Wildcats Ready for SEC Outdoor Championships

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky track and field program will return to Gainesville, Florida this week for the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships hosted by the University of Florida.

The competition begins on Thursday, May 9 at noon ET with the women’s heptathlon 100-meter hurdles and men’s hammer throw.

Thursday’s competition will consist of track prelims, some field events including men’s and women’s hammer and javelin throw, and the women’s heptathlon. The track will only see one running final on Thursday, the men’s and women’s 10,000 meters.

Friday’s events begin at 11:45 a.m. ET with the resumption of the women’s heptathlon amongst other field event finals such as the high jump, long jump, shot put, and women’s pole vault. The track will see additional prelims in multiple events with only one final, the men’s and women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase.

The final day of competition on Saturday will begin at 3:00 p.m. ET with the men’s discus throw. Running events will begin at 6:05 p.m. ET with the men’s 4×100 meter relay.

Live results for the SEC Outdoor Championships can be found here and the meet will be broadcast on SEC Network +.

Tickets for the championships may be purchased online.

The Wildcats collected six medals at last year’s championships with the women tying for 8th and the men finishing 10th.

Championship Outlook

For each individual event contested at each of the First Round sites, the top 48 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition.  For each relay event, the top 24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the competition.  Combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon) are not contested at the First Round sites. For combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon), the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list will be accepted directly into the Championships. The individual event student-athletes and relay teams accepted into First Round competition will be announced and posted on NCAA.com the week prior to First Round competition. The Wildcats currently have 28 student-athletes in 14 events who would qualify for the NCAA First Round.

TFRRS Top-50 East Rankings

Men’s

100m

26. Clinton Muunga – 10.18 – USF Alumni Invitational
27. Miles Jones – 10.20 – Battle on the Bayou

200m

8. Kennedy Lightner – 20.30 – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
9. Shavique Bascus – 20.62 – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

400m

9. Kennedy Lightner – 45.41 – Battle on the Bayou

110mH

8. Alexander Chukwukelu – 13.51 – Jim Green Invitational

3000m Steeplechase

47. Jackson Watts – 8:53.97 – Stanford Invitational

4x100m Relay

3. Shavique Bascus, Clinton Muunga, Miles Jones, Kennedy Lightner – 38.66 – Drake Relays
4. Clinton Muunga, Shavique Bascus, Miles Jones, Troy Lane – 39.32 – USF Alumni Invitational

4x400m Relay

8. Brandon Nyandoro, Shavique Bascus, Brandon Miller, Kennedy Lightner – 3:03.06 – Drake Relays

Pole Vault

3. Keaton Daniel – 5.67m – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
4. Dalton Shepler – 5.15m – Battle on the Bayou
5. Brayden Jackson – 5.10m – USF Alumni Invitational

Triple Jump

2. Luke Brown – 16.48m – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

Shot Put

14. Dennis Ohene-Adu – 18.94m – Battle on the Bayou

Hammer Throw

21. Logan Coles – 65.21m – Battle on the Bayou

Women’s

100m

30. Victoria Perrow – 11.37 – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

400m

20. Jania Martin – 52.51 – Battle on the Bayou
21. Alysia Johnson – 52.63 – Battle on the Bayou
22. Onieka McAnnuff – 52.98 – Battle on the Bayou

800m

32. Sydney Steely – 2:04.65 – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

100mH

8. Alexis Glasco – 12.96 – Drake Relays

4x100m Relay

31. Victoria Perrow, Oneika McAnnuff, Morgan Davis, Alexis Glasco – 44.34 – Jim Green Invitational
32. Morgan Davis, Oneika McAnnuff, Jania Martin, Alexis Glasco – 44.39 – USF Alumni Invitational
33. Victoria Perrow, Hannah Douglas, Jania Martin, Alexis Glasco – 44.50 – Battle on the Bayou

4x400m Relay

13. Jania Martin, Reynei Wallace, Cha’iel Johnson, Oneika McAnnuff – 3:31.88 – Drake Relays
14. Cha’iel Johnson, Jania Martin, Alysia Johnson, Oneika McAnnuff – 3:32.72 – Battle on the Bayou
15. Alysia Johnson, Jania Martin, Cha’iel Johnson, Hannah Douglas – 3:34.63 – USF Alumni Invitational

High Jump

3. Charity Hufnagel – 1.85m – Drake Relays

Pole Vault

11. Payton Phillips – 4.25m – Battle on the Bayou
12. Kaitlyn Cain – 4.19m – Tom Jones Memorial Invitational

Hammer Throw

7. Kate Powers – 64.34m – Drake Relays

Heptathlon

5. Charity Hufnagel – 5609 points – Texas Relays
6. Ariel Pedigo – 4908 points – Jim Green Invitational

Event Lineup (all info tentative and subject to change before the meet)

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