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WEST LAFAYETTE â Purdue track & field senior Samson Colebrooke and alumna Devynne Charlton have been named to The Bahamas Olympic Team and will compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, The Bahamas Olympic Committee announced.
Charlton and Colebrooke each won their events at the Bahamas National Championships at Thomas Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. Charlton officially qualify for the 2020 Games in the 100-meter hurdles, and Colebrooke will race in the 100-meters.
Four Boilermakers will represent the Purdue track & field program in Tokyo, as Colebrooke and Charlton will be joined by 2009 graduate Kara (Patterson) Winger and 2016 alumnus Chukwuebuka Enekwechi. Winger will compete for Team USA in the javelin and Enekwechi qualified in the shot put for Nigeria.
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