The Kentucky Wildcats got four wins – five if you include alumni, six if you add a volunteer assistant who still competes – and the sun even came out for most of the day on Saturday at the Kentucky Relays at the UK Outdoor Track & Field Complex.
Kentucky also honored and celebrated its 18 seniors at the final home meet of the season. The 2017 senior class has combined to win an NCAA individual title, two SEC individual titles, 20 All-America honors, seven NCAA medals to go along with plenty of SEC honor roll and USTFCCCA All-Academic accolades.
The Wildcats’ men’s 4×100-meter relay were the first UK winners of the day as Daniel Roberts, Victor Oye, Fred Dorsey and Nick Anderson recorded a chilly-morning time of 41.07.
Freshman Matthew Thomas won the men’s 3k steeplechase in 9:19.50, while fellow rookie Brennan Fields was third in 9:20.25.
Freshman Charles Lenford Jr. won the won the men’s shot put with a mark of 55’10.25”/17.02m. He placed fourth in the discus, which Noah Castle placed third in (176’5”/53.78m).
Ian Jones won the 800m with a time of 1:50.49.
UK Class of 2015 alumni Raymond Dykstra won the Kentucky Relays javelin, marking his annual May return to Lexington with a win for the fourth year in a row.
Current UK volunteer assistant coach and multiple-times NCAA Champion Alex Ziegler won the men’s hammer throw.
Brandi Walker had a strong senior day placing second in the women’s hammer throw. William Walker earned a runner-up finish in the 400m hurdles.
Nicole Fautsch was runner-up in the women’s shot put and third in the women’s discus.
The next meets
Kentucky will welcome in effect the whole of Division I this side of the Mississippi River May 25-27 for the NCAA East Preliminary Championships. UK will play host for that event for the first time. The Wildcats were the host institution for the 2014 Southeastern Conference Championships at the UK Outdoor Track.
UK will contest the SEC Outdoor Championships next weekend at South Carolina.
| Kentucky Relays – UK Results | ||
| Running Events | ||
| Event | UK Entry | |
| Women’s 5000m | 3. Avery Bussjager: 17:18.57
6. Caitlin Shepard: 17:31.93 |
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| Men’s 5000m | 3. Tanner Dowdy: 15:32.94
5. Cole Dowdy: 16:02.92 |
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| Men 4x 100m relay | 1. UK (Roberts, Oye, Dorsey, Anderson): 41.07 | |
| Women 1500m | 3. Jill Weston: 4:32.05 | |
| Men 1500m | 8. Lou Styles: 4:03.53
13. Raine Wireman: 4:06.28 24. Tim Layten: 4:24.12 |
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| Men 3K Steeplechase | 1. Matthew Thomas: 9:19.50
3. Brennan Fields:9:20.25 |
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| Men 400m Hurdles | 2. William Walker: 54.42 | |
| Men 200m dash | 3. Craig Green: 21.51 | |
| Women 800m run | 4. Devynn Miller: 2:14.55 | |
| Men 800m run | 1. Ian Jones: 1:50.49
11. Raine Wireman: 1:57.57 |
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| Field Events | ||
| Event | UK Entry | |
| Men Javelin | 1. Ray Dykstra (Class of 2015): 192’6”/58.69m | |
| Men Hammer | 3. David Cline: 206’8”/63.00m
5. Logan Bryer: 195’00”/59.44m |
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| Women shot put | 2. Nicole Fautsch: 46’11.75”/14.2m | |
| Women Hammer | 2. Brandi Walker: 186’3”/56.76m | |
| Men Shot Put | 1. CJ Lenford: 55’10.25”/17.02m | |
| Men Discus | 3. Noah Castle: 176’5”/53.78m
4. CJ Lenford: 166’0”/50.61m 9. Tim Duckworth: 130’7”/39.81m |
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| Women Discus | 3. Nicole Fautsch: 150’8”/45.93m | |
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‑ GO CATS –
Jake Most