Nine Wildcats Named to Track and Field All-SEC Teams
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Nine Wildcats have been named to the 2025 track and field All-SEC teams for their performance at the SEC Outdoor Championships, per the release from the conference office on Tuesday.
In the team’s second consecutive home meet, Kentucky totaled six medals at the SEC Championships, including three bronze medals, two silver medals and one gold medalist.
Freshman Collins Kiprop Kipngok headlined both the SEC results list over the weekend and the All-SEC First Team for the Wildcats, earning his first career gold medal in the men’s 3000m steeplechase. During the final event on Friday, Kiprop Kipngok broke the SEC Championship and UK facility record with an 8:26.33 time.
Luke Brown and Janet Jepkemboi Amimo featured on the All-SEC Second Team for their silver medal performances at the conference championships. Brown earned his second silver medal of the season in the men’s triple jump final, setting a season-best 16.33m/53-7 mark, while Jepkemboi Amimo secured her first career medal in the women’s 1500m event.
Kate Powers (W Hammer), Payton Phillips (W Pole Vault) and the women’s 4x400m relay team, consisting of Alysia Johnson, Oneika McAnnuff, Hannah Douglas and A’Laji Bradley, headlined the All-SEC Third Team for Kentucky for their bronze medal performances. Powers and Phillips earned their second SEC medals of the season, with Powers winning gold at the indoor championships in the women’s weight throw event, and Phillips winning bronze in women’s pole vault.
Following the conference championships, the Wildcats will begin preparations for the start of national postseason competition, kicking off with the NCAA East First Rounds in Jacksonville, Fla. on May 28-31.
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