Perri Bockrath, Tori Herman Post UK All-Time Top-Five FInishes at Joe Walker Invitational
OXFORD, Miss. – Junior Perri Bockrath and freshman Tori Herman posted top-five times on the Kentucky all-time lists during the Joe Walker Invitational Friday at the University of Mississippi.
Bockrath finished second among 14 competitors in the 3000m steeplechase. Her clocking of 10:07.49 improved her personal best by more than 25 seconds and landed her in second place in UK history in that event.
Herman finished 8th in the field of 35 runners in the 1500-meter run. Her time of 4:18.52 is a personal best and improved her standing of No. 5 in UK history in that event. She missed the UK freshman record by less than one-half second.
Inclement weather arrived during the evening, forcing a postponement of the final four events until Saturday. A revised schedule for Saturday is listed below.
Kentucky does not have a complete squad at this week’s meet, with the focus being primarily on distance events and limited sprint action. UK does not have any field events competitors to the meet.
Participating Teams
Rankings are men/women
#12/12 Auburn – 27 entries
Belmont – 46 entries
Bradley – 42 entries
Eastern Kentucky – 5 entries
Furman – 5 entries (1 unattached)
Georgetown – 32 entries
Illinois State – 82 entries
#8/– Iowa State (men only) – 19 entries
#9/10 Kentucky – 26 entries
Lamar (men only) – 7 entries
Lipscomb – 70 entries
Miami (Ohio) – 17 entries
Middle Tennessee – 9 entries
Mississippi Valley State – 49 entries
New Orleans – 17 entries
#–/25 Notre Dame – 40 entries
Oklahoma State – 39 entries
Ole Miss – 110 entries
South Dakota State – 9 entries
Southeastern Louisiana (men only) – 4 entries
Southern Miss (women only) – 2 entries
#23/– Stephen F. Austin – 23 entries
Toledo (women only) – 3 entries
Tulsa – 19 entries
Villanova (men only) – 6 entries
Western Illinois (men only) – 3 entries
Here are the Kentucky results from Friday and the schedule for Saturday:
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riday, April 9 |
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Event, times are ET |
UK entries |
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Men’s 200m |
18. Chris Duffy, 22.62 | Personal best |
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Women’s 1500m |
8. Tori Herman, 4:18.72 | Personal best, No. 5 on the UK all-time list 26. Rachel Boice, 4:29.62 | Personal best by 9+ seconds 29. DeAnna Martin, 4:33.43 31. Madisyn Peeples, 4:33.93 | Personal best |
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Women’s 3000m Steeplechase |
2. Perri Bockrath, 10:07.50 | Personal best by 25+ seconds, No. 2 on the UK all-time list |
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Men’s 1500m Postponed until Saturday at 8 p.m. |
Dylan Allen Brennan Fields Matthew Thomas Gabriel Szalay McLean Griffin |
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Women’s 800m Postponed until Saturday at 4:30 pm |
Bryanna Lucas |
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Women’s 5000m Postponed until Saturday at 8:45 pm |
Kaitlyn Lacy Sophie Carrier Sarah Michels |
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Men’s 5000m Postponed until Saturday at 9:20 pm |
Jake Allen Ethan Kern Matt Duvall Shane Williams Jonah Mitchell Aaron Withrow |
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Saturday, April 10 |
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Event, times are ET |
UK entries |
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Women’s 400m, 3:50 p.m. |
Amber Taylor Sydney Spillman |
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Men’s 100m, 4:20 p.m. |
Chris Duffy |
Kentucky’s full squad will be back in action April 16-17 at the Tom Jones Memorial Meet at the University of Florida.
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