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Kentucky Track & Field To Close Indoor Regular Season This Week
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky track and field program will split the team for the final meets of the indoor regular season as they take part in both the Tiger Paw Invite and David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Friday, February 9th, and Saturday, February 10th.
The distance squad will travel to Boston University this week for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational. The competition begins on Friday, February 9th at 9:40 a.m. ET with the Women’s 3000m.
Saturday’s events begin at 9:50 a.m. ET with the Men’s 3000m.
The rest of the team will travel to Clemson University this week for the Tiger Paw Invite. The competition begins on Friday, January 19 at 11 a.m. with the men’s weight throw.
Saturday’s events begin at 9 a.m. with the women’s shot put.
Live results for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational are available here.
Live results for the Tiger Paw Invite are available here.
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
Pole Vault – 1st Keaton Daniel – 19’0.25”/5.80m – Texas Tech
Triple Jump – 1st Luke Brown – 55’1.5”/16.80m – Texas Tech
200 Meters – 6th Kennedy Lightner – 20.49 – Texas Tech
Women’s
Distance Medley Relay – 6th Jenna Schwinghamer, Mahogany Mobley, Aubree Hay, Phoebe McCowan – Louisville
Pentathlon – 6th Charity Hufnagel – 4218 points – Arkansas
High Jump – 9th Charity Hufnagel – 6’0.75”/1.85m – Louisville
800 Meters – 11th Sydney Steely – 2:03.53 – Arkansas
60-Meter Hurdles – 13th Emmi Scales – 8.18 – Louisville
800 Meters – 15th Jenna Schwinghamer – 2:03.96 – Arkansas
Event Lineup (all info tentative and subject to change before the meet)
| David Hemery Valentine Invitational: Friday, February 9: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s 3000m | 9:40 a.m. | FINAL | Mollie Roden |
| Women’s 800m | 11:05 a.m. | FINAL | Jenna Schwinghamer
Sydney Steely |
| Women’s Mile | 4:45 p.m. | FINAL | Bryanna Lucas
Phoebe McCowan |
| Women’s 3000m | 6:45 p.m. | FINAL | Ally Kruger |
| Tiger Paw Invite: Friday, February 9: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s Weight Throw | 11:00 a.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Logan Coles
DaRoyce Flemons Dennis Ohene-Adu |
| Women’s Long Jump | 12:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Morgan Davis
Ariel Pedigo Meg Wilson |
| Women’s Pole Vault Invitational | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kaitlyn Cain
Kristen Masucci Payton Phillips |
| Women’s 60mH | 12:05 p.m. | PRELIM | Maya Anderson
Camden Bentley Alexis Glasco Ariel Pedigo Emmi Scales |
| Men’s 60mH | 12:30 p.m. | PRELIM | Alexander Chukwukelu |
| Women’s 60m | 1:00 p.m. | PRELIM | Hannah Douglas
Alexis Glasco Victoria Perrow |
| Women’s Weight Throw | 1:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Shelby Wingler |
| Men’s 60m | 1:35 p.m. | PRELIM | Miles Jones
Troy Lane Clinton Muunga |
| Women’s 60mH | 2:10 p.m. | SEMIS | Maya Anderson
Camden Bentley Alexis Glasco Ariel Pedigo Emmi Scales |
| Women’s Mile | 2:20 p.m. | FINAL | Aubree Hay
Julz Williams |
| Men’s 60mH | 2:35 p.m. | SEMIS | Alexander Chukwukelu |
| Men’s Long Jump | 3:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Samuel Reagan |
| Women’s 60m | 3:00 p.m. | SEMIS | Hannah Douglas
Alexis Glasco Victoria Perrow |
| Women’s 400m | 3:10 p.m. | FINAL | Ava Alexander
Alysia Johnson Jania Martin JahQueen McClellan Mahogany Mobley |
| Women’s Weight Throw Invitational | 4:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Simi Akinrinsola
Kate Powers |
| Men’s 60m | 4:10 p.m. | SEMIS | Miles Jones
Troy Lane Clinton Muunga |
| Men’s 400m | 4:20 p.m. | FINAL | Beck O’Daniel
Brandon Nyandoro Jahlahnee Watkins Tavon Williams |
| Women’s 60mH | 5:20 p.m. | FINAL | Maya Anderson
