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Kentucky Kernel

Kentucky track and field ends indoor season at NCAA Championships

Cat Beck, Senior Sports Reporter April 3, 2025

The 2025 indoor season came to an end for the Kentucky Wildcats track and field team. The Cats traveled to Virginia Beach to compete in the NCAA Championship races. On day one, sophomore Kate Powers...

A Kentucky track and field athlete competes in the pole vault competition during the Jim Green Invitational meet on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

Kentucky track and field wraps up SEC Indoor Championships

Cat Beck, Senior Sports Reporter March 8, 2025

Kentucky’s track and field competed in its postseason SEC Indoor Championship meet in Bryan-College Station, Texas, this past weekend. The Wildcats had 24 athletes compete in 14 different events, with...

Kentucky track and field completes simultaneous events in Clemson and Boston

Grace O’Halloran, Junior Sports Reporter February 21, 2025

Kentucky track and field showed out at both Clemson’s Tiger Paw Invite and Boston University's David Hemery Valentine Invite by securing one event win and setting 13 records.  Tiger Paw Invite Day...

Kentucky track and field logs numerous first-place finishes in Fairgrounds Invitational

Peyton Pruitt, Undergraduate Sports Reporter February 12, 2025

Kentucky track and field hit the road Saturday to participate in the Fairgrounds Invitational at the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion in Indianapolis.  The day started for Kentucky in the women’s...

A University of Kentucky track and field athlete gets ready for a race during the Jim Green Invitational at the Nutter Field House on Saturday, January 12, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Kentucky Kernel

Kentucky track and field wraps up regular season with new records

Jack Spurgeon, Reporter February 11, 2024

Kentucky track and field closed out its record-breaking 2024 regular season on a high note this weekend, recording four new personal bests with fourteen Wildcats finishing in the top 10. The Wildcats...

A University of Kentucky track and field athlete gets ready for a race during the Jim Green Invitational at the Nutter Field House on Saturday, January 12, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Kentucky Kernel

Masai Russell breaks 100-meter hurdles record at Texas Relays.

Noah Wehby, Reporter April 3, 2023

Austin, Texas played host to a new collegiate record, as Masai Russell broke the 100-meter hurdles record at the Texas Relays with an impressive time of 12.36 (2.0) seconds, marking the second time she...

Kentucky Wildcats wide receiver Jordan Anthony (13) makes a heart at UK fans before the Kentucky vs. Iowa Music City Bowl football game on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. UK lost 21-0. Photo by Isabel McSwain | Staff

Jordan Anthony and Masai Russell claim silver medals at NCAA Indoors

Ian Alvano, Reporter March 13, 2023

Jordan Anthony and Masai Russell cleaned up at the podium in Albuquerque, New Mexico this past weekend at the NCAA Indoors. Both Anthony and Russell earned silver medals in their respective events. Anthony...

A University of Kentucky track and field athlete gets ready for a race during the Jim Green Invitational at the Nutter Field House on Saturday, January 12, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Kentucky Kernel

Masai Russell wins gold in hurdles at SEC Indoor Championships

Sebastian Rios, Contributor March 4, 2023

Kentucky track and field finished a successful showcase at the SEC indoor championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, over the weekend. The Wildcats finished the weekend with nine medal winners with four...

A University of Kentucky track and field athlete gets ready for a race during the Jim Green Invitational at the Nutter Field House on Saturday, January 12, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Kentucky Kernel

Kentucky track and field sets season best in Fayetteville

Jack Spurgeon, Reporter February 19, 2023

Kentucky track and field concluded its 2022-23 indoor regular season in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with a pair of relay races inside of Randal Tyson Track Center. The womens team started the Cats off,...

Kentucky Wildcats senior Keaton Daniel sets a school record in the mens pole vault during the Razorback Invitational track and field meet on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Photo by Maigan Williams | UK Athletics.

Kentucky track and field’s Keaton Daniel soars to new heights

Cole Parke, Sports Editor February 13, 2023

Keaton Daniel made his way into the headlines this past season of track and field when he managed to break a school record, that he himself had set, on the pole vault during the the McCravy Memorial meet...

A University of Kentucky track and field athlete competing in long jump during the Jim Green Invitational at the Nutter Field House on Saturday, January 12, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Kentucky track and field concludes record-breaking weekend in Fayetteville with several wins

Ian Alvano, Reporter January 29, 2023

Kentucky track and field put up 10 personal bests among several participating colleges at the Razorback Invitational over the weekend in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It all began when Keaton Daniel got the...

A Kentucky track and field athlete leads the pack in the 60 meter hurdles event during the Jim Green Invitational meet on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

Kentucky track and field wins 11 events at Rod McCravy Memorial

Cole Parke January 30, 2022

Kentucky track and field totaled 11 event wins at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet in Lexington.The No. 2 mens team won seven events, while the No. 3 women totaled four event wins on the day.Kentucky senior...

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