UKTF Continues Nation-Leading Performances Friday
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- Saturday Heat Sheets
- Results: Day One | Day Two
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- Highlights: Thursday | Friday
- Day One Report
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Raleigh Relays Links
GAINESVILLE, Fla. and RALEIGH, N.C. – Kentucky freshman Sydney McLaughlin put the track and field world on notice once again, certainly for the second day in a row, to headline Kentucky’s Friday at the Florida Relays.
The 2016 Olympian ran a world-leading outdoor 400-meter dash season debut time of 50.07 in the rain. That time was the collegiate freshman record, and made her the No. 2 performer in NCAA history. Texas’ 2016 “The Bowerman” winner Courtney Okolo is the only collegian to have ever run faster during the season, on two occasions, having run 49.71 as a senior in 2016 and 50.03 in 2014.
McLaughlin of course also shattered the Kentucky 400m record and moved to No. 6 on the World Junior 400m all-time list. She also notably broke 2016 Rio Olympic Gold Medalist Shaunae Miller’s track record of 50.17 (2015), and two-time Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalist Francena McCorory Florida Relays record 50.23 (2011).
The SEC indoor 400m champion and NCAA indoor silver medalist started her outdoor season on Thursday by running the NCAA-leading women’s 200-meter time 22.39.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn who was second to her teammate in the 200m on Thursday ran a sporty 100m hurdles season opener to win her signature event in 12.77 into a -0.8 headwind.
Katy Kunc won the Florida Relays women’s 3k steeplechase easily for the second year in a row, running a de facto time trial in 10:17.40.
Freshman Dwight St. Hillaire broke Hamil Grimes 38-year-old Kentucky 400m record by .12 seconds, running 45.62 to place second overall.
Benjamin Young ran a two-second personal best 3:42.75 to place second in the 1,500m. That time ranks No. 10 on the UK all-time list. Kendall Muhammad placed eighth with a time of 3:45.38.
Kentucky Class of 2017 and reigning U.S. 60m Champion Javianne Oliver won the women’s 100m in 11.39. Freshman Celera Barnes was seventh in 11.66 (+0.1).
Marie-Josée Ebwea-Bile placed third in the women’s long jump, posting a mark of 20’0.5″/6.11m (+0.2).
Daniel Roberts was fifth in the men’s 110m hurdles running 13.91 into a -0.2 wind. Kentucky Class of 2017 alumnus Nick Anderson placed fourth running 13.80 (+0.7).
Charles Lenford Jr. tossed a third-place discus mark of 163’2″/49.73m.
Matthew Thomas ran a 12-second personal best in the 3k steeplechase to finish fourth in 9:07.55.
Kentucky volunteer assistant coach and Arkansas alumnus Omar McLeod won the men’s 100m in 10.32 (+0.2).
Travis Riley placed second in the men’s long jump with a mark of 25’00″/7.63m (+0.3).
Elsewhere, UK’s lone entry at the Raleigh Relays, Jacob Thomson, placed fourth in the 10k with a sporty season-opening time of 29:10.55.
McLaughlin started her outdoor season by running the NCAA-leading women’s 200-meter time 22.39 seconds to kick off, literally and figuratively, the Florida Relays on Thursday.
Teammate Jasmine Camacho-Quinn was second, winning the second heat after McLaughlin won the first heat of the day, with the second fastest qualifying time in the NCAA this season (allowable for NCAA East Preliminary Championships qualifying purposes) 22.59w (+3.0).
McLaughlin’s time broke the UK freshman record, made her the No. 2 performer on the UK all-time list behind 2015 NCAA Champion’s Dezerea Bryant’s NCAA–winning 22.18 and moved her to No. 4 on the world junior all-time list, a solid start to the outdoor campaign.
The top 32 times/marks in every event recorded during the outdoor season qualify for East Prelims. Recording those times and marks early in the season are the name of the game at this point in the outdoor regular season. Sprint (100-200m) times are allowable as long as the wind is less than 4.0 meters/second, in contrast to record-recording purposes, which only allow winds slower than 2.0 m/s.
The meet continues Saturday starting at 10 a.m. ET at Percy Beard Track at James G. Pressly Stadium.
Eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams competing at the Florida Relays are ranked in the USTFCCCA preseason top 25. In all, 102 universities are entered in this year’s Florida Relays.
