Kianna Gray Sets UK Freshman Record

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Jasmine Quinn and Kianna Gray broke Kentucky freshman records on Saturday at Arizona State's Castillo Invitational.

 

Gray tied the 100 meters freshman record and broke the 200m record. She won the 200m in 23.29 and placed third in the 200m in 11.48.

 

Quinn ran 13.01 into a headwind to win the 100m hurdles.


Kentucky Wildcats won six events on Friday. Coupled with Lou Styles' 1,500m win Wildcats won seven events at the Castillo Invitational, which was UK's first competition of the outdoor season.


Destiny Carter tied her personal best to win the long jump with a mark of 20'5.75"/6.24m. 


Daje Pugh ran 58.88 to win the 400m hurdles. 


Marie-JoseƩ Ebwea-Bile won the triple jump with a mark of 41'3.25"/12.58m (-1.2).


Adriana Brown won the shot put with a mark of 51'10.5"/15.81m. Brown placed third in the discus with a nearly-10-foot personal best 174'5"/53.18m.


Fred Dorsey leapt to a PR long jump mark of 56'10"/17.32m to place second. 


Nik Huffman placed fourth in the shot put with a mark of 56'10"/17.32m. That was an outdoor PR, though he's 61'9"/18.82m indoors. 


Baldy Castillo Invitational

Saturday Results
Women's 100m Hurdles

1. Jasmine Quinn: 13.01 (-0.8)


Women's 100m
3. Kianna Gray: 11.48 (+0.0) - Tied UK Freshman Record

7. Precious Hitchcock: 11.58 (+0.0)

9. Donatella Asemota: 11.75 (0.0)


Women's 200m

1. Kianna Gray: 23.29 (-0.6) - UK Freshman Record

3. Jasmine Quinn: 23.40 (-0.6)

4. Destiny Carter: 23.45 (-0.6)

8. Precious Hitchcock: 23.58 (0.6)

12. Jacklyn Howell: 23.81 (0.2)

13. Donatella Asemota (23.81 (0.2)


Women's 1,500m 

7. Caroline McCaslin: 4:31.13

9. Katy Kunc: 4:31.97

26. Michelle McKinney: 4:44.26


Women's 400m Hurdles
1. Daje Pugh: 58.88


Women's 4x100m Relay
5. Kentucky (Pugh, Gray, Asemota, Quinn): 3:44.69


Women's Pole Vault

3. Olivia Gruver: 13'1.5"/4m


Women's Long Jump

1. Destiny Carter: 20'5.75"/6.24m (+1.2) - Tied PR

6. Kaitlyn Taylor: 18'11.25"/5.77m (+1.0)


Women's Triple Jump

1. Marie-JoseƩ Ebwea-Bile: 41'3.25"/12.58m (-1.2)

4. Kaitlyn Taylor: 38'5"/11.71m (0.5)


Women's Shot Put

1. Adriana Brown: 51'10.5"/15.81m

4. Beckie Famurewa: 50'2"/15.29m


Women's Discus

3. Adriana Brown: 174'5.75"/53.18m

5. Beckie Famurewa: 166'3.34"/50.69m


Women's Javelin

8. Sarah Blake: 202'/47.38m

10. Angelica Thompson: 135'10"/41.40m


Men's 100m
7. Fred Dorsey: 10.46w (+2.2)

8. Kenshard Hamilton: 10.49 (+1.4)

15. Xavier Jones: 10.76 (+1.4)


Men's 200m
10. Kenshard Hamilton: 21.39 (+0.2)

13. Xavier Jones: 21.52


Men's 800m
3. Shane Dillon: 1:50.94


Men's 3k
 

2. Zack Beavin: 9:09.51


Men's 100m Hurdles

3. Nick Anderson: 13.98 (0.0)

5. Caleb Wilt: 14.49 (-0.4)

7. Cameron Short: 14.60 (+0.0)


Men's 400m Hurdles

21. Naija Omari: 56.24


Men's 4x100m Relay

3. Kentucky (Hamilton, Dorsey, Jones, Anderson): 39.85


Men's 4x400m Relay
7.Kentucky (Jones, Anderson, Dorsey, Omari): 3:14.55

12. Kentucky (McAllister, Short, Wilt, Dillon): 3:21.27


Men's High Jump

4. Justin Kretchmer: 6'11.75"/2.13m

6. Xaivier McAllister: 6'9.75"/2.08m

15. Cameron Short: 6'4"/1.93m


Men's Long Jump

2. Fred Dorsey: 25'1.25"/7.65m


Men's Shot Put
4. Nik Huffman: 56'10''/17.32m

11. Noah Castle: 51'9"/15.77m


Men's Discus

15. Logan Bryer: 159'1"/48.49m

16. Noah Castle: 155'11"/47.54m

30. Cameron Short: 124'1"/37.83m

33. David Cline: 100'3"/30.56m

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