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The Purdue Boilermakers track and field team is the
track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...
program that represents
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. The Boilermakers compete in
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as a member of the
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. The team is based in
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at the Rankin Track & Field Complex. The program is coached by Tony Miller. The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports. Corissa Yasen has the most All-American finishes of any Purdue athlete, with eight in the
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and one national title in the women's heptathlon from 1993 to 1996.


Postseason


AIAW

The Boilermakers have had 13
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All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.


NCAA

, a total of 64 men and 35 women have achieved individual first-team
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n status at the Division I men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships (using the modern criteria of top-8 placing regardless of athlete nationality).


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