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Michigan's Finn and Ofili, Michigan State's Franklin, Penn State's Alford-Sullivan and Seymour and Purdue's Bunch take home women's indoor track & field honors. (via www.bigten.org)

The USTFCCCA released its February Watch Lists for The Bowerman, collegiate track and field's top individual honor, and two Boilermakers were recognized. Dani Bunch is among the 10 individuals on the women's watch list, while Chukwuebuka Enekwechi is receiving votes for the men's list. (via www.purduesports.com)

The Big Ten Conference announced its weekly track and field awards and a pair of familiar names appeared for the field honor. Dani Bunch and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi picked up the honors for the fifth and fourth times, respectively. (via www.purduesports.com)

The Boilermaker track and field teams opened the Gladstein Invitational on Friday at Indiana University. The Boilermakers had one school record fall and won five events on the first day. (via www.purduesports.com)

The Purdue track and field teams swept the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week awards for the second time after as many meets this year. Dani Bunch and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi each picked up their second award of the season. (via www.purduesports.com)

Six Boilers are headed to Eugene, Ore. this week to compete in the NCAA Track and Field Championships. (via Purdue Exponent)

Six athletes will represent Purdue at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., from June 5 to 8.          

Three Purdue athletes are projected to be All-Americans at the Indoor NCAA Championship meet this weekend. Redshirt junior Dani Bunch and redshirt freshman Chuk Enekwechi are both seeded fifth in the weight throw. (via Purdue Exponent)

Freshman Dani Bunch and the men's distance medley relay squad paced the Purdue men's and women's track and field teams at the first day of the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational on Friday night.

The decision for many athletes this year was hard. Go to Nike Outdoor Nationals, our sports high school track and field champion, or take their talents to Ohio and compete at the USATF Junior National T&F Championships and try to make the world team. Both meets fell on the same weekend this year, so athletes had to make a choice. Well, it turns out many of the top athletes across the country want their shot to make Team USA and the Junior National meet is loaded with talent. See who's got a shot to make the team.

15 state meets dotted the map this past weekend! Every direction you looked you saw at least one state championship taking place. Top athletes and teams from coast to coast went head-to-head one last time, this time for year-long bragging rights. All weekend long MileSplit brought you the best coverage possible, but the coverage is yet to be done, so keep checking back as we add more updates. (Photo to right: Mason Finley of Buena Vista winning Colorado boys shot put in 64-09.25 by Alan Versaw) Top Weekend Highlights - Boys - Mason Finley (CO) throws 211-06 discus, 64-09.25 shot put - Stephen Michel (WY) wins four (LJ, TJ , 100, 200) in WY - Joe Abbott (NV) runs 1:50.78 in 800m at NV State Champs. - Aaron Stockstell (IA) blazes 1:51.17 800m at Iowa State - Luke Puskedra (UT) runs 4:09.29 1600m, 8:54.40 3200m - Daniel Gooris (NM) vaults 16-04 to win New Mexico state Top Weekend Highlights - Girls - Ashley Verplank (IL) U.S.#3 800m in 2:07.96, 4:54.99 1600m - Natalie Stewart (UT) 54.27 (400m), 11.99 (100m), 24.56 (200m) - Conant (IL) wins 4x200m relay in 1:38.96 at IL Champs, - Hannah Willms (IA) leaps 5-10.25 to win high jump at IA state - Ada Robinson (UT) leaps 5-11.25 high jump at Utah State - Emily Sisson (NE) runs 10:23.00 to win state 3200m run - Bailey Wagner (IL) throws 48-11.50 SP, 157-08 discus in IL - Daniella Bunch (IL) throws 49-01.50 in shot put at IL Champs - Elizabeth Stover (CO) vaults 13-03 to win CO state champs.

Daniella Bunch (Jr., Mahomet-Seymour, IL) had the goal of breaking the 50 foot barrier in the girls shot put all season long. On Monday evening Bunch did just that, winning the Corn Belt Conference Meet event with a new outdoor U.S. #1 throw of 51-00.75. According to one onlooker at the meet, Bunch's series of six throws were 49-00, foul, 50-00.50, 49-05, 51-00.75 and 49-09. This throw improves upon her PR of 49-05 thrown last month, while leaving the central Illinois junior only 2-03 off the junior class record of 53-03.75 set by Michelle Carter (TX) in 2002. Meet Page & Results

Daniella Bunch (Jr., Mahomet-Seymour, IL) had the goal of breaking the 50 foot barrier in the girls shot put all season long. On Monday evening Bunch did just that, winning the Corn Belt Conference Meet event with a new outdoor U.S. #1 throw of 51-00.75. According to one onlooker at the meet, Bunch's series of six throws were 49-00, foul, 50-00.50, 49-05, 51-00.75 and 49-09. This throw leaves the central Illinois junior only 2-03 off the junior class record of 53-03.75 set by Michelle Carter (TX) in 2002.  Meet Page & Results