Wildcats Set for Spilt Weekend at Jim Click Shootout, Stanford Invitational
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Wildcats track and field team is set for another split weekend, this week in Tucson, Ariz. for the Jim Click Shootout Invite and in Palo Alto, Calif. for the Stanford Invitational on Apr. 4-5.
The Wildcats are sending 45 athletes to Tucson and nine distance athletes to Stanford for this weekend’s meets to compete across 41 combined events.
The Wildcats are coming off a loaded week in Austin, Texas at the Texas Relays, recording six top 10 school performance entries, four event wins, one school record and an NCAA-best mark. Following their prelim win on day two, the men’s 4x100m relay team, featuring Shavique Bascus, Clinton Muunga, Miles Jones and Carlie Makarawu, broke the Kentucky 4x100m record, won the event and set a new NCAA-best with a 38.43 time.
Week four of the outdoor season features as the unofficial midway point of the Wildcats’ schedule with the pair of meets on the west coast. Following this weekend’s meets, the Cats will travel to Gainesville, Fla for the annual Tom Jones Memorial Invite on Apr. 18-19 before returning home for the Jim Green Invitational on May 2-3 and the SEC Outdoor Championships on May 15-17, both at the UK Outdoor Track and Field Complex.
Events for the Jim Click Shootout Invite will begin tomorrow at 12 p.m. EST, starting with Ariel Pedigo in the women’s javelin final. Competition for the Cats at the Stanford Invitational will kick off at 5:10 p.m. with Noel Barlette, Perri Bockrath featuring in the women’s 3000m steeplechase event.
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Event Schedule
| Jim Click Shootout Invite: Friday, April 4: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Javelin | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | Ariel Pedigo |
| Women’s100m Hurdles | 12:00 p.m. | Heptathlon | Julia Gunnell |
| Women’s High Jump | 1:30 p.m. | Heptathlon | Julia Gunnell
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| Women’s Shot Put | 4:00 p.m. | Heptathlon | Julia Gunnell
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| Women’s Pole Vault | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Annie Murphy, Chelsea Wetzel, Payton Phillips
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| Women’s Long Jump | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Aliyah Adams, Morgan Davis
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| Women’s Discus | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kate Powers |
| Women’s 200m | 5:15 p.m. | Heptathlon | Julia Gunnell
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| Men’s Long Jump | 6:00 p.m. | FINAL | Mile Jones
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| Men’s Shot Put | 6:00 p.m. | FINAL | Grayson Brashear
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| Stanford Invitational: Friday, April 4: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s 3000m Steeplechase | 8:10 p.m. | FINAL | Noel Barlette, Perri Bockrath
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| Men’s 3000m Steeplechase | 8:53 p.m. | FINAL | Collins Kiprop Kigngok, Jackson Watts
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| Women’s 1500m | 9:32 p.m. | FINAL | Janet Jepkemboi Amimo, Jenna Schwinghamer
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| Women’s 5000m | 10:10 p.m. | FINAL | Ally Kruger |
| Men’s 5000m | 10:50 p.m. | FINAL | Ed Bird |
| Men’s 10000m | 1:41 a.m. | FINAL | Jack Pendergast |
| Jim Click Shootout Invite: Saturday, April 5: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Long Jump | 11:00 a.m. | Heptathlon | Julia Gunnell |
| Men’s Hammer | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | DaRoyce Flemons, Logan Coles
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| Women’s Javelin | 12:15 p.m. | Heptathlon | Julia Gunnell |
| Women’s Hammer | 1:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kate Powers, Shelby Wingler
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| Men’s Shot Put | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | Grayson Brashear
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| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 2:06 p.m. | FINAL | Alexander Chukwukelu, Anthony Waterman
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 2:16 p.m. | FINAL | Emmi Scales, Alexis Glasco, Kori Martin, Camden Bentley, Maya Anderson
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| Men’s 4x100m | 2:30 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky
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| Women’s 4x100m | 2:40 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Men’s 400m | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | Brandon Nyandoro |
| Women’s 400m | 3:20 p.m. | FINAL | Alysia Johnson, Oneika McAnnuff, JahQueen McClellan, A’Laji Bradley
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| Men’s 100m | 3:40 p.m. | FINAL | Josh Onwunili, Miles Jones, Clinton Muunga, Shavique Bascus
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| Women’s 100m | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Victoria Perrow, Sharmelle Holmes, Briley Cline
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| Men’s Pole Vault | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Brayden Jackson, Shane Racey |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Sophie Galloway, Aliyah Adams |
| Women’s Shot Put | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Shelby Wingler |
| Men’s 800m | 4:10 p.m. | FINAL | Alex Alston, Patrick Faust |
| Women’s 800m | 4:20 p.m. | FINAL | Jayla Atkinson, Cha’iel Johnson |
| Women’s 400m Hurdles | 4:45 p.m. | FINAL | Ava Alexander, Emmi Scales, Maya Anderson
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| Men’s 200m | 4:55 p.m. | FINAL | Shavique Bascus, Alexander Chukwukelu
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| Women’s 200m | 5:15 p.m. | FINAL | Sharmelle Holmes, Hannah Douglas, A’Laji Bradley, Stacey Onyepunuka, Morgan Davis, Briley Cline
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| Men’s 1500m | 5:50 p.m. | FINAL | Sami Hattab, Alex Alston |
| Women’s 1500m | 6:05 p.m. | FINAL | Mollie Roden, Julz Williams |
| Men’s 4x400m | 6:15 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Women’s 4x400m | 6:25 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
