The Kentucky track and field will take its first road trip of 2018 this weekend at the Clemson Invitational.
The meet starts Friday and continues Saturday. Adkins timing associates is handling live results.
Clemson, Duke, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, J.C. Smith, Penn State, Purdue and Virginia Tech.
The meet begins Friday morning with returning NCAA heptathlon silver medalist Tim Duckworth in his first heptathlon of the year starting at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Duckworth is actually ranked fourth in the nation in the open long jump this season having reached 25’4”/7.72m in December.
The Kentucky women’s team is ranked No. 9 in the preseason USTFCCCA rankings, while the men’s team is ranked 18th.
Junior Olivia Gruver was named Southeastern Conference Field Athlete of the Week, and Dwight St. Hillaire picked up SEC Freshman of the Week honors from the league office.
Gruver was named National Athlete of the Week by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn is scheduled to run in the 60m hurdles on Friday. The reigning Southeastern Conference Champion has the fastest time in the country this season, having run 8.04 in December. She was top collegian at the Kentucky Invitational last week, and in undefeated in finals against collegiate competition this young season.
Marie-Josee Ebwea-Bile is the top-ranked triple jumper in the nation at the moment (44’8.75”/13.63m), while Latavia Coombs is ranked fifth (43’1.75”/13.15m).
Kentucky won eight events at its home opener a week ago, the Kentucky Invitational.
| Men’s Heptathlon | ||
| Start Time | Event | UK entry |
| Friday | ||
| 9:30 AM | Mens Heptathlon 60 Dash | Timothy Duckworth |
| 10:10 AM | Mens Heptathlon Long Jump | |
| 11:10 AM | Mens Heptathlon Shot Put | |
| 12:10 PM | Mens Heptathlon High Jump | |
| Saturday | ||
| 9:00 AM | Mens Heptathlon 60 Hurdles | Duckworth |
| 9:40 AM | Mens Heptathlon Pole Vault | |
| 11:45 AM | Mens Heptathlon 1000 Run | |
| Friday – Track | |||
| Start Time | Event | Round | UK entry |
| 2:30 PM | Womens 60 Hurdles Prelim | Prelim –
3 Heats 8 Advance: heat winner + next 5 best times |
Ht. 2 | Ln. 7: Jacklyn Howell
Ht. 3 | Ln. 4: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Ht. 3 | Ln. 7: Faith Ross |
| 2:45 PM | Womens 5000 Run | Final | |
| 3:15 PM | Mens 60 Hurdles Prelim | Prelim –
3 Heats 8 Advance: heat winner + next 5 best times |
Ht. 2 | Ln. 4: Caleb Wilt |
| 3:30 PM | Mens 5000 Run | Final | Daniel Southard |
| 4:00 PM | Womens 60 Dash Prelim | Prelim – 4 heats 8 advance: Heat winner + next 4 best times |
Ht 1. | Ln. 6: Celera Barnes Ht. 4 | Ln. 3: Kayelle Clarke Ht. 4 | Ln. 7: Kianna Gray |
| 4:15 PM | Womens 60 Dash Prelim
Olympic Dev |
Prelim – 2 heats
8 advance: Heat winner + next 6 best times |
START LIST |
| 4:20 PM | Womens 1 Mile Run | Final | Michelle McKinney
Sarah Crawford |
| 4:35 PM | Mens 1 Mile Run | Final – 2 heats | Ht. 1: Kendall Muhammad
