No. 6 UK Track & Field Set for Light Weekend at IU Relays

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The No. 6-ranked Kentucky men’s and women’s track and field teams will send a total of nine Wildcats – five men, four women – to the Indiana University Relays this weekend.

Live results are available here.

Teams at the meet include host IU, Notre Dame, South Florida, Miami (Ohio), Cincinnati, WKU and Florida International.

On Friday, Jacklyn Howell will run the women’s 60-meter hurdles, and Caleb Wilt the men’s hurdles on Friday starting at 5:10 p.m. ET. They’ll also run the 200m.

Mohammed Abubakar is entered in the men’s long jump scheduled for 8:15 p.m. Friday.

Riley Caudill and Alison D’Alessandro are entered in the women’s pole vault on Saturday at 12:20 p.m..

Abubakar is slated to run the men’s 400m Saturday at 12:35 p.m., while Cole and Tanner Dowdy and Alex Mortimer are scheduled to run the 3k at 1:30 p.m.

The men’s team moved up 12 spots, while the women’s team moved up three spots in this week’s computer rankings released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Kentucky will host its last home meet of the indoor season, the McCravy Memorial on Saturday, Feb. 3.

Day One – Friday, January 26, 2018  
Field Events
Time Event  
5:35 pm M Long Jump, Heptathlon*, 3m board  
6:20 pm W High Jump  
6:20 pm M Shot Put, Heptathlon*  
7:00 pm W Long Jump, 3m board  
7:00 pm M Pole Vault  
7:00 pm M Shot Put  
8:15 pm M Long Jump, 3m board Mohammed Abubakar
8:30 pm M High Jump, Heptathlon*  
8:30 pm W Shot Put  
Track Events
5:00 pm M 60m, Heptathlon  
5:10 pm W 60m Hurdles, Trials Jacklyn Howell
5:20 pm M 60m Hurdles, Trials Caleb Wilt
5:30 pm W 60m, Trials  
5:40  pm M 60m, Trials  
7:05 pm W 5000m  
7:30 pm M 5000m  
7:50 pm W 600m  
8:05 pm M 600m  
8:20 pm W 200m Jacklyn Howell
8:35 pm M 200m Caleb Wilt
8:55 pm W Distance Medley Relay  
9:10 pm M Distance Medley Relay  
Day 2 – Saturday, January 27, 2018
Field Events
9:35 am W High Jump, Pentathlon*  
9:40 am M Pole Vault, Heptathlon*  
11 am M Weight Throw  
11 am W Triple Jump, 11m board only  
12:20 pm W Pole Vault

3.48, 3.68, 3.83, 3.98, 4.08, 4.18, +.05

Riley Caudill

Alison D’Alessandro

12:20 pm M Triple Jump, 13m board only  
12:40 pm W Shot Put, Pentathlon*, inside ring  
12:40 pm M High Jump  
1:40 pm W Long Jump, Pentathlon*  
1:45 pm W Weight Throw Kennedy Krieg
Track Events
9:00 am W 60m Hurdles, Pentathlon  
9:10 am M 60m Hurdles, Heptathlon  
11:20 am W Mile  
11:35 am M Mile  
11:50 am W 60m Hurdles, Finals  
12 pm M 60m Hurdles, Finals  
12:05 pm W 60m, Finals  
12:10 pm M 60m, Finals  
12:15 pm M 1000m, Heptathlon*  
12:20 pm W 400m  
12:35 pm M 400m Mohammed Abubakar
12:50 pm W 800m  
1:05 pm M 800m  
1:15 pm W 3000m  
1:30 pm M 3000m Cole Dowdy, Tanner Dowdy, Alex Mortimer
1:45 pm W 4 x 400m  
1:55 pm M 4 x 400m  
2:30 pm W 800m, Pentathlon*  

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