Kentucky Qualifies Eight Entries to NCAA Indoor Championships
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky track and field program will have six women’s, and two men’s entries at the NCAA Indoor Championships next weekend.
The championships will be held March 8-9 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama. The Championships were last held there in 2016.
ESPN3 will stream the championships live starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time March 8 and starting at 5 p.m. Eastern time March 9. A re-air of the championship will take place starting at 10 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, March 10 on ESPN2 and again Monday, March 11 starting at 10 p.m. Eastern time on ESPNU.
The top-16 declared entries, and top-12 declared relay teams from marks recorded this season qualified for the Championships.
The top-eight scorers in each of the 17 events on the men’s and women’s sides will score points by virtue of their place finish on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. The team with the most points at the end of the meet wins.
The UK women’s team is ranked No. 9 this week, and UK’s men’s team is No. 36 on the USTFCCCA’s track and field rating index.
The UK women’s team placed third (a school record indoors) with 34 points and the men’s team was T-17th on 12 points at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Daniel Roberts leads the way for the UK men’s team as the No. 2 seed in the 60m hurdles after he became the fourth fastest indoor hurdler in collegiate history en route to the SEC silver last weekend.
Marie-Josee Ebwea-Bile Excel is ranked No. 2 in the women’s triple jump. She claimed a SEC silver last week too.
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Kentucky program – 2019 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships |
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Friday Track |
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Time (CT) |
Event |
Division |
Round |
UK entry (Seed. Name. Q mark) |
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5:35 PM |
Mile |
Women |
Semifinal |
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5:50 PM |
Mile |
Men |
Semifinal |
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6:07 PM |
60 Hurdles |
Women |
Semifinal |
7. Faith Ross: 8.06 |
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6:17 PM |
60 Hurdles |
Men |
Semifinal |
2. Daniel Roberts: 7.48 |
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6:27 PM |
400 Meters |
Women |
Semifinal |
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6:42 PM |
400 Meters |
Men |
Semifinal |
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6:57 PM |
60 Meters |
Women |
Semifinal |
15. Kianna Gray: 7.25 |
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7:07 PM |
60 Meters |
Men |
Semifinal |
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7:17 PM |
800 Meters |
Women |
Semifinal |
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7:27 PM |
800 Meters |
Men |
Semifinal |
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7:37 PM |
200 Meters |
Women |
Semifinal |
6. Abby Steiner: 22.97 |
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7:52 PM |
200 Meters |
Men |
Semifinal |
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8:07 PM |
5000 Meters |
Women |
Final |
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8:27 PM |
5000 Meters |
Men |
Final |
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8:47 PM |
DMR |
Women |
Final |
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9:02 PM |
DMR |
Men |
Final |
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Friday Field |
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Time (CT) |
Event |
Division |
Round |
UK entry (Seed. Name. Q mark) |
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5:15 PM |
Shot Put |
Women |
Prelims & Final |
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5:30 PM |
Long Jump |
Men |
Prelims & Final |
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5:30 PM |
Pole Vault |
Men |
Final |
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7:10 PM |
Long Jump |
Women |
Prelims & Final |
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7:20 PM |
Shot Put |
Men |
Prelims & Final |
16. Noah Castle: 63’11.75″/19.50m |
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Saturday Track |
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Time (CT) |
Event |
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Round |
UK entry (Seed. Name. Q mark) |
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4:10 PM |
Mile |
Women |
Final |
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4:20 PM |
Mile |
Men |
Final |
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4:30 PM |
60 Hurdles |
Women |
Final |
TBD |
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4:40 PM |
60 Hurdles |
Men |
Final |
TBD |
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4:50 PM |
400 Meters |
Women |
Final |
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5:00 PM |
400 Meters |
Men |
Final |
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5:10 PM |
60 Meters |
Women |
Final |
TBD |
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5:20 PM |
60 Meters |
Men |
Final |
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5:30 PM |
800 Meters |
Women |
Final |
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5:40 PM |
800 Meters |
Men |
Final |
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5:50 PM |
200 Meters |
Women |
Final |
TBD |
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6:00 PM |
200 Meters |
Men |
Final |
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6:10 PM |
3000 Meters |
Women |
Final |
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6:25 PM |
3000 Meters |
Men |
Final |
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6:40 PM |
4×400 Relay |
Women |
Final |
8. UK: 3:32.15 |
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6:55 PM |
4×400 Relay |
Men |
Final |
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Saturday Field |
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Time |
Event |
Division |
Round |
UK entry (Seed. Name. Q mark) |
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1 PM |
High Jump |
Men |
Final |
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1 PM |
High Jump |
Women |
Final |
6. Ellen Ekholm: 6’/1.83m |
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2 PM |
Weight Throw |
Men |
Prelims & Final |
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3:30 PM |
Triple Jump |
Women |
Prelims & Final |
2. Marie-Josee Ebwea-Excel: 45’2.5″/13.78m |
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4 PM |
Pole Vault |
Women |
Final |
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4:30 PM |
Weight Throw |
Women |
Prelims & Final |
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5:00 PM |
Triple Jump |
Men |
Prelims & Final |
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