Wildcats Close Out Day Two of Outdoor Season Opener
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Kentucky Wildcats closed out the final day of the UCF Black and Gold Challenge today in Orlando, Fla. to open the 2026 outdoor season.
This weekend, the Wildcats totaled seven events wins and seven top 10 program marks, including three wins and top 10 marks coming during today’s events.
In the day’s field events, Kate Powers (Discus), Grayson Brashear (Discus) and Devin Sealey (High Jump) each picked up a top five finish in their respective events.
Opening the day’s track events, Anthony Waterman ran a personal best time of 13.71 to win the men’s 110m hurdles prelims, moving the Wildcat sophomore into No. 6 on the all-time Kentucky leaderboard. Waterman would go on to finish fourth in the final race.
Camden Bentley and Rukia Nusra Omulisia both advanced to the women’s 100m hurdles final with a pair of qualifying times in the prelim event. Bentley would go on to finish second in the final with a time of 13.10, just .02 off her career best.
In the first of two relay events on the day, the Wildcats placed second in the men’s and women’s 4x100m relays, with the men’s team crossing the finish line at 39.40 and the women’s team at 43.90.
Kentucky swept the women’s 800m with Lyric Olson and Doricah Minsari Isoe both claiming the top two spots and a pair of top 10 program marks. Olson’s time of 2:04.02 landed at No. 6 all-time at UK and Minsari Isoe’s time of 2:04. 70 came in at No. 9.
In the men’s half of the 800m, Patrick Faust and Levi Kipkurui Bichii both placed in the top five, with Faust finished second with a career-best time of 1:48.83 and Kipkurui Bichii taking fifth with a time of 1:50.31 in his outdoor debut.
TK Pahuwa, in his Kentucky outdoor debut, won the men’s 400m event, clearing the rest of the field by nearly half a second. He crossed the finish line with a personal-best time and the sixth best mark in in Wildcat history at 46.15.
In the men’s and women’s 4x400m relays, the Wildcats finished second and sixth, respectively, with times of 3:08.91 and 3:44.67.
Next up on the schedule for the Wildcats is a trip to Raleigh, N.C. for the annual Raleigh Relays, hosted by NC State, on March 26-28.
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Event Schedule
| Black & Gold Challenge: Friday, March 20: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Javelin | 10:30 a.m. | FINAL | 15. Julia Gunnell – 29.35m
19. Dahlia Beasley – 21.36m (PR)
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| Women’s Long Jump | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 10. Skyler Reynolds – 5.77m
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| Men’s Long Jump | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 12. Kingi McNair – 7.10m (PR)
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| Women’s Hammer | 12:30 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Kate Powers – 60.11m
6. Meagan Ewers – 54.68m (PR) 7. Addison Stadsholt – 53.55m (PR) 23. Gwyn Lori – 39.62m (PR)
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| Men’s Hammer | 12:30 p.m. | FINAL | 7. Brock Conrad – 55.65m (PR)
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| Women’s Pole Vault | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Kaylee Daniel – 4.07m (PR) (No. 5 UK All-Time)
2. Annie Murphy – 3.97m 6. Chelsea Wetzel – 3.87m Sarah Ferguson – NH
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| Men’s Pole Vault | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Grant Harrison – 4.93m (PR)
7. Jack Marek – 4.68m (PR)
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| Women’s Shot Put | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | 8. Gwyn Lori – 14.35m
18. Meagan Ewers – 12.88m
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| Men’s Shot Put | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Grayson Brashear – 18.35m (PR)
8. Brock Conrad – 15.86m
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| Women’s 400m Hurdles | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Kashia Hoo – 1:00.31 (PR)
8. Kahlia Hoo – 1:01.97 (PR) 10. Alene Washington – 1:02.33 (PR)
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| Men’s 400m Hurdles | 5:20 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Anthony Waterman – 50.46 (PR) (No. 4 UK All-Time)
