Wildcats Complete Day One at Tiger Paw Invite, David Hemery Valentine Invite
CLEMSON, S.C. and BOSTON, Mass. – In a split weekend of dual meets, Kentucky’s men’s and women’s track and field team completed the first day of the Tiger Paw Invite and the David Hemery Valentine Invite with one event win in Clemson in the men’s 5000m, along with three second place finishes and 17 placements inside the top 10.
The event win in Clemson came by way of Jack Pendergast recording a 14:25.53 final time in the men’s 5000m final, which also included four Wildcats in the top five.
The three second-place finishers also came in Clemson as Payton Phillips, Kate Powers and Cha’iel Johnson each finishing in the silver position in their respective events. Phillips placed second in the pole vault final at 4.29m, Powers with a 22.57m mark in the weight throw final and Johnson recording a personal-best 1:28.85 in the 600m event.
On the men’s side, along with Pendergast and the 500m event team, the Wildcats earned seven top 10 placements on day one in Clemson, including Deroyce Flemons finishing with a personal best 19.84m distance in the weight throw at the top of the day and Logan Coles placing sixth in the weight throw invite competition at the end of the day.
In Boston, Ed Bird broke his own program record in the 3000m final, beating his previous personal best by nearly two seconds with a 7:51.38 mark. Collins Kiprop Kipngok also broke into the record books with his 7:55.30 mark in the same event, breaking the program’s freshman record and coming in at No. 3 all-time at UK. Kipngok now holds the Kentucky freshman records for the mile, 3000m and 5000m events.
Day two of the Tiger Paw Invite from Clemson, S.C. will begin tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. EST beginning with the women’s shot put final, followed by a 11:15 a.m. EST start for the Cats the David Hemery Valentine Invite in Boston, Mass. with the women’s 800m.
Event Schedule
| Tiger Paw Invite: Friday, February 14: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s Weight Throw | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | 4. Deroyce Flemons – 19.84m (PR)
15. Grayson Brashear – 17.87m |
| Women’s Long Jump | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | 31. Aliyah Adams – 5.44m
38. Julia Gunnell – 5.30m |
| Women’s Pole Vault | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Kaitlyn Cain – 3.80m
5. Annie Murphy – 3.80m |
| Women’s 60m Hurdles | 12:00 p.m. | PRELMIS | 24. Camden Bentley – 8.41m (Q)
27. Emmi Scales – 8.45 29. Alexis Glasco – 8.46 31. Kori Martin – 8.50 50. Julia Gunnell – 8.83 |
| Men’s 60m Hurdles | 12:25 p.m. | PRELIMS | 16. Anthony Waterman – 7.96 (PR) (Q)
33. Alex Chukwukelu – 8.36 |
| Women’s 60m | 1:00 p.m. | PRELIMS | 16. Sharmelle Holmes – 7.34 (Q)
42. Morgan Davis – 7.53 Briley Cline – DNS Victoria Perrow – DNS |
| Men’s 60m | 1:35 p.m. | PRELIMS | 22. Carli Makarawu – 6.76 (Q)
23. Miles Jones – 6.76 (Q) 35. Clinton Muunga – 6.84 52. Mehkai Williams-Villafane – 7.00 Troy Lane – DNS |
| Men’s 5000m | 1:50 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Jack Pendergast – 14:25.53
2. Caden Miracle – 14:25.81 3. Miles Brush – 14:33.91 5. Cade Byer – 14:44.07 |
| Women’s Long Jump | 2:00 p.m. | INVITE | 7. Morgan Davis – 5.94m |
| Women’s 60m Hurdles | 2:10 p.m. | SEIMFINAL | 22. Camden Bentley – 8.35 (PR) |
| Women’s Mile | 2:35 p.m. | FINAL | 9. Elly Heine – 4:53.27
10. Julz Williams – 4:43.50 15. Noel Barlette – 4:55.90 |
| Men’s 60m Hurdles | 2:20 p.m. | SEMIFINAL | 18. Anthony Waterman – 8.06 |
| Men’s Mile | 2:45 p.m. | FINAL | 6. Sami Hattab – 4:06.44 (PR)
12. Will Russell – 4:12.48 (PR) Alex Justus – DNF |
| Women’s 60m | 3:00 p.m. | SEMIFINAL | 8. Sharmelle Holmes 7.24 (PR) |
| Women’s Pole Vault | 3:00 p.m. | INVITE | 2. Payton Phillips – 4.29m
9. Chelsea Wetzel – 3.99m |
| Women’s 400m | 3:35 p.m. | FINAL | 34. JahQueen McCellan – 56.43 (PR)
40. A’Laji Bradley – 57.51 |
| Women’s Weight Throw | 4:00 p.m. | INVITE | 2. Kate Powers – 22.57m |
| Men’s 60m | 4:10 p.m. | SEMIFINAL | 20. Miles Jones – 6.71
Carli Makarawu – FS |
| Men’s 400m | 4:20 p.m. | FINAL | 40. Brandon Nyandoro – 48.93 |
| Women’s 600m | 5:15 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Cha’iel Johnson – 1:28.85 (PR) |
| Men’s Weight Throw | 5:30 p.m. | INVITE | 6. Logan Coles – 21.20m (SB) |
| David Hemery Valentine Invite: Friday, February 14: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s 3000m | 4:50 p.m. | FINAL |
(School Record)
(No. 3 UK All-Time) (Freshman Record) |
| Men’s 5000m | 7:00 p.m. | FINAL | 148. Jackson Watts – 14:20.37 |
| Tiger Paw Invite: Saturday, February 15: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Shot Put | 9:00 a.m. | FINAL | Shelby Wingler
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| Women’s High Jump | 9:00 a.m. | FINAL | Julia Gunnell |
| Men’s Triple Jump | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | Luke Brown |
| Men’s Shot Put | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | Grayson Brashear
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| Men’s 800m | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | Cha’iel Johnson, Jayla Atkinson |
| Men’s 800m | 12:20 p.m. | FINAL | Patrick Faust, Alex Justus |
| Women’s 200m | 12:40 p.m./1:05 p.m. | FINAL | Camden Bentley, ALaji Bradley, Briley Cline, Morgan Davis, Hannah Douglas, Sharmelle Holmes, Stacey Onyepunka |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 1:05 p.m. | FINAL | Aliyah Adams |
| Men’s Pole Vault | 1:30 p.m. | INVITE | Brayden Jackson, Shane Racey |
| Men’s 200m | 1:40 p.m./2:10 p.m. | FINAL | Miles Jones, Troy Lane, Carli Makarawu, Clinton Muunga, MehkaiWilliams-Villafane
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| Women’s 3000m | 2:40 p.m. | FINAL | Elly Heine, Ava Hendren, Julz Williams |
| Men’s 3000m | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | Caden Miracle, Sami Hattab, Will Russell |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 3:00 p.m. | INVITE | Sophie Galloway |
| Women’s 4x400m | 3:20 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Men’s 4x400m | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| David Hemery Valentine Invite: Saturday, February 15: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s 800m | 11:15 a.m. | FINAL | Janet Jepkemboi Amimo, Phoebe McCowan, Jenna Schwinghamer
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| Women’s 3000m | 4:50 p.m. | FINAL | Ally Kruger |
| Women’s 5000m | 7:10 p.m. | FINAL | Mollie Roden |
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