Kentucky will host its annual home centerpiece meet: the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet on Saturday, Feb. 3 inside Nutter Field House.
Admission is free. Parking will be available in the Green Lot adjacent to Nutter Field House and Kroger Field.
Held annually since 1993, the meet honors Kentucky Wildcat Rod McCravy who suffered an untimely death as a freshman at UK.
The meet has become one of the main attractions of the indoor track and field regular season in recent years, and building on the innovation and general field of top-class track and field athletes, this year will be an elite hexagonal scored meet.
The teams entered are Kentucky, Clemson, Kansas, Illinois, Purdue and Virginia Tech.
On the men’s side, Kentucky is ranked No. 12, Virginia Tech is No. 16 and Kansas is No. 23.
On the women’s side, UK is ranked No. 9.
In the interest of spectator friendliness, the meet will feature an even more compressed schedule this year. Field events begin the meet at 10 a.m. ET, with the first running finals going off just before 1 p.m. ET, and the 4×400-meter relays set to wrap up before 5 p.m.
SEC Network+ will broadcast the meet. Kentucky will provide live results.
The meet will be scored through six places on a 10-8-6-4-2-1 basis with 10 points awarded to event winners, and one point going to sixth place. No restrictions will be placed on the number of scores from a team.
Sections in the running events and the order of competition in the field events will be seeded according to entry marks. In the field events, the seeded flight is contested last.
Honoring Rod McCravy
The high level of competition at the meet has turned into a fitting tribute to its namesake: the late Rodriq McCravy.
McCravy, a UK track athlete, died at the age of 19 in 1987 while sleeping in his dorm room. Although only a sophomore, Rod had already become the track team’s leader. His personal charisma and genuine care for others earned him the respect and admiration of all his teammates.
His personal impact on his teammates, friends, and coaches went well beyond athletics. A social work major, Rod is remembered as a dedicated, enthusiastic athlete, a conscientious student, a cherished friend and most important, an outstanding human being.
A graduate of Louisville Trinity High School, Rod was a two-time class AAA state champion in the 300m hurdles. He once held the UK freshman 400m hurdles record (53.35), and was part of a then-school record 4x400m relay team.
The meet is named in his honor to help members of the UK track and field community to remember him as well as provide an ongoing opportunity to speak about Rod and the positive influence he had on everyone who knew him.
| 2018 McCravy Memorial – UK entries | ||
| Time | Field Events | UK entry |
| 10 am | Men’s High Jump
(finish line pit) |
Tim Duckworth |
| 10 am | Women’s High Jump
(start line pit) |
Carly Hinkle
Ellen Ekholm |
| 10 am | Men’s Weight Throw | Charles Lenford Jr.
Logan Bryer David Cline |
| 10 am | Men’s Long Jump
(Turf runway) |
Saahir Bethea
Tim Duckworth Mohammed Abubakar |
| 10 am | Men’s Pole Vault | Matthew Peare |
| 11:15 am | Women’s Weight Throw | Kennedy Krieg
Nicole Fautsch |
| 12 pm | Women’s Long Jump
(Turf runway) |
Latavia Coombs
Marie-Josee Ebwea-Bile |
| 1:30 pm | Women’s Pole Vault
–Start Height-10’3.25/3.13m |
Alison D’Alessandro
Riley Caudill Nicole Bagby Olivia Gruver |
| 2 pm | Men’s Shot Put | David Cline
Logan Bryer Charles Lenford Jr. Noah Castle Nikolas Huffman |
| 3 pm | Men’s Triple Jump
(Track runway) |
Saahir Bethea
Mohammed Abubakar |
| 3 pm | Women’s Shot Put | Kennedy Krieg
Nicole Fautsch |
| 3 pm | Women’s Triple Jump
(Turf runway) |
Latavia Coombs
Marie-Josee Ebwea-Bile |
| Running Events (number of heats) | ||
| 12:15 pm | Men’s 60H Prelim (2 sections)
(Heat winner + next 7 advance) |
Ht. 1 of 2 | Ln. 4: Daniel Roberts
Ln. 7: Caleb Wilt |
| 12:25 pm | Women’s 60H
(2) Preliminary (Heat winner + next 7 advance) |
Ht. 1 of 2 | Ln. 6: Jacklyn Howell
Ht. 2 of 2 | Ln. 5: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Ln. 7: Faith Ross |
| 12:35 pm | Men’s 60 meters
(2) Preliminary (Heat winner + next 7 advance) |
Ht. 1 of 2 | Ln. 6: Fred Dorsey
Ht. 2 of 2 | Ln. 5: Tim Duckworth |
| 12:45 pm | Women’s 60 meters
(3) Preliminary (Heat winner + next 7 advance) |
Ht. 1 of 3 | Ln. 2: Janie O’Connor
| Ln. 5: Kayelle Clarke Ht. 2 of 3 | Ln. 6: Kianna Gray Ht. 3 of 3 | Ln. 3: Celera Barnes |
| 12:55 pm | Men’s 60H (1) Final | TBD |
| 1 pm | Women’s 60H (1) Final | TBD |
| 1:05 pm | Men’s 60 meters (1) Final | TBD |
| 1:10 pm | Women’s 60 meters (1) Final | TBD |
| 1:15 pm | Men’s Mile (1) | Kendall Muhammad
Ben young Jacob Thomson |
| 1:25 pm | Women’s Mile (1) | Sarah Crawford
Katy Kunc Michelle McKinney |
| 1:35 pm | Men’s 400 meters (5 section final) | Sec. 2 of 5 | Ln. 3: William Walker
Sec. 3 of 5 | Ln. 4: Jelani Walker Sec. 5 of 5 | Ln. 4: Dwight St. Hillaire |
| 1:50 pm | Women’s 400 meters (5 section final) | Sec. 4 of 5 | Ln. 3: Faith Ross
Sec. 5 of 5 | Ln. 5: Sydney McLaughlin |
| 2:05 pm | Men’s 800 meters (2 section final) | Sec. 1 of 2 | Ln. 3: Kendall Muhammad
Ln. 6: Ben Young Sec. 2 of 2 | Ln. 3: Ian Jones |
| 2:15 pm | Women’s 800 meters (2 section final) | Sec. 1 of 2 | Brooke Nohilly
Sec. 2 of 2 | Michelle McKinney |
| 2:25 pm | Men’s 200 meters (5 section final) | Sec. 1 of 5 | Ln. 4: Caleb Wilt
Sec. 3 of 5 | Ln. 4: Daniel Roberts Sec. 4 of 5 | Ln. 6: Fred Dorsey |
| 2:40 pm | Women’s 200 meters (5 section final) | Sec. 1 of 5 | Ln. 5: Jacklyn Howell
Sec. 2 of 5 | Ln. 6: Celera Barnes Sec. 3 of 5 | Ln. 4: Janie O’Connor Ln. 5: Kayelle Clarke Sec. 4 of 5 | Ln. 5: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Sec. 5 of 5 | Ln. 6: Kianna Gray |
| 2:55 pm | Men’s 3,000 meters (1) | Daniel Southard
Brennan Fields Matthew Thomas Cole Dowdy Jacob Thomson Alex Mortimer Tanner Dowdy |
| 3:10 pm | Women’s 3,000 meters (1) | Caitlin Shepard
Katy Kunc Avery Bussjager |
| 3:30 pm | Men’s 4 x 400m relay (2) | Sec. 2 of 2: Ln. 2: Kentucky |
| 3:45 pm | Women’s 4 x 400m relay (2) | Sec. 2 of 2: Ln. 5: Kentucky |
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