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| Women’s 200m | 5:40 p.m. | FINAL | 20. Naseera Efua Quansah – 23.94
23. Tressia Davis – 23.94 26. Dahlia Beasley – 24.05 (PR) 36. Julia Gunnell – 24.32 (PR) Camden Bentley – DNS Rukia Nusra Omulisia – DNS Stacey Onyepunuka – DNS Briana St. Louis – DNS A’Laji Bradley – DNS
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| Men’s 200m | 6:15 p.m. | FINAL | 5. Miles Jones – 20.83
13. Oscar Baltan Vivero – 21.05 42. Coy Hyre – 21.83 50. Zach Morgan – 22.06 54. Zyrie Stewart-McLaren – 22.12 Kaylib Nelson – DNS
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| Women’s 2000m Steeplechase | 6:50 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Noel Barlette – 6:47.03 |
| Women’s 1500m | 7:10 p.m. | INVITE | 4. Janet Jepkemboi Amimo – 4:17.35
5. Ally Kruger – 4:17.96 (PR) (No. 7 UK All-Time) 11. Ann Lemirisho – 4:27.38 Noel Barlette – DNF
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| Men’s 1500m | 7:30 p.m. | INVITE | 1. Ed Bird – 3:43.78
2. Collins Kiprop Kipngok – 3:44.13 4. Nicola Baiocchi – 3:46.81 6. Levi Kipkurui Bichii – 3:47.17 11. Jackson Wyatt – 3:48.98 18. Miles Brush – 3:51.40 19. Tony Anania – 3:51.40 22. Sami Hattab – 3:52.43 31. Caden Miracle – 3:55.96 38. Eyan Turk – 4:00.83 |
| Black & Gold Challenge: Saturday, March 21: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s High Jump | 10:00 a.m. | FINAL | Kemarah Howard – DNS |
| Men’s High Jump | 10:00 a.m. | FINAL | 5. Devin Sealey – 2.01m
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| Men’s Triple Jump | 10:00 a.m. | FINAL | Theo Mudzengerere – DNS
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| Women’s Discus | 10:00 a.m. | FINAL | 3. Kate Powers – 48.15m
9. Gwyn Lori – 42.41m 13. Addison Stadsholt – 38.50m
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| Men’s Discus | 10:00 a.m. | FINAL | 4. Grayson Brashear – 52.10m
8. Brock Conrad – 48.92m
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| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 11:00 a.m. | PRELIMS | 1. Anthony Waterman – 13.71 (Q) (PR) (No. 6 UK All-Time)
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 11:20 a.m. | PRELIMS | 2. Camden Bentley – 13.23 (Q)
3. Rukia Nusra Omulisia – 13.25 (Q) (PR) 17. Julia Gunnell – 14.14 (PR) 36. Dahlia Beasley – 15.26 Kashia Hoo – DNS
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| Women’s 4x100m | 12:30 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Kentucky – 43.93 |
| Men’s 4x100m | 12:45 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Kentucky – 39.40
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| Women’s 800m | 12:55 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Lyric Olson – 2:04.02 (PR) (No. 6 UK All-Time)
2. Doricah Minsari Isoe – 2:04.70 (PR) (No. 9 UK All-Time) Janet Jepkemboi Amimo – DNS
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| Men’s 800m | 1:15 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Patrick Faust – 1:48.83 (PR)
5. Levi Kipkurui Bichii – 1:50.31 16. Jackson Wyatt – 1:51.29 25. Tony Anania – 1:53.06 49. Nicola Baiocchi – 1:58.55
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 1:35 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Camden Bentley – 13.10
5. Rukia Nusra Omulisia – 13.64
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| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 1:45 p.m. | FINAL | 4. Anthony Waterman – 14.09 |
| Women’s 400m | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | 3. JahQueen McClellan – 54.02
25. Tressia Davis – 56.27 Cha’iel Johnson – DNS Oneika McAnuff – DNS
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| Men’s 400m | 2:20 p.m. | FINAL | 1. TK Pahuwa – 46.15 (PR) (T-No. 6 UK All-Time)
16. Coy Hyre – 48.00 21. Brandon Nyandoro – 48.22 Patrick Faust – DNS
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| Women’s 100m | 2:45 p.m. | FINAL | 4. Naseera Efua Quansah – 11.63
Sharmelle Holmes – DNS
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| Men’s 100m | 3:05 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Denzel Simusialela – 10.25
19. Zyrie Stewart-McLaren – 10.83 25. Jack Marek – 10.95 Miles Jones – DNS Kaylib Nelson – DNS Zach Morgan – DNS
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| Women’s 4x400m | 3:50 p.m. | FINAL | 6. Kentucky – 3:44.67
Kentucky – DNF |
| Men’s 4x400m | 4:10 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Kentucky – 3:08.91 |
