Updates and news from the meet will be here.
Tyler Karnes is now on site and up and running for the UK High School Invitational. Really looking forwards to a great day of competition in the Bluegrass. Every competition or race is going to be packed with some of the best athletes in the nation, but a couple events were particularly pointed out as being ones to watch. Kendall Williams looks to light up the track and the field events as she is seeded to win the womens high jump, long jump, and 60m hurdles. On the distance side of things it will be interesting to see how KY's own Jacob Thomson stacks up against the nations elite on the track as he is seeded 4th in the mile (behind a 4:05 of Brannon Kidder) and 3rd in the 2 mile behind Brock Baker in 2nd and Tsehaye Hiluf (9:10). These are just some of the highlight of a star-studded meet and every event in loaded in its own respect. Videos and interviews will be a part of the coverage and check in throughout the day to hear about stellar performances.
Field events are underway here at UK running events to start soon after.
Some quick updates: Kendall Williams just set the current nation leading jump in the high jump with 5-11, winning the meet. Mens high jump was won by C.J. Smith with a jump of 6-6. Running events will be underway shortly with the 60m hurdles.
Sydney Clute wins the women's pole vault with a vault of 12-6. Took a couple shots at 12-10 but couldnt get over the bar. The prelims of the 60m hurdles are completed and the prelims of the 60m dash are currently underway.
Prelims of the 60m dash have concluded and the women's mile is about to be underway.
Girls mile underway. first split is 1:11. REbecca stover in the lead. 2nd split 2:31 Stover still leading. Pack beginning to make some moves. Lead change, Receveur moved into the lead. 3rd split 3:49 Receveur. Still holding through the bell lap. big moves coming. Hale making a move. Hannah Boyert makes a big move, takes the lead. Hannah Boyert is gonna take it in 5:01. Receveur is going to hang in for second. Schoettmer in 3rd. Hale in 4th.
Guys mile is about to be underway.
Off to an early lead is Brannon Kidder. Coming through the first split 1:04 - Kidder. Thomson moves into 2nd a small pack still hangs with Kidder. 2nd split 2:09 a couple through in close range, Kidder still winning. Through the 3rd split 3:14. Kidder makes a big move right at the bell lap. Thomson still there, making his move. Kidder is holding. Thomson making another big push right with Kidder who still hangs on and is pulling away. Kidder - 4:13 Thomson 4:15. Matt Dorsey - 4:16
Jordan Moore (GA) just ran a nation leading time of 7.81 in the mens 60m hurdles.
In the Women's 400 it is Felicia Brown of GA winning in a new national leading time of 53.88.
In the men's 400 it is Michael Newton improving from 15th in the nation now with his 47.58 400
Girls' 2 mile about to get under way
it is marcie merriman and jackie choucair who opened up in 1:15, 2:36 (800) just came through the 2000 at 6:49
with 400 to go its Choucair
the girls' splits for 2 mile was
400: 1:15- Choucair
800: 2:36- Choucair
1200: 3:50 Choucair
2000: 6:49 Choucair
2800: 9:40 Choucair
Guy's splits:
800: 2:23- Drew White
1200: 3:33- White
1600: 4:42- white
2000: 5:53- Hiluf
2400: 7:00- hiluf/ Baker
Baker slipped/mistepped/maybe nipped Hiluf's heals on the back stretch of the final lap and could never get back into contention
Dunbar of Ohio ran away with it (literally) in the 4x400 opening up wit ha 48.6 (unofficial) and having 51,51,50 for the other legs, it was literally Dunbar from gun to wire winning by a whole straight-away
the splits of the leaders in the women's 4x8:
2:20
2:30
2:25
2:20
opening the men's 4x800 was Burcham running a 1:55
it was all Ona Elite of WV winning in 8:09.
their splits were:
155
202
202
209
they led by as much as 50-70 meters and won with about 20, no other team caught any ground on them after the second leg.
Congrats to all the competitors there were three US number 1s! Four US number 2s, two US number 3s and three meet records.
