Wildcats Win Six Events on Final Day of Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Kentucky Wildcats track and field team closed out the 2026 Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational today in Louisville, Ky., improving their event win total to 14 for the two-day meet.
In yesterday’s events, the Wildcats totaled eight event wins, highlighted by freshman Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera and junior Patrick Faust, for the second consecutive meet, breaking the Kentucky school record in the women’s and men’s 600m events, respectively.
The Wildcats kicked off day two of the Rod McCravy Memorial with four consecutive wins during the early portion of the track events, as Sharmelle Holmes took first place in the women’s 60m final, and Emmi Scales and Anthony Waterman completed a Big Blue sweep in the women’s and men’s 60m hurdles finals. Lyric Olson finished atop the leaderboard in the women’s mile event with a time of 4:49.40.
During the afternoon’s field events, senior Theo Mudzengerere broke his career-best mark in the men’s triple jump with a 16.39m/53-09.25 final distance, the second-best mark in program history, a record set by Luke Brown just last season.
Later in the afternoon, three Wildcats placed inside the top 10 finishers in the women’s 300m event, including Hannah Douglas at 37.51, A’Laji Bradley at 38.04 and Briana St. Louis at 38.16.
Senior Ally Kruger claimed the sixth event win of the day for Kentucky in the women’s 3000m race, beating out Cincinnati’s Gwen Stare by 11+ seconds, finishing with a time of 9:29.38.
In the final events of the day, UK placed third in the women’s 4x400m relay with a time of 3:36.82 and second in the men’s 4x400m relay with a time of 3:09.11.
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Event Schedule
| Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational: Friday, January 9: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s High Jump | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Kemarah Howard – 1.79m (PR) (No. 7 UK All-Time)
14. Julia Gunnell – 1.60m 17. Dahlia Beasley – 1.60m
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| Men’s High Jump | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Devin Sealey – 2.05m (PR) |
| Women’s Weight Throw | 1:30 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Kate Powers – 21.28m
6. Meagan Ewers – 19.56m 15. Gwyn Lori – 16.88m 18. Addison Stadsholt – 15.90m (PR)
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| Men’s Weight Throw | 1:30 p.m. | FINAL | 13. Brock Conrad – 18.14m
14. Grayson Brashear – 18.12m 23. Cian Crampton – 14.79m
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| Women’s Long Jump | 1:30 p.m. | FINAL | 13. Dahlia Beasley – 5.64m
14. Skylar Reynolds – 5.61m 26. Julia Gunnell – 5.18m
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| Men’s Long Jump | 1:30 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Kingi McNair – 7.57m (PR) (No. 9 UK All-Time)
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| Women’s 60m | 3:00 p.m. | PRELIMS | 2. Sharmelle Holmes – 7.32 (Q)
9. Stacey Onyepunuka – 7.44 (Q) 16. Naseera Eufa Quansah – 7.53 (Q) 23. Sanaa Washington – 7.58 (Q) 34. Briana St. Louis – 7.64 41. Briley Cline – 7.73
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| Men’s 60m | 3:25 p.m. | PRELIMS | 4. Denzel Simusialela – 6.68 (Q)
5. Miles Jones – 6.74 (Q) 10. Coy Hyre – 6.81 (Q) 23. Zyrie Stewart-McLaren – 6.93 (Q) 29. Jack Marek – 6.97 30. Kaylib Nelson – 6.98
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| Women’s Pole Vault | 3:30 p.m. | FINAL | 6. Chelsea Wetzel – 3.90m
Kaylee Daniel – NH Annie Murphy – NH |
| Women’s 60m Hurdles | 3:50 pm. | PRELIMS | 1. Emmi Scales – 8.07 (Q)
7. Camden Bentley – 8.32 (Q) (PR) 8. Kori Martin – 8.36 (Q) 11. Rukia Nusra Omulisia – 8.50 (Q) 43. Dahlia Beasley – 9.38
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| Men’s 60m Hurdles | 4:05 p.m. | PRELIMS | 1. Anthony Waterman – 7.84 (Q)
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| Women’s 60m | 4:20 p.m. | SEMIFINAL | 2. Sharmelle Holmes – 7.26 (Q)
10. Stacey Onyepunuka – 7.48 11. Naseera Eufa Quansah – 7.50 18. Sanaa Washington – 7.56
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| Men’s 60m | 4:30 p.m. | SEMIFINAL | 3. Denzel Simusialela – 6.64 (Q)
5. Miles Jones – 6.70 (Q) 9. Coy Hyre – 6.78 14. Zyrie Stewart-McLaren – 6.86 (PR)
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| Women’s 60m Hurdles | 4:40 p.m. | SEMIFINAL | 1. Emmi Scales – 7.99 (Q) (PR) (No. 4 UK All-Time)
