Kentucky
Kentucky Track & Field Sends Squads To Tennessee and Texas
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky track and field program will split the team into four respective squads this week as they take part in both the Corky Classic and Vanderbilt Invitational on Friday, January 19th, and Saturday, January 20th.
The jumps and sprint squads will travel to Texas Tech this week for the Corky Classic. The competition begins on Friday, January 19 at 7 p.m. ET with the Men’s Pole Vault.
Saturday’s events begin at 12:00 p.m. ET with the Women’s 200m “B” sections.
The distance and throws squads will travel to Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee this week for the Vanderbilt Invitational. The competition begins on Friday, January 19 at 2:30 p.m. ET with the Men’s Weight Throw. Running events begin at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Saturday’s events begin at 11 a.m. with the Men’s Shot Put Open. Running events begin at 2:25 p.m. with the Women’s Mile Run.
Live results for the Corky Classic are available here.
Live results for the Vanderbilt Invitational are available here.
The Wildcats will compete against a combination of Alabama A&M, Alcorn State, Arkansas State, Auburn, Austin Peay, Baylor, Belmont, Carson Newman, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Georgia, Grambling, Jacksonville State, Kansas State, Kentucky Wesleyan, LSU, Lipscomb, Louisiana Tech, Miami (FL.), Missouri, Murray State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Southern Miss, St. Louis, TCU, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee, Texas Tech, UCF, University of the Incarnate Word and Vanderbilt at both respective meets.
Championship Outlook
The 2024 DI men’s and women’s indoor track and field selections will be from qualifying performances from Friday, Dec. 1 to Sunday, Feb. 25. Feb. 25 is the last date a qualifying performance may be achieved, except for conference championships. Monday, Feb. 26 will mark the last date a qualifying performance may be achieved for conference championships. The final list of meet participants will be available on Tuesday, Feb. 27. On Wednesday, March 6, the final championships start lists will be posted on the NCAA website. The Wildcats currently have 18 student-athletes in six events who would qualify for the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships after two meets this season by qualifying as one of the top 16 individuals or as a member of a top-12 relay team in the country during the indoor season.
TFRRS Top-20 Rankings
Men’s
200 Meters – 8th Kennedy Lightner – 20.92 – Indiana
Distance Medley Relay – 8th Dustin Horter, Justin Swann, Alex Alston, Jackson Watts – 10:15.93 – Louisville
Pole Vault – 3rd Keaton Daniel – 18’0.5”/5.50m – Louisville
Triple Jump – 1st Luke Brown – 54’1.25”/16.49m – Indiana
Weight Throw – 19th Logan Coles – 68’4.5”/20.84m – Indiana
Women’s
60-Meter Hurdles – 7th Emmi Scales – 8.18 – Louisville
Distance Medley Relay – 6th Jenna Schwinghamer, Mahogany Mobley, Aubree Hay, Phoebe McCowan – Louisville
Distance Medley Relay – 7th Sydney Steely, Bryanna Lucas, Lyric Olson, Mollie Roden – 11:43.62 – Louisville
High Jump – 4th Charity Hufnagel – 6’0.75”/1.85m – Louisville
Pole Vault – 8th Payton Phillips – 14’0”/4.27m – Louisville
Event Lineup (all info tentative and subject to change before the meet)
| Corky Classic: Friday, January 19: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s Pole Vault | 7:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Keaton Daniel
Brayden Jackson Dalton Shepler |
| Women’s High Jump | 7:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Morgan Davis |
| Vanderbilt Invitational: Friday, January 19: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s Weight Throw | 2:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Grayson Brashear
Logan Coles DaRoyce Flemons Dennis Ohene-Adu |
| Men’s High Jump | 4:15 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Donsten Brown
Devin Sealey |
| Men’s Long Jump | 4:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Samuel Reagan |
| Women’s Long Jump | 6:15 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Ariel Pedigo |
| Women’s 200m | 7:00 p.m. | FINAL | JahQueen McClellan
Mahogany Mobley Seven Simms |
| Women’s Weight Throw Open | 7:15 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Simi Akinrinsola
Amya Livingston Kate Powers Shelby Winger |
| Women’s 1000m | 9:15 p.m. | FINAL | Phoebe McCowan
Jenna Schwinghamer Sydney Steely |
| Men’s 1000m | 9:35 p.m. | FINAL | Dustin Horter |
| Corky Classic: Saturday, January 20: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s 200m “B” Sections | 12:00 p.m. | Section vs. Time | Camden Bentley
Emmi Scales |
| Women’s 60H | 12:00 p.m. | Prelim | Ariel Pedigo |
| Women’s 60m | 12:20 p.m. | Prelim | Morgan Davis
Alexis Glasco Victoria Perrow |
| Women’s Pole Vault “A” | 12:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Payton Phillips |
| Men’s 60m | 12:40 p.m. | Prelim | Miles Jones
Troy Lane Clinton Muunga |
| Women’s 60H | 1:00 p.m. | Prelim | Camden Bentley
Charity Hufnagel Alexis Glasco Emmi Scales |
