Saunders Shows Solid Form on Kentucky Invitational Day Two
triple jump to her world-leading long jump on Saturday at the Kentucky
Invitational inside Nutter Field House.
suitable solution on her penultimate attempt, reaching an all-time personal
best 43-feet 3.75 inches/13.20 meters.
meters, recorded nearly a year ago on the same runway and pit at the McCravy
Memorial.
which remains the best in the world this season at time of publication.
Other noteworthy performances by Wildcats on Saturday included
- Nick
Anderson won the 60m hurdles in 7.92. - Katy
Kunc won the mile in 4:56.41. - Freshman
Kianna Gray won the 200m in 23.86. - Xaivier
McAllister placed second in the high jump, clearing 6’10.25″/2.09m in his
UK debut. - Fred
Dorsey improved his PR to 24’5.5″/7.45m to place third in the long jump.
He finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 47’1.50” /14.36m in his
first collegiate TJ. - Jacob
Thomson was second in the mile in 4:12.08. - Lou
Styles was runner-up in the 800m with a time of 1:53.18. Shane Dillon placed
third in 1:53.27. - Olivia
Gruver placed third in the pole vault with a clearance at 12’10”/3.91m.
UK’s women’s team entered the meet ranked No. 8 in the initial USTFCCCA rankings.
Kentucky will host what has become one of the best regular-season
fields of any meet in the nation for the Rod McCravy Memorial next
weekend.
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Saturday Field Events
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Results |
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Men’s High Jump |
2. Xaivier McAllister: |
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Men’s Long Jump |
3. Fred Dorsey: |
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Women’s Long Jump |
34. Fendi Asemota: |
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Women’s Shot Put |
8. Beckie Famurewa: |
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Women’s Pole Vault |
3. Olivia Gruver: |
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Men’s Shot Put |
5. Nikolas Huffman: |
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Women’s Triple Jump |
1. Sha’Keela Saunders: |
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Men’s Triple Jump |
2. Fred Dorsey: |
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Saturday Running
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Results
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Women’s 60m Hurdles |
1. Jacklyn Howell: |
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Men’s 60m Hurdles |
1. Nick Anderson: |
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Women’s 60m prelims |
1. Destiny Carter: |
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Men’s 60m prelims |
5. Kenshard Hamilton: |
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Women’s 60m |
1. Leah Nugent |
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Men’s 60m Hurdles |
1. Nick Anderson: 7.92 |
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Women’s 60 meters |
1. Leah Nugent |
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Men’s 60 meters |
9. Kenshard Hamilton: |
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Women’s Mile |
1. Katy Kunc: 4:56.41 |
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Men’s Mile |
2. Jacob Thompson: |
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Women’s 400 meters |
10. Daje Pugh: 57.01 |
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Men’s 400 meters |
12. Ini-Oluwa Oyer: |
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Women’s 800 meters |
9. Michelle McKinney: |
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Men’s 800 meters |
2. 13. Tim Layten: |
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Women’s 200 meters |
1. Kianna Gray: 23.86 |
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Men’s 200 meters |
8. Kenshard Hamilton: |
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Women’s 3k |
14. Avery Bussjager: |
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Men’s 3k |
9. Ryan Polman: |
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Women’s 4x400m relay |
2. Kentucky “A” (Mitchell, Gray, Hitchcock, |
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Friday Events
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Results
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Women’s Weight Throw |
3. Rebecca Famurewa: 66’8”/20.32m |
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Men’s Weight Throw |
6. Logan Bryer: 63’3.5”/19.29m |
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Women DMR |
1. Kentucky “A” (McKinney, Hitchcock, |
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Men’s DMR |
1. Kentucky “A” (Harm, Jones, Dillon, 6. Kentucky “B” (Wireman, Simpson, |
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