Makarawu Breaks UK All-Time Record in 200m on Final Day of Tiger Paw Invite
CLEMSON, S.C. and BOSTON, Mass. –Kentucky’s men’s and women’s track and field team completed its split weekend and the final week of the 2025 indoor regular season at the Tiger Paw Invite and the David Hemery Valentine Invite today, adding another school record.
On day one 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, coming in at No. 3 all-time at UK.
Today marked another school record for the Wildcats, as Carli Makarawu moved from third to first on the UK all-time list in the men’s 200m final, rounding out the event with a 20.31 mark. Makarawu also reclaimed his second-place spot on the national leaderboard with his performance in Clemson, behind only Auburn’s Makanakaishe Charamba.
Kentucky’s other top finishers included Luke Brown and Grayson Brashear both finishing second in the men’s triple jump and shot put events. Alex Justus recorded the 10th fast time in UK history with a 1:49.46 time in the 800m final. Three Wildcats finished inside the top 10 of the women’s 3000m, including personal records for Ava Hendren and Elly Heine. At the end of the day, the women’s 4x400m relay team posted the 10th fastest time in program history at 3:30.96.
Following the regular season finales, the Wildcats will now gear up for the SEC Indoor Championships in Bryan-College Station, Texas on Feb. 27-Mar. 1.
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
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| Women’s Long Jump | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | 31. Aliyah Adams – 5.44m
38. Julia Gunnell – 5.30m
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| Women’s Pole Vault | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Kaitlyn Cain – 3.80m
5. Annie Murphy – 3.80m
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| Women’s 60m Hurdles | 12:00 p.m. | PRELMIS | 24. Camden Bentley – 8.41 (Q)
27. Emmi Scales – 8.45 29. Alexis Glasco – 8.46 31. Kori Martin – 8.50 50. Julia Gunnell – 8.83
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| Men’s 60m Hurdles | 12:25 p.m. | PRELIMS | 16. Anthony Waterman – 7.96 (PR) (Q) (No. 10 UK All-Time)
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
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| 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
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| 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 – 4:53.50 15. Noel Barlette – 4:55.90
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| 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
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| 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 | 19. Ed Bird – 7:51.38 (PR)
(School Record) 34. Collins Kipngok – 7:55.30 (PR) (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 | 6. Shelby Wingler – 14.84m |
| Women’s High Jump | 9:00 a.m. | FINAL | Julia Gunnell – NH |
| Men’s Triple Jump | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | 2. Luke Brown – 16.29m (SB) |
| Men’s Shot Put | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | 2. Grayson Brashear – 17.41m |
| Women’s 800m | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 26. Jayla Atkinson – 2:13.43
Cha’iel Johnson – DNS |
| Men’s 800m | 12:20 p.m. | FINAL | 8. Alex Justus – 1:49.46 (PR) (No. 10 UK All-Time)
10. Patrick Faust – 1:49.67 (PR) |
| Women’s 200m | 12:40 p.m./1:05 p.m. | FINAL | 17. Sharmelle Holmes – 23.60
40. Camden Bentley – 25.43 (PR)
9. Stacey Onyepunuka – 23.81 (PR) |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 1:05 p.m. | FINAL | 17. Aliyah Adams – 12.21m |
| Men’s Pole Vault | 1:30 p.m. | INVITE | 12. Brayden Jackson – 5.10m
14. Shane Racey – 4.95m |
| Men’s 200m | 1:40 p.m./2:10 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Carli Makarawu – 20.31 (PR) (School Record)
18. Miles Jones – 21.21 25. Clinton Muunga – 21.70 28. Mekhai Williams-Villafane – 21.76 Troy Lane – DNS |
| Women’s 3000m | 2:40 p.m. | FINAL | 5. Ava Hendren – 9:50.38 (PR)
6. Elly Heine – 9:51.87 (PR) 9. Julz Williams – 9:57.60 |
| Men’s 3000m | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | 9. Caden Miracle – 8:23.41
15. Will Russell – 8:29.46 Sami Hattab – DNF |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 3:00 p.m. | INVITE | 7. Sophie Galloway – 12.87m |
| Women’s 4x400m | 3:20 p.m. | FINAL | 6. Kentucky – 3:30.96 (SB) (No. 10 UK All-Time) |
| David Hemery Valentine Invite: Saturday, February 15: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s 800m | 11:15 a.m. | FINAL | 16. Janet Jepkemboi Amimo – 2:05.54
18. Jenna Schwinghamer – 2:05.67 45. Phoebe McCowan – 2:09.73
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| Women’s 3000m | 4:50 p.m. | FINAL | 58. Ally Kruger – 9:19.39 (PR, SB) |
| Women’s 5000m | 7:10 p.m. | FINAL | 84. Mollie Roden – 16:41.66 (PR, SB) |
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