Aaron Martin and Viktor Ertelt Earn Bids to NCAA East First Round

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – For the first time since 2019, the Purdue Fort Wayne track and field team will be represented at the NCAA East First Round.

Aaron Martin and Viktor Ertelt will compete in the javelin at the East First Round hosted by the University of Kentucky. The javelin competition is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on June 22.

Martin, the 2024 Horizon League Alfreeda Goff Outdoor Track and Field Male Athlete of the Year, earned a spot thanks to a school-record mark of 66.03 meters at Indiana State. Ertelt, the 2024 Horizon League Javelin Champion, had a season-best toss of 63.39 meters at the Texas Relays.

Martin and Ertelt are the first Mastodon men to earn a spot in the NCAA meet since men's track and field was brought back to Purdue Fort Wayne in 2019-20.

Previous Mastodons to compete at NCAA first round meets include Emma Rafuse (10,000 and 5,000) in 2019, Theresa McHugh (javelin) and Rachel Dincoff (shot put) in 2013, Crystal Martinez (3,000 steeple) in 2009 and 2008 and Crystina Martinez (3,000 steeple) in 2008.

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Aaron Martin and Viktor Ertelt Earn Bids to NCAA East First Round

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