LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Purdue Indoor Track & Field earns three victories in the women's 60m hurdles, men's pole vault and men's 4x400m relay on the final day of the Rod McCravy Memorial Invite.
Zoe Sullivan took the 60m hurdles in a personal-best 8.08, Collin Kao took the pole vault in a personal-best 5.17m (16-11.50) and the 4x400m relay team of Antoine Spencer, Jahn Riley, Cameron Miller and Zach Mylenek took the win in 3:07.54.
In total, Purdue won four events at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invite and had 17 top five finishes. The Boilermakers placed 12 in the top five of track events and five in field events.
The men's team took second in the meet and the women's team took sixth.
Men's Notes
• The 4x400m relay team put up the third-best time in program history and fastest since 2017. The performance currently ranks third in Division I. Miller led the group with a 45.69 split in the third leg.
• Kao took his first victory of the season and currently ranks 21st in Division I. It was his personal best pole vault, including the outdoor season. He was the only athlete to clear his first three jumps on the first attempt.
• Chidozie Kalu took a runner-up finish in the triple jump in his Purdue debut at 15.68m (51-05.50). The mark is currently sixth in Division I and entered the Purdue top 10s list at No. 9. Kalu is a former All-American at Virginia Tech.
• Nolan Macklin took third in the 60m in 6.73 after he entered the finals ranked sixth.
• A pair of Boilermakers, Nathaniel Getachew (8:18.81) and Kiefer Bell (8:23.84), finished third and fourth in the 3000m, respectively.
• Jaryn Weinel finished fourth in the mile in 4:12.67 in his collegiate indoor debut.
Women's Notes
• Sullivan took her second 60mH victory in as many meets with a Division I No. 2 ranked 8.08. It is her third time setting a new personal best this season after she ran both 8.12 and 8.18 in the opener. She entered the season already second in program history at 8.24.
• Nia Wilson took second in the 60m with a personal-best 7.32 that ranks seventh in Division I. Wilson improved her Purdue ranking to a second-place tie after she moved to a third-place tie in 7.35 at the indoor season opener in Chicago.
• Jaelyn Burgos finished third in the 3000m with a personal-best 9:57.75, followed by Lauren Pegher in fifth at 10:00.94.
• Britannie Johnson began the meet with a fifth-place finish in the shot put with a personal best throw of 14.44m (47-04.50). Her sister, Britannia Johnson, finished sixth with a personal-best 14.31m (46-11.50).
• Adela Steinsova took fifth in the mile in 5:04.73 in her collegiate debut.
Thoughts From Head Coach Tony Miller
"I thought the team competed well coming off the break. There was some really good competition here in Kentucky and we just have to continue to get better. Zoe Sullivan stood out to me, running 8.08 in the 60-meter hurdles. It was an amazing race by a young lady who has developed both physically and mentally over the last couple years. Cale Ayers in the weight throw too, as he's been going at it really hard all season."
Next Up
Purdue heads to a singe day meet at the Simmons-Harvey Invite, hosted by Michigan, on Saturday, Jan. 18.
Zoe Sullivan took the 60m hurdles in a personal-best 8.08, Collin Kao took the pole vault in a personal-best 5.17m (16-11.50) and the 4x400m relay team of Antoine Spencer, Jahn Riley, Cameron Miller and Zach Mylenek took the win in 3:07.54.
In total, Purdue won four events at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invite and had 17 top five finishes. The Boilermakers placed 12 in the top five of track events and five in field events.
The men's team took second in the meet and the women's team took sixth.
Men's Notes
• The 4x400m relay team put up the third-best time in program history and fastest since 2017. The performance currently ranks third in Division I. Miller led the group with a 45.69 split in the third leg.
• Kao took his first victory of the season and currently ranks 21st in Division I. It was his personal best pole vault, including the outdoor season. He was the only athlete to clear his first three jumps on the first attempt.
• Chidozie Kalu took a runner-up finish in the triple jump in his Purdue debut at 15.68m (51-05.50). The mark is currently sixth in Division I and entered the Purdue top 10s list at No. 9. Kalu is a former All-American at Virginia Tech.
• Nolan Macklin took third in the 60m in 6.73 after he entered the finals ranked sixth.
• A pair of Boilermakers, Nathaniel Getachew (8:18.81) and Kiefer Bell (8:23.84), finished third and fourth in the 3000m, respectively.
• Jaryn Weinel finished fourth in the mile in 4:12.67 in his collegiate indoor debut.
Women's Notes
• Sullivan took her second 60mH victory in as many meets with a Division I No. 2 ranked 8.08. It is her third time setting a new personal best this season after she ran both 8.12 and 8.18 in the opener. She entered the season already second in program history at 8.24.
• Nia Wilson took second in the 60m with a personal-best 7.32 that ranks seventh in Division I. Wilson improved her Purdue ranking to a second-place tie after she moved to a third-place tie in 7.35 at the indoor season opener in Chicago.
• Jaelyn Burgos finished third in the 3000m with a personal-best 9:57.75, followed by Lauren Pegher in fifth at 10:00.94.
• Britannie Johnson began the meet with a fifth-place finish in the shot put with a personal best throw of 14.44m (47-04.50). Her sister, Britannia Johnson, finished sixth with a personal-best 14.31m (46-11.50).
• Adela Steinsova took fifth in the mile in 5:04.73 in her collegiate debut.
Thoughts From Head Coach Tony Miller
"I thought the team competed well coming off the break. There was some really good competition here in Kentucky and we just have to continue to get better. Zoe Sullivan stood out to me, running 8.08 in the 60-meter hurdles. It was an amazing race by a young lady who has developed both physically and mentally over the last couple years. Cale Ayers in the weight throw too, as he's been going at it really hard all season."
Next Up
Purdue heads to a singe day meet at the Simmons-Harvey Invite, hosted by Michigan, on Saturday, Jan. 18.