MANHATTAN, Kan. – Purdue Track & Field’s Leena Pfister scored 3,997 points in the pentathlon (No. 7 in school history) to lead the Boilers at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational.
Women’s Notes
• Pfister’s No. 7 performance in Purdue history placed sixth at the meet and fifth by a collegiate competitor. Her day was headlined by a victory in the shot put (13.31m / 43-08.50) and she opened the competition with a personal best in the 60mH (8.58) and finished fifth. She also cleared 1.66m (5-05.25) for her other top 10 event placement.
• Angeline Amefia totaled a personal best 3,955 points to finish one spot behind Pfister in seventh. Her top finish was third in the long jump (5.90m / 19-04.25) followed by a sixth-place finish in the 800m (2:20.92) and seventh-place finish in the 60mH (8.61).
Men’s Notes
• Warner Papillion concluded the first four events of the heptathlon in ninth out of 17 athletes. His best event finish was seventh in both the 60m (7.18) and high jump (1.88m / 6-02.00).
Next Up
Papillion will complete the heptathlon with the final three events on Saturday starting with the 60mH at 11:30 a.m. ET.
