Wildcats Ready For SEC Indoor Championships
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky track and field program will return to Fayetteville, Arkansas this week for the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships hosted by the University of Arkansas.
The competition begins on Friday, February 23rd at 1:15 p.m. ET with the women’s pentathlon 60-meter hurdles.
Friday’s competition will consist of track prelims, some field events including men’s and women’s pole vault, weight throw, and long jump finals, and the women’s pentathlon. The track will only see two running finals on Friday, the men’s and women’s 5000 meters and distance medley relays.
Saturday’s events begin at 3:15 p.m. ET with the men’s and women’s high jump final. Other finals include the men’s and women’s shot put and triple jump final.
On the track, running events will begin with men’s and women’s mile run final at 5:05 p.m. ET. Other running finals include the 60-meter dash, 400 meters, 800 meters, 60-meter hurdles, 200 meters, 3,000 meters and 4×400 meters relay.
Live results for the SEC Indoor Championships can be found on flashresults.com and the meet will be broadcasted on SEC Network +.
Tickets for the championships may be purchased online.
The Wildcats collected nine medals at last year’s championships as both the men’s and women’s squads finished seventh overall.
Throughout the indoor season, the Wildcats racked up nine records including two freshman records. Kentucky also had 37 event wins with 76 personal bests after seven meets.
Championship Outlook
The 2024 DI men’s and women’s indoor track and field selections will be from qualifying performances from Friday, Dec. 1 to Sunday, Feb. 25. Feb. 25 is the last date a qualifying performance may be achieved, except for conference championships. Monday, Feb. 26 will mark the last date a qualifying performance may be achieved for conference championships. The final list of meet participants will be available on Tuesday, Feb. 27. On Wednesday, March 6, the final championships start lists will be posted on the NCAA website. The Wildcats currently have four student-athletes in five events who would qualify for the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships after seven meets this season by qualifying as one of the top 16 individuals or as a member of a top-12 relay team in the country during the indoor season.
TFRRS Top-20 Rankings
Men’s
Pole Vault – 1st Keaton Daniel – 19’0.25”/5.80m – Texas Tech
Triple Jump – 1st Luke Brown – 55’1.5”/16.80m – Texas Tech
200 Meters – 6th Kennedy Lightner – 20.49 – Texas Tech
200 Meters – 16th Shavique Bascus – 20.72 – Clemson
Women’s
Pentathlon – 6th Charity Hufnagel – 4218 – Arkansas
High Jump – 11th Charity Hufnagel – 6’0.75”/1.85m – Kentucky
Event Lineup (all info tentative and subject to change before the meet)
| SEC Championships: Friday, February 23: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | ||||
| Pent. 60mH | 1:15 p.m. | FINAL | Charity Hufnagel
Ariel Pedigo |
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| Pent. High Jump | 2:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Charity Hufnagel
Ariel Pedigo |
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| Pent. Shot Put | 4:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Charity Hufnagel
Ariel Pedigo |
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| Pent. Long Jump | 5:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Charity Hufnagel
Ariel Pedigo |
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| Pent. 800m | 7:30 p.m. | FINAL | Charity Hufnagel
Ariel Pedigo |
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| Pent. Women’s Final Results | Charity Hufnagel
Ariel Pedigo |
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| SEC Championships: Friday, February 23: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Pole Vault | 2:30 p.m. | FINAL | Kaitlyn Cain
Kristen Masucci Payton Phillips |
| Women’s Mile | 5:00 p.m. | Prelim | Phoebe McCowan |
| Men’s Mile | 5:15 p.m. | Prelim | Dustin Horter |
| Women’s Weight Throw | 5:15 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Simisola Akinrinsola
Kate Powers |
| Women’s 60m | 5:30 p.m. | Prelim | Victoria Perrow |
| Men’s 60m | 5:45 p.m. | Prelim | Miles Jones
Troy Lane Kennedy Lightner Clinton Muunga |
| Women’s 400m | 6:05 p.m. | Prelim | Ava Alexander
Alysia Johnson Jania Martin Oneika McAnnuff |
| Men’s Pole Vault | 6:15 p.m. | FINAL | Keaton Daniel
Brayden Jackson Dalton Shepler |
| Men’s 400m | 6:35 p.m. | Prelim | Beck O’Daniel |
| Women’s Long Jump | 6:45 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Morgan Davis |
| Women’s 800m | 7:05 p.m. | Prelim | Cha’iel Johnson
Lyric Olson Jenna Schwinghamer Sydney Steely |
| Men’s Long Jump | 7:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Samuel Reagan |
| Women’s 60mH | 7:35 p.m. | Prelim | Alexis Glasco
Emmi Scales |
| Men’s Weight Throw | 7:45 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Logan Coles
DaRoyce Flemons Dennis Ohene-Adu |
| Men’s 60mH | 7:50 p.m. | Prelim | Alex Chukwukelu |
| Women’s 200m | 8:25 p.m. | Prelim | Morgan Davis
Hannah Douglas Victoria Perrow |
| Men’s 5000m | 8:45 p.m. | FINAL | Ed Bird
Jackson Watts |
| Men’s 200m | 9:05 p.m. | Prelim | Shavique Bascus
Miles Jones |
| Women’s Distance Medley Relay | 9:25 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky “A” |
| Men’s Distance Medley Relay | 9:40 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky “A” |
| SEC Championships: Saturday, February 24: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s High Jump | 3:15 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Morgan Davis
Charity Hufnagel |
| Women’s Shot Put | 4:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Simisola Akinrinsola
Shelby Wingler |
| Women’s Mile | 5:05 p.m. | FINAL | Phoebe McCowan |
| Men’s Triple Jump | 5:15 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Luke Brown |
| Women’s 60m | 5:25 p.m. | FINAL | Victoria Perrow |
| Men’s 60m | 5:32 p.m. | FINAL | Miles Jones
Troy Lane Kennedy Lightner Clinton Muunga |
| Women’s 400m | 5:47 p.m. | FINAL | Ava Alexander
Alysia Johnson Jania Martin Oneika McAnnuff |
| Men’s 400m | 5:57 p.m. | FINAL | Beck O’Daniel |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 6:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Ava Alexander |
| Men’s Shot Put | 6:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Dennis Ohene-Adu |
| Women’s 800m | 6:07 p.m. | FINAL | Cha’iel Johnson
Lyric Olson Jenna Schwinghamer Sydney Steely |
| Women’s 60mH | 6:22 p.m. | FINAL | Alexis Glasco
Emmi Scales |
| Men’s 60mH | 6:30 p.m. | FINAL | Alex Chukwukeul |
| Women’s 200m | 6:37 p.m. | FINAL | Morgan Davis
Hannah Douglas Victoria Perrow |
| Men’s 200m | 6:47 p.m. | FINAL | Miles Jones |
| Women’s 3000m | 6:55 p.m. | FINAL | Ally Kruger |
| Men’s 3000m | 7:20 p.m. | FINAL | Jake Allen
Ed Bird Jackson Watts |
| Women’s 4x400m Relay | 7:45 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky “A” |
| Men’s 4x400m Relay | 8:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky “A” |
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