Camden Bentley Alexis Glasco Ariel Pedigo Emmi Scales |
| Men’s 60mH | 5:25 p.m. | FINAL | Alexander Chukwukelu |
| Women’s 60m | 5:30 p.m. | FINAL | Hannah Douglas
Alexis Glasco Victoria Perrow |
| Men’s 60m | 5:35 p.m. | FINAL | Miles Jones
Troy Lane Clinton Muunga |
| David Hemery Valentine Invitational: Saturday, February 10: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s 3000m | 9:50 a.m. | FINAL | Alex Alston
Jake Allen Ed Bird Jackson Watts |
| Men’s Mile | 4:55 p.m. | FINAL | Dustin Horter |
| Tiger Paw Invite: Saturday, February 10: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Shot Put | 9:00 a.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Simi Akinrinsola
Ariel Pedigo Shelby Wingler |
| Men’s Triple Jump | 11:00 a.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Luke Brown |
| Men’s Shot Put | 11:00 a.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Dennis Ohene-Adu |
| Women’s 800m | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | Cha’iel Johnson
Lyric Olson |
| Men’s 800m | 12:20 p.m. | FINAL | Alex Justus
Justin Swann |
| Women’s 200m | 12:45 p.m. | FINAL | Morgan Davis
Hannah Douglas Jania Martin Victoria Perrow Emmi Scales |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 1:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Ava Alexander
Asha Pierre-Antoine |
| Men’s Pole Vault Invitational | 1:30 p.m. | FINAL | Keaton Daniel
Brayden Jackson Dalton Shepler |
| Men’s 200m | 1:40 p.m. | FINAL | Shavique Bascus
Alexander Chukwukelu Miles Jones Troy Lane Clinton Muunga |
| Men’s High Jump | 2:00 p.m. | Prelim/FINAL | Donsten Brown
Devin Sealey |
| Women’s 3000m | 2:40 p.m. | FINAL | Ainsley Edwards
Elaina Lahmers |
| Men’s 3000m | 3:40 p.m. | FINAL | Cade Byer
Caden Miracle |
| Women’s 4x400m Relay | 3:20 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky “A”
Kentucky “B” |
| Men’s 4x400m Relay | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky “A”
Kentucky “B” |
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Mark Pope began his press conference with congratulations for Louisville, but quickly turned to a brutally honest assessment of his own team, calling the performance “extremely poorly” and an “incredibly disappointing” product for Kentucky basketball.
But the entire game —and Kentucky’s core issue —was summed up by one stat line.
Louisville had 20 assists and 6 turnovers. Kentucky had 14 assists and 14 turnovers.
“The 20 to 6 compared to the 14-14 tells the really the whole story of the game,” Pope said.
The Wildcats were “sticky with the ball,” as Pope put it, and completely abandoned their offensive principles. The result was a 20-point deficit and a final score that wasn’t as close as it looked. The Cats were able to get it to 4, but bad shot selection and bad defense allowed the Cardinals to end on an 8-4 spurt over the last 3 minutes.
How Kentucky got “punished”
Pope was clear that this wasn’t just a bad shooting night; it was a failure of execution that led to a confession you hate to hear, but know it is true:
“We’re going to lose a 20-to-6, 14-to-14 game. We’re just going to lose it,” Pope said. “And… we got punished for not playing it the right way.”
That punishment was clear. Louisville scored 19 points off turnovers and had 11 steals, constantly hounding Kentucky’s primary scorers. Otega Oweh, who finished with 5 turnovers on 4-for-13 shooting, was a primary target of the Cardinals’ defense.
“I thought they were physical with them. I thought they brought a crowd. They did everything we didn’t do,” Pope said of the plan against Oweh. “They were really good at bringing a crowd and… making them play through multiple defenders.”
Kentucky has a tune-up against Wright State on Friday, and it is really needed after the overall display put on tape last night. The good news is they still were in the game after playing so badly for long stretches. So, if you are a silver lining kind of fan, there you go.
