Kentucky Wins Seven on Final Day of Crossroads of America Invite
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Kentucky Wildcats concluded the final day of the Crossroads of America Invitational today in Indianapolis, Ind., highlighted by another impressive outing from the men’s and women’s hurdles groups.
UK capped off the two-day meet with six more event wins on Saturday, improving the team’s total to 12 for the week.
The Wildcats continued their early season dominance in the men’s and women’s hurdles event, with Emmi Scales and Anthony Waterman earning their third and second event wins of the season, respectively. In the women’s 60m hurdles, Kentucky took each of the top four spots with Camden Bentley, Kori Martin and Rukia Nusra Omulisia following Scales on the leaderboard. Anthony Waterman later won the men’s 60m hurdles with a time of 7.93.
Fresh off a win in the 200m final yesterday, senior Hannah Douglas won her second event of the meet in the women’s 400m race, finishing with the ninth-fastest time in program history at 52.87.
Senior Theo Mudzengerere won his third consecutive event to open the new season with a first-place finish and a 16.09m mark in the men’s triple jump final. Devin Sealey and Grayson Brashear capped off the weekend’s field events with a pair of second place finishes in the men’s high jump and shot put finals.
In the 800m events, freshman standout Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera won the women’s event with the 10th-best time in UK history at 2:06.20 and junior Patrick Faust placed second on the men’s side with a personal best time of 1:49.52.
The Wildcats capped off the meet with a pair of wins in the relay events, winning the women’s 4x400m relay with a time of 3:36.39 and finishing atop the leaderboard in the men’s 4x400m relay with a 3:08.55 time.
Next week, the Wildcats will travel to Fayetteville, Ark. for the Razorback Invitational on Jan. 30-31 and their first of two trips to Fayetteville during the indoor season.
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Event Schedule
| Crossroads of America Invitational: Friday, January 23: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Weight Throw | 12:15 p.m. | FINAL | 5. Gwyn Lori – 17.26m
7. Addison Stadsholt – 16.89m (PR)
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| Women’s High Jump | 1:00 p.m. | INVITE | 1. Kemarah Howard – 1.81m (PR) (No. 5 UK All-Time) |
| Women’s Long Jump | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kemarah Howard – DNS
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| Women’s Weight Throw | 3:30 p.m. | INVITE | 3. Kate Powers – 20.35m
4. Meagan Ewers – 19.67m
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| Women’s 60m Hurdles | 4:10 p.m. | PRELIMS | 1. Emmi Scales – 8.12 (Q)
2. Camden Bentley – 8.36 (Q) 3. Kori Martin – 8.43 (Q) 4. Rukia Nusra Omulisia – 8.54 (Q) 5. Julia Gunnell – 8.74 (Q) 11. Alene Washington – 9.04 12. Kahalia Hoo – 9.07 (PR) Dahlia Beasley – DNS
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| Men’s 60m Hurdles | 5:15 p.m. | PRELIMS | 1. Anthony Waterman – 7.86 (Q)
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| Men’s Weight Throw | 5:15 p.m. | INVITE | 6. Grayson Brashear – 18.94m
8. Brock Conrad – 17.65m
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| Women’s 60m | 5:30 p.m. | PRELIMS | 1. Sharmelle Holmes – 7.38 (Q)
2. Emmi Scales – 7.42 (Q) (PR) 5. Naseera Efua Quansah – 7.55 (Q) 8. Kori Martin – 7.66 17. Briley Cline – 7.80
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| Men’s 60m | 5:45 p.m. | PRELIMS | 1. Denzel Simusialela – 6.64 (Q) (No. 8 UK All-Time)
3. Miles Jones – 6.73 (Q) 6. Coy Hyre – 6.83 (Q) 10. Zyrie Stewart-McLaren – 6.91 16. Kaylib Nelson – 7.01 Jack Marek – DNS
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| Men’s Pole Vault | 6:00 p.m. | FINAL | 5. Jack Marek – 4.87m (PR)
Grant Harrison – NH
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| Women’s 600m | 6:30 p.m. | FINAL | Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera – DNS
Cha’iel Johnson – DNS
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| Women’s High Jump | 6:45 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Julia Gunnell – 1.65m (PR)
5. Dahlia Beasley – 1.59m
