Eight Wins, Seven Top 10 Marks Fall for Wildcats on Opening Day of Jim Green Invitational
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Wildcats completed day one of the first of two home outdoor meets this season at the Jim Green Invitational, totaling eight event wins and seven top 10 program marks.
Freshman Addison Stadsholt kicked off the day in the women’s hammer throw, finishing atop the leaderboard with a season-best mark of 56.36m/184-11. Freshman Gwyn Lori placed fourth in the event, also posting a season-best mark of 52.84m/173-4.
Kate Powers added a second event win to the Wildcats’ tally in the women’s hammer throw invite with a final distance of 59.83m/196-3.
Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera claimed two wins in two separate events including the women’s 400m hurdles and 800m finals. In the former, she finished atop the leaderboard with a time of 56.01 and ran the third-fastest time in UK history in the 800m with a mark of 2:02.90.
In the men’s half of 400m hurdles, Anthony Waterman placed third, nearly breaking the Kentucky program record with a career-best time of 49.97.
A’Laji Bradley moved into No. 9 in the UK record books in the women’s 200m event, finishing atop the leaderboard with a personal best time of 22.80.
The Wildcats would go on to collect four more event wins on the day, including Brock Conrad in the men’s hammer throw, Denzel Simusialela in the men’s 200m and Morgan Dick in the women’s 3000m steeplechase.
Day two of the Jim Green Invitational will kick off tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. ET with the women’s discus throw and conclude with the men’s 4x400m relay at 4:15 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 | 1. Addison Stadsholt – 56.36m (PR)
4. Gwyn Lori – 52.84m (PR)
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| Women’s Hammer | 2:30 p.m. | INVITE | 1. Kate Powers – 59.83m
4. Meagan Ewers – 57.43m
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| Women’s Long Jump | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | 4. Skyler Reynolds – 5.96m |
| Women’s Pole Vault | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Chelsea Wetzel – 4.20m (PR) (T-No. 3 UK All-Time)
4. Annie Murphy – 4.10m 6. Sarah Ferguson – 3.95m 7. Kaylee Daniel – 3.95m
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| Women’s Javelin | 3:30 p.m. | FINAL | 8. Julia Gunnell – 32.78m
11. Dahlia Beasley – 24.77m
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| Men’s Hammer | 4:30 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Brock Conrad – 63.77m (PR) (No. 6 UK All-Time)
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| Women’s 400m Hurdles | 4:30 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera – 56.01
3. Kashia Hoo – 1:00.92 6. Kahalia Hoo – 1:02.58 7. Alene Washington – 1:02.58
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| Men’s 400m Hurdles | 4:40 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Anthony Waterman – 49.97 (PR) (No. 2 UK All-Time)
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| Women’s 200m | 4:55 p.m. | FINAL | 1. A’Laji Bradley – 22.80 (PR) (No. 9 UK All-Time)
3. Sharmelle Holmes – 23.08 5. Stacey Onyepunuka – 23.39 11. Briana St. Louis – 23.63 (PR) 13. Tressia Davis – 23.70 (PR) 14. Dahlia Beasley – 23.74 (PR) 16. Naseera Efua Quansah – 23.93 (PR) 18. JahQueen McClellan – 24.01 (PR) 21. Rukia Nusra Omulisia – 24.05 24. Camden Bentley – 24.75 (PR) 29. Julia Gunnell – 24.61 (PR) Hannah Douglas – DNS
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| Men’s Long Jump | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Kingi McNair – 7.41m
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| Men’s 200m | 5:25 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Denzel Simusialela – 20.09 (PR) (No. 3 UK All-Time)
2. Miles Jones – 20.54 (PR) (T-No. 7 UK All-Time) 5. Oscar Baltan Vivero – 20.90 (PR) 7. TK Pahuwa – 20.99 36. Zyrie Stewart-McLaren – 22.38
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| Women’s 1500m | 5:45 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Ann Lemirisho – 4:24.38 (PR)
Doricah Minsari Isoe – DNS
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| Men’s 1500m | 6:05 p.m. | FINAL | 4. Levi Kipkurui Bichii – 3:49.35
5. Nicola Baiocchi – 3:49.64 9. Sami Hattab – 3:50.84 12. Miles Brush – 3:53.79 14. Eyan Turk – 3:55.94 (PR) Tony Anania – DNF Collins Kiprop Kipngok – DNS Caden Miracle – DNS William Russell – DNS
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| Women’s 800m | 6:20 p.m. | INVITE | 1. Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera – 2:02.90 (PR) (No. 3 UK All-Time)
2. Janet Jepkemboi Amimo – 2:03.21 3. Lyric Olson – 2:04.93 4. Doricah Minsari Isoe – 2:06.76 5. Jayla Atkinson – 2:09.47 6. Ally Kruger – 2:09.80 (PR) Cha’iel Johnson – DNF
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| Men’s 800m | 6:25 p.m. | INVITE | 2. Patrick Faust – 1:49.00
4. Ed Bird – 1:50.39 5. Jackson Wyatt – 1:50.95 (PR)
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| Women’s 3000m Steeplechase | 6:30 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Morgan Dick – 10:52.34 (PR) |
| Men’s 3000m Steeplechase | 6:45 p.m. | FINAL | 6. Alex Alston – 9:20.48
8. William Russell – 9:30.03 (PR) |
| 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-McLaren
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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
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