The Kentucky Football Coaches Association has named its Players of the Year, Linemen of the Year and Coaches of the Year for all 48 districts, eight in each class.
Players of the Year, Linemen of the Year and Coaches of the Year for all six classes will be named during the state finals Dec. 5-6 at the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field in Lexington. The KFCA Mr. Football and statewide Coach Haywood Lineman of the Year and Jimmie Reed Coach of the Year awards will be announced in mid-December.
Louisville-area Player of the Year winners are Christian Academy’s Ja’Hyde Brown, North Oldham’s Colin Daniels, Spencer County’s Keyon Davis, Atherton’s Garyon Hobbs, Bullitt Central’s A.J. Lee, Manual’s Gerian Traynor, Male’s Steron Davidson and Trinity’s Zane Johnson.
Louisville-area Lineman of the Year winners are Kentucky Country Day’s Kris Mandy, Christian Academy’s Kellan Hall, Valley’s Josh Vaughan, Spencer County’s Richard Gilbert, Iroquois’ Jeremiah Jackson, Fairdale’s Chaz Tutt, Male’s Christian White and Trinity’s Nate Shields.
Louisville-area Coach of the Year winners are Christian Academy’s Hunter Cantwell, Butler’s Gary Wheeler, Fairdale’s Louis Dover, St. Xavier’s Kevin Wallace, Male’s Chris Wolfe and Oldham County’s Jamie Reed.
Here are the award winners for each district, with Player of the Year listed first and followed by Lineman of the Year and Coach of the Year.
District One – Zayden Kinney (Fulton County), Drake Thorpe (Fulton County), James Bridges (Fulton County); Two – Kace Eastridge (Campbellsville), Kris Mandy (Kentucky Country Day), Dale Estes (Campbellsville); Three – Eddie Bivens (Newport Central Catholic), Will Sandfoss (Newport Central Catholic), Steve Lickert (Newport Central Catholic); Four – Charles Oglesby (Covington Holy Cross), Beckett Meersman (Bishop Brossart), Curt Spencer (Covington Holy Cross); Five – Caden Jones (Sayre), Wyatt Moore (Sayre), Chad Pennington (Sayre); Six – Landen Stiltner (Raceland), Jacob Litteral (Raceland), Michael Salmons (Raceland); Seven – Deakon Partin (Middlesboro), Christian Davis (Middlesboro), Larry French (Middlesboro); Eight – William Shoptaw (Hazard), Caden Thacker (Pikeville), Brian Melvin (Paintsville).
District One – Caden Howard (Crittenden County), Ashton Rodgers (Mayfield), Cliff Dew (Mayfield); Two – Miles Edge (Owensboro Catholic), Caden Conkright (Owensboro Catholic), Robert Eubanks (Hancock County); Three – Kris Hughes (Somerset), Andrew Houk (Green County), John Petett (Monroe County); Four – Tyler King (Lexington Christian), Sasha Wade (Danville), Lawrence Smith (Washington County); Five – Tyler Fryman (Beechwood), Lucas Tillery (Owen County), Steve Tarter (Bracken County); Six – Waylon Abner (Breathitt County), Waylon Abner (Breathitt County), Mark Easterling (Morgan County); Seven – Devan Maynard (Martin County), Preston Shepherd (Knott County Central), Randall Mullins (Knott County Central); Eight – Jonah Bartley (Shelby Valley), Bo Wolford (Belfry), Matt Varney (Belfry).
District One – Wyatt Robbins (Murray), Ryan Walls (Murray), Melvin Cunningham (Murray); Two – Hudson Gumm (Glasgow), Matt Stephens (LaRue County), Josh Robins (Butler County); Three – Ja’Hyde Brown (Christian Academy), Kellan Hall (Christian Academy), Hunter Cantwell (Christian Academy); Four – R.J. Blair (Garrard County), Mark Hosinski (Lexington Catholic), David Clark (Lexington Catholic); Five – Kaleb Evans (Lloyd Memorial), King Lee (Bourbon County), Kyle Niederman (Lloyd Memorial); Six – Jayden Frasure (Russell), Zach Brown (Russell), T.J. Maynard (Russell); Seven – Blake Burnett (Bell County), Spencer Phipps (Bell County), Dudley Hilton (Bell County); Eight – Luke Fetherolf (Lawrence County), Ty Brooks (Lawrence County), Alan Short (Lawrence County).
