UKTF Begins Outdoor Season at UCF Black and Gold Challenge
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Kentucky track and field program will begin the outdoor season this weekend at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge.
The Wildcats completed the indoor season last weekend at the NCAA Indoor Championships with the women’s team earning its best finish indoors in history, third place, while the UK men’s team was 17th in the team standings.
For the most part the Wildcats who competed at NCAAs last weekend, will not be in action this week in Orlando. With the UK campus on spring break this week, the team has taken part in some fun off-track activities in the Magic City, while also getting in important warm-weather training.
Specialists in outdoor-only events, specifically long throwers and steeplechasers will be looking forward to the start of the outdoor season, and a bunch of Wildcats will make that start this weekend.
Kentucky will begin building up to the outdoor season, which begins with the Southeastern Conference Championships in May, and concludes at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in early June.
The two-day meet will feature 22 schools, 10 from Florida including Florida in addition to SEC program South Carolina.
Friday’s field events begin the meet Friday with the javelin at 11 a.m. ET, followed by pole vault at noon and hammer throw and triple jump at 1 p.m.
On the track, the invitational 1,500 will start at 6:20 p.m., and the first day of action will conclude with the 5000m at 7:45 p.m.
Saturday’s events begin at 10 a.m. with the discus. The 4×100 relay will open the Saturday running events at 11 a.m.
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Friday Schedule (Kentucky entries) |
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Time (ET) |
Event |
UK entry |
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11 AM |
Women Javelin |
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11 AM |
Men Javelin (3 flights) |
Fl. 2 | #10. Timothy Duckworth Fl. 8 | #8. Elijah Marta |
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Noon |
Women Pole Vault |
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Noon |
Men Pole Vault |
Matthew Peare |
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1 PM |
Women Hammer Throw (3 flights) |
Fl. 2 | Nicole Fautsch |
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1 PM |
Men Hammer Throw (2 flights) |
All in Fl. 2 Logan Bryer Nikolas Huffman David Cline |
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1 PM |
Women Triple Jump (2 flights) |
Fl. 1 | #11. Olivia Gruver |
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1 PM |
Men Triple Jump |
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6:20 PM |
Women 1500m |
Michelle McKinney |
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6:30 PM |
Men 1500m |
Kendall Muhammad |
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6:40 PM |
Women 3k steeplechase |
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7:05 PM |
Men 3k steeplechase |
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7:25 PM |
Women 800m |
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7:35 PM |
Men 800m |
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7:45 PM |
Women 5k |
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8:10 PM |
Men 5k |
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Saturday Schedule (Kentucky entries) |
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Time |
Event |
UK entry |
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10 AM |
Women Discus Throw (3 flights) |
F.l 3 | #10 Nicole Fautsch |
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10 AM |
Men Discus Throw (3 flights) |
Fl. 3 | #6 Logan Bryer Fl. 3 | #10 Charles Lenford Fl. 3 | #11 Noah Castle |
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11:30 AM |
Women Long Jump (2 flights) |
Fl. 2 | #5. Fred Dorsey |
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11:30 AM |
Men Long Jump |
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1 PM |
Women Shot Put (2 flights) |
Fl. 2 | #7. Nicole Fautsch |
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1 PM |
Men Shot Put (3 flights) |
Fl. 2 | #2. David Cline Fl. 3 | #5. Nikolas Huffman |
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1 PM |
Women High Jump |
Carly Hinkle |
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1 PM |
Men High Jump |
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11 AM |
Women 4x100m Relay |
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11:10 AM |
Men 4x100m Relay |
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11:20 AM |
Women 1500m |
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11:40 AM |
Men 1500m (2 sections) |
Sec. 2 | Daniel Southard |
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12:00 PM |
Women 100 Meter Hurdles (5 sections) |
Sec. 1 | Ln. 1. Faith Ross |
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12:15 PM |
Men 110 Meter Hurdles (4 sections) |
Sec. 1 | Ln. 4. Caleb Wilt Sec. 1 | Ln. 7. Daniel Roberts Sec. 2 | Ln. 4: Matthew Peare |
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12:30 PM |
Women 400m (6 sections) |
Sec. 1| Ln. 1: Jasmine Mitchell |
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12:45 PM |
Men 400m (6 sections) |
Sec. 3 | Ln. 6. Ian Jones |
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1:00 PM |
Women 100m (7 sections) |
Sec. 1 | Ln. 7. Celera Barnes Sec. 1 | Ln. 8. Kianna Gray Sec. 3 | Ln. 4. Janie O’Conner |
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1:20 PM |
Men 100m (5 sections) |
Sec. 1 | Ln. 1: Jelani Walker Sec. 1 | Ln. 8. Fred Dorsey Sec. 3 | Ln. 2. Travis Riley |
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1:40 PM |
Women 800m |
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1:55 PM |
Men 800m |
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2:10 PM |
Women 400m |
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2:25 PM |
Men 400m |
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2:40 PM |
Women 200m (11 sections) |
Sec. 1 | Ln. 5: Kianna Gray Sec. 1 | Ln. 7: Celera Barnes Sec. 3 | Ln. 4. Jacklyn Howell Sec. 4 | Ln. 7: Jasmine Mitchell |
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3:05 PM |
Men 200m (8 sections) |
Sec. 1 | Ln. 3. Jelani Walker Sec. 1 | Ln. 7. EJ Floreal Sec. 3 | Ln. 8: Daniel Roberts Sec. 6 | Ln. 2: Caleb Wilt |
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3:30 PM |
Women 3k |
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3:45 PM |
Men 3k |
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4:30 PM |
Women 4x400m Relay |
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4:45 PM |
Men 4x400m Relay |
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