Indoor: Opened up season with a win in the weight throw and the shot put at the Purdue Open ... took first-place in the shot put and second-place in the weight throw at Indiana State ... finished out the indoor season with 12 top-five finishes in a total of 14 events ... took home second-place finishes in the shot put at the Boilermaker Open and the Indiana Invitational and in the weight throw at Indiana State and the Indiana Invitational... season-best shot put of 59-06.00 at the Indiana Last Chance Meet came at the Big Ten Championships where he finished third ... in 1998, broke the school record in the weight throw with a heave of 61-05.75 to place second at Big Ten’s ... won the shot put and weight throw against Indiana State and in the Purdue All-Star meet ... finished no lower than fourth in either event in all eight meets ... in 1997, held team-best season marks for both the shot put and weight throw ... won the shot put in the Black & Gold Invitational and the weight throw in the Boilermaker Invitational ... won the weight throw and was runner-up in the shot put at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational.
Outdoor: Big Ten shot put champion with a mark of 59-00.75 ... led Purdue with team best marks in the shot put (60-05.75) and the discus (187-09), both marks were personal records as well as NCAA provisional qualifying marks ... had the team’s top ten marks in the shot put, including seven first-place finishes ... finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships in the hammer... in 1998, three-time shot put winner ... also won the discus with a career-best effort of 162-02 against Ball State ... placed runner-up in the hammer throw three times and the shot put twice ... finished third in the hammer at Big Ten’s ... in 1997, broke the former Purdue hammer throw record with a 182-04 effort in the Purdue Open, shattering Jim Meeker’s 1991 record by over 11 feet ... placed third in the shot put at Big Ten’s ... won the shot put in four meets ... provisionally qualified for NCAA’s in that event ... won the discus at the Illini Strider Classic and against Ball State.
High School: Earned four letters in track and football and three in wrestling at Portage High School ... MVP in field events sophomore through senior years ... placed third in the shot put and sixth in the discus in state meet during senior season ... won the shot put in the Midwest Meet of Champions as a senior ... all-state in football three years ... football team was state runners-up as a junior ... state runner-up in wrestling at heavyweight as a junior and was fourth as a senior.
Personal: Given name Chris Carl Spurrier ... born 5/26/77 ... parents are Carl and Debi Spurrier ... majoring in electrical engineering technology.
Spurrier — Collegiate Bests
Shot put (I) 59-05.75 (18.13m) Indiana Last Chance 2/27/99
Weight Throw 61-05.75 (18.74m) Big Ten Champ. 2/28/98
Discus 166-08 (50.80m) Purdue Quad. 4/10/99
Hammer 200-07 (61.14m) Indiana Big 4 4/3/99
Shot put (O) 60-05.75 (18.43m) Billy Hayes Invite 5/15/99