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| Men’s Weight Throw | 6:45 p.m. | FINAL | 13. Cian Crampton – 14.66m
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| Men’s 600m | 6:50 p.m. | FINAL | Patrick Faust – DNS
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| Men’s Long Jump | 7:00 p.m. | INVITE | 2. Kingi McNair – 7.40m
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| Women’s 200m | 8:00 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Hannah Douglas – 23.52
2. Sharmelle Holmes – 23.54 3. A’Laji Bradley – 23.72 (PR) 4. Tressia Davis – 23.81 (PR) 5. Emmi Scales – 23.88 (PR) 7. Briana St. Louis – 24.41 (PR) 9. JahQueen McClellan – 24.55 (PR) 19. Rukia Nusra Omulisia – 25.09 (PR) 21. Camden Bentley – 25.14 (PR) 24. Kori Martin – 25.27 (PR) Stacey Onyepunuka – DNS Briley Cline – DNS
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| Men’s 200m | 8:25 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Miles Jones – 20.90
3. Denzel Simusialela – 20.93 (PR) 7. Coy Hyre – 21.50 (PR) 11. Tyrique Johnson – 21.71 (PR) 18. Brandon Nyandoro – 21.95 26. Zyrie Stewart-McLaren – 22.13 (PR) 28. Zach Morgan – 22.15 (PR) TK Pahuwa – DNS
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| Crossroads of America Invitational: Saturday, January 24: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Shot Put | 9:45 a.m. | FINAL | 4. Meagan Ewers – 14.22m
11. Gwyn Lori – 12.84m 19. Julia Gunnell – 11.68m 27. Dahlia Beasley – 9.32m (PR)
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| Women’s 60m Hurdles | 10:20 a.m. | FINAL | 1. Emmi Scales – 8.11
2. Camden Bentley – 8.34 3. Kori Martin – 8.49 4. Rukia Nusra Omulisia – 8.52 6. Julia Gunnell – 8.75
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| Men’s 60m Hurdles | 10:30 a.m. | FINAL | 1. Anthony Waterman – 7.93
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| Women’s Pole Vault | 10:45 a.m. | INVITE | 6. Annie Murphy – 4.17m
9. Chelsea Wetzel – 3.87m 9. Kaylee Daniel – 3.87m
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| Women’s 60m | 10:50 a.m. | FINAL | Sharmelle Holmes – DNS
Emmi Scales – DNS Naseera Efua Quansah – DNS
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| Men’s 60m | 10:55 a.m. | FINAL | Denzel Simusialela – DNS
Miles Jones – DNS Coy Hyre – DNS
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| Women’s Mile | 11:15 a.m. | FINAL | 6. Ann Lemirisho – 4:59.63 (PR)
12. Baylor Wolfe – 5:06.40 22. Ava Hendren – 5:09.72 29. Morgan Dick – 5:16.71
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| Men’s High Jump | 11:40 a.m. | INVITE | 2. Devin Sealey – 2.02m
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| Men’s Mile | 11:45 a.m. | FINAL | 10. Eyan Turk – 4:09.02
11. Miles Brush – 4:10.93 21. Caden Miracle – 4:15.84 28. William Russell – 4:19.03 32. Lincoln Herald – 4:21.69
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| Women’s 400m | 12:15 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Hannah Douglas – 52.87 (PR) (No. 9 UK All-Time)
2. A’Laji Bradley – 53.50 3. Tressia Davis – 54.23 (PR) 4. JahQueen McClellan – 54.99 5. Cha’iel Johnson – 55.02 12. Alene Washington – 57.41 (PR) 20. Kashia Hoo – 58.51 (PR) Jayla Atkinson – DNS
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| Men’s Triple Jump | 12:15 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Theo Mudzengerere – 16.09m |
| Men’s Shot Put | 12:30 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Grayson Brashear – 17.93m (PR)
14. Brock Conrad – 15.26m
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| Men’s 400m | 12:45 p.m. | FINAL | Tyrique Johnson – DNS
Brandon Nyandoro – DNS
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| Women’s 800m | 1:15 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera – 2:06.20 (PR) (No. 10 UK All-Time)
Jayla Atkinson – DNF
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| Men’s 800m | 1:30 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Patrick Faust – 1:49.52 (PR)
9. Tony Anania – 1:54.89
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| Women’s 4x400m | 1:55 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Kentucky – 3:36.39
3. Kentucky – 3:46.01
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| Men’s 4x400m | 2:15 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Kentucky – 3:08.55 |
