Kentucky Track & Field to Open Outdoor Season at USF Alumni Invitational
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky track and field program will travel to Tampa, Florida this week to start the outdoor season at the USF Alumni Invitational hosted by the University of South Florida.
The Wildcats begin the outdoor season after the men’s team finished 11th at the NCAA Indoor Championships. It marked the best finish for Head Coach Lonnie Greene since taking over the program in 2018 and the best finish for the Wildcats since 1996 when they finished seventh with 22 points. It also marks the eighth top-15 finish for the men in program history and the first since 2021 where they finished 14th with 12 points.
The competition begins on Friday, March 15 at 12:30 p.m. ET with the men’s hammer throw.
Saturday’s events begin at 11 a.m. ET with the men’s discus throw.
Live results for the USF Alumni Invitational are available here.
The Wildcats will compete against Ball State, Bethune-Cookman, Grand Valley State, Howard, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Southern Illinois, Southern Florida, St. John’s, Tampa, Temple, Troy, and Vanderbilt.
Event Lineup (all info tentative and subject to change before the meet)
| USF Alumni Invitational: Friday, March 15: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s Hammer Throw | 12:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Logan Coles
DaRoyce Flemons Dennis Ohene-Adu |
| Women’s Long Jump | 2:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Morgan Davis |
| Women’s Pole Vault | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kaitlyn Cain
Kristen Masucci Payton Phillips |
| Men’s Shot Put | 3:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Dennis Ohene-Adu |
| Women’s Hammer Throw | 3:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Simi Akinrinsola
Kate Powers Shelby Wingler |
| Men’s Pole Vault | 4:30 p.m. | FINAL | Keaton Daniel
Brayden Jackson Dalton Shepler |
| Men’s Long Jump | 4:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Luke Brown
Samuel Reagan |
| Women’s 400mH | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | Ava Alexander
Alexis Glasco Oneika McAnnuff Emmi Scales |
| Men’s 400mH | 5:20 p.m. | FINAL | Beck O’Daniel |
| Women’s Javelin Throw | 5:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Charity Hufnagel |
| Women’s 800m | 5:40 p.m. | FINAL | Bryanna Lucas
Cha’iel Johnson Jenna Schwinghamer Lyric Olson |
| Women’s Shot Put | 6:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Simi Akinrinsola
Shelby Wingler |
| Men’s 800m | 6:00 p.m. | FINAL | Alex Justus |
| Women’s 200m | 6:20 p.m. | FINAL | Morgan Davis
Hannah Douglas Victoria Perrow Iantha Wright |
| Men’s 200m | 6:40 p.m. | FINAL | Shavique Bascus
Miles Jones Kennedy Lightner Troy Lane Clinton Muunga |
| Women’s 5000m | 7:00 p.m. | FINAL | Ally Kruger
Phoebe McCowan Mollie Roden Jenna Schwinghamer Sydney Steely |
| Men’s 5000m | 7:30 p.m. | FINAL | Caden Miracle |
| USF Alumni Invitational: Saturday, March 16: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s Discus Throw | 11:00 a.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Dennis Ohene-Adu |
| Women’s 4×100 Relay | 12:30 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky “A” – Victoria Perrow, Morgan Davis, Jania Martin, Alexis Glasco
Kentucky “B” – Iantha Wright, Oneika McAnnuff, Emmi Scales, Hannah Douglas |
| Men’s 4×100 Relay | 12:40 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky “A” – Clinton Muunga, Shavique Bascus, Miles Jones, Troy Lane |
| Women’s 1500m | 12:50 p.m. | FINAL | Ally Kruger |
| Men’s 1500m | 1:05 p.m. | FINAL | Jake Allen
Ed Bird Caden Miracle |
| Women’s 100mH | 1:20 p.m. | FINAL | Alexis Glasco
Emmi Scales |
| Women’s High Jump | 1:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Morgan Davis |
| Women’s Discus Throw | 1:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Kate Powers
Shelby Wingler |
| Men’s 110mH | 1:40 p.m. | FINAL | Alexander Chukwukelu |
| Women’s 400m | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | Alysia Johnson
Cha’iel Johnson Jania Martin Oneika McAnnuff |
| Men’s 400m | 2:15 p.m. | FINAL | Ethan Brown
Brandon Nyandoro Justin Swann |
| Women’s 100m | 2:30 p.m. | FINAL | Morgan Davis
Victoria Perrow Iantha Wright |
| Men’s 100m | 2:45 p.m. | FINAL | Miles Jones
Troy Lane Clinton Muunga |
| Women’s 2000m Steeplechase | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | Brooke Berger
Julz Williams |
| Men’s 2000m Steeplechase | 3:15 p.m. | FINAL | Alex Alston
Jackson Watts |
| Women’s 4×400 Relay | 3:50 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky “A” – Alysia Johnson, Jania Martin, Oneika McAnnuff, Hannah Douglas
Kentucky “B” – Ava Alexander, Cha’iel Johnson, Emmi Scales, Alexis Glasco |
| Men’s 4×400 Relay | 4:05 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky “A” – Brandon Miller, Shavique Bascus, Brandon Nyandoro, Ethan Brown
Kentucky “B” – Alexander Chukwukelu, Justin Swann, Beck O’Daniel, Kennedy Lightner |
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