Keaton Daniel Breaks Kentucky Pole Vault Record ... Again

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Keaton Daniel has done it again. 

For the third time during the indoor season, Daniel has broken his own school record in the men’s pole vault, as he ascended 18 feet, 10.25 inches / 5.75 meters Friday at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  

Daniel raised his school record by five inches and is the collegiate leader as of Friday evening. The senior from Henderson, Nevada, also continued his undefeated streak of wins in all four indoor meets this season. 

Daniel wasn’t alone in the victory circle Friday as senior Kennedy Lightner (North Little Rock, Ark.) starred in the return to his home state by zipping 20.71 seconds to claim the men’s 200-meter dash. It’s back-to-back wins for Lightner, who also commanded the 200 in the Red Raider Open last week. 

In the shot put, graduate student Josh Sobota (Knoxville, Tenn.) earned his third victory this season by heaving the sphere 65’11”/20.09m.  

Notching a personal best was sophomore Anthaya Charlton (Nassau, Bahamas), who soared 20’7”/6.27m in the women’s long jump to land in sixth place on UK’s all-time indoor list. She finished fifth in today’s competition.  

Kentucky’s ended the evening on a high note, as Sydney Steely, Christal Mosley, Jenna Schwinghamer and Tori Herman set a school-record time of 10:58.26 in the distance medley relay. They finished sixth in the strong field. UK had entered the meet with the nation’s fastest time: 11:17.69 run two weeks ago at the home Rod McCravy Memorial, so as of Friday evening the team rank sixth nationally with their new school record. 

All totaled, the Wildcats notched six personal bests at the Randal Tyson Track Center, which will be the host site of the 2023 Southeastern Conference Championships in February.  

A total of 16 women’s teams and 15 men’s teams are competing in this weekend’s event, including host Arkansas, Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, Florida, Florida State, Iowa, Iowa State, Kentucky, LSU, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Oregon State (women only), Stanford, Southern California and Texas A&M.   

Saturday’s action begins (all times Central) with running events at 9:10 a.m. and field events resume at noon. 

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