District One – Avery Thompson (Paducah Tilghman), Ben Myers (Paducah Tilghman), Coby Lewis (Calloway County); Two – Cavalli Pittman (John Hardin), Bryten Close (Taylor County), Josh Boston (Nelson County); Three – Colin Daniels (North Oldham), Josh Vaughan (Valley), Brock Roberts (North Oldham); Four – Keyon Davis (Spencer County), Richard Gilbert (Spencer County), Eddie James (Franklin County); Five – Tayden Lorenzen (Highlands), Max Merz (Highlands), Bob Sphire (Highlands); Six – Logan Music (Johnson Central), Drew Ferguson (Johnson Central), Jesse Peck (Johnson Central); Seven – Seneca Driver (Boyle County), Trashaun Bryant (Wayne County), Justin Haddix (Boyle County); Eight – Cole Stevens (Corbin), Malachi Brown (Corbin), Jacob Saylor (Harlan County).
District One – Markezz Hightower (Madisonville-North Hopkins), J.W. Muster (Owensboro), John Edge (Apollo); Two – Davis Chaney (Greenwood), Zach Jordan (Bowling Green), William Howard (Greenwood); Three – Garyon Hobbs (Atherton), Jeremiah Jackson (Iroquois), Gary Wheeler (Butler); Four – A.J. Lee (Bullitt Central), Chaz Tutt (Fairdale), Louis Dover (Fairdale); Five – Cam O’Hara (Cooper), Noah Reichel (Cooper), Randy Borchers (Cooper); Six – Timmy Emongo (Scott County), Justyn Perez (Woodford County), Dennis Johnson (Woodford County); Seven – Cooper Swaim (West Jessamine), Isaiah Wilkinson (West Jessamine), Scott Marsh (West Jessamine); Eight – Mason Griffin (South Laurel), Brady Hull (Pulaski County), Steve Nelson (North Laurel).
District One – James Bradley (Hopkinsville), Foster Jackson (Hopkinsville), Tyler Brooks (McCracken County); Two – Kayden York (South Warren), Malik Butler (South Warren), Brandon Smith (South Warren); Three – Gerian Traynor (Manual), Josiah Hope (North Hardin), Kevin Wallace (St. Xavier); Four – Steron Davidson (Male), Christian White (Male), Chris Wolfe (Male); Five – Zane Johnson (Trinity), Nate Shields (Trinity), Jamie Reed (Oldham County); Six – Jacob Savage (Ryle), Bo Gay (Ryle), Mike Engler (Ryle); Seven – Darnell Burnside (Tates Creek), Josiah Hernandez (Paul Dunbar), Jon Lawson (Lafayette); Eight – Dakari Talbert (Frederick Douglass), Camden Burke (Madison Central), William Blair (Madison Central).
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration is taking steps to classify a form of kratom, a popular legal stimulant known to possess opioid-like qualities in low doses, as a Schedule I narcotic.
According to a press release on Nov. 5 from Beshear’s office, leaders are targeting the 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) byproduct, making it illegal to sell, possess, or distribute in any isolated or concentrated form.
“We have marked three straight years of declines in overdose deaths in Kentucky, and that is progress we’re committed to building on as we work to protect more lives in the fight against addiction,” said Gov. Beshear. “Deadly and addictive drugs like 7-OH have no place in our communities, and this step will help us get these drugs off the streets and provide us more tools to keep Kentuckians safe.”
Officials wrote that while 7-OH is a naturally occurring component in the kratom plant, it’s only found in small amounts. Highly concentrated forms of it are put in shots, powders, and capsules at dosages that make it highly addictive and dangerous.
State leaders said that back in August, Beshear issued an emergency designation of bromazolam, also known as “designer Xanax,” as a Schedule 1 drug. The Cabinet of Health and Family Services is reportedly working to put 7-OH kratom in the same category alongside heroin, LSD, and fentanyl.
More information about the Beshear administration’s work to ban 7-OH in Kentucky can be found here.
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