By Jacob Most
May 27, 2015 –
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The road to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, goes through North Florida’s Hodges Stadium this week for the Kentucky track and field teams.
The Wildcats’ sole objectives will be to book their places on the trip to Eugene with top-12 finishes at this week’s NCAA East Preliminary Championships.
The meet will take place from Thursday, starting at Noon ET, and continue though Saturday.
While championships will not be contested this week, the meet will play a vital role in positioning for when the trophies do get handed out in Eugene.
From that standpoint, the third-ranked UK women’s team is currently in a strong place now, but entries to the Preliminary Championships and advancing those entries to the Big Dance are entirely different endeavors.
UK’s women’s team tied its school-record with 25 entries. UK had the same number of entries at last season’s East Preliminary Championships. Kentucky has the fifth most women’s entries in the nation behind Oregon (33), Texas A&M (30), USC (29) and Arkansas (26).
Notably, the Wildcats’ 15 sprint/hurdles entries ranks second to USC for the most in the nation in that category.
The men’s team has 13 entries into the East Preliminary Championships.
In total, 28 Wildcats (15 women, 13 men) will compete for the right to advance to the semifinal and final rounds of the NCAA Championships. Texas’ Mike A. Myers Stadium will serve as the host site for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds also being held this weekend.
For each individual event contested at each of the preliminary sites, the top 48 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each relay event, the top 24 declared relay teams were accepted into the competition.
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4:30 PM |
Men 400 Meter Hurdles |
1st Round |
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5:00 PM |
Women 400 Meter Hurdles |
1st Round |
Kendra Harrison |
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5:30 PM |
Men 1500 Meter Run |
1st Round |
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6:00 PM |
Women 1500 Meter Run |
1st Round |
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6:30 PM |
Men 100 Meter Dash |
1st Round |
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6:55 PM |
Women 100 Meter Dash |
1st Round |
Dezerea Bryant |
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7:20 PM |
Men 400 Meter Dash |
1st Round |
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7:45 PM |
Women 400 Meter Dash |
1st Round |
Morganne Phillips |
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8:10 PM |
Men 800 Meter Run |
1st Round |
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8:35 PM |
Women 800 Meter Run |
1st Round |
Ariah Graham |
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9:00 PM |
Men 10000 Meter Run |
1st Round |
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9:40 PM |
Women 10000 Meter Run |
1st Round |
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12:00 PM |
Men Hammer Throw |
1st Round |
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12:00 PM |
Women Javelin Throw |
1st Round |
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3:30 PM |
Women Shot Put |
1st Round |
Adriana Brown |
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4:30 PM |
Women Pole Vault |
1st Round |
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7:00 PM |
Men Long Jump |
1st Round |
Terence Boyd |
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Fred Dorsey |
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5:00 PM |
Men 110 Meter Hurdles |
1st Round |
Nick Anderson |
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5:30 PM |
Women 100 Meter Hurdles |
1st Round |
Kendra Harrison |
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6:00 PM |
Men 400 Meter Dash |
Quarterfinal |
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6:15 PM |
Women 400 Meter Dash |
Quarterfinal |
TBD |
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6:30 PM |
Men 100 Meter Dash |
Quarterfinal |
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6:45 PM |
Women 100 Meter Dash |
Quarterfinal |
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7:00 PM |
Men 800 Meter Run |
Quarterfinal |
TBD |
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7:15 PM |
Women 800 Meter Run |
Quarterfinal |
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7:30 PM |
Men 400 Meter Hurdles |
Quarterfinal |
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7:45 PM |
Women 400 Meter Hurdles |
Quarterfinal |
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8:00 PM |
Men 200 Meter Dash |
1st Round |
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8:25 PM |
Women 200 Meter Dash |
1st Round |
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8:50 PM |
Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase |
1st Round |
Mackay Wilson |
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9:30 PM |
Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase |
1st Round |
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12:00 PM |
Women Discus Throw |
1st Round |
Rebecca Famurewa |
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12:00 PM |
Men Javelin Throw |
1st Round |
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4:00 PM |
Men Discus Throw |
1st Round |
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4:30 PM |
Men Pole Vault |
1st Round |
Charles Moushey |
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5:00 PM |
Men High Jump |
1st Round |
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7:00 PM |
Women Long Jump |
1st Round |
Sha’Keela Saunders |
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6:00 PM |
Men 4×100 Meter Relay |
1st Round |
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6:15 PM |
Women 4×100 Meter Relay |
1st Round |
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6:30 PM |
Men 1500 Meter Run |
Quarterfinal |
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6:45 PM |
Women 1500 Meter Run |
Quarterfinal |
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7:05 PM |
Men 110 Meter Hurdles |
Quarterfinal |
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7:20 PM |
Women 100 Meter Hurdles |
Quarterfinal |
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7:35 PM |
Men 200 Meter Dash |
Quarterfinal |
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7:50 PM |
Women 200 Meter Dash |
Quarterfinal |
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8:05 PM |
Men 5000 Meter Run |
1st Round |
Robert Sandlin |
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8:45 PM |
Women 5000 Meter Run |
1st Round |
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9:25 PM |
Men 4×400 Meter Relay |
1st Round |
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9:45 PM |
Women 4×400 Meter Relay |
1st Round |
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12:00 PM |
Women Hammer Throw |
1st Round |
Rebecca Famurewa |
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4:00 PM |
Women Triple Jump |
1st Round |
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5:00 PM |
Men Shot Put |
1st Round |
Bradley Szypka |
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6:00 PM |
Women High Jump |
1st Round |
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7:00 PM |
Men Triple Jump |
1st Round |
