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The University of Kentucky got off to a solid start on day one of the Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and FieldChampionships at the Nutter Field House on the campus of UK. The Wildcat women are in seventh place with 9.50 points, while themen are ninth with five points.

“For what we are capable of, this was a pretty good day,” Coach Don Weber said. “My only expectations are for us to competeup to our ability, and we are doing that.”

The Cats’ top point earner of the day was sophomore Janet Crawford in the women’s high jump. Crawford matched herfourth-place finish from a year ago with a leap of 5-06.00 to give UK five points. Other point earners included sophomore ThomasMorgan in the 3,000 meters with a sixth-place time of 8:15.13 and junior Bill Powers with a seventh-place finish in the weight throw witha heave of 58-02.50.

The women’s cause was enhanced by a sixth-place finish from sophomore Simidele Adeagbo in the long jump (19-09.75) andeighth-place from senior Shevan Threats (19-07.50).

In preliminary heats, freshman David Freeman gave UK its top finisher of the day. Freeman advanced to the finals of the 800meters with a personal-best and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:50.18. Other qualifiers in the race were sophomore ChadJohnson with a season-best 1:50.52 and freshman James Doaty with a 1:51.19. Sophomore Hunter Spencer ran fourth in the mile in4:10.64 to qualify for the finals.

Freshman Elmetta Johnson ran an excellent 60-meter hurdles to qualify for the finals with a personal-best time of 8.57, whilefreshman Caity Phillips moved on to the finals in the mile by running a fourth-place time of 4:58.81.

Competition concludes on Sunday, Feb. 25, with the women’s weight throw kicking things off at 10 a.m. and the women’s1,600-meter relay closing out the festivities at approximately 5 p.m.

AGATE (Top Three and UK Finishers)Men’s Weight Throw1. Andras Haklits     Georgia         74-11.00A$2. Stacy Andrews     Ole Miss        64-02.25P3. Javier Nieto         LSU             61-06.757. Bill Powers          Kentucky        58-02.50Men’s Pole Vault1. Brian DaCunha        Florida         17-04.50P2. David Lemen          Georgia         17-00.753. Timo Makkonen        Georgia         16-08.7510. Chris Daniel   Kentucky        16-02.75Men’s Long Jump1. Walter Davis         LSU             26-08.50A2. Savante Stringfellow Ole Miss        26-07.00A3. Miguel Pate          Alabama 25-05.25PMen’s 60-Meter Hurdles (Preliminaries)1. Ron Bramlett         Alabama 7.60Aq2. Corey Taylor         South Carolina  7.84Pq3. De’Andre Eiland      South Carolina  7.92qMen’s 60 Meters (Preliminaries)1. Leonard Scott     Tennessee       6.48A$q2. Justin Gatlin      Tennessee       6.61Aq3. Sean Lambert         Tennessee       6.65PqMen’s 200 Meters (Preliminaries)1. Justin Gatlin     Tennessee       20.52Aq2. Leonard Scott     Tennessee       20.70Aq3. Pierre Browne      Miss. State     21.03PqMen’s 400 Meters (Preliminaries)1. Avard Moncur         Auburn          46.19Aq2. Otis Harris          South Carolina  46.56Pq3. Alleyne Francique    LSU             46.61Pq- Cullee Jennings       Kentucky        49.63!Men’s 800 Meters (Preliminaries)1. Otukile Lekote   South Carolina  1:50.15Pq2. David Freeman        Kentucky        1:50.18Pq!3. Moses Gathuka        Auburn          1:50.30q4. Chad Johnson         Kentucky        1:50.52q9. James Doaty          Kentucky        1:51.19qMen’s Mile (Preliminaries)1. David Kimani         Alabama 4:09.45q2. Sharif Karie         Arkansas        4:10.40q3. Ryan Travis          Arkansas        4:10.61q4. Hunter Spencer       Kentucky        4:10.64q-- Jack Morgan          Kentucky        4:14.12-- Kevin Panke          Kentucky        4:19.05Men’s 3,000 Meters (Finals)1. David Kimani         Alabama 8:03.90P2. Sharif Karie         Arkansas        8:03.97P3. Murray Link          Arkansas        8:06.97P6. Thomas Morgan        Kentucky        8:15.13Men’s Team Scores After Day One1. Georgia 31 2. Arkansas 293. LSU 204. Ole Miss 17 4. Florida 17 6. Alabama 16 7. Tennessee 98. South Carolina 79. Kentucky 5 10. Auburn 4 11. Mississippi State 1.Women’s Shot Put (Finals)1. Lynette Keppeler     South Carolina  51-06.25P2. Stacy Martin         Auburn          50-02.00P3. Marie LeJour         Arkansas        49-00.25P13. Olivia Reynolds     Kentucky        41-08.0016. Erin Greunke        Kentucky        40-00.7517. Molly Lonergan      Kentucky        40-00.00Women’s High Jump (Finals)1. Latifah Long         Georgia         5-10.00P2. Brandy Barnett     Ole Miss        5-08.003. Celly Martinez     Georgia         5-08.004. Janet Crawford       Kentucky        5-06.00Women’s Long Jump (Finals)1. Tasha Mahone         Georgia         21-01.50A2. Keyon Soley          Florida         20-07.00P3. Elisha Williams      Miss. State     20-05.00P6. Simidele Adeagbo     Kentucky        19-09.758. Shevan Threats       Kentucky        19-07.50Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles (Preliminaries)1. Jacqueline Madison   South Carolina  8.20Pq2. Teneeshia Jones      Ole Miss        8.35Pq3. Lolo Jones           LSU             8.38Pq8. Elmetta Johnson      Kentucky        8.57q!Women’s 60 Meters (Preliminaries)1. Teneeshia Jones      Ole Miss        7.30Aq1. Muna Lee             LSU             7.30Aq3. Shavonda Benjamin    Florida         7.31Pq-- Demetrius Roberts    Kentucky        7.73Women’s 200 Meters (Preliminaries)1. Muna Lee             LSU             23.04Aq2. Teneeshia Jones      Ole Miss        23.47Aq3. Mikele Barber      South Carolina  23.53Pq-- Temitayo Adeagbo     Kentucky        25.17!-- Demetrius Roberts    Kentucky        25.28!Women’s 400 Meters (Preliminaries)1. Demetria Washington  South Carolina  52.72Aq2. Ronetta Smith      LSU             53.28Pq3. Petagay Gayle       Alabama 53.46PqWomen’s 800 Meters (Preliminaries)1. Kameisha Bennett     Tennessee       2:09.31Pq2. Nona Allen           Florida         2:09.44Pq3. Cicely Campbell      Vanderbilt      2:10.25q-- Marie Patton         Kentucky        2:18.52Women’s Mile (Preliminaries)1. Erin Merten          Florida         4:57.18q2. Andreinna Byrd       Arkansas        4:57.20q3. Erin Anderson    Tennessee       4:57.34q4. Caity Phillips    Kentucky        4:58.81qWomen’s 3,000 Meters (Finals)1. Lilli Kleinmann      Arkansas        9:22.82A2. Tracy Robertson      Arkansas        9:29.32P3. Andreinna Byrd       Arkansas        9:32.98PWomen’s Team Scores After Day One1. Arkansas 362. Georgia 28.503. South Carolina 184. Florida 17 5. Mississippi State 105. Auburn 10 7. Kentucky 9.508. LSU 99. Ole Miss10. Alabama 510. Tennessee 5.A = NCAA Automatic Qualifying Time/MarkP = NCAA Provisional Qualifying Time/Mark$ = SEC Championship Meet Recordq = qualifies for finals! = Personal Best