INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. and LUBBOCK, Texas – Purdue Track & Field’s Seamus Malaski won the shot put at the Corky Classic and Katherine Valentine won the 800m at the Hoosier Horsepower Classic to lead Purdue on Saturday.
The Boilermakers totaled five top 10 finishes in program history on Saturday to accompany five top 10 marks on Friday.
Men’s Notes
• Seamus Malaski won the Corky Classic shot put with a personal best throw of 19.10m (62-08.00) and entered Purdue’s rankings at No. 5. It’s the furthest throw indoors by a Boilermaker since 2019.
• Hugh Jacobsmeyer ran 1:49.80 in the 800m to finish third at the Hoosier Horsepower Classic. He became just the third Boilermaker to go sub-1:50 indoors and the first since Kenny White ran 1:49.71 in 1994.
• The 4x400m relay team of Jax Coleman, Zyan Greene, Zach Mylenek and Samuel Vessat ran 3:07.38A to finish fourth at the Corky Classic. The time entered Purdue’s ranking at No. 5 and the converted time of 3:07.82 ranks seventh in the NCAA.
• Bode Gilkerson jumped an indoor personal best 2.18m (7-01.75) in the high jump and finished third. The jump improved his program ranking to sixth and tied his outdoor personal best.
Women’s Notes
• Katherine Valentine earned the Hoosier Horsepower Classic 800m victory (2:14.11) in her first collegiate indoor race.
• The women’s 4x400m team of Alexia Smith, Caliyah Wallace, Ashley Odiase and Gia Clay ran 3:37.10 to finish fifth at the Corky Classic and take over the final spot in Purdue’s top 10.
• Ashley Odiase finished eighth in the 200m (23.95A) and entered Purdue’s rankings at No. 10 after her first 200m as a Boilermaker.
• Jubilee Felder cleared 1.71m (5-07.25) in the high jump to finish sixth. She cleared one more bar than her collegiate debut last weekend.
Next Up
Purdue brings the team back together for the Crossroads of America Invitational (Jan. 23-24) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
