Wildcats Host First Home Outdoor Meet of 2026 at Jim Green Invitational
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Wildcats are set for their first of two home outdoor meets this month this week with the start of the Jim Green Invitational at the UK Outdoor Track and Field Complex on May 1-2.
Last time out, the Wildcats broke three school records, posted 13 top 10 program marks, five event wins and a No. 1 NCAA mark at the Tom Jones Memorial and the Wake Forest Invitational. Senior triple jumper Theo Mudzengerere highlighted the week in Florida by breaking Luke Brown men’s triple jump record in his first outdoor appearance in a Kentucky uniform. The UK senior won the event with a career-best distance of 16.83m/55-2.75, launching him into the No. 1 spot in the NCAA rankings.
Freshman Doricah Minsari Isoe and junior Ed Bird both posted historic marks in the men’s and women’s 1500m races at the Wake Forest Invite. Minasri Isoe improved her Kentucky school record time to 4:10.34 and Bird moved from 10th all-time to break a 12-year record, previously held by Matt Hillenbrand in 2014. Bird improved his career-best time by over four seconds and now holds the fifth-best mark in the NCAA this season at 3:38.38.
Following the week in Gainesville and Winston-Salem, Kentucky currently features 14 athletes, including two relay teams, ranking inside the top 20 in their respective events.
This week, the Wildcats will be competing across 38 events on home turf for the first time this season, facing a plethora of in-state opponents, including Asbury, Bellarmine, Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky State, Louisville, Morehead State, Pikeville and Union.
The Jim Green Invitational will kick off tomorrow at noon ET with the women’s hammer throw event and concluding with the men’s 3000m steeplechase at 6:45 p.m. ET.
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Event Schedule
| Jim Green Invitational: Friday, May 1: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Hammer | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | Gwyn Lori, Addison Stadsholt
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| Women’s Hammer | 2:30 p.m. | INVITE | Kate Powers, Meagan Ewers |
| Women’s Long Jump | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | Skyler Reynolds |
| Women’s Pole Vault | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | Sarah Ferguson, Chelsea Wetzel, Kaylee Danile, Annie Murphy
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| Women’s Javelin | 3:30 p.m. | FINAL | Julia Gunnell, Dahlia Beasley
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| Men’s Hammer | 4:30 p.m. | FINAL | Brock Conrad
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| Women’s 400m Hurdles | 4:30 p.m. | FINAL | Kashia Hoo, Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera, Kahlia Hoo, Alene Washington
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| Women’s 200m | 4:55 p.m. | FINAL | Sharmelle Holmes, Briana St. Louis, A’Laji Bradley, Hannah Douglas, Dahlia Beasley, Tressia DavisNaseera Efua Quansah, JahQueen McClellan, Julia Gunnell, Rukia Nusra Quansah, Camden Bentley
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| Men’s Long Jump | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kingi McNair
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| Men’s 200m | 5:25 p.m. | FINAL | Miles Jones, Denzel Simusialela, TK Pahuwa, Oscar Baltan Vivero, Zyrie Stewart McClaren
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| Women’s 1500m | 5:45 p.m. | FINAL | Ann Lemirisho, Doricah Minsari Isoe
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| Men’s 1500m | 6:05 p.m. | FINAL | Nicola Baiocchi, Levi Kipkurui Bichii, Tony Anania, Collins Kiprop Kipngok, Eyan Turk, Miles Brush, Caden Miracle, Sami Hattab, William Russell
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| Women’s 800m | 6:20 p.m. | INVITE | Doricah Minsari Isoe, Ally Kruger, Jayla Atkinson, Lyric Olson, Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera, Janet Jepkemboi Amimo, Cha’iel Johnson
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| Men’s 800m | 6:25 p.m. | INVITE | Patrick Faust, Ed Bird, Jackson Wyatt
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| Women’s 3000m Steeplechase | 6:30 p.m. | FINAL | Morgan Dick |
| Men’s 3000m Steeplechase | 6:45 p.m. | FINAL | Alex Alston, William Russell |
| Jim Green Invitational: Saturday, May 2: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Discus | 10:30 a.m. | FINAL | Kate Powers, Addison Stadsholt, Gwyn Lori
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| Men’s Shot Put | 10:30 a.m. | FINAL | Brock Conrad, Grayson Brashear
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| Women’s High Jump | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kemarah Howard, Dahlia Beasley, Julia Gunnell
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| Women’s 4x100m | 12:40 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Men’s 4x100m | 12:45 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky
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| Women’s 5000m | 12:55 p.m. | FINAL | Ava Hendren, Elly Heine, Baylor Wolfe
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| Men’s Pole Vault | 1:00 p.m. | FINAL | Grant Harrison, Jack Marek
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| Men’s 5000m | 1:15 p.m. | FINAL | Eyan Turk, Caden Miracle, Lincoln Herald, Alex Alston
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| Men’s Discus | 1:30 p.m. | FINAL | Grayson Brashear, Brock Conrad
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| Women’s Shot Put | 1:30 p.m. | FINAL | Dahlia Beasley, Julia Gunnell, Gwyn Lori, Meagan Ewers
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 1:35 p.m. | PRELIMS | Emmi Scales, Camden Bentley, Rukia Nusra Omulisia
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| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 1:45 p.m. | PRELIMS | Anthony Waterman |
| Women’s 100m | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | Sharmelle Holmes, Naseera Efua Quansah
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| Men’s Triple Jump | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | Theo Mudzengerere |
| Men’s High Jump | 2:05 p.m. | FINAL | Devin Sealey
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| Men’s 100m | 2:18 p.m. | FINAL | Miles Jones, Zyrie Stewart-McClaren
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| Women’s 400m | 2:40 p.m. | FINAL | Hannah Douglas, JahQueen McClellan, Cha’iel Johnson, Tressia Davis
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| Men’s 400m | 2:55 p.m. | FINAL | TK Pahuwa, Brandon Nyandoro
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| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 3:20 p.m. | FINAL | TBD |
| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 3:25 p.m. | FINAL | TBD |
| Men’s 800m | 3:50 p.m. | FINAL | Tony Anania, Sami Hattab, Levi Kipkurui Bichii, Nicola Baiocchi
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| Women’s 4x400m | 4:05 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Men’s 4x400m | 4:15 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
