Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country

The official Twitter account of the Purdue Track & Field and Cross Country program. 2017 Women's B1G Outdoor Champions.

[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

The twins' summer tour continues 🇯🇲

The Johnson sisters have earned the opportunity to represent Jamaica at the NACAC U23 Championships from July 10-12 in Apizaco, Tlaxcala, Mexico.

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[Tom Dienhart @TomDienhart1]

Vessat wanted to be a basketball star. Turns out, he's a track star. A look at a unique journey that's still being authored.

[Purdue Sports @PurdueSports]

B1G postgraduate scholarships recipients 🙌

Congratulations to Jalen and Maxwell, Big Ten sportsmanship honorees and Academic All-Big Ten achievers, on being chosen as Purdue's recipients!

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[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

CSC Academic All-District ✔️

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[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

Went home and went to work 🇳🇬

Victory Achakpoekri ran 45.91 to finish as the 400m runner-up at the Nigerian Championships.

He ran three races in three days, improved his time in each one, and also earned a win in his semifinals heat.

📸 @MakingOfChamps

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[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

Chuk takes the Nigerian shot put title 🇳🇬

@TheChukSays is now a five-time national champion in the event with his second-best mark of the season.

📸 @MakingOfChamps

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[Making of Champions @MakingOfChamps]

5⃣ National Titles for Big Chuks

Chukwuebuka Enekwechi won his fifth Nigerian title in the men's Shot Put, and it was never in doubt that he would win it.

Big Chuks threw a mark of 21.64m to reclaim the Nigerian title, and it is his second farthest mark this season.

[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

Valuable experience gained in Jamaica 🇯🇲

Twins Britannia and Britannie Johnson both competed in multiple events at the 2026 Jamaica National Championships.

Britannia finished as the hammer throw runner-up, while Britannie was third in the shot put.

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[Purdue Sports @PurdueSports]

France native Samuel Vessat came to the U.S. seeking a basketball career.

Now, the @PurdueTrackXC First Team All-American is chasing Olympic dreams in a different sport.

This is his story 👉 https://t.co/ZCXGHnnCjg

[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

To the ones who are always by our side 🫶

Happy Father’s Day!

[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

High School National Champion ✅
West Lafayette 🔜

Incoming Boilermaker Nathaniel Johnson caps off his high school career as the New Balance Nationals decathlon champion in meet-record fashion.

📸 John Nepolitan

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[DyeStat @DyeStat]

7️⃣2️⃣1️⃣7️⃣ for the meet record!!

Nathaniel Johnson wins three of ten events and breaks the meet record in the boys decathlon at New Balance Nationals Outdoor with a 7,217-point performance.

📸: John Nepolitan

[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

Purdue's high jump legacy lives on 🐇

Amarianna Lofton continued Purdue's rich history with the program's 41st First or Second Team All-American honor in the event.

*Men's and women's indoor and outdoor combined

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[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

A season for the ages 🏅

Samuel Vessat joins Chuk Enekwechi (2016) as the only Boilermakers on the men's side to earn at least three First Team All-American honors in one year.

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[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

Raising the bar in West Lafayette 📈

The men's program joined the 2016 team as the only two to earn double-digit points and finished top 25 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 1972.

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[Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences @PurdueHHS]

🎉👟Congrats to Samuel Vessat, an HHS senior majoring in selling and sales management, for earning two trips to the NCAA Outdoor Championships podium in the 400-meter and 4x400 meter relay for @PurdueTrackXC!
https://t.co/K4GbWCnsda
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[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

Academic All-B1G Boilers 📚

24 athletes are represented with 12 each from our men's and women's programs.

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[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

NCAA Outdoor Championships 2k26 📸

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[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

National podium, right where he belongs 👏

5x All-American triple jumper Praise Aniamaka wrapped up his collegiate career with his 3rd spot on an NCAAs podium.

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[Purdue Track & Field / Cross Country @PurdueTrackXC]

This 4x4 was truly special 🏆

⏱️ 3:00.56
🚂 #1 in Purdue history
✌️ #2 in Big Ten history
🏆 #4 at 2026 NCAA Championships
💨 #20 in NCAA history

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