Blake Selm Season 2019-20

2021

USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Cross Country)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Academic All-Big Ten (Cross Country)
Academic All-Big Ten (Track & Field)
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Redshirt Freshman

• Raced in three meets and competed in the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000
• Finished the 10,000 in 30:12.10 to place 22nd at the Big Ten Championships on May 14
• Earned a 5,000 time of 14:13.24 at the Big Ten Indiana Invite No. 3 on April 16
• Ran the 1,500 in 3:58.36 at the Big Ten Indiana Invite No. 2 on April 9

Indoor Track & Field / As a Redshirt Sophomore

• Competed in three meets in the 3,000
• At the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 25, ran the 3,000 in 8:22.44
• Posted a personal-best 3,000 time of 8:15.00 at the Hawkeye Big Ten Invite on Feb. 12
• Finished the 3,000 in 8:19.66 at the Simmons-Harvey Invite on Jan. 16

Cross Country / As a Redshirt Sophomore

• Ran in both of Purdue’s cross country meets in 2021 and helped the men finish third at Big Tens and qualify for the NCAA Championships as a team for the third consecutive year, a program-first since 1946-50
• Notched a time of 33:29.2 at the NCAA Championships to finish 221st on the 10k course on March 15
• Finished 36th in 25:00.6 at the 8k Big Ten Championships on Jan. 30

 

2019-20

Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Academic All-Big Ten (Cross Country)
Academic All-Big Ten (Track & Field)
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Redshirt Freshman

• 2020 outdoor season canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic

Indoor Track & Field / As a Redshirt Freshman

• Ran a personal-best 8:29.85 in the 3,000 at the Meyo Invitational on Feb. 7
• Made Purdue debut in the 3,000, finishing in 10th place in 8:42.43 at the Rod McCravy Memorial on Jan. 24

Cross Country / As a Redshirt Freshman

• Did not compete

 

2018-19

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Redshirted

Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Redshirted

Cross Country / As a Freshman

• Redshirted

 

HIGH SCHOOL

• Four-time cross country varsity letterwinner (2014-2017)
• Four-time track varsity letterwinner (2015-2018)
• Earned a varsity letter in racquetball in 2017
• Placed 14th in 2017 and 26th in 2016 at the class 4A cross country state championships
• Led the team to a third-place finish in 2017 and a fifth-place finish in 2016 at the class 4A cross country state championships
• Earned St Louis All Metro Second Team accolades in 2016 and 2017
• Led team to an eighth-place finish at NXR Midwest in 2017
• Finished in fifth place in the 3200m and ninth in the 1600 at the 2018 class 4A track & field championships
• Won two JV state racquetball championships, in 2015 and 2016
• Won the Triathlon USAT Missouri state champion in 2018
• Personal-best time of 16:02 in the cross country 5k, in 2017
• Track & field PRs were 9:22 in the 3200m (2018), an STL Warriors team-record 9:06 in the indoor 3000m (2018) and 4:24 in the 1600m (2018)

 

PERSONAL

• Parents are Tom and Patti
• Has two siblings, Adam and Leah
• Born in Manchester, Missouri
• Majoring in chemical engineering