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2024 Track & Field Roster

Saran Kouyate

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool North Springs Charter
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.

Biography

2024
Silver CUSA Indoor Championship | 4x400
Silver CUSA Outdoor Championship | 4x100
Silver CUSA Outdoor Championship | 4x400

2024:
Participated in 11 meets ... Set a personal best 39.32 in the 300m to finish third and recorded a fourth place finish in the 4x400 at 3:46.69 at the Arkansas Invitational ... Recorded a second place finish in the 200m at 24.96 and fifth place finish in the 60m at 7.87 at the KMS Invitational ... Part of the 4x400 Relay that finished third with a time of 3:48.51 at the Robert Platt Invitational ... Finished second at the CUSA Indoor Championship in the 4x400 with a time of 3:41.24 ... Won the 4x100 and 4x400 with times of 46.05 and 3:42.85 while adding second place finishes in the 100m at 11.99 and 200m at 25.11 at the Jim Mize Invitational ... Recorded fifth place finishes in the 200m at 24.20 and 4x100 at 46.54 at the Keyth Talley Invitational ... Won silver in the 4x100 and 4x400 with times of 45.52 and 3:37.99 at the CUSA Outdoor Championship

Purdue (2022-23):
Honorable Mention All-America: 4x400 Relay ... NCAA Qualifer 4x400 Relay ... Finished second in the 4x400 in 4:00.56 and third in the 60m at 7.61 at the Edmonds-Wilt Invitational ... Recorded a third place finish at the Wisconsin Badgers Midwest Invite in the 60m with a time of 7.51 ... Part of the 4x100 Relay that finished third at the Hurricane Invitational 44.61 ... Finished fifth in the 4x400 at 3:33.41 at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays ... Won the 4x100 and 4x200 at the Drake Relays at 44.46 and 1:34.46 ... Placed third in the 4x400 and fourth in the 4x100 at the Big Ten Championship with times of 3:33.76 and 44.57 .... Qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 4x400 with a time of 3:35.33 at the NCAA East Preliminary

Purdue (2021-22):
 Honorable Mention All-America: 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay ... NCAA Qualifier: 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay ... Raced in eight meets in the 100m, 200m, 4x100 and 4x400 ... At the NCAA Championships, finished 17th in the 4x400 in 3:36.18 and raced in the 4x100 from June 8-11 to earn a pair of Honorable Mention All-America accolades ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in two events, with the fifth-fastest time in team history in the 4x100 in 44.20 to finish 11th overall, and in the 4x400 in 3:35.27 to finish ninth, and added a 100m time of 11.72 to place 40th at the NCAA East Prelims from May 25-28 ... Posted the ninth-fastest 200m time in school history, with a 23.73 before placing eighth in the final in 23.56w, and was fourth in the 4x100 in 44.53 and 10th in the 100m in 11.64w at the Big Ten Championships from May 13-15 ... Won the 4x400 with the eighth-fastest time in Purdue history, in 3:34.31, was second in the 200m (23.75) and fourth in the 100m (11.80) at the Indiana Invite from April 22-23 ... Won the 100m with the sixth-fastest time in team history, with an 11.56, and added two runner-up finishes (4x100 in 44.84 and 4x400 in 3:40.64) and a fourth-place 200m time (23.87w) at the Hurricane Invite from March 18-19 ... Raced in six meets in the 60m, 200m, 300m and 4x400 ... With the No. 7-fastest 4x400 mark in the Purdue record books in 3:36.05, placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships and also competed in the 60m (12th, 7.53) and 200m, with a season-best time (14th, 24.33), from Feb. 25-26 ... Registered a 60m time of 7.47 that is No. 8 in school history to place fifth in the event, and added a third-place 4x400 mark of 3:43.53 and a sixth-place 200m finish of 25.00 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite from Jan. 21-22 ... Finished second in both events at the Fred Wilt Invite on Dec. 4, thanks to a career-best 300m time of 39.97 and a 60m mark of 7.56.

Purdue (2020-21): Honorable Mention All-America: 4x400 Relay ... Big Ten Runner-Up: 4x400 Relay ... Big Ten Bronze Medalist: 4x100 Relay ... NCAA Qualifier: 4x400 Relay ... All-Big Ten Second Team ... Competed in eight meets and raced in the 200, 400, 4x100 and 4x400 ... Placed 20th overall at the NCAA Championships in the 4x400 in 3:38.50 on June 10 ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 4x400 (3:33.86, 12th) and ran the sixth-fastest 4x100 time in school history, in 44.54, to finish 14th at the NCAA East Prelims on May 29 ... Won silver in the 4x400 in 3:33.70, the fifth-fastest time in team history, and bronze in the 4x100, in 44.69, and added a personal-best in the 200 (24.17) to place 13th at the Big Ten Championships from May 14-16 ... Was second in the 4x100 (45.43), third in the 4x400 (3:46.94) and fifth in the 200 (23.99w) at the Jesse Owens Invite from April 30-May 1 ... Took second in the 4x400, in 3:41.68, and fourth in the 4x100, in 45.79, at the Husker Big Ten Invite from April 16-17 ... Won the 4x400 in 3:40.46 and was fifth in the 400 in 56.10 at the Big Ten Indiana Invite No. 1 on March 27 ... Big Ten Bronze Medalist: 4x400 Relay ... Raced in four meets in the 60, 200, 400, 4x400 and distance medley relay ... Took bronze in the 4x400 relay in 3:39.51 at the Big Ten Championships from Feb. 25-27 ... Was the 4x400 runner-up (3:46.62) and was fifth in the 400 (57.65) at the Hoosier Hills Invite on Feb. 6 ... Placed third in the 200, in 25.10, and sixth in the 60, in 7.86, at the Gladstein Invite on Jan. 23. 

Purdue (2019-20): 2020 outdoor season canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic ... Big Ten Champion: 4x400 Relay ... All-Big Ten First Team ... Participated in seven meets and competed in the 60, 200, 400 and 4x400 relay ... Won a Big Ten title in the 4x400 relay, as the team finished in 3:37.68, the ninth-fastest time in school history, on Feb. 28 ... Ran a personal-best 55.46 in the 400 at the Music City Challenge on Feb. 14 ... Placed fifth in the 400 with a then-personal best mark of 55.48 at the Meyo Invite on Feb. 7 ... Set a career-best time of 25.01 in the 200 and added a fifth-place finish in the 400, in 55.89, at the Larry Wieczorek Invite on Jan. 17 ... Helped the team win the 4x400 in 3:48.33 and added a personal-best 60 time of 7.63 seconds at the Gene Edmonds Memorial on Jan. 10 ... Finished fourth in the 200 (25.30) and third I the 4x400 (4:00.47) in her career debut at the Fred Wilt Open on Dec. 7.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended North Springs Charter High School in Atlanta, Ga.  ... Posted prep bests in the following events ... 100m – 11.72 ... 200m – 23.72 ... 400m – 54.45 ... Won a region 6A championship and was named the runner of the year as a senior ... Ranked No. 4 in the U.S. in the 200 and No. 5 in the 400 ... Ranked No. 1 in Georgia in the 200 and 400 and was top-five in the 100 ... Named to the deans list ... Earned the Mary Gay Award, given to the greatest female athlete.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Mariame and Souleymane Kouyate ... Born on June 2, 200 in Atlanta, Ga. ... Has five siblings, Brown, Karamo, Prince, Kabine, and Jolie.