Safin Wills Season 2023-24

IN THE PURDUE RECORD BOOKS

• Ranks No. 5 in Purdue history in the outdoor long jump with a mark of 7.65 meters (April 8, 2022)
• Is No. 5 in team history in the outdoor triple jump with a jump of 16.20 meters (April 23, 2022)
• No. 8 in program history in the indoor triple jump with a mark of 15.75 meters (Feb. 26, 2022)

 
2021-22
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore

• Second Team All-America: Triple Jump
• Honorable Mention All-America: Long Jump
• Big Ten Champion: Triple Jump
• NCAA Qualifier: Long Jump, Triple Jump
• All-Big Ten First Team
• Big Ten Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week: March 23 and April 27
• Competed in eight meets in the long jump, triple jump and 4x100
• At the NCAA Championships, was 15th in the triple jump (15.86m) and 20th in the long jump (7.35m) to collect second team and honorable mention All-America accolades from June 8-11
• Qualified for nationals with a pair of top-12 finishes at the NCAA East Prelims, placing ninth in the triple jump (15.89m) and 12th in the long jump (7.53m) from May 25-28
• Won a Big Ten title in the triple jump, with a championships-record jump of 16.20m-w to earn All-Big Ten First Team honors, and was fourth in the long jump, with a 7.60m-w, at the Big Ten Championships from May 13-15
• As the runner-up in the triple jump (15.75m-w) and seventh in the long jump (7.40m) at the Drake Relays from April 27-30
• Posted the fifth-best triple jump mark in Purdue history with a jump of 16.20m to win the event at the Indiana Invite on April 24, which was followed by earning Big Ten Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week on April 27
• Registered the No. 5-ranked long jump in school history with a 7.65m, and then won the event with a jump of 7.83m-w, and added a runner-up 4x100 time of 39.98, at the 44 Farms Team Invite from April 8-9
• Won the 4x100 (39.88), was second in the triple jump (15.84m) and seventh in the long jump (7.39m) at the Hurricane Invite from March 18-19, and was bestowed with Big Ten Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week on March 23

Indoor Track & Field / As a Junior

• Big Ten Runner-Up: Triple Jump
• Big Ten Bronze Medalist: Long Jump
• All-Big Ten Second Team
• Participated in five meets in the long jump, triple jump and 60m
• Medaled twice, posted a top-10 mark and collected All-Big Ten Second Team honors at the Big Ten Championships from Feb. 25-26, with a silver in the triple jump thanks to a 15.75m that is No. 8 in team history, and a bronze in the long jump with a 7.53m
• Ran a personal-best 60m time of 6.92 and added a sixth-place triple jump showing of 15.47m at the Rod McCravy Memorial from Jan. 28-29
• Finished third in the long jump (7.36m) and seventh in the triple jump (14.06m) at the Larry Wieczorek Invite from Jan. 21-22
• Won the Gene Edmonds Invite on Jan. 8 with a long jump mark of 7.22m
• Placed second in the long jump with a 7.16m at the Fred Wilt Invite on Dec. 4

 
PRIOR TO PURDUE / AT TEXAS TECH FROM 2019-21
2021 Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Honorable Mention All-America: Triple Jump
• Competed in seven meets in the long jump and triple jump
• Finished 22nd overall at the NCAA Championships in the triple jump with a mark of 15.54 meters
• Placed eighth in the triple jump (personal-best 16.08w meters) and 13th in the long jump (7.64w meters) at the NCAA West Prelims from May 26-28
• Notched a personal-best long jump mark of 7.69 to finish eighth, and was seventh in the triple jump (15.56 meters) at the Big 12 Championships from May 14-16
• Was second in the long jump in back-to-back meets, at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout (7.64w meters, April 30) and the Texas Tech Open (7.42 meters, April 23)

2020-21 Indoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore

• Competed in three meets in the triple jump
• Finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 15.55 meters at the Texas Tech Matador Qualifier on Feb. 19
• Had a triple jump of 15.61 meters to finish fifth at the Texas Tech Shootout on Feb. 12

2020 Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

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

2019-20 Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Competed in four meets in the long jump and triple jump
• Placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships in the long jump with a personal-best jump of 7.47 meters and was sixth in the triple jump, with a mark of 15.42 meters, from Feb. 28-29
• Notched a collegiate-best triple jump mark of 15.64 meters at the Texas Tech Invite from Jan. 30-Feb. 1
• Placed third in the triple jump, with a 15.27, at the Red Raider Invite on Jan. 24

 
HIGH SCHOOL

• Won the 2017 Carifta U-18 triple jump championship
• Claimed silver in both the long jump and triple jump at the 2018 Carifta U-20 games
• Personal-best long jump mark of 7.69 meters
• Served as vice captain

 
PERSONAL

• Parents are Melicia and Donovan
• Has two siblings
• Major is undecided