LINCOLN, Neb. –Purdue Track & Field’s Hugh Jacobsmeyer, Seamus Malaski, Marissa Palmer and Nathan Walker led the team to open the Big Ten Championships.
Malaski reached the podium in the hammer throw, while Walker reached in the 10,000m. Palmer (200m) and Jacobsmeyer (1500m) qualified for the finals in their events.
The men’s and women’s 10,000m, hammer throw, javelin and women’s pole vault were the only scored events on opening day.
Men’s Notes
• Malaski, in his first outdoor Big Tens competition of his career, earned Purdue’s first four points after he finished fifth with a throw of 67.00m (219-10). Riding the momentum of his indoor season, Malaski has now scored in all three of his Big Tens events.
• Walker earned another two points for the Boilermakers when he took seventh in the 10,000m (29:55.25). It was his first time scoring at a Big Ten Championships in the 10,000m. He was a two-time scorer in the 5000m from 2023-24.
• Hugh Jacobsmeyer set a school record in the 1500m when he ran 3:47.15 and finished with the seventh-fastest time in the prelims to qualify for the finals. He now owns Purdue 800m and 1500m records after he ran 1:47.29 in the 800m on April 18 in Gainesville, Florida. Jacobsmeyer will run the 800m on Saturday at 6:55 p.m. ET / 5:55 p.m. CT.
• Warner Papillion concluded the first five of 10 decathlon events in ninth place with 3,785 points. He earned an event win in the 400m running 1.1 seconds faster than any other runner with a personal best 47.75. He also took sixth in the 100m with a 10.81 (+3.5 m/s).
Women’s Notes
• Marissa Palmer locked her spot in the 200m finals after she ran 22.89 (+3.8 m/s) to finish eighth in the prelims. It was her first Big Tens race as a Boilermaker and marked her second consecutive race running a wind-aided sub-23 200m.
• Angeline Amefia finished the first four of seven heptathlon events in fifth place with 3,216 points. Her best finish was second in the 100mH (13.66, +2.4 m/s) and she added a third place finish in the 200m (24.50, +2.1 m/s).
Next Up
Big Tens resumes on Saturday morning starting with the decathlon 110mH at 10:30 a.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. CT.
