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GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS a 20th-place finish at the Lonnie Greene's program as World Junior Cross Counthe second-year coach works try Championships in Poto rebuild Purdue's brand in land and winning the Gold the Big Ten. Medal at the Pan-Ameri"When you can call a top can Junior Championships recruit in the state and say in Colombia. 'If you decide to be a Boilermaker, you get the likes of But for all his accomplishments — both dotrying to be an All-American mestically and abroad — like Matt McClintock,' it's McClintock is fueled by important," Greene said. "He his failures, if such a word understood the challenge in could possibly describe his front of him when he decided aforementioned results. to be a Boilermaker. It was "It's definitely motivagoing to take him coming tion," McClintock said. "I to Purdue and working and think at the end of the day, working to get the program racing those guys, even if (untracked) and helping to recruit when kids come on I never win the Big Ten campus to help build the protitle, those guys make me gram back to the level that better. In general, I think we were in the 80s." j I have run better and Tom Campbell worked harder following a McClintock wants to share all of his success with his loss than following a win. teammates, including all the medals he has won this I think it's definitely going year that are draped around his neck. to help me work moving GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS forward." In just two seasons racing for Purdue, McClintock has set the standard as the program works to build itself from the ground up. The end result has not only come in wins and top-five finishes individually for McClintock but also in impacting his teamCERAMIC • ENGINEERED HARDWOOD mates on a daily basis. LAMINATES • MARBLE "It's very important to have guys to CARPETING chase," sophomore Caleb Kerr said. "It's Specializing in been a big advantage for me to chase Matt • Homes • Churches every day. To be out there with one of the • Businesses • Schools best guys in the world, it has brought me up Where Contractors Buy Their Flooring and it's brought the other guys up. There is Builders! Call our Contract Department and ask definitely a competitive atmosphere on the for our Contract Specialist team." 3437 State Road 26 E. That standard also has an impact well be765-447-9393 800-403-6889 FAX 765-448-9978 yond the current crop of Boilermakers. McAcross from the Post Office Clintock's accomplishments at Purdue have become an instant selling point for Coach GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS GO BOILERMAKERS 90 IllustrateD volume 24, issue 3 f