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Florida Relays – Friday, March 30th |
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Field Events |
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W Discus |
6. Nicole Fautsch: 154’07″/47.11m |
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W Long Jump Invite |
3. Marie-Josée Ebwea-Bile: 20’0.5″/6.11m (+0.2) |
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M Discus |
3. Charles Lenford Jr.: 163’2″/49.73m |
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W Pole Vault |
Nicole Bagby: Delayed until 10 a.m. Saturday |
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M Long Jump Invite |
5. Mohammed Abubakar: 24’3.0″/7.39m (+0.0) 6. Fred Dorsey III: 24’3″/7.39m (+0.2) |
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W Long Jump |
4. Latavia Coombs: 19’3.5″/5.88m (+0.0) |
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M Invite Hammer |
11. David Cline: 211’5″/64.43m |
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W High Jump Invite |
Ellen Ekholm: Delayed until 4 p.m. Saturday |
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M Long Jump |
2. Travis Riley: 25’00″/7.63m (+0.3) |
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Running Events |
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W100H |
1. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn: 12.77 (-0.8) 8. Jacklyn Howell: 13.41 (-0.8) 18. Faith Ross: 13.72 (+0.8) |
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M 100m |
1. Omar McLeod (UK Volunteer assistant, UA Alum): 10.32 (+0.2) 21. Fred Dorsey: 10.59 (-0.7) |
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M 110H |
4. Nick Anderson (UK Class of 2017): 13.80 (-+0.7) 5. Daniel Roberts: 13.91 (-0.2) 23. Tim Duckworth: 14.35 (+0.5) 27. Caleb Wilt: 14.41 (+0.0) 57. Matt Peare: 15.34 (-0.2) |
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W 100m |
1. Javianne Oliver (UK Class of 2017): 11.39 (+1.1) 7. Celera Barnes: 11.66 (+0.1) 16. Kianna Gray: 11.79 (+0.4) |
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W Collegiate 400m |
1. Sydney McLaughlin: 50.07 | World lead, No. 2 NCAA in-season performer, No. 3 collegiate performance, NCAA Freshman Record 35. Jasmine Mitchell: 55.67 |
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M Collegiate 400m |
2. Dwight St. Hillaire: 45.62 | School record |
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M 800m |
25. Ian Jones: 1:50.27 |
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M Collegiate 400H |
30. Will Walker: 54.38 |
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W 1500m |
20. Michelle McKinney: 4:30.11 |
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M 1500m |
2. Ben Young: 3:42.75 | Two-second PB, No. 10 UK all-time list 8. Kendall Muhammad: 3:45.38 |
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W 3k Steeplechase |
1. Katy Kunc: 10:17.40 |
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M 3k Steeplechase |
4. Matthew Thomas: 9:07.55 | 12-second PB 13. Brennan Fields: 9:26.23 |
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Raleigh Relays – Friday, March 30 |
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M 10k |
4. Jacob Thomson: 29:10.55 |
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Saturday, March 31st |
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Field Events |
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10am |
W Pole Vault |
Nicole Bagby |
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11am |
M Discus Invite |
Noah Castle |
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Noon |
M High Jump |
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1 pm |
M Pole Vault |
Tim Duckworth, Matt Peare |
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M Shot Put |
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W Shot Put Invite |
Nicole Fautsch |
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1:30pm |
M Triple Jump (Front) |
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3:30pm |
W Shot Put |
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M Shot Put Invite |
Charles Lenford Jr., Nikolas Huffman, Noah Castle |
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4 pm |
W Triple Jump (Back) |
Latavia Coombs |
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4 pm |
W High Jump |
Ellen Ekholm, Carly Hinkle |
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Running Events |
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12:00pm |
W SHR |
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12:15pm |
M SHR |
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12:30pm |
W SMR |
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12:55pm |
M SMR |
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2:40pm |
W 4×100 | 8 sections |
Sec. 2 | Ln. 6. UK |
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3:05pm |
M 4×100 | 7 sections |
Sec. 3 | Ln. 8. UK |
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4:15pm |
W 4×800 |
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4:30pm |
M 4×800 |
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4:45pm |
W 4×200 | 6 sections |
Sec. 2 | Ln. 8: UK |
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5:05pm |
M 4×200 | 4 sections |
Sec. 2 | Ln. 7: UK |
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5:25pm |
W DMR |
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5:40pm |
M DMR |
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6:40pm |
W 4×400 (F) |
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6:50pm |
M 4×400 (F) |
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7:00pm |
W Olympic Dev. 4×400 |
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7:10pm |
M Olympic Dev. 4×400 |
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7:20pm |
Women’s Tom Jones 4×400 Invite |
Ln. 6. UK |
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7:30pm |
Men’s Jimmy Carnes 4×400 Invite |
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Florida Relays – Thursday, March 29 |
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Running Events |
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W Open 200m |
1. Sydney McLaughlin: 22.39 (+1.5) | UK freshman record, early NCAA Leader, No. 4 World Jr all-time, No. 2 UK all-time list 2. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn: 22.59w (+3.0) 4. Kendra Harrison (UK Class of 2015): 22.81 (+1.5) 5. Kayelle Clarke: 22.91w (+3.0) 6. Kianna Gray: 22.96 (+1.5) 7. Javianne Oliver (UK Class of 2017): 23.13w (+3.0) 9. Kori Carter (UK Volunteer Assistant): 23.23 (+1.5) 10. Celera Barnes: 23.30w (+2.3) 19. Jacklyn Howell: 23.92w (+2.5) 60. Jasmine Mitchell: 24.84 (+1.6) |
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M Open 200m |
2. Omar McLeod (UK Volunteer Assistant, UA Alum): 20.49 (+2.0) 6. Dwight St. Hillaire: 20.61w (+2.3) 10. Jelani Walker: 20.73w (+3.6) 18. Fred Dorsey III: 20.93 (+2.2) 74. Caleb Wilt: 22.77 (+1.1) |
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M Open 400 |
26. Will Walker: 49.61 |
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W Open 400H |
3. Kiah Seymour (UK Class of 2017): 58.25 4. Faith Ross: 58.86 |
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W 5k |
2. Avery Bussjager: 16:46.29 |13+ second PB |
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Field events |
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M Hammer |
3. Logan Bryer: 203’00″/61.87m 11. Nikolas Huffman: 178’02″/54.32m 13. Charles Lenford: 175’00″/53.35m |
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M Javelin |
5. Elijah Marta: 214’03’/65.30m 7. Ethan Shalaway: 210’11″/64.30m |
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