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Blanchard Montgomery IV Season 2019-20

PositionS
YearSophomore
HometownMcKinney, Texas

IN THE PURDUE RECORD BOOKS

  • Ranks No. 3 in school history in the outdoor 400 hurdles with a time of 51.07 (April 13, 2019)
 

2019-20

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore
  • 2020 outdoor season canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
Indoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore
  • Redshirted
 

2018-19

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
  • Competed in four meets and raced in the 110 hurdles, 400 hurdles and 4x400
  • Ran the third-fastest time in program history in the 400 hurdles with a time of 51.07 to win the event and added a win in the 4x400 (3:15.08) at the Louisville Invite on April 13
  • Finished third in both events at the Jim Click Shootout on April 6, with a personal-best time of 14.08 in the 110 hurdles and a 51.94 in the 400 hurdles
  • Won the 400 hurdles (53.12) and added two more top-five finishes at the UTSA Invite on March 15
Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
  • Ran in seven meets and competed in the 60 hurdles, 200, 4x400 and distance medley relay
  • Finished sixth in the distance medley relay in 9:51.82 at the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 23
  • Won the 4x400 in 3:20.24 at the Fred Wilt Open on Feb. 1
  • Set a personal-best time of 22.23 in the 200 at the Razorback Invite on Jan. 26
  • Posted a career-best time of 8.07 in the 60 hurdle finals to finish fourth and was third in the 4x400 in 3:18.68 at the Hoosier Open on Dec. 7
 

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Was a state finalist and finished fourth in 2016
  • Regional qualifier in 2017
  • Area finalist in 2015
  • Personal-best marks indoors are 8.01 in the 60m hurdles, 22.01 in the 200 and 50.70 in the 400 and outdoor PRs are 13.92 in the 110m hurdles, 37.39 in the 300m hurdles and 54.54 in the 200m hurdles
  • Also played football
 

PERSONAL

  • Parents are Seana and Blanchard III
  • Has three siblings, Isaiah, Joseph and Victoria
  • Father, Blanchard III, played football at UCLA and in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers for two seasons
  • Majoring in selling and sales management
  • Hobbies include electronics, mechanics, 3D printing, reading and woodworking
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Junior
2020-21

Short Sprints/Hurdles
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Freshman
2018-19