Ht. 1: Matthew Thomas |
| 4:50 PM | Mens 60 Dash Prelim | Prelim – 3 heats 8 advance: Heat winner + next 5 best times |
Ht. 1 | Ln. 8: Dwight St. Hillaire Ht. 3 | Ln. 3: Daniel Roberts |
| 5:05 PM | Mens 60 Dash Prelim
Olympic Dev |
Prelim | |
| 5:10 PM | Womens 400 Dash | Final | |
| 5:30 PM | Mens 400 Dash | Final – 9 heats | Ht. 6 | Ln. 3: EJ Floréal |
| 5:50 PM | Womens 60 Hurdles | Final | TBD |
| 5:55 PM | Womens 60 Hurdles
Olympic Dev |
Final | TBD |
| 6:00 PM | Mens 60 Hurdles | Final | TBD |
| 6:10 PM | Womens 60 Dash | Final | TBD |
| 6:15 PM | Womens 60 Dash
Olympic Dev |
Final | TBD |
| 6:20 PM | Mens 60 Dash | Final | TBD |
| 6:25 PM | Mens 60 Dash
Olympic Dev |
Final | |
| Friday – Field | |||
| Start Time | Event | Round | UK entry |
| 2:30 PM | Mens Long Jump | Final – 2 flights | Fl 1 | #3: Saahir Bethea Fl 2 | #3: Fred Dorsey #8: Mohammed Abubakar |
| 2:30 PM | Womens Shot Put | Final – 1 flight | Nicole Fautsch |
| 2:30 PM | Womens Pole Vault | Final | Olivia Gruver Nicole Bagby |
| 4:30 PM | Womens Long Jump | Final | |
| 5:00 PM | Mens Shot Put | Final – 2 flights | Charles Lenford Jr. Noah Castle Nikolas Huffman |
| Saturday – Track | |||
| Start Time | Event | Round | UK entry |
| 12:00 PM | Womens 600 Run | Final | |
| 12:15 PM | Mens 600 Run | Final | |
| 12:30 PM | Womens 800 Run | Final – 2 sections | Ht. 1 | Ln. 7: Michelle McKinney |
| 12:45 PM | Mens 800 Run | Final – 2 sections | Ht. 1 | Ln. 3: Ian Jones |
| 1:00 PM | Womens 200 Dash | Final – 12 sections | Ht. 1 | Ln. 5: Kianna Gray Ln. 6: Jasmine Camacho- Quinn Ht. 2 | Ln. 4: Kayelle Clarke Ht. 3 | Ln. 6: Celera Barnes Ht. 4 | Ln. 4: Javianne Oliver (UK Class of 2017) Ht. 7 | Ln. 5: Sha’Keela Saunders (UK Class of 2017) Ht. 8 | Ln. 4: Kiah Seymour (UK Class of 2017) Ht. 9 | Ln. 6: Faith Ross Ht. 11 | Ln. 6: Jacklyn Howell |
| 1:30 PM | Mens 200 Dash | Final – 12 sections | Ht. 3 | Ln. 3: Dwight St. Hillaire
Ht. 7 | Ln. 5: Fred Dorsey Ht. 10 | Ln. 2: Daniel Roberts |
| 2:00 PM | Womens 3000 Run | Final | Katy Kunc
Avery Bussjager Caitlin Shepard |
| 2:20 PM | Mens 3000 Run | Final – 2 sections | Sec. 1: Jacob Thomson
Benjamin Young Brennan Fields Sec. 2: Matthew Thomas |
| 2:40 PM | Womens 1600 Relay | Final – 4 sections | Sec. 1 | Ln. 5: UK “A”
Sec. 3 | Ln. 6: UK “B” |
| 3:00 PM | Mens 1600 Relay | Final – 4 sections | Sec. 3 | Ln. 5: UK “A”
Sec. 4 | LN. 4: UK “B” |
| Saturday – Field | |||
| Start Time | Event | Round | Status |
| 11 AM | Womens Weight Throw | Final | Nicole Fautsch |
| 11 AM | Womens High Jump | Final | Carly Hinkle |
| 11 AM | Mens Triple Jump | Final | Saahir Bethea |
| 12:30 PM | Mens Pole Vault | Final | Matt Peare |
| 1 PM | Womens Triple Jump | Final | Marie-Josee Ebwea-Bile Latavia Coombs |
| 1 PM | Mens Weight Throw | Final – 2 flights | Fl 2 | Charles Lenford Jr.
Logan Bryer David Cline |
| 1:30 PM | Mens High Jump | Final | |
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