Week Two Recap – Yellow Jacket Invite
Best in the the Country — The 4×400 relay of sophmores Nathan Browning and Justin Harrison, freshman Jose Acevedo and junior Luis Luna currently owns not only the top time in the conference, but the top time in the country after last weekend?s school record 3:04.81 performance at the Yellow Jacket Invitational. The Cats crushed the 11-year old school record held by UK?s 1996 squad (3:05.71). Kentucky finished first in the race and also went well below the regional qualifying mark. This weekend, the team will travel to Austin, Texas and the prestigious Texas Relays to compete in the 4×400 against some of the top squads in the country.
Men?s Sprints — Three-quarters of the record breaking 4×400 relay squad produced regional marks in the 400, led by Harrison?s personal-best 46.56 (fifth all-time UK). Fellow sophomore Browning also produced a PR (46.80, t-seventh all-time), while Luna moved into ninth all-time with a 46.82. In the 400 hurdles, seniors Dedrick Tillerson and Thomas Masthay posted seasonal-bests. Tillerson finished third (top collegiate) with a regional mark of 52.23, while Masthay placed eighth (53.29). Freshman Brandon Austin earned a personal-best in the 100 (10.74),
Men?s Middle Distance/Distance –Sophomores Andre Silva (4:00.62) and Nick Reeves (4:00.91) flirted with the 4-minute barrier in the 1,500, while freshman Scott Geisinger ran a season-best in the 800 (1:57.24).
Men?s Field Events — Junior Andy Fryman set a new personal-best with a throw of 60-6.50 (top mark this season in the SEC) in the shot put to improve his regional mark and earn second place honors (top collegiate). Fryman remains fifth all-time in the event. Fryman finished second in the discus with a season-best throw of 167-9. On Friday night, Fryman launched a personal-best 183-2 in the hammer throw to move into third all-time at Kentucky and earn him a berth in the regional meet. Fryman is ranked in the top 10 in the conference in all three events.
Women?s Sprints — Sophomore Alisha Jones (57.20) and freshman Kleo Mack (56.57) both posted PRs in the 400. Freshman Ashley Trimble fell a little more than a tenth of a second short of a regional mark with her time of 1:00.94 in the 400 hurdles, but set a new freshman record and moved her into fifth all-time at Kentucky.
Women?s Middle Distance/Distance — Most of the middle and distance runners took the weekend off. Freshman Andrea Halasek was the Cats? top performer in the 1,500 (4:50.90).
Women?s Field Events — Freshman Ashley Muffet recorded her fourth UK frosh record with a first place toss of 51-11.25 (top mark in the SEC this season) in the shot put. Muffet?s mark well exceeded the regional standard (46-11) and placed her third all-time at Kentucky. In the discus, senior Ildiko Varga took home first place honors and improved her seasonal-best and regional mark with a throw of 177-05. Nicole Allyn was the top female in the hammer throw for the Cats with a toss of 177-10. Allyn owns a regional mark with her season-best throw of 182-0 at the Baldy Castillo Invite (3/17). Muffet set a personal-best with a toss of 173-5 (fourth all-time UK), while Varga also set a PR (170-7, sixth all-time UK). Michelle Gales improved her personal-best with a fifth-place leap of 39-3.75 (sixth all-time) in the triple jump. Mary Durham broke the freshman outdoor pole vault record with a jump of 10-11.75. Durham already owns the indoor frosh and all-time records (11-11.75).
