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GOLD & BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 84 have the money to be in country club sports can participate in. I think a lot of that bodes to the track and field tradi- tion in that country in that region of the world." Greene is hoping Charlton and Cox can spark a Bahamian pipeline of sorts for Purdue's program. Just one other athlete from the country resides on the team in freshman Kinard Rolle, a sprinter and hurdler who has yet to compete this season. "I would love to have a lot of kids from that region of the world, but I don't want to have too many," Greene said. "If I'm going to go down there and recruit ba- bies from that neck of the woods, I want individuals who first of all can handle what Purdue is all about academically and then what they bring athletically at the Big Ten and NCAA level." As runners from not only the same country but the same track club, Cox and Charlton have been competing against each other side-by-side in prac- tice and meets for the last seven years. It's hard to bring up one of their names without the other. Yet the pair insists the relationship has always been healthy despite the competition and comparisons. "From the time we were young, people always tried to make us rivals," Cox said. "They tried to get us almost against each other. But we never saw it that way. It's a sport, the best person wins that day. That's just how we see it. We know we're going to push each other, we know we're both going to be successful no matter what. I know she's always going to be here for me. She has my back 100 percent and I have hers." Charlton refers to Cox as her train- ing partner, not a rival. "For that short moment of the race, we're competing and both of us our going to give our best effort," Charlton said. "I'm not going to let her win just because she's my friend, and she's not going to do the same for me. That makes us better. We push each other." From the Caribbean to the United States, Charlton and Cox have carved out decorated track and field careers together. Next on their list: The NCAA Championships. "I think we are beyond the confer- ence," Cox said. "We know we can accomplish the goal of being Big Ten champs. It is attainable. The next level is being NCAA champs." j DYNAMIC DUO Just a year and two months into their Purdue track careers, Car- miesha Cox and Devynn Charlton already combine to hold four school records and are close to setting several others. 60 METERS (INDOORS) 1. DEVYNNE CHARLTON 7.39 Jan. 24, 2015 2. SAVANNAH CARSON 7.40 Feb. 6, 2015 3. Sybil Perry 7.41 1983 4. CARMIESHA COX 7.49 Feb. 6, 2015 5. TWYLA WINFREY 7.50 Feb. 7, 2014 200 METERS (INDOOR) 1. CARMIESHA COX 23.87 Feb. 7, 2015 2. BRIONNA THOMAS 24.11 Jan. 30, 2015 3. DEVYNNE CHARLTON 24.18 Jan. 24, 2015 4X400M RELAY (INDOOR) 1. A. JONES, B. THOMAS, C. COX, S. BLACK 3:37.35 Feb. 21, 2015 60-METER HURDLES (INDOOR) 1. DEVYNNE CHARLTON 8.17 Feb. 6, 2015 100 METERS (OUTDOORS) 1. Sybil Perry 11.65 May 23, 1986 2. Leah Kincaid 11.67* May 17, 2008 3. DEVYNNE CHARLTON 11.70* April 12, 2014