Kentucky hosted Georgia for an SEC twin meet on Monday, splitting with the Bulldogs. The Wildcats gained the ladies’s meet by a 166-134 choice, marking the primary time in Kentucky ladies’s program they beat Georgia in a twin meet.
Fifth 12 months Izzy Gati was crucial in Kentucky beating Georgia, successful all three of her particular person occasions and serving to a Wildcats relay to victory. Gati kicked off her day with a decisive victory within the ladies’s 200 free, swimming a 1:47.85. She even-split the race, swimming a 53.90 on the primary 100 then coming dwelling in 53.95.
Gati then had a stable efficiency within the 200 fly, swimming a 1:59.13 to the touch as the one swimmer within the area below 2:00. In contrast to the 200 free, this time Gati established the early lead, posting the quickest break up within the area on each the primary and second 50s of the race.
She had yet another particular person win in her on the day, getting out to the lead within the 500 free and holding it via the again half of the race. Gati swam a 4:50.81, main a pair of Wildcats, Abigail McCulloh (4:52.66) and Dune Coetzee (4:52.81).
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Gati capped off her meet by main off Kentucky’s ‘A’ ladies’s 400 free relay in 50.66, placing the Wildcats within the lead heading into the second leg. Tori Buerger went subsequent, splitting 51.04, then Kaelan Daly was 51.74 on the third leg, and Grace Freriks anchored in 50.25. Kentucky completed in 3:23.69, beating Georgia by over a second.
Kentucky senior Caitlin Brooks gained a pair of occasions as nicely. She kicked issues off with a win within the 100 again, swimming a 53.07. She pulled away from the sphere on the again half of the race to get the job completed.
Brooks then went on to win the 100 fly in a good race with Georgia’s Callie Dickinson. Simply as she’s completed within the 100 again, Brooks pulled into the lead on the second 50 of the race. She completed in 54.22, edging out Dickinson’s 54.52.
Brooks additionally took second within the 200 again, swimming a 1:56.98. Beating Brooks was freshman teammate Lydia Hanlon, who put collectively a wonderful swim. Hanlon posted a 1:55.49, utilizing a improbable third 50 break up of 29.24 to drag firmly into the lead.
One other Kentucky veteran, senior Gillian Davey, placed on a present within the 200 breast, roaring to a 2:09.18. She put collectively a well-split race, going 30.37 on the primary 50, then 32.64, 32.98, and 33.19 on the next three 50s. Not solely is 2:09 an excellent twin meet efficiency, Davey gained the race by over three seconds together with her swim.
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Georgia’s Eboni McCarty was on fireplace within the dash occasions, successful each the 50 and 100 free. McCarty kicked issues up with a 23.03 within the 50 free, main a 1-2 cost by the Bulldogs. Teammate Julianna Stephens got here in second, swimming a 23.28.
McCarty then clocked a 50.29 to win the 100 free, once more main a 1-2 punch by Georgia. This time, Sloane Reinstein got here in second, touching in 50.92.
BulldogZoie Hartman put up a speedy 1:58.76 to win the 200 IM. Hartman was significantly nice on the backstroke leg of the race, the place she break up a 29.52, which was the quickest again break up within the area by over a second. She additionally gained the 100 breast in 1:01.26.
Abigail McCulloh picked up one other win for Georgia, swimming a 9:52.15 to win the 1000 free.
Georgia had begun the meet with a win within the 200 medley relay. Marie Schobel (25.23), Hartman (27.76), Dickinson (24.65), and McCarty (22.69) teamed up for a 1:40.33.
Kentucky football lost a 2025 wide receiver when recruit Ja’kayden Ferguson re-opened his recruitment in mid-November. Now, they have gained a commitment from top 500 receiver Dejerrian Miller to take the open spot.
Miller is a 6’3″, 195 lb receiver out of Missouri. He is rated four stars, and is ranked as the number 379 overall player in the 2025 class in the 247sports composite rankings. He is the 53rd ranked receiver in the class.
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Coach Mark Stoops and his staff have put together a solid recruiting class for 2025 so far. It’s currently ranked 25th in the country, though it is the 13th best class of the 16 teams of the SEC.
Miller joins Quintin Simmons Jr., Preston Bowman, and Montavin Quisenberry as wide receivers who are committed to Kentucky for 2025. Miller’s size should be an advantage for him as he looks to find playing time. It’s good get for the Wildcats and Stoops, who continues to bring in quality players at the receiver position.
EASTERN KENTUCKY (WYMT) – On Wednesday, President Joe Biden declared that a major disaster exists in Kentucky.
As a result, President Biden ordered federal assistance to supplement recovery efforts. This is locally as well as statewide following the damage left behind by the remnants of Hurricane Helene.
In a news release, federal funding will be available to eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations. This will be on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the remnants of the hurricane.
This includes many counties in our area: Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Lee, Letcher, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Powell, Rockcastle, Rowan, and Wolfe.
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In the announcement, it said federal funding will also be available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for the entire state of Kentucky.
Now that the ink has dried and his signing with Kentucky has been made official, Jasper Johnson was finally able to be formally introduced to the Rupp Arena crowd during the Wildcats’ 87-68 win over Western Kentucky on Tuesday night.
Johnson, a class of 2025 five-star point guard born and raised in Lexington, sat courtside with his family to check out his future team in action against the Hilltoppers. During the second half, former Kentucky player Ravi Moss brought out the future Wildcat to midcourt where he was met with a chorus of cheers from the packed crowd of Big Blue Nationites.
After initially committing to Kentucky back in September, Johnson signed the necessary papers to play his college basketball at UK earlier this month. He’s been inside Rupp Arena plenty of times before over the years (and even played here with Woodford County as a sophomore), but never while wearing street clothes as the center of attention in front of over 20,000 screaming fans.
The smile says all you need to know.
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Johnson is one of three signees from Mark Pope‘s first recruiting class as Kentucky’s head coach, joining four-star center Malachi Moreno and four-star point guard Acaden Lewis. The 6-foot-4 guard is ranked No. 14 overall in the nation by the On3 Industry Ranking. He’s currently finishing up his high school career at Overtime Elite as a member of Rod Wave Elite (RWE).
Alongside Tay Kinney, a talented class of 2026 guard who is also from Kentucky and is being recruited by Pope, the two Bluegrass natives form arguably the deadliest backcourt duo in all of OTE. Through five games played this season, Johnson is averaging 19.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per outing while shooting 47.9 percent from the floor and 42.9 percent from deep.
This time next year, we’ll hopefully see him do the same thing in Kentucky blue and white.
Johnson family – Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio
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