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Shepard’s 5k PB Starts Vandy Black & Gold for UKTF

Shepard’s 5k PB Starts Vandy Black & Gold for UKTF

by Jake Most

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Caitlin Shepard’s second-place 5,000-meter personal best was the top result for Kentucky on Friday at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational.

The sophomore quickened her PB 5k time by 27 seconds to 17:04.64.

Janie O’Connor took third place in the women’s 200m with a time of 24.54.
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Kennedy Krieg earned a top-five place in the women’s hammer throw.
 
Alex Mortimer placed 25th and Tanner Dowdy was 27th in the men’s 1,500m.
 
UK will have nine more entries on Saturday.

Krieg is scheduled to compete in the discus and javelin.

O’Connor and Jasmine Mitchell are slated to run the 400m, Brooke Nohilly will run the 800m, and Will Walker will make his 2018 400m hurdles debut.
 
Alison D’Alessandro, Riley Caudill and Nicole Bagby will compete in the pole vault.
 

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Friday, March 23

 

Field Event

UK Entry

Women’s Hammer Throw

5. Kennedy Krieg: 162’7.75″/49.57m

 

Track Event

UK Entry

Women’s 200

3. Janie O’Connor: 24.54 (-0.3)

15. Jasmine Mitchell: 25.44 (+0.2)

Women’s 1500

14. Sarah Crawford: 4:40.67

Men’s 1500

25. Alex Mortimer: 4:05.15

27. Tanner Dowdy: 4:06.97

Women’s 5000

2. Caitlin Shepard: 17:04.64 | pB

SATURDAY, MARCH 24

Track (Time CT)

Event

Sections

 

12 PM

Women’s 4X100m Relay

1

 

12:05 PM

Men’s 4X100m Relay

1

 

12:15 PM W

Women’s 2K Steeple

1

 

12:30 PM M

Men’s 2K Steeple

1

 

12:45 PM W

Women’s 100H

4

 

1 PM M

Men’s 110H

3

 

1:15 PM W

Women’s 400

4

Sec. 1 | Ln. 6: Jasmine Mitchell
Sec. 2 | Ln. 4:  Janie O’Connor

1:30 PM M

Men’s 400

4

 

1:45 PM W

Women’s 100

4

 

2 PM M

Men’s 100

4

 

2:15 PM

Women’s 800

3

Sec. 2 | Ln. 9: Brooke Nohilly

2:30 PM

Men’s 800

4

 

2:45 PM

Women’s 400H

2

 

2:55 PM

Men’s 400H

3

Sec. 2 | Ln. 5: Will Walker

3:10 PM

Women’s 3000

2

 

3:35 PM

Men’s 3000

2

 

4 PM

Women’s 4X400m relay

2

 

4:15 PM

Men’s 4X400m relay

2

 

Field (Time CT)

Event

Flights

 

10 AM

Women’s Discus

1

Kennedy Krieg

After women

Men’s Discus

1

 

After discus

Women’s Javelin

1

Kennedy Krieg

After W Jav

Men’s Javelin

2

 

11 AM

Women’s High Jump

 

 

After women

Men’s High Jump

 

 

11 AM W

Women’s Long Jump

 

 

After women

Men’s Long Jump

2

 

1 PM

Women’s Pole Vault

 

Alison D’Alessandro, Riley Caudill, Nicole Bagby

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