7. Camden Bentley – 8.31 (Q) (PR) 8.Kori Martin – 8.33 (Q) 12. Rukia Eufa Omulisia – 8.39
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| Men’s 60m Hurdles | 4:50 p.m. | SEMIFINAL | 1. Anthony Waterman – 7.82 (Q) (PR) (No. 6 UK All-Time) |
| Women’s 400m | 5:10 p.m. | FINAL | 2. A’Laji Bradley – 54.91
3. JahQueen McClellan – 55.24
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| Men’s 400m | 5:30 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Tyrique Johnson – 47.70
5. Brandon Nyandoro – 47.88
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| Women’s 600m | 5:45 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera – 1:26.52 (PR) (Kentucky Record)
15. Alene Washington – 1:36.03
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| Men’s 600m | 6:05 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Patrick Faust – 1:17.14 (PR) (Kentucky Record) |
| Women’s DMR | 6:25 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Kentucky – 11:22.72 |
| Men’s DMR | 6:40 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Kentucky – 9:55.64 |
| Women’s 200m | 7:00 p.m. | FINAL | 4. Tressia Davis – 24.18
6. Sanaa Washington – 24.23 (PR) 15. Briley Cline – 24.75 |
| Men’s 200m | 7:40 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Denzel Simusialela – 21.06 |
| Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational: Saturday, January 10: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Shot Put | 10:30 a.m. | FINAL | 7. Meagan Ewers – 14.20m
8. Gwyn Lori – 13.73m 18. Julia Gunnell – 11.94m 20. Addison Stadsholt – 11.78m
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| Men’s Shot Put | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | 4. Grayson Brashear – 17.56m
10. Brock Conrad – 15.78m
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| Women’s 60m | 11:30 a.m. | FINAL | 1. Sharmelle Holmes – 7.37
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| Women’s 60m Hurdles | 11:40 a.m. | FINAL | 1. Emmi Scales – 7.99 (PR) (No. 4 UK All-Time)
5. Camden Bentley – 8.35 (PR) 6. Kori Martin – 8.61
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| Men’s 60m Hurdles | 11:45 a.m. | FINAL | 1. Anthony Waterman – 7.85 |
| Men’s Pole Vault | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 8. Grant Harrison – 4.85m
Jack Marek – NH
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| Men’s Triple Jump | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Theo Mudzengerere – 16.39m (PR) (No. 2 UK All-Time) |
| Women’s Mile | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Lyric Olson – 4:49.40 (PR)
2. Doricah Minsari Isoe – 4:49.82 5. Noel Barlette – 4:53.67
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| Men’s Mile | 12:12 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Levi Kipkurui Bichii – 4:10.64
4. Jackson Wyatt – 4:11.49 7. Tony Anania – 4:13.47
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| Women’s 300m | 12:20 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Hannah Douglas – 37.51
7. A’Laji Bradley – 38.04 (PR) 8. Briana St. Louis – 38.16 12. Tressia Davis – 38.59 (PR) 18. Sharmelle Holmes – 39.04 (PR) 20. JahQueen McClellan – 39.12 (PR) 21. Sanaa Washington – 39.17 38. Briley Cline – 40.30 45. Rukia Nusra Omulisia – 40.72
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| Men’s 300m | 1:00 p.m. | FINAL | 6. Oscar Baltan Vivero – 33.69
16. Anthony Waterman – 34.65 (PR)
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| Women’s 800m | 1:35 p.m. | FINAL | 5. Jayla Atkinson – 2:10.40
11. Julia Gunnell – 2:16.29 19. Dahlia Beasley – 2:19.32 (PR)
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| Men’s 800m | 1:50 p.m. | FINAL | Patrick Faust – DNS |
| Women’s 3000m | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Ally Kruger – 9:29.38
7. Baylor Wolfe – 10:00.90 8. Ava Hendren – 10:05.59
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| Men’s 3000m | 2:15 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Miles Brush – 8:20.31 (PR)
4. Eyan Turk – 8:26. 30 (PR) 5. Lincoln Herald – 8:26.89 6. Caden Miracle – 8:28.12 7. Alex Alston – 8:32.84 9. William Russell – 8:39.03
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| Women’s 4x400m | 2:30 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Kentucky – 3:36.82
8. Kentucky – 3:44.78
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| Men’s 4x400m | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Kentucky – 3:09.11 |
