INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Jalen Elrod earned the pentathlon silver medal to lead Purdue on the podium in day one of Big Tens. The men's DMR and Payne Turner (5000m) both placed eighth, while three others qualified for event finals.
Men's Notes
• Cameron Miller set a new school and Big Ten Indoor Championships meet record with a 20.27 in the 200m prelims. He finished 0.37 seconds ahead of the field that featured two other runners ranked in the top 12 nationally.
• The men's DMR team of Caleb Williams, Zach Mylenek, Hugh Jacobsmeyer and Kiefer Bell took eighth in 9:45.99. The performance accounted for Purdue's first point of Big Tens.
• Through the first four heptathlon events, Andreas Hantson sits seventh, while Logan Sandlin is 10th. Hantson won the heptathlon high jump (2.03m / 6-08.00) and Sandlin finished eighth in a personal best 1.88m (6-02.00).
• Cale Ayers finished 11th in the weight throw (20.11m / 65-11.75). It was the second time in his career throwing further than 20 meters.
Women's Notes
• Elrod took second with a school-record 4,222 points that broke her own record of 4,218 set on Feb. 7. She jumped from fifth to second after she took the victory in the 800m, the final event, in 2:11.70.
• Turney finished eight in the 5000m (16:19.53) after she was 15th with 1000m remaining in the race. She ran the final 200m in 32.30 – the second-fastest 200m split by any runner in the event.
• Alexia Smith earned her way to the 400m finals with a 53.02. It was her second time qualifying for a Big Ten final after she qualified for the outdoor final last season.
• Zoe Sullivan qualified for the 60m hurdles finals after she won her heat in 8.22. She qualifies for the final in the seventh best prelims time.
• Britannia Johnson qualified for the weight throw finals and finished ninth with a personal-best 20.42m (67-00.00). It was a personal best by 0.97m (3-02.25).
• Nia Wilson (7.35) and Blessing Ogundiran (7.36) both finished top 13 in the 60m.
Next Up
Purdue closes out the Big Ten Indoor Championships on Saturday with the heptathlon starting the day at 10:20 a.m. ET.
Men's Notes
• Cameron Miller set a new school and Big Ten Indoor Championships meet record with a 20.27 in the 200m prelims. He finished 0.37 seconds ahead of the field that featured two other runners ranked in the top 12 nationally.
• The men's DMR team of Caleb Williams, Zach Mylenek, Hugh Jacobsmeyer and Kiefer Bell took eighth in 9:45.99. The performance accounted for Purdue's first point of Big Tens.
• Through the first four heptathlon events, Andreas Hantson sits seventh, while Logan Sandlin is 10th. Hantson won the heptathlon high jump (2.03m / 6-08.00) and Sandlin finished eighth in a personal best 1.88m (6-02.00).
• Cale Ayers finished 11th in the weight throw (20.11m / 65-11.75). It was the second time in his career throwing further than 20 meters.
Women's Notes
• Elrod took second with a school-record 4,222 points that broke her own record of 4,218 set on Feb. 7. She jumped from fifth to second after she took the victory in the 800m, the final event, in 2:11.70.
• Turney finished eight in the 5000m (16:19.53) after she was 15th with 1000m remaining in the race. She ran the final 200m in 32.30 – the second-fastest 200m split by any runner in the event.
• Alexia Smith earned her way to the 400m finals with a 53.02. It was her second time qualifying for a Big Ten final after she qualified for the outdoor final last season.
• Zoe Sullivan qualified for the 60m hurdles finals after she won her heat in 8.22. She qualifies for the final in the seventh best prelims time.
• Britannia Johnson qualified for the weight throw finals and finished ninth with a personal-best 20.42m (67-00.00). It was a personal best by 0.97m (3-02.25).
• Nia Wilson (7.35) and Blessing Ogundiran (7.36) both finished top 13 in the 60m.
Next Up
Purdue closes out the Big Ten Indoor Championships on Saturday with the heptathlon starting the day at 10:20 a.m. ET.