Boilermakers Conclude Indiana Invite with 7 Top-10 Times, 4 Wins – Purdue Boilermakers

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – It was one other sturdy day for the Purdue observe & subject crew on the ultimate day of the Indiana Invitational with six top-10 marks in program historical past and 4 victories on Saturday in Bloomington, Indiana.
 
On a sizzling, sun-soaked day, the 4 Boilermaker victories all got here with top-10 marks, courtesy of senior Antonio Mitchell II within the 100 meters, sophomore Cierra Williams within the 400m, the ladies’s 4×400 relay and sophomore Safin Wills within the triple bounce. Sophomores Kaia Harris and Deborah Obadofin and freshman Shianne Dacosta additionally had record-book performances on the Robert C. Haugh Observe and Subject Advanced.
 
In whole on the two-day meet at IU, 10 top-10 marks in program historical past have been achieved, Purdue gained six occasions and 25 personal-best marks have been set. This weekend’s performances come within the penultimate outside meet of the common season, with the Large Ten Out of doors Observe & Subject Championships three weeks away.
 
Wills led a one-two end for the Boilermakers within the triple bounce on Saturday. He registered the successful bounce on his second try, with a season-best of 15.87 meters, however bested it on his fifth and last bounce with a mark of 16.20m. The bounce is fifth-best at school historical past, No. 3 within the NCAA East Area and tops within the Large Ten. Wills is the one jumper within the convention to surpass 15.85m, which he did twice right this moment. In second was sophomore Lloyd Hill Jr., who jumped a personal-best 15.64m on his second try.
 
Within the 100m, Mitchell II ran the highest time within the prelims, with a ten.24. An enchancment on his season-best time by 0.02 seconds, the mark is No. 5 at school historical past and third-fastest within the Large Ten. An hour later within the last, Mitchell II gained with a time of 10.37.
 
The Boilermakers earned two top-10 instances within the 400m. Williams gained with a personal-best of 53.17. That moved her up 5 spots to No. 5 at school historical past, and it is also the No. 6-fastest time within the convention in 2022. Dacosta made her collegiate outside 400m debut and wasted no time posting a top-10 time. She was third general in 53.60, which is No. 9 in each program historical past and within the Large Ten.
 
The ultimate occasion on the observe was the 4×400 relay, the place the Purdue girls gained with the eighth-fastest time within the Boilermaker file books. Sophomore Ok’Ja Talley, Williams, sophomore Saran Kouyeth and Dacosta completed in 3:34.31, tied for the eighth-fastest at school historical past and No. 2 within the Large Ten.
 
Underneath the lights to conclude the meet, Harris used her first throw within the discus to enhance her place at No. 2 in program historical past. Her throw of 56.53m earned her a second-place end, and he or she was the one competitor to throw greater than 56.00m on 4 makes an attempt.
 
Obadofin debuted her identify within the faculty file e-book within the triple bounce. On her third try, she jumped 12.57m to enter the rankings at No. 9. It is also tied for No. 7 within the Large Ten this 12 months.
 
The boys’s 4×400 relay posted a second-place end, courtesy of a season-best time of three:09.37 that’s fourth within the convention. Junior Camille Christopher was third within the 100m last, in 11.67, and Talley additionally positioned third within the 100m hurdle last. Her last time of 13.68 got here after a season-best 13.67 within the prelim, which is fourth-fastest within the Large Ten.
 
Extra personal-best marks have been achieved by Hill (7.37m, lengthy bounce), junior Ife Oketona (7.22m, lengthy bounce), sophomores Gage Ernsberger (6.92m, lengthy bounce) and Emily Kim (5.48m, lengthy bounce) and freshmen Grant Gogel (4.82m, pole vault), Paul Goins (14.80, 110m hurdles), Chris Huisman (15.46m, shot put), Joseph Romanyk (1:54.88, 800m), Zamen Siyoum (14.48, 110m hurdles) and Rieko Wilford (5.43m, lengthy bounce)
 
Ernsberger (2.03m, excessive bounce), senior Kelly Cook dinner Jr. (52.41m, discus), senior Tessa Sheets (3.72m, pole vault) and junior Isaiah Martin (12.56m, shot put) all had season-bests.
 
On Friday, three top-10 instances have been set, however junior Tyler Bowling and junior Bailey McIntire within the 5,000m and sophomore Jabari Bryant moved up within the 400m hurdles. Wins have been earned by fifth-year senior Curt Eckstein and Christopher within the 5,000m and 200m, respectively.
 
The common season concludes subsequent weekend on the Drake Relays, because the Boilermakers return to Des Moines, Iowa, from April 28-30. The meet options a number of the prime groups within the nation and comes two weeks earlier than the Large Ten Out of doors Observe & Subject Championships.
 
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