Wildcats Open Outdoor Season in Orlando at Black and Gold Invitational
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Just a week removed from the conclusion of the 2024-25 indoor season, the Kentucky track and field team is set to open the outdoor portion of its schedule, beginning with the Black and Gold Invitational in Orlando, Fla. on Mar. 21-22.
The Wildcats will send 54 athletes to Orlando to compete in this weekend’s event, including recently crowned NCAA Champion Carlie Makarawu. The Zimbabwe-native claimed his first career NCAA Division I title in Virginia Beach over the weekend in the men’s 200m final, breaking both his season best and the Kentucky school record with his 20.13 time. This weekend, Makarawu is set to compete in the 100m event on Saturday at 2:50 p.m. EST.
NCAA Indoor qualifiers Kate Powers, Luke Brown and representatives of the women’s 4x400m relay team will also be competing for the Cats this weekend.
The Black and Gold Invitational will serve as UK’s second official meet of the 2025 outdoor season, as the Wildcats competed in the Cumberlands Early Spring Meet on Mar. 14 in Williamsburg, Ky. The Cats finished fourth on the women’s side and ninth on the men’s.
From Orlando, Friday’s events will begin with Kate Powers and Shelby Wingler competing in the women’s hammer final at 11 a.m. EST. Saturday’s events will also open with Powers in the women’s discus final at 10 a.m. EST.
The full event schedule for the Black and Gold Invitational can be found below.
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Event Schedule
| Black and Gold Invitational: Friday, March 21: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Hammer | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | Kate Powers, Shelby Wingler |
| Men’s Hammer | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | Logan Coles, DaRoyce Flemons |
| Women’s Long Jump | 1:00 p.m. | FINAL | Aliyah Adams, Morgan Davis, Sophie Galloway
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| Women’s Javelin | 1:00 p.m. | FINAL | Julia Gunnell |
| Women’s Pole Vault | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kaitlyn Cain, Annie Murphy, Payton Phillips
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| Men’s Pole Vault | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | Brayden Jackson, Shane Racey |
| Women’s Shot Put | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | Shelby Wingler
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| Men’s Shot Put | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | Grayson Brashear
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| Women’s 400m Hurdles | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | Emmi Scales
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| Women’s 200m | 5:40 p.m. | FINAL | Morgan Davis, Hannah Douglas, Alexis Glasco, Sharmelle Holmes, Oneika McAnnuff, Stacey Onyepunuka
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| Men’s 200m | 6:00 p.m. | FINAL | Shavique Basque, Miles Jones, Troy Lane, Brandon Miller, Clinton Muunga
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| Women’s 1500m | 6:20 p.m. | FINAL | Janet Jepkemboi Amimo, Phoebe McCowan, Mollie Roden, Jenna Schwinghamer, Julz Williams
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| Men’s 1500m | 7:00 p.m. | FINAL | Ed Bird, Sami Hattab, Alex Justus |
| Women’s 5000m | 7:35 p.m. | FINAL | Perri Bockrath |
| Men’s 5000m | 8:00 p.m. | FINAL | Sami Hattab, Jackson Pendergast |
| Black and Gold Invitational: Saturday, March 22: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Discus | 10:00 a.m. | FINAL | Kate Powers |
| Men’s Discus | 10:00 a.m. | FINAL | Grayson Brashear
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| Women’s High Jump | 10:00 a.m. | FINAL | Julia Gunnell
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| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 11:00 a.m. | PRELIMS | Alex Chukwukelu, Anthony Waterman |
| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 11:20 a.m. | PRELIMS | Camden Bentley, Julia Gunnell, Kori Martin, Emmi Scales
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| Women’s Triple Jump | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | Aliyah Adams, Sophie Galloway
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| Men’s Triple Jump | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | Luke Brown
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| Women’s 4x100m | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky
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| Men’s 4x100m | 12:10 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky
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| Men’s 800m | 12:45 p.m. | FINAL | Patrick Faust, Alex Justus
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 1:10 p.m. | FINAL | TBA
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| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 1:20 p.m. | FINAL | TBA |
| Women’s 400m | 1:30 p.m. | FINAL | Alysia Johnson, Cha’iel Johnson, Oneika McAnnuff, JahQueen McCellan
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| Men’s 400m | 1:55 p.m. | FINAL | Brandon Nyandoro, Anthony Waterman
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| Women’s 100m | 2:20 p.m. | FINAL | A’Laji Bradley, Morgan Davis, Kori Martin
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| Men’s 100m | 2:50 p.m. | FINAL | Shavique Basque, Miles Jones, Troy Lane, Clinton Muunga, Josh Onwunili, Carlie Makarawu
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| Women’s 2000m Steeplechase | 3:20 p.m. | FINAL | Noel Barlette |
| Men’s 2000m Steeplechase | 3:35 p.m. | FINAL | Alex Alston, Will Russell, Jackson Watts
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| Women’s 4x400m | 3:50 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Men’s 4x400m | 4:15 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
