Three Event Wins, Five Qualifiers Fall on Day Two of Texas Relays
AUSTIN, Texas – Three event wins, five qualifiers and two top 10 performance entries fell on the second day of the Texas Relays in for the Kentucky track and field team on Friday in Austin, Texas.
Among the event winners for the Wildcats, the men’s 4x100m relay team started off day two by winning the relay’s prelims and advancing to tomorrow’s final, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. EST. A team featuring NCAA Indoor Champion Carlie Makarawu, Miles Jones, Clinton Muunga and Shavique Bascus ran a record 39.08 time, currently placing the Wildcat quartet with the fourth-fastest time in program history.
Joining the men’s 4x100m relay team, the women’s sprint medley relay team closed out day two with a third-place finish in the team’s invite event, posting the second-fastest time in the UK record books of 3:44.72.
Sophomore Camden Bentley and senior Payton Phillips claimed the second and third event wins of the day for Kentucky, with Bentley winning the women’s 100m hurdles timed final with a personal-best 13.49 time and Phillips adding another win to her lecher with a 4.25m mark.
Across four preliminary events today, five Wildcats qualified for their respective finals scheduled for tomorrow, including the men’s and women’s 4x100m relay squads, Emmi Scales and Alexis Glasco in the women’s 100m hurdles and Sharmelle Holmes in the women’s 100m.
The Texas Relays will conclude tomorrow with the third day of competition for the Wildcats, kicking off with the women’s 4x200m relay invite event at 12:00 p.m. EST. The women’s 4x400m relay invite will cap off the relays at 4:05 p.m. EST.
Today’s results and tomorrow’s full event schedule 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 | 9. Kentucky – 44.67 (Q)
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| Men’s 4x100m | 10:55 a.m. | PRELIMS | 1. Kentucky – 39.08 (Q) (No. 4 UK All-Time)
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 11:30 a.m. | PRELIMS | 4. Emmi Scales – 13.23 (Q) (PR) 7. Alexis Glasco – 13.29 (Q) 17. Kori Martin – 13.84
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 11:45 a.m. | Timed Final | 1. Camden Bentley – 13.49 (PR) |
| Women’s Pole Vault | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Payton Phillips – 4.25m/13-11.25 |
| Men’s Shot Put | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 9. Grayson Brashear – 16.70m/54-9.5 |
| Women’s 100m | 12:00 p.m. | Timed Final | 10. Morgan Davis – 11.83 |
| Women’s 100m | 12:05 p.m. | PRELIMS | 8. Sharmelle Holmes – 11.47 (Q) (PR)
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| Men’s 100m | 12:35 p.m. | FINAL | 30. Josh Onwunili – 10.67 Clinton Muunga – DNS
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| Women’s Long Jump | 1:30 p.m. | Section A | 11. Morgan Davis – 5.82m/19-1.25 |
| Women’s Sprint Medley Relay | 5:50 p.m. | INVITE | 3. Kentucky – 3:44.72 (No. 2 UK All-Time)
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| Texas Relays: Saturday, March 28: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s 4x200m | 12:00 p.m. | INVITE | Kentucky |
| Men’s 4x100m | 2:30 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Women’s 4x100m | 2:34 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 3:00 p.m. | Section A | Aliyah Adams, Sophie Galloway
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 3:12 p.m. | FINAL | TBA |
| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 3:28 p.m. | FINAL | TBA |
| Men’s 4x400m | 4:05 p.m. | INVITE | Kentucky
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| Women’s 4x400m | 4:05 p.m. | INVITE | Kentucky |
