Masai Russell, Faith Ross, Celera Barnes, 4x400 Relay Tally at NCAA Track and Field Championships
EUGENE, Oregon – Masai Russell, Faith Ross, Celera Barnes and the 4×400-meter relay tallied points for the Kentucky women’s track and field team Saturday at the 2021 NCAA Championships at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus.
As a team, Kentucky totaled 13 points to finish in 21st place, the seventh-straight time that the Wildcats have placed in the top 25.
Russell scored in both hurdles races. She got the Wildcats started with a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, earning three team points, with a time of 12.97 seconds. Russell finished fourth in the 400m hurdles with a personal-best time of 56.18, adding five points.
Russell was joined in the 400 hurdles points by Faith Ross, who also raced a personal best with 56.49 to finish sixth, adding three points.
Celera Barnes scored a point with her eighth-place finish in the 100m dash. She posted a wind-aided time of 11.31 (+2.2).
The 4×400 relay unit of Megan Moss, Dajour Miles, Barnes and Ross ran the third-best time in school history, 3:28.68, to finish eighth and add the final point.
The Kentucky men completed their meet yesterday, landing in 15th place, the best finish for the UK men since 2014.
Here are Kentucky’s final meet results:
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Wednesday Events |
Round |
Start List |
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Semifinals |
18. UK: (Rodney Heath Jr., Dwight St. Hillaire, Jacob Smith, Kennedy Lightner): 39.56 |
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Finals |
2. Keaton Daniel: 18’2.5″/5.55m — 8 points | First men’s pole vault medal in UK history |
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Semifinals |
9. Tai Brown: 13.68q (+0.2) |
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Semifinals |
22. Lance Lang: 10.51 (+0.9) |
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Finals |
24. Trey Causey III: 22’8.5″/6.92m |
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Semifinals |
6. Dwight St. Hillaire: 45.68Q |
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Semifinals |
15. Kenroy Williams: 50.62 |
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Finals |
5. Josh Sobota 65’0.5″/19.82m – 4 points | PB, No. 3 on UK all-time list 19. Charles Lenford Jr.: 59’2.75″/18.05m |
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Semifinals |
11. Lance Lang: 20.62 (+1.3) |
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Semifinals |
3. UK (Kenroy Williams, Lance Lang, Dwight St. Hillaire, Kennedy Lightner): 3:04.42 |
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Thursday Events |
Round |
Start List |
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Finals |
18. Molly Leppelmeier: 212’0″/64.62m | Ties her own school record |
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Semifinals |
13. UK (Shadajah Ballard, Celera Barnes, Dajour Miles, Megan Moss): 44.11 |
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Semifinals |
21. Tori Herman: 4:19.56 |
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Semifinals |
7. Masai Russell: 12.93q (-0.5) 9. Faith Ross” 12.94 (+1.1) |
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Semifinals |
7. Celera Barnes: 11.39q (+0.5) |
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Semifinals |
22. Megan Moss: 53.26 |
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Semifinals |
4. Faith Ross: 56.68q | PB, improves No. 5 time on UK all-time list 6. Masai Russell:57.06Q |
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Semifinals |
9. UK (Faith Ross, Megan Moss, Celera Barnes, Dajour Miles): 3:32.69q |
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Friday Events |
Round |
Start List |
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Finals |
9. Josh Sobota: 184’11″/56.36m 16. Charles Lenford Jr.: 178’7″/54.45m |
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Final |
9. Tai Brown: 13.89 (-0.6) |
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Final |
5. Dwight St. Hillaire: 45.20 | 4 points |
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Final |
8. UK (Kenroy Williams, Lance Lang, Dwight St. Hillaire, Kennedy Lightner): 3:03.63 | 1 point |
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Saturday Events |
Round |
Start List |
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Finals |
11. Annika Williams: 5’11.25″/1.81m |
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Final |
6. Masai Russell: 12.97 (+0.4) – 3 points |
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Final |
8. Celera Barnes: 11.31w (+2.2) – 1 point |
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Final |
4. Masai Russell: 56.18 – 5 points | PB, No. 5 on UK all-time list 6. Faith Ross: 56.49 – 3 points | PB, No. 6 on UK all-time list |
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Final |
8. UK (Megan Moss, Dajour Miles, Celera Barnes, Faith Ross): 3:28.68 – 1 point | season best, No. 3 in UK history |
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