WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue cross country team will travel to Savoy, Illinois, for the Fighting Illini Big Ten Preview on Friday, September 13.
The women's 6k will begin the meet at 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT, and the men's 8k is at 6:45 p.m. ET / 5:45 p.m. CT.
Held at Illinois' Orange and Blue Golf Course, Friday evening's race will be a preview of the Big Ten Championships, hosted by U of I on November 1.
Live results from Illinois will be available here. Updates also can be found by following and connecting with the Boilermakers on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.
Along with Purdue and host-Illinois, the field features Butler, Cincinnati, Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, Rutgers and Wisconsin. Thirty-two Boilermakers will race at Illinois, 18 women and 14 men.
Friday's race will be the only competition in the month of September for the Old Gold and Black, with two October meets on the schedule before the postseason commences in November.
LAST TIME OUT: OPENING AT VALPO
The men were victorious and the women were second as Purdue began the 2024 season at the Winrow Valparaiso Open in Valparaiso, Indiana, on August 30.
Both the Boilermaker men's and women's teams placed seven individuals in the top 20. The men won the team event for the second consecutive year and the women were runners-up for the second year in a row.
Senior Nathan Walker led the men's team with a runner-up finish on the 6k course, while graduate student Payne Turney was third to pace the women's team in the 5k competition. As the men's and women's teams each had seven top-20 finishers, the men placed five in the top 11, and two in the top five, and the women recorded three top-10 finishers.
A complete recap can be found at PurdueSports.com/CrossCountry.
NEXT UP: OCTOBER BEGINS AT NOTRE DAME
The Boilermakers are back in action on October 4 when they travel north to Notre Dame, Indiana, for the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational.
For more on the Purdue track & field and cross country program, visit PurdueSports.com/TrackField and follow and connect with the Boilermakers on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.
The women's 6k will begin the meet at 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT, and the men's 8k is at 6:45 p.m. ET / 5:45 p.m. CT.
Held at Illinois' Orange and Blue Golf Course, Friday evening's race will be a preview of the Big Ten Championships, hosted by U of I on November 1.
Live results from Illinois will be available here. Updates also can be found by following and connecting with the Boilermakers on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.
Along with Purdue and host-Illinois, the field features Butler, Cincinnati, Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, Rutgers and Wisconsin. Thirty-two Boilermakers will race at Illinois, 18 women and 14 men.
Friday's race will be the only competition in the month of September for the Old Gold and Black, with two October meets on the schedule before the postseason commences in November.
LAST TIME OUT: OPENING AT VALPO
The men were victorious and the women were second as Purdue began the 2024 season at the Winrow Valparaiso Open in Valparaiso, Indiana, on August 30.
Both the Boilermaker men's and women's teams placed seven individuals in the top 20. The men won the team event for the second consecutive year and the women were runners-up for the second year in a row.
Senior Nathan Walker led the men's team with a runner-up finish on the 6k course, while graduate student Payne Turney was third to pace the women's team in the 5k competition. As the men's and women's teams each had seven top-20 finishers, the men placed five in the top 11, and two in the top five, and the women recorded three top-10 finishers.
A complete recap can be found at PurdueSports.com/CrossCountry.
NEXT UP: OCTOBER BEGINS AT NOTRE DAME
The Boilermakers are back in action on October 4 when they travel north to Notre Dame, Indiana, for the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational.
For more on the Purdue track & field and cross country program, visit PurdueSports.com/TrackField and follow and connect with the Boilermakers on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.