UKTF Wins 25 Individual Events at the Kentucky Invitational

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky track & field teams earned 17 individual event wins plus an additional event where an alumnus won and a Wildcat was competing unattached, taking the team’s two-day total to 26 event wins and two more top-collegian finishes at the Kentucky Invitational at the UK Track & Field Complex. 
 
UK’s women’s 4×400-meter relay of Karimah Davis, Abby Steiner, Dajour Miles and Alexis Holmes broke the school and track records with a time of 3:25.79 that ranks No. 3 in the nation this season. 
 
Senior Masai Russell broke the 100m hurdles track record with a time of 12.71 that ranks No. 6 in the nation this season. She improved her PB with a time that ranks No. 3 on the UK all-time list, only behind the gold and silver medalists at the most recent Olympic Games: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (12.40 in 2018) and Keni Harrison (12.50 in 2015).  
 
Holmes added a 400m individual win to the relay school record she played a part in, winning in 51.54. Dwight St. Hillaire won the men’s quarter mile in 46.193 defeating teammate Kennedy Lightner (46.197) in a photo finish. 
 
UK’s men’s and women’s 4x100m relays started the day with wins. The men’s quartet of Lance Lang, Dwight St. Hillaire, Jacob Smith and Kennedy Lightner ran a season best, No. 3 on the UK all-time list and the No. 16 time in the nation this season: 39.18. 

Lance Lang won the men’s 100m with a windy 10.02 time (+2.4), which ranks No. 4 on the NCAA qualifying list that allows any times run with a tailwind under 4 meters/second. 
 
UK’s women’s 4×1 of Shadajah Ballard, Abby Steiner, Russell and Karimah Davis ran 42.91 for the win. 
 
Simi Akinrinsola won the women’s shot put with a mark of 45’9.75″/13.96m. Leah Moore placed third with a mark of 45’3.75″/13.81m. 
 
Alumnus and 2008 NCAA Discus Champion Rashaud Scott won the men’s discus while Josh Sobota was top collegian, second overall, with a toss of 177’5″/54.09m. Sobota also won the men’s shot put with a mark of 60’8.75″/18.51m. 
 
Areti Filipidou won the women’s discus with a mark of 166’3″/50.68m. Molly Leppelmeier was runner-up (162’1″/49.41m). 
 
Sophie Galloway won the women’s triple jump (41’3.75″/12.59m (-0.6) ) and Kendall Jordan placed second (40’6.75″/12.36m (+0.5)). 
 
Siobhan Szerencits won the women’s pole vault, clearing 13’4.5″/4.08m. 
 
Dajour Miles won the women’s 100m in a personal best 11.52. Karimah Davis was second (11.54). 
 
Jackson Watts won the men’s 3k steeplechase in 9:10.46. 
 
UK’s men’s 4x400m relay of Dwight St. Hillaire, Lance Lang, Kenroy Williams and Kennedy Lightner ran 3:05.67 to win the last event of the competition. 

Patrick Kimball won the men’s 100m hurdles with a time of 14.45. 

 
Friday report:  
Abby Steiner ran the third fastest 200m in collegiate history, Jade Gates’ broke the hammer throw school record and Tori Herman tied her school record in the 1500m on the competition’s opening day. 

The Wildcats totaled 25 personal bests on Friday. 
 
Abby Steiner gave the Big Blue Nation a taste of #SteinerSpeed, in the lone home meet of the outdoor season. The senior smashed the facility record in the 200m running an outdoor personal best, 22.05. Third fastest in collegiate history. 

Jade Gates broke the UK hammer school record with a throw of 219’0″/66.77m in the first event of the day. She also broke teammate Molly Leppelmeier’s school record in her first attempt (214’7″/65.40m). 
 
Tori Herman tied her personal best, which is the UK school record, 4:14.12 en route to the 1500m win and the No. 6 time in the country this season. UK alumna and volunteer assistant coach Katy Kunc was runner up in 4:17.72, while Rachel Boice was fourth, Kaitlyn Lacy was sixth, Julz Williams was seventh and Kaylie Kenne was eighth. 
 
Jenna Gearing won the women’s 800m with a time of 2:04.67 that put her at No. 6 on the UK all-time list and No. 20 in the country this year. DeAnna Martin was runner-up in 2:05.28, No 8 on the UK all-time list. 
 
Rahman Minor won the men’s high jump with a jump of 7’0.5″/2.15m, while Donsten Brown placed third. 

Keaton Daniel won the men’s pole vault clearing 17’3.5″/5.27m. Matthew Peare, Jacob Sobota and Dalton Shepler gave UK a 1-2-3-4 placing in the event. 
 
Logan Coles won the men’s hammer throw with a personal best and freshman record toss of 208’1″/63.43m, while Michael Browning was runner-up (197’9″/60.28m). 
 
Masai Russell won the women’s 400m hurdles in 56.46m and Darci Khan took second place (1:02.17) 
 
Kenroy Williams won the men’s 400m hurdles with a time of 50.53 and Beck O’Daniel was runner-up in a personal best 51.60. 
 
UK volunteer assistant coach and UT alum Christian Coleman won the men’s 200m in 19.92 (+0.5). Lance Lang was the top collegian and overall runner-up in 20.30. Dwight St. Hillaire was third in 20.38, while Jacob Smith placed fifth (20.76). The Wildcats earned a 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 finish in the event. 
 
In the women’s 200m behind Steiner’s historic performance, All-American sprinter Karimah Davis was second in 23.10, Megan Moss was third in 23.48, Dajour Miles was fourth in 23.54 and Shadajah Ballard placed fifth in 23.60. 
 
Annika Williams and Sophie Galloway placed second and third in the women’s long jump respectively. Williams’ mark was a six-inch PB and moved her to No. 5 on the UK all-time list. 
 
During Saturday’s meet, the program honored 29 seniors in the Class of 2022. 
 
Men 

• Myles Anders – sprints 

• Nathaniel Bann – sprints 

• Tai Brown – hurdles/sprints 

• Jacob Brizendine – distance 

• Trey Causey III – jumps 

• Brian Faust – sprints 

• Joseph Jardine – pole vault 

• Patrick Kimball – hurdles 

• Jacob Smith – sprints 

• Joshua Sobota – throws 

• Jacob Sobota – multi 

• Robbie Springfield III – jumps 

• Gabe Szalay – distance 

• Trevor Warren – distance 

• Lincoln Young – pole vault 

Women 

• Perri Bockrath – distance  

• Rachel Boice – distance  

• Sophie Carrier – distance  

• Amaya Chadwick – hurdles  

• Karimah Davis – sprints  

• Alexis Holmes – sprints  

• Kaitlyn Lacy – distance 

• Sarah Michels – distance  

• Natalie Molotky – distance 

• Masai Russell – hurdles/sprints  

• Abby Steiner – sprints  

• Siobhan Szerencsits – pole vault 

• Kelli Walsh – distance  
   

Austin Peay, Bellarmine, Brescia, Campbellsville, Centre College, Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky Wesleyan, Midway, Morehead State, Murray State, Pikeville, Saint Louis, Transylvania and Western Kentucky competed at the meet. 
 

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