| Women’s Long Jump | 1:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Morgan Davis
Charity Hufnagel |
| Men’s 60H | 1:25 p.m. | Prelim | Alexander Chukwukelu |
| Men’s 600y | 1:50 p.m. | FINAL | Brandon Nyandoro |
| Men’s 60H | 2:25 p.m. | FINAL | Alexander Chukwukelu |
| Women’s 60H | 2:30 p.m. | FINAL | Camden Bentley
Charity Hufnagel Alexis Glasco |
| Women’s 60m | 2:40 p.m. | FINAL | Morgan Davis
Alexis Glasco Victoria Perrow |
| Men’s 60m | 2:50 p.m. | FINAL | Miles Jones
Troy Lane Clinton Muunga |
| Women’s 400m | 3:00 p.m. | Section vs. Time | Ava Alexander
Alysia Johnson Onieka McAnnuff Jania Martin Reynei Wallace |
| Men’s 400m | 3:20 p.m. | Section vs. Time | Markevus Jackson
Brandon Nyandoro Beck O’Daniel Jahlahnee Watkins |
| Women’s 60H | 3:20 p.m. | FINAL | Ariel Pedigo |
| Women’s Pole Vault “B” | 3:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Kaitlyn Cain
Kristen Masucci |
| Men’s 800m | 3:50 p.m. | Section vs. Time | Justin Swann |
| Women’s 200m “A” Sections | 4:00 p.m. | Section vs. Time | Hannah Douglas
Jania Martin |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 4:00 p.m. | Prelim/Final | Ava Alexander |
| Men’s Triple Jump | 4:00 p.m. | Prelim/Final | Luke Brown |
| Men’s 200m | 4:20 p.m. | Section vs. Time | Alexander Chukwukelu
Kennedy Lightner Clinton Muunga |
| Women’s 4×400 Relay | 5:05 p.m. | Section vs. Time | Kentucky “A”: Emmi Scales, Camden Bentley, Alexis Glasco, Reynei Wallace
Kentucky “B”: Jania Martin, Alysia Johnson, Onieka McAnnuff, Hannah Douglas |
| Men’s 4×400 Relay | 5:35 p.m. | Section vs. Time | Kentucky “A”: Kennedy Lightner, Justin Swann, Brandon Nyandoro, Jahlahnee Watkins |
| Vanderbilt Invitational: Saturday, January 20: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s Shot Put Open | 11:00 a.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Grayson Brashear
Dennis Ohene-Adu |
| Women’s Mile Run | 2:25 p.m. | FINAL | Aubree Hay
Ally Kruger Bryanna Lucas Mollie Roden Julz Williams |
| Men’s Mile Run | 3:05 p.m. | FINAL | Alex Alston |
| Women’s Shot Put Open | 3:30 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Simi Akinrinsola
Amya Livingston Ariel Pedigo Shelby Wingler |
| Women’s 400m | 4:10 p.m. | FINAL | JahQueen McClellan
Mahogany Mobley Seven Simms |
| Women’s 800m | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | Cha’iel Johnson
Lyric Olson |
| Women’s 3000m | 5:55 p.m. | FINAL | Ainsley Edwards
Elly Heine Elaina Lahmers |
| Men’s 3000m | 6:45 p.m. | FINAL | Blake Byer
Cade Byer Caden Miracle |
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Kentucky basketball is through its first four games of the season, coming off a blowout 97-68 victory over Lipscomb on Tuesday. The Wildcats have the type of team were any given night, a different player may step up in the stat sheet. Through these four games, though, the most consistent has been Otega Oweh, who has been near the top of the stat sheet in every game so far.
Last game out, Oweh had 14 points on 5-6 shooting, 4 rebounds, an assist, and 2 blocks. Mark Pope spoke with the media ahead of Kentucky’s matchup with Jackson State on Friday, and he said a key part of Oweh’s hot start to the season is his “knack” for really setting the tone to start games and help Kentucky come out strong, which will be crucial when the opponents get tougher.
“Otega (Oweh) has been unbelievable. I don’t know if he’s the headline guy of any game, but he’s the best player in every game almost, give or take. He gets us off to unbelievable starts. Man, he has a knack to start the game. It’s been brilliant, actually. He has an impact. His conditioning has gotten better and better. He’s not getting fatigued on the floor. He’s understanding us better. He’s making a defensive impact. …Otega’s been incredible. I’m so proud of him. He might not have been the most highly heralded guy coming in in this portal class, but he’s been beautiful with his teammates. He’s been really mature about taking advantage of every opportunity he’s given and earning them. He’s grown immensely since the summer.”
– Pope on Otega Oweh’s hot start.
Oweh has been electric in Kentucky’s backcourt, and will be absolutely important in the team’s success throughout the season, especially with his hot starts to games to begin the season.
We are less than 48 hours away from the Kentucky Wildcats kicking off their week 13 matchup with the Texas Longhorns in Austin.
In what is going to be a tough matchup for the Cats, but for the first time this season the Cats will be the closest to healthy as they have been all season. Now it will feature some big players that will miss the marquee matchup with the Longhorns, but it appears the Cats could return some key players.
In tonight’s update, the UK staff had the report hold the same as Courtland Ford and Kahlil Saunders remain questionable and JJ Weaver stays in a probable status.
The Cats will need all the help they can get this weekend if they hope to pull off the upset. Adding a player back like Weaver to the defense can only help the Cats’ chances of a monster road upset.
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