Kentucky Track & Field to Resume Outdoor Season at Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky track and field program will return to the sunshine state for the second time this outdoor season to take part in the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational hosted by the University of Florida.

The competition begins on Friday, April 12 at noon ET with the men’s hammer throw and women’s 200 meters.

Saturday’s events begin at 9 a.m. ET with the men’s and women’s discus throws.

Live results for the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational are available here and will be broadcast on SECN+.

Championship Outlook

For each individual event contested at each of the First Round sites, the top 48 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition.  For each relay event, the top 24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the competition.  Combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon) are not contested at the First Round sites. For combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon), the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list will be accepted directly into the Championships. The individual event student-athletes and relay teams accepted into First Round competition will be announced and posted on NCAA.com the week prior to First Round competition. The Wildcats currently have 23 student-athletes in 13 events who would qualify for the NCAA First Round.

TFRRS Top-50 Rankings

Men’s

100m

22. Clinton Muunga – 10.18 – USF Alumni Invitational
23. Miles Jones – 10.20 – Battle on the Bayou

200m

14. Kennedy Lightner – 20.46 – USF Alumni Invitational
15. Shavique Bascus – 20.69 – USF Alumni Invitational

400m

5. Kennedy Lightner – 45.41 – Battle on the Bayou
6. Ethan Brown – 46.78 – USF Alumni Invitational

5000m

42. Ed Bird – 13:51.24 – Stanford Invitational

110mH

34. Alexander Chukwukelu – 13.78 – Battle on the Bayou

3000m Steeplechase

41. Jackson Watts – 8:53.97 – Stanford Invitational

4x100m Relay

14. Clinton Muunga, Shavique Bascus, Miles Jones, Troy Lane – 39.32 – USF Alumni Invitational
15. Clinton Muunga, Shavique Bascus, Miles Jones, Kennedy Lightner – 39.65 – Battle on the Bayou

Pole Vault

4. Keaton Daniel – 5.60m – Battle on the Bayou

Triple Jump

3. Luke Brown – 16.40m – Battle on the Bayou

Shot Put

14. Dennis Ohene-Adu – 18.94m – Battle on the Bayou

Hammer Throw

39. Logan Coles – 65.21m – Battle on the Bayou

Women’s

400m

16. Jania Martin – 52.51 – Battle on the Bayou
17. Alysia Johnson – 52.63 – Battle on the Bayou
18. Onieka McAnnuff – 52.98 – Battle on the Bayou

100mH

14. Alexis Glasco – 13.04 – USF Alumni Invitational

4x100m Relay

28. Morgan Davis, Oneika McAnnuff, Jania Martin, Alexis Glasco – 44.39 – USF Alumni Invitational
29. Victoria Perrow, Hannah Douglas, Jania Martin, Alexis Glasco – 44.50 – Battle on the Bayou

4x400m Relay

17. Cha’iel Johnson, Jania Martin, Alysia Johnson, Oneika McAnnuff – 3:32.72 – Battle on the Bayou
18. Alysia Johnson, Jania Martin, Cha’iel Johnson, Hannah Douglas – 3:34.63 – USF Alumni Invitational

High Jump

29. Charity Hufnagel – 1.77m – Texas Relays

Pole Vault

15. Payton Phillips – 4.25m – Battle on the Bayou

Hammer Throw

15. Kate Powers – 63.26m – USF Alumni Invitational

Heptathlon

7. Charity Hufnagel – 5609 points – Texas Relays

Event Lineup (all info tentative and subject to change before the meet)

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