Day One Concludes in Austin at Texas Relays
AUSTIN, Texas – After a near two-hour severe weather delay, day one of the Texas Relays is in the books as the Kentucky track and field team continues its 2025 outdoor schedule in Austin, Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
Graduate student Shane Racey and senior Ariel Pedigo headlined the opening day in Austin for the Wildcats, with Racey placing third in the men’s pole vault with an even 5.00m mark and Pedigo finishing fifth in the women’s javelin event with a 41.59m mark.
Five personal records fell during today’s events, including Ava Alexander and Emmi Scales (W 400m Hurdles), Morgan Dick (W 3000m Steeplechase), Will Russell (M 3000m Steeplechase) and Caden Miracle (M 5000m).
The Texas Relays will continue tomorrow for the Cats with the opening round of the women’s 4x100m relay at 10:35 a.m. EST, concluding with sophomore Aya Alexander competing in the women’s 400m hurdles final at 6:35 p.m. EST.
The full list of today’s results and tomorrow’s schedule of events can be found below.
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Event Schedule
| Texas Relays: Thursday, March 27: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Hammer | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 13. Kate Powers -56.86m/186.6 |
| Women’s Javelin | 2:00 p.m. | Section B | 5. Ariel Pedigo – 41.59m/136-5 |
| Men’s Hammer | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | 7. Logan Coles – 62.29m/204-4
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| Women’s 400m Hurdles | 5:30 p.m. | PRELIMS | 17. Ava Alexander – 59.37 (PR) (No. 10 UK All-Time) 20. Emmi Scales – 59.48 (PR)
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| Men’s 400m Hurdles | 6:00 p.m. | PRELIMS | 32. Anthony Waterman – 54.49
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| Men’s Pole Vault | 6:15 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Shane Racey – 5.00m/16-4.75
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| Women’s 800m | 8:00 p.m. | INVITE | 21. Jayla Atkinson – 2:14.13 |
| Men’s 800m | 8:09 p.m. | INVITE | 9. Patrick Faust – 1:50.06
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| Women’s 3000m Steeplechase | 9:55 p.m. | FINAL | 11. Morgan Dick – 11:05.14 (PR)
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| Men’s 3000m Steeplechase | 10:10 p.m. | FINAL | 8. Alex Alston – 9:11.66 14. Will Russell – 9:31.04 (PR)
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| Women’s 5000m | 10:30 p.m. | INVITE | 20. Ellie Heine – 17:17.20 21. Ava Hendren – 17:20.65 |
| Men’s 5000m | 10:50 p.m. | INVITE | 15. Caden Miracle – 14:38.20 (PR) |
| Texas Relays: Friday, March 28: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s 4x100m | 10:35 a.m. | PRELIMS | Kentucky
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| Women’s 4x100m | 10:55 a.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Men’s 4x100m | 10:59 a.m. | PRELIMS | Kentucky |
| Women’s Pole Vault | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | Payton Phillips |
| Men’s 4x100m | 11:10 a.m. | FINAL | Kentucky
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 11:30 a.m. | PRELIMS | Camden Bentley, Alexis Glasco, Kori Martin, Emmi Scales
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| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 11:31 a.m. | PRELIMS | Alex Chukwukelu, Anthony Waterman
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 11:40 a.m. | FINAL | TBA |
| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 11:41 a.m. | FINAL | TBA |
| Men’s Shot Put | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | Grayson Brashear |
| Women’s 100m | 12:05 p.m. | FINAL | Sharmelle Holmes, Victoria Perrow
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| Men’s 100m | 12:35 p.m. | FINAL | Clinton Muunga, Josh Onwunili
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| Women’s Long Jump | 1:30 p.m. | Section A | Morgan Davis |
| Women’s Sprint Medley Relay | 5:30 p.m. | INVITE | Kentucky
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| Women’s 400m Hurdles | 6:35 p.m. | FINAL | Aya Alexander
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| Texas Relays: Saturday, March 28: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s 4x200m | 12:00 p.m. | INVITE | Kentucky |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 3:00 p.m. | Section A | Aliyah Adams, Sophie Galloway
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| Men’s 4x400m | 4:05 p.m. | INVITE | Kentucky
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| Women’s 4x400m | 4:05 p.m. | INVITE | Kentucky |
