UKTF Women’s Team Wins LSU Invitational
BATON ROUGE, La. – The second-ranked Kentucky women’s track and field team won arguably the nation’s most stacked regular-season meet, the LSU Invitational – which featured six top-15 teams – on Saturday.
“I couldn’t be prouder of the way our women’s team performed this weekend,” UK head coach Edrick Floreal said. “Winning the meet although sweet is not the end all to be all, but another step toward our ultimate goal. We learned how to win this weekend, but more importantly we conducted ourselves as winners.”
Cats go 1-2 in the 100H with windy PRs. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won in 12.73w, Jackie Howell second in 12.87 (+2.1) pic.twitter.com/Xt0wMgBkHu
— UK Track & Field (@KentuckyTrack) April 30, 2016
Quinn ran 12.73w aided by a +2.1 m/s wind, while teammate Jacklyn Howell placed second in the same heat – also with a PR – 11.87w. Quinn’s time is the second fastest qualifying time recorded by a collegian this season, while Howell’s ranks No. 4. Because the aiding winds were greater than 2.0 m/s they can’t be considered for records.
Quinn and Howell combined to score 18 points in that event.
Carter’s 100m-winning time of 11.11w (+3.8) is the No. 3 qualifying performance of the collegiate season. Kianna Gray placed second in that race with a time of 11.12w, which ranks No. 4 on the NCAA qualifiers’ list. Javianne Oliver ran 11.16w – No. 7 on the NCAA performers’ list – to give UK 23 points in the 100m.
Beckie Famuerwa placed as top collegian in the hammer throw with a mark of 199’8”/60.86m. Brandi Walker placed as No. 7 collegian in that event to give UK 12 points in the hammer. Adriana Brown and Famurewa placed as the Nos. 2 and 3 collegians in the discus, combining to score 14 points.
Kiah Seymour places second in the 400H in a PR 55.20. Makes her No. 2 performer in #UKTF history. Little (TAMU) won pic.twitter.com/sIW0kQEmOJ
— UK Track & Field (@KentuckyTrack) April 30, 2016
Kiah Seymour placed second in the 400m hurdles with a personal-best 55.20 to score eight points. Two-time defending NCAA Champion and reigning World Silver Medalist Shamier Little (Texas A&M) won in 55.14. Those times rank Nos. 2 and 3 in the NCAA this season.
Seymour became the No. 2 performer in UK history. She passed 2015 NCAA 400H Bronze Medalist Leah Nugent on the list, and trails only Kendra Harrison.
Seymour later anchored the 4x400m relay (Gray, Jasmine Mitchell, Carter, Seymour) to a third-place showing of 3:30.59, which clinched the team win by scoring six points.
Sha’Keela Saunders placed second in the long jump with a windy season-best 21’10.25”/6.66m (+3.4). That mark ranks second on the 2016 NCAA performers’ list. Marie-Josée Ebwea-Bile placed as the No. 6 collegian, giving UK 11 points in the long jump.
Saunders placed fourth and Ebwea-Bile fifth in the triple jump to give UK a further 11 points there.
Olivia Gruver cleared 13’9.75”/4.21m in the pole vault, which took place indoors as the meet was delayed by a three-hour, 30-minute weather delay, to earn six points. The pole vault and high jump took place inside Carl Maddox Field House, while the rest of the meet occurred outdoors.
Kentucky’s 4x100m relay of Oliver, Precious Hitchcock, Carter and Gray placed third in 43.33 to earn six points.
Gray ran 23.19 (+0.2) to place fourth and earn five points in the 200m. Hitchcock placed 10th with a PR 23.48.
Sarah Blake was the No. 6 collegian in the javelin with a best toss of 147’0.25”/44.80m to score three points.
Brown placed seventh in the shot put with a best mark of 46’8.75”/14.24m to score two points.
The scoring was done using the standard NCAA Championship scoring format with points allocated with 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 in each of the 20 individual and relay events on both sides.
Cats go 1-2-4 in the women’s 100m. Windy PRs for Carter, Gray and Oliver to score a combined 23 points. pic.twitter.com/hJA0RyvAHA
— UK Track & Field (@KentuckyTrack) April 30, 2016
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Discus (West Cage) Women
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3. Adriana Brown: 180’4.75”/ 54.98m — 8 pts 4. Beckie Famurewa: 173’8.75”/ 52.94m – 6 pts |
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Discus (West Cage) Men
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12. Logan |
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Hammer (West Cage) Women
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2. Beckie Famurewa: |
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Shot Put Men
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11. Nik |
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Long Jump Women
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2. Sha’Keela Saunders: |
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Long Jump Men
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5. Fred |
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Pole Vault Women
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3. Olivia Gruver: 13’9.75″/4.21m |
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Hammer (West Cage) Men
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8. David |
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Shot Put Women
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7. Adriana Brown: 46’8.75”/ 14.24m – 2 pts |
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High Jump Men
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T-2. Justin 9. Cameron |
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Triple Jump Women
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4, Sha’Keela Saunders: |
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Javelin (East Runway) Women
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8. Sarah |
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Javelin (West Runway) Men
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2. Elijah Marta: 209’8”/63.92m |
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Running Events |
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4 x 100 Relay Women
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3. Kentucky (Oliver, |
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4 x 100 Relay Men
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5. Kentucky |
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100 Hurdles Women
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1. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn: |
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110 Hurdles Men
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6. Caleb |
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100 Meters Women
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1. Destiny Carter: 11.11w |
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800 Meters Men
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19. Shane |
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400 Hurdles Women
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2. Kiah Seymour: 55.20 (PR) – |
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400 Hurdles Men
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12: Naija Omari: |
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200 Meters Women
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4. Kianna Gray: 23.19 (+0.2) 10. Precious Hitchcock: 23.48 |
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200 Meters Men
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13. Fred Dorsey: |
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4 x 400 Relay Women
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3. Kentucky (Gray, Mitchell, Carter, |
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4 x 400 Relay Men
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5. Kentucky (Dorsey, |
