Steiner Wins Three Times, Improves Nation’s Best Time in the 200
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Junior Abby Steiner won three events, including an improvement in her nation’s-best time in the 200-meter dash, as the No. 12 Kentucky women’s indoor track and field team won five events and the No. 22 men claimed two victories Saturday at the South Carolina Invitational.
Steiner was the day’s headliner for the Wildcats, sweeping the sprint double in the 60-meter and 200m dashes and running a leg on the victorious 4×400-meter relay.
Coming into the meet with the nation’s best time in the 200, her clocking of 22.69 seconds improved the time further and set the facility record at the South Carolina Indoor Track and Field Complex. Earlier in the day, Steiner blazed the 60m straightaway with a time of 7.24 seconds.
Kentucky went into top gear(ing) in the mile as graduate student Jenna Gearing won for the second time this season with a personal-best time of 4:42.92. It is the eighth-best indoor mile run in school history. Earlier this season, she won UK’s McCravy-Green Invitational.
Two Wildcat teammates, senior Carly Hinkle and sophomore Annika Williams, actually tied for the high jump title at 5’9.25″ (1.76m) but Hinkle won the tiebreaker based on fewer jumps needed to clear the height.
The Wildcat women capped the day with a win in the 4x400m relay, as Megan Moss, Steiner, Masai Russell and Dajour Miles stormed the oval with a time of 3:32.41.
On the men’s side, Matt Duvall showed why he was the Southeastern Conference Cross Country Freshman of the Year by winning the 5000-meter run in a facility-record time of 14:23.49, also breaking the UK freshman record in the process. The Wildcats dominated the event by winning the top four places as Duvall was followed by freshman Jake Allen, freshman Ethan Kern and sophomore Aaron Withrow.
Senior pole vaulter Matthew Peare won for the second time this season with a lift of 16’11” (5.16m). His triumph came with the help of a tiebreaker, as he tied for the top mark and won by virtue of fewer attempts needed.
Below are the Kentucky event results for the meet.
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Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6 – Women’s Pentathlon and Men’s Heptathlon |
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Event |
UK entries |
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(Friday) Women’s 60m Hurdles |
6. Annika Williams, 8.94 (931 points) |
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(Friday) Women’s High Jump |
1. Annika Williams, 5’9.75″/1.77m (941 points) | Tied personal best |
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(Friday) Women’s Shot Put |
3. Annika Williams, 39’6.75″/12.06m (665 points) | Personal best |
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(Friday) Women’s Long Jump |
2. Annika Williams, 18’6.5″/5.65m (744 points) |
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(Friday) Women’s 800m |
11. Annika Williams, 2:44.01 (528 points) Total of 3809 points, 3rd place | Personal best |
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(Friday) Men’s 60m Dash |
2. Joseph Jardine, 7.13 (837 points) |
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(Friday) Men’s Long Jump |
2. Joseph Jardine, 22’3.5″/6.79m (764 points) |
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(Friday) Men’s Shot Put |
8. Joseph Jardine, 37’4.5″/11.39m (569 points) |
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(Friday) Men’s High Jump |
7. Joseph Jardine, 5’8.1″/1.73m (569 points) |
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(Saturday) Men’s 60m Hurdles |
7. Joseph Jardine, 8.86 (777 points) |
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(Saturday) Men’s Pole Vault |
T1. Joseph Jardine, 16’0.9″/4.90m (880 points) |
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(Saturday) Men’s 1000m |
7. Joseph Jardine, 2.56.21 (702 points) Total of 5098 points, 5th place |
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Saturday, February 6 |
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Event |
UK entries |
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Women’s 60m Hurdles final/prelims |
Final: 5. Masai Russell, 8.53 Heat 1, 4th place: Shadajah Ballard, 8.70 Heat 1, 5th place: Amaya Chadwick, 8.73 Heat 3, 1st place: Masai Russell, 8.39 Q | Season best Heat 3, 4th place: Darci Khan, 8.63 |
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Men’s 60m Hurdles final/prelims |
Final: 4. Tai Brown, 7.97 Final: 7. Tyreke Highman, 8.07 Heat 1, 2nd place: Tyricke Highman, 8.07 q Heat 3, 1st place: Tai Brown, 8.11 Q |
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Women’s 60m final/prelims |
Final: 1. Abby Steiner, 7.24 Final: 4. Dajour Miles, 7.44 Heat 1, 5th place: Kaylyn Heath, 7.68 Heat 2, 2nd place: Dajour Miles, 7.51 q Heat 3, 1st place: Abby Steiner, 7.31 Q |
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Men’s 60m final/prelims |
Final: 2. Lance Lang, 6.67 | Season best Heat 3, 1st place: Lance Lang, 6.74 Q Heat 4, 3rd place: Cameron Council, 6.95 |
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Women’s Mile |
