 2.16m (7-01.00) to finish fourth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
• Gilkerson is Purdue's first men's qualifier in the high jump at nationals since Eric Blackman earned Second Team All-American honors in 2017. Purdue has nine all-time All-Americans in the men's high jump.
Hantson Notes
• Hantson qualified for nationals with his 7,686-point performance at the Bryan Clay Multi Event from April 10-11. The decathlon is not competed at NCAA Regionals events. The top 24 heptathlon and decathlon performances by the end of conference championship weekend qualifies for nationals.
• His qualifying point total ranks 16th heading into nationals. The top eight qualifying totals round out at 7,874 points by Iowa's Abraham Vogelsang. Along with chasing a spot in the top eight, Hantson will also look to break Isaiah Martin's school record (7,708 points).
• Martin (2019-22) and Jon Pergande (1995) are the only All-Americans in the decathlon in school history.
Elrod Notes
• It was announced on Tuesday that Elrod qualified for nationals in the heptathlon after an athlete in the top 24 scratched. Elrod's 5,550 points scored at Big Tens initially fell just one point shy of the NCAA Championships qualifying spots.
• Purdue has eight different All-American seasons in the heptathlon with the last coming in 2001 by Angela Craft. Both Cathey Tyree (1985-87) and Jamie McNeair (1988-90) are three-time All-Americans.
• Elrod was a First Team All-American during the indoor season in the pentathlon with a school-record 4,233 points. Elrod set a new school record in the pentathlon three times during the indoor season.
Next Up
The 2024-25 season concludes at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Boilermakers will look ahead towards the 2025-26 season that begins with cross country returning in August.