Nick Anderson Claims Silver in NCAA 110m Hurdles Final

Results
| Anderson highlight

EUGENE,
Ore. – Kentucky track and
field’s Nick Anderson claimed the NCAA Silver Medal in the 110-meter hurdles scoring
eight points, and helping Kentucky to a 22nd-place team finish, on Friday at
Oregon’s Hayward Field.

The Wildcats scored 11 points for the meet – eight by Anderson and three by
Jacob Thomson in the 10k – up from five a season ago when the UK men’s team
placed 44th.

Anderson ran 13.67 into a -0.7 headwind finishing second to Oregon’s Devon
Allen (13.50).

“Right now I’m just happy,” Anderson said. “It probably wasn’t my fastest time,
but in a championship race it doesn’t matter. Since I was in lane two it helped
me to run in my own little zone in a way. As I got to the end of the race I got
off the last hurdle and just ran for it.

“Coach (Allen) Johnson (Anderson’s event coach) and (UK head coach) Edrick Floréal
both knew I could do something like this and it just took me believing in
myself to do it.”

Anderson became UK’s first NCAA finalist in the 110m hurdles since Keith Hayes
placed fourth in 2013.

The UK men’s team last had a men’s individual NCAA Silver Medalist in 2014 when
Ray Dykstra claimed the honor in the javelin.

Jacob Thomson scored three points with a sixth place finish in the 10k final on
Wednesday.

Also on Friday, Xavier McAllister was unable to clear a height in the high jump
with his first attempts coming at 6’10.25″/2.09m.

UK’s record NCAA outdoor finish was ninth place with 25 points in 2008. The
Wildcats placed in the NCAA outdoor top-20 in 2013 and 2014.

Points are scored at the NCAA Championships by finishing in the top eight of
each event. The points are awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis with 10 going to
the winner and one point to eighth place.

Saturday outlook
The No. 2-ranked Kentucky women’s team will have six scoring opportunities to
score points on Saturday, the final day of the meet.

The broadcast information
The 2016 NCAA Championships will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks.

Saturday’s women’s finals
will air from 6:30-9 p.m. on ESPN.

The NCAA Championships precedent
The Kentucky women’s team’s NCAA record finish came a year ago when the
Wildcats finished as national runner-up with 50 points.

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