1. Jenna Gearing, 4:42.92 (first place in section 1) | No. 8 UK all-time | Personal best 4. Tori Herman, 4:45.17 (fourth place in section 1) | No. 9 UK all-time | Personal best 8. Perri Bockrath, 4:51.60 (eighth place in section 1) | Personal best 10. Kaitlyn Lacy, 4:54.40 (first place in section 2) | Personal best 12. Rachel Boice, 4:55.41 (third place in section 2) |Personal best |
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Men’s Mile |
2. Dylan Allen, 4:04.57 (second place in section 1) | Personal best 8. Jacob Brizendine, 4:12.39 (first place in section 2) |Personal best 14. Gabe Szalay, 4:16.01 (sixth place in section 2) |
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Women’s 400m |
2. Megan Moss, 52.99 (first place in section 2) |
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Men’s 400m |
4. Jacob Smith, 47.13 (1st place in section 3) | No. 9 UK all-time | PB 12. Kenroy Williams, 48.33 (second place in section 4) 17. Beck O’Daniel, 49.66 (third place in section 2) |
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Women’s 800m |
5. Jenna Schwinghamer 2:09.26 (first place in section 2) | PB 10. Bryanna Lucas, 2:12.13 (first place in section 3) | Personal best 13. DeAnna Martin, 2:13.83 (second place in section 3) |
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Men’s 800m |
7. Gabe Szalay, 1:54.27 (second place in section 2) | Personal best 10. Jacob Brizendine, 1:55.47 (second place in section 3) |
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Women’s 200m |
1. Abby Steiner, 22.69 (first place in section 1) | Facility record | National best time of the season in this event 4. Dajour Miles, 23.86 (second place in section 3) 8. Kaylyn Heath, 24.45 (first place in section 6) | Season best 15. Shadajah Ballard, 25.05 (third place in section 6) 21. Amaya Chadwick, 25.53 (third place in section 3) 23. Darci Khan, 25.62 (fourth place in section 3) | Season best |
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Men’s 200m |
4. Dwight St. Hillaire, 20.88 (first place in section 4) | Season best 6. Lance Lang, 20.98 (first place in section 6) 15. Cameron Council, 21.73 (third place in section 9) 16. Tai Brown, 21.77 (third place in section 7) 31. Tyricke Highman, 22.90 (fourth place in section 8) |
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Women’s 5000m |
No entries |
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Men’s 5000m |
1. Matt Duvall, 14:23.49 | Facility record 2. Jake Allen, 14:25.76 3. Ethan Kern, 14:33.60 4. Aaron Withrow, 14:39.23 |
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Women’s 4x400m Relay |
1. Kentucky “A” (Megan Moss, Abby Steiner, Masai Russell, Dajour Miles) 3:332.41 | Season best 5. Kentucky “B” (Annika Williams, Jenna Schwinghamer, Bryanna Lucas, DeAnna Martin), 3:52.21 6. Kentucky “C” (Darci Khan, Amaya Chadwick, Shadajah Ballard, Kaylyn Heath), 4:02.53 |
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Men’s 4x400m Relay |
4. Kentucky “A” (Jacob Smith, Dwight St. Hillaire, Kenroy Williams, Lance Lang), 3:07.99 | Season best 5. Kentucky “B” (Cameron Council, Beck O’Daniel, Tyricke Highman, Tai Brown), 3:30.08 |
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Men’s Weight Throw |
9. Michael Browning, 57’3″/17.45m |
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Women’s Long Jump |
No entries |
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Men’s Long Jump |
4. Robbie Springfield, 24’0.25″/7.32m 6. Trey Causey III, 23’6.25″/7.17m | Season best |
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Women’s Shot Put |
11. Molly Leppelmeier, 48’3.50″/14.72m |
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Women’s Pole Vault |
T4. Siobhan Szerencsits, 13’0.75″/3.98m | Season best 7. Alison, D’Alessandro, 12’8.75″/3.88m | Career best 10. Nicole Bagby, 12’4.75″/3.78m |
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Men’s Pole Vault |
1. Matthew Peare, 16’11″/5.16m | Won on tiebreaker |
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Women’s Triple Jump |
No entries |
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Men’s Triple Jump |
8. Joseph Palmer, 44’6.25″/13.57m |
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Men’s Shot Put |
2. Josh Sobota, 63’2″/19.25m | Season high |
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Women’s High Jump |
1. Carly Hinkle, 5’9.25″/1.76m | Season best | Won on tiebreaker 2. Annika Williams, 5’9.25″/1.76m |
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Women’s Weight Throw |
3. Molly Leppelmeier, 67’10.75″/20.69m | Personal best 4. Jade Gates, 67’2.75″/20.49 | Personal best |
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Men’s High Jump |
3. Rahman Minor, 6’10.75″/2.10m 6. Trey Causey III, 6’8.75″/2.05m |
Kentucky has its final regular-season indoor competition Friday and Saturday. The Wildcat distance runners will compete in Nashville at the Music City Challenge while the remainder of the squad heads to the Clemson’s Tiger Paw Invitational. The Wildcats are pointing toward the Southeastern Conference Championships (Feb. 25-27) and the NCAA Championships (March 11-13), both of which will be held at the University of Arkansas.
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