The Rod McCravy Memorial is an annual indoor track meet hosted by UK and hosts some of the best talent in the country. This year’s field included 10 top-25 teams including SEC rivals No. 2 Georgia women, No. 1 Florida men and the Cats’ No.8 ranked women.

UK performed well in several events including the men’s decathlon, women’s long jump, men’s high jump and several more.

Junior Sha’Keela Saunders, who finished third and second in long jump at the NCAAs in outdoor and indoor respectively, came in first in long jump. Saunders long jump mark is currently second in the nation.

Saunders jumped 21’5.25” (6.53m) in what was described as an off day.

“I feel good about it. Actually, I feel better now because that was kind of an off day,” Saunders said. “I feel better now that on an off day I’m jumping over 21 feet. Last year on an off day I was jumping over 20 feet, if that.”

Timothy Duckworth a sophomore heptathlete had a personal record in the heptathlon and beat his previous personal-best by more than 200 points. He also won his event by more than 200 points and was first in pole-vaulting, winning by a sizeable margin and vaulting 16’4.85” (5m).

“We’ve been working on quite a lot of stuff in practice sort of speed work and everything and that was coming along really well,” Duckworth said. “But, it was really nice to jump five meters again in pole vault because I haven’t been up there since my senior year in high school.”

Xaivier McAllister, a junior jumper transfer, came in first in the high jump and jumped over seven feet. Beckie Famurewa came in second in the weight throw, throwing 20.40 meters. Freshman pole-vaulter Olivia Gruver also set the school record for women’s pole-vaulting by vaulting 13’8.25 (4.17m). Her mark is currently ninth in the nation.