UKTF Returns to Drake Relays

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky track and field program will travel to Des Moines, Iowa this week as the Wildcats return to the 2024 Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom on April 25-27 in the Drake Stadium.

Director of Track & Field and Head Coach Lonnie Greene returns to the famous Drake Relays after being inducted into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame in 2022. Greene won a combined eight men’s and women’s events at the 2022 Drake Relays and captured 42 Drake Relays titles in an eight-year period starting in 2013 and is the only Kentucky coach to be inducted into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame.

The competition begins for the Wildcats on Thursday, April 25 at 6:34 p.m. ET with the women’s 800 meters. UKTF will compete in only three distance events on Thursday evening before taking part in the major portion of the meet on Friday and Saturday.

Friday’s events begin for the Wildcats at 12 p.m. ET with the women’s discus throw. Running events begin at 1:20 p.m. ET with the men’s & women’s 110/100-meter hurdles prelims.

Saturday’s events begin at 11:00 a.m. ET with the men’s hammer throw and pole vault. Running events will begin at 1:42 p.m. ET with the men’s and women’s distance medleys.

Live results are available here.

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 28 student-athletes in 14 events who would qualify for the NCAA First Round.

TFRRS Top-50 East Rankings

Men’s

100m

19. Clinton Muunga – 10.18 – USF Alumni Invitational
20. Miles Jones – 10.20 – Battle on the Bayou

200m

6. Kennedy Lightner – 20.30 – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
7. Shavique Bascus – 20.62 – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

400m

8. Kennedy Lightner – 45.41 – Battle on the Bayou
9. Ethan Brown – 46.78 – USF Alumni Invitational

110mH

7. Alexander Chukwukelu – 13.51 – Jim Green Invitational

3000m Steeplechase

35. Jackson Watts – 8:53.97 – Jim Green Invitational

4x100m Relay

5. Shavique Bascus, Clinton Muunga, Miles Jones, Kennedy Lightner – 38.96 – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
6. Clinton Muunga, Shavique Bascus, Miles Jones, Troy Lane – 39.32 – USF Alumni Invitational

Pole Vault

3. Keaton Daniel – 5.67m – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
4. Dalton Shepler – 5.15m – Battle on the Bayou
5. Brayden Jackson – 5.10m – USF Alumni Invitational

Triple Jump

3. Luke Brown – 16.48m – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

Shot Put

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

Hammer Throw

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

Women’s

100m

25. Victoria Perrow – 11.37 – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

400m

20. Jania Martin – 52.51 – Battle on the Bayou
21. Alysia Johnson – 52.63 – Battle on the Bayou
22. Onieka McAnnuff – 52.98 – Battle on the Bayou

800m

30. Sydney Steely – 2:04.65 – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

100mH

10. Alexis Glasco – 13.04 – USF Alumni Invitational

4x100m Relay

26. Victoria Perrow, Oneika McAnnuff, Morgan Davis, Alexis Glasco – 44.34 – Jim Green Invitational
27. Morgan Davis, Oneika McAnnuff, Jania Martin, Alexis Glasco – 44.39 – USF Alumni Invitational
28. Victoria Perrow, Hannah Douglas, Jania Martin, Alexis Glasco – 44.50 – Battle on the Bayou

4x400m Relay

14. Cha’iel Johnson, Jania Martin, Alysia Johnson, Oneika McAnnuff – 3:32.72 – Battle on the Bayou
15. Alysia Johnson, Jania Martin, Cha’iel Johnson, Hannah Douglas – 3:34.63 – USF Alumni Invitational
16. Oneika McAnnuff, Jania Martin, Cha’iel Johnson, Reynei Wallace – Jim Green Invitational

High Jump

18. Charity Hufnagel – 1.77m – Texas Relays

Pole Vault

10. Payton Phillips – 4.25m – Battle on the Bayou
11. Kaitlyn Cain – 4.19m – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

Hammer Throw

7. Kate Powers – 64.05m – Jim Green Invitational

Javelin Throw

47. Ariel Pedigo – 43.89m – Battle on the Bayou

Heptathlon

5. Charity Hufnagel – 5609 points – Texas Relays

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

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