AMES, Iowa – Freshman James Doaty and senior Shevan Threats added their names to the list of University of Kentucky trackathletes who have provisionally qualified for the 2001 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with their performances at theIowa State Classic on Saturday, Feb. 10.
Doaty became UKs second NCAA double-qualifier with his career-best run in the 800 meters. He crossed the finish line witha third-place time of 1:49.90 to become the first Cat to break the 1:50 mark this season while moving up to third on the UK all-time800-meter list. On Friday, Doaty provisionally qualified for the NCAA meet as part of the school-record breaking distance medleyrelay team.
In the womens long jump, Threats won her first event of the indoor season with a season-best leap of 20-05.25. She now joinssophomore Simidele Adeagbo as NCAA provisional qualifiers in the event.
Other top performances for the men included another first-place finish and NCAA automatic-qualifying mark by freshman JeffChakouian in the shot put with a heave of 63-10.50. Sophomores Hunter Spencer and Jack Morgan earned personal-best times inthe mile, crossing the finish line in 4:06.09 and 4:11.81. Morgans brother Thomas also set a personal-best with a 1:52.76 in the 800meters.
On the womens side, freshman Caity Phillips also earned a personal-best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:14.94, whileAdeagbo claimed fourth-place in the triple jump with a mark of 40-09.75.
The Cats will now take two weeks to prepare for the Southeastern Conference Championships which will be held in the friendlyconfines of the Nutter Field House on the UK campus. Action gets underway in the two-day event on Saturday, Feb. 24.
AGATE: (First Place and UK Finishers)
Womens 60 Meters1. Tahesia Harrigan Minnesota 7.4132. Jihan Trone Kentucky 7.80Womens 800 Meters1. Svetlana Badrankova UTEP 2:07.9328. Caity Phillips Kentucky 2:14.94!56. Marie Patton Kentucky 2:19.33$Womens 5,000 Meters1. Mary Duerbeck Arizona St. 16:44.4619. Amy Guard Kentucky 17:54.43$Womens 60-meter Hurdles1. Perdita Felician Illinois 8.077. Jihan Trone Kentucky 8.6913. Elmetta Johnson Kentucky 8.84$Womens High Jump1. Karol Danon Unattached 6-03.5011. Janet Crawford Kentucky 5-07.75Womens Long Jump1. Shevan Threats Kentucky 20-05.25P$ 7. Simidele Adeagbo Kentucky 19-10.75Womens Triple Jump1. Vanitta Kinard Unattached 44-03.504. Simidele Adeagbo Kentucky 40-09.757. Shevan Threats Kentucky 39-05.0013. Falana Greenwell Kentucky 38-00.75Womens Shot Put1. Lisa Griebel Unattached 54-06.7526. Olivia Reynolds Kentucky 41-08.00Womens Weight Throw1. Aubrey Schmitt Minnesota 60-08.5014. Aisha Smith Kentucky 53-01.7516. Rebecca Wedel Kentucky 52-10.25Mens 800 Meters1. Adam Davis Rice 1:49.363. James Doaty Kentucky 1:49.90P!12. David Freeman Kentucky 1:51.3215. Paul Ciurlys Kentucky 1:51.6721. Thomas Morgan Kentucky 1:52.76!32. Chad Johnson Kentucky 1:53.7438. Patton Segraves Kentucky 1:53.98$Mens Mile1. Jason Lunn Unattached 4:01.139. Hunter Spencer Kentucky 4:06.09!28. Jack Morgan Kentucky 4:11.81!Mens Distance Medley Relay1. Kansas 9:38.363. Kentucky 9:42.67RP10. Kentucky B 9:56.42Mens High Jump1. Michael Ponikvar Stanford 7-02.2510. Andrew Vander Wagen Kentucky 6-08.7511. Matt Smothermon Kentucky 6-08.75Mens Shot Put1. Jeff Chakouian Kentucky 63-10.50A17. Scott Theis Kentucky 53-01.50Mens Weight Throw1. Scott Russell Kansas 71-06.7515. Bill Powers Kentucky 57-06.50! = personal best$ = season bestP = NCAA Provisional Qualifying markA = NCAA Automatic Qualifying markR = School Record
