Luke Brown Smashes Triple Jump Record in Outdoor Debut

BATON ROUGE, La. — Junior Luke Brown smashed the triple jump school record en route to his first outdoor event win this afternoon as the University of Kentucky track and field program concluded the Battle on the Bayou hosted by Louisiana State University.

Brown, who holds the indoor triple jump record, added the outdoor record to his portfolio this afternoon in his outdoor debut for the Wildcats. After being kept away from outdoor competition the past two seasons, Brown finally made it to an outdoor season for the Wildcats and marked his arrival with dominance in the triple jump.

The Kingston, Jamaica native continued his triple jump perfection from the indoor season achieving a new school record of 53’9.75”/16.40 meters on his fourth attempt to earn the win. The mark replaces Keenan Hall’s mark of 51’7”/15.72 meters set in 2011 and catapults Brown to the top of the NCAA leaderboards pending other meet results from the weekend.

Brown’s win gives the program three total event wins on the weekend with 24 top-10 event finishes from the Battle on the Bayou. A total of three personal bests were achieved today giving the program a total of nine from the meet while 11 marks were added to the record book.

The Wildcats will travel to Knoxville, Tennessee next weekend for the Tennessee Invitational on April 5-6.

FINALS RECAP

SPRINTS & HURDLES

100mH

WOMEN – Junior Alexis Glasco finished eighth with a time of 13.26 (+0.9). It marks her second top-10 finish in the event this season.

110mH

MEN – Freshman Alex Chukwukelu finished sixth with a time of 13.78 (+2.0) that ranks sixth on the UK all-time performers list. It marks his second top-10 finish of the season so far.

100M

MEN – Freshman Miles Jones finished fifth with a wind-aided time of 10.20 (+3.3) while junior Clinton Muunga finished eighth with a time of 10.25 (+1.5). It marks Jones’ best finish in the event and Munnga’s second top-10 finish so far this season.

400M

WOMEN – Senior Jania Martin finished fifth with a personal best time of 52.51 that ranks seventh on the UK all-time performers list. It marks her second top-10 finish in the event this season.

Junior Alysia Johnson was just behind in sixth with a time of 52.63 that tied for 10th on the UK all-time performers list. It marks her second top-10 finish in the event this season.

Freshman Oneika McAnnuff finished in seventh with a time of 52.98 in her event debut.

MEN – Graduate student Kennedy Lightner finished third with a personal best time of 45.41 that ranks second on the UK all-time performers list.

RELAYS

4X100M

WOMEN – Kentucky’s “A” team of juniors Victoria Perrow, Hannah Douglas, senior Jania Martin, and junior Alexis Glasco placed seventh with a time of 44.50.

MEN – Kentucky’s “A” team of junior Clinton Muunga, freshmen Shavique Bascus and Miles Jones, and graduate student Kennedy Lightner finished fifth with a time of 39.65.

4X400M

WOMEN – Kentucky’s “A” team of freshman Cha’iel Johnson, junior Alysia Johnson, freshman Oneika McAnnuff, and senior Jania Martin finished third with a season-best time of 3:32.72.

MEN – Kentucky’s “A” team of graduate students Ethan Brown and Kennedy Lightner and freshman Shavique Bascus, and junior Markevus Jackson finished eighth with a time of 3:10.53.

JUMPS & THROWS

TRIPLE JUMP

MEN – Junior Luke Brown won with a school record mark of 53’09.75”/16.40 meters (+0.9) on his outdoor debut.

DISCUS THROW

MEN – Senior Dennis Ohene-Adu finished ninth with a mark of 168’5”/51.34 meters. It marks his best finish in the event so far this season.

SHOT PUT

MEN – Senior Dennis Ohene-Adu finished fourth with a personal best mark of 62’01.75”/18.94 meters that ranks 10th on the UK all-time performers list. It marks his best finish in the event so far this season.

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