Kentucky Qualifies 14 Entries for NCAA Indoor Championships

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky qualified 14 entries for the 2020 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships which will take place on March 13-14 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
 
The Wildcats’ 14 entries are tied for the program’s most into the NCAA Indoor Championships since 2010. The only other time UK qualified 14 combined entries since that time was the 2017-18 season when the women’s team finished third and the men’s team finished 17th. 
 
The eight entries for the women’s team ranks sixth among programs at the championships and the men’s team’s six entries ranks twelfth. Kentucky is one of only eight schools with six or more entries on both the men’s and women’s sides. 
 
ESPN3 will stream the championships live starting at 7:15 p.m. ET on March 13 and starting at 6 p.m. on March 14. A re-air of the championships will take place starting at 9 p.m. on March 16 on ESPNU. 
 
Kentucky’s Men’s Entries (6)
60-Meter: Langston Jackson (No. 9; 6.60), Lance Lang (No. 16; 6.64)
200m: Langston Jackson (No. 3; 20.65)
4x400m Relay: Kentucky (No. 12; 3:07.33)
Pole Vault: Matthew Peare (No. 14; 17-11/5.46m)
Shot Put: Josh Sobota (No. 9; 66-3.25/20.20m)
 
Kentucky’s Women’s Entries (8)
60m: Celera Barnes (No. 7; 7.18), Abby Steiner (No. 16; 7.24) 
200m: Abby Steiner (No. 1; 22.57)
400m: Alexis Holmes (No. 5; 52.08), Megan Moss (No. 16; 52.58)
60m Hurdles: Masai Russell (No. 14; 8.11)
4x400m Relay: Kentucky (No. 2; 3:29.74)
High Jump: Ellen Ekholm (No. 1; 6-3.25/1.91m)
 
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