Rahman Minor Wins High Jump on Day One of Florida Relays

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Kentucky track & field senior jumper Rahman Minor won the high jump with his best jump in two years at the annual Pepsi Florida Relays at the University of Florida in the James G. Pressley Stadium on day two of three days of competition. 

The Wildcats finished day one with 16 top nine finishes and 10 personal bests. 

Day One 

Masai Russell, Karimah Davis, Molly Leppelmeier and Jenna Gearing had solid days for UKTF. 

Minor earned his best high jump in over two years in his win in Gainesville, jumping 7’2.25″/2.19m. It was only .75 inches off his Kentucky personal best of 7’3″/2.21m and tied his outdoor personal best at Kentucky, which ranks fifth in program history outdoors. 

Russell ran a personal best 55.41 with a stellar finish for second place in the 400-meter hurdles, beating her previous personal best that she earned at 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships. 

Leppelmeier broke her own school record in the hammer throw with a mark of 212’6″/64.79m, finishing third collegiately and fifth overall. 

Davis ran 22.97 in the 200m to finish second and earn an outdoor personal best in the event. Her performance earned her the ninth best spot in UKTF history outdoors. 

Sophomore Matt Duvall finished third in the final race of the night, the men’s 5,000m, with a time of 14:27.91. 

Gearing ran a personal best in the 1,500m when she finished fourth (4:17.25), becoming fifth fastest for UK all-time in the event. 

Tori Herman came right behind Gearing in the 1,500m with a fifth-place finish (4:17.51). 

Lance Lang ran for sixth in the 200m (20.58) with teammate Dwight St. Hillaire close behind in eighth (20.59). Kennedy Lightner also ran an outdoor personal best in the event (20.90). 

Jade Gates placed fifth collegiately and seventh overall in the hammer throw (204’11″/63.76m). 

Kenroy Williams placed eighth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 50.92. 

Jake Allen finished ninth in the men’s 1500m (3:46.18), only two seconds off his personal best. 

Logan Coles earned a freshman record in the hammer throw with a throw of 200’06″/61.12m in 11th place. It was also the sixth best for UK all-time. 

In the women’s 5,000m, Kaylie Kenne led the Wildcats with a sixth-place finish (17:08.76), followed by Kelli Walsh in eighth (17:28.63). 

Meet Information 

Saturday’s competition starts at 11 a.m. with the men’s discus invite and ends around 6:30 p.m. with the men’s 4x400m relay. The final field event, the men’s triple jump, starts at 3 p.m. while the first running event is the women’s 100m hurdles at noon. 

Live results can be found on Delta Timing. 

The meet will be streamed live on SEC Network + beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are available for purchase on Ticketmaster. 

The teams that will be competing are Alabama, Auburn, Charlotte, Clemson, Columbia, Florida A&M, FAU, Florida State, Georgetown, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Hampton, Harvard, Howard, Indiana, Iowa, Jacksonville, Kentucky, Maryland, Miami (FL), NC A&T, Nebraska, North Florida, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, South Carolina, South Florida, UCF, Vanderbilt, VCU, Villanova and Virginia Tech. 

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