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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No. 2 Kentucky sets school record with 21st SEC win
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Ryan Waldschmidt could not be contained and neither could No. 2 Kentucky as it defeated Vanderbilt 10-5 at Kentucky Proud Park on Thursday as it pulled ever so close to the second Southeastern Conference regular season championship in school history. In the meantime, UK’s 21st victory in league play set a new high-water mark in school history.
The Cats (38-11, 21-7) saw their magic number dwindle to one, meaning one victory in their final two games seals at least a share of the title.
Vanderbilt made the 4,384 fans hold their breath with a home run on the first pitch of the game but UK struck for three runs of its own in the first in a quintessential Wildcats inning that featured extra base hit, bunts, sacrifices, walks and the offensive pressure it has become known for in recent years.
Two innings later, Waldschmidt belted a two-out, three-run homer off the TV tower beyond centerfield to blow the game open and chase the Commodores’ starter. Nick Lopez later added a homer and birthday boy Mitchell Daly collected his 200th career collegiate hit as part of an active evening on both sides of the ball.
On Friday, UK will honor its graduates as well as go through Senior Night ceremonies before the game.
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How is extreme weather impacting home insurance rates in Kentucky?
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)—Kentucky has had its share of bad weather over the last several years, which is partially why homeowners insurance rates have been on the rise.
“It first started with COVID, and you know, the cost of supplies and demand on labor rates and that sort of thing, and then right after COVID, we started seeing these really bad wind and hail storms coming through Kentucky,” said Renee Jackson, a Lexington insurance agency owner.
Due to both the pandemic and bad weather, there is a new normal when it comes to insurance rates.
“We used to look at rates for clients being a little abnormal if they were 10 percent or higher of the increase renewal. Now, we are looking at if it’s 18 to 20 percent is really when we start looking at shopping our client’s rates and that sort of thing,” said Jackson.
Jackson says one way to prevent major rate increases is to file claims only on significant damage.
“A windstorm came through, and I have to replace my roof. A roof replacement is $20,000. That’s when you want to file a claim. Keep the small things to yourself and let the insurance company deal with the large things because when you file the small things, you’re going to see even higher insurance increases on your premium and you don’t want that to happen,” Jackson said.
Jackson thinks that hiking insurance rates should cool, but the weather will play a big role in that fate.
“I think the insurance companies have a good handle of what’s going on. As long as we don’t have any more storms come through Kentucky in the next year, I think you’re going to see your rates leveling off. You’re not going to see the increases like you did before,” Jackson said.
According to a study from Deloitte, Kentucky is among 21 US states at high risk of climate impacts.
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PGA Championship begins with sunshine and soft turf at Valhalla in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A PGA Championship filled with various layers of intrigue began Thursday after a 10-minute delay for fog, which quickly gave way to sunshine and a morning that figures to set the tone for Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth.
Weather has been an issue all week, with rain at times closing Valhalla Golf Club for brief periods during two days of practice.
McIlroy returns to the site of his last major 10 years ago that also was marked by weather when a two-hour rain delay on Sunday caused him to play into the group ahead so that he could finish before dark.
He starts this major just two days after news broke that he was getting divorced from his wife of seven years. McIlroy cut short his interview to 10 minutes with a request that all questions be related only to golf. Asked about his energy and how he was feeling, McIlroy said curtly, “I’m ready to play this week.”
Woods also is a past champion at Valhalla from 24 years ago, when he was younger and before back surgeries, knee surgeries and a 2021 car crash. He is playing for only the third time this year.
Spieth is playing alongside defending champion Brooks Koepka. At stake for Spieth, again, is a chance to become the sixth player to win the career Grand Slam if he can hoist the Wanamaker Trophy at the end of the week.
Koepka only has two legs of the Grand Slam, but his major count already is at five.
“I’m just looking forward to a major championship,” Koepka said. “That kind of gets my excitement going.”
Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, is among the few stars playing in the afternoon on a course that is soft and susceptible to low scoring. Scheffler hasn’t competed in three weeks, staying home in Dallas for the impending birth of his first child. A son they named Bennett was born May 8.
He still comes into Valhalla with a load of momentum — four wins in his last five starts, one of them a second Masters green jacket, the exception a runner-up finish in Houston.
Being at home gave him time to reflect, and it was all good.
“I married my high school sweetheart and I always wanted to play professional golf, and now I’m here,” Scheffler said. “I was sitting there with a newborn in my arms and the green jacket in the closet. It was a pretty special time.
“The competitiveness in me doesn’t let me reflect too much. And I was trying to do my best to get ready to play this week.”
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