WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue cross country team is set to compete in the 2024 Big Ten Cross Country Championships on Friday morning in Savoy, Ill., hosted by the University of Illinois.
Gates open at the Illinois Orange and Blue Golf Course at 9 a.m. on Friday with the women starting their 6,000-meter race at 11:35 a.m. with the men's race to follow at 12:35 p.m.
The races will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.
The Boilermakers got an early look at the conference circuit ahead of the first running as an 18-team race for the women and 15-team race for the men back on Sept. 13 for the Big Ten Preview. Payne Turney paced the Boilermakers on the women's side in 13th to help Purdue finish sixth. The men placed fifth with Nathan Walker leading the way.
Last time out, the men dominated their race at Wisconsin Pre-Nationals to win, as Nathan Walker and Douglas Buckeridge came in second and fourth, respectively. The men had four of their scoring runners finish in the top 20. Turney finished 34th in the women's race to lead Purdue to a 13th-place finish.
Walker and Turney have led their respective teams in every race this year.