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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...

CATS RUN WILD: Kentucky’s Ed Bird sets course record at Gans Creek Classic

Israel Schill, Hockey Beat Reporter September 29, 2024

Kentucky cross-country traveled to Missouri on Friday to compete in the Gans Creek Classic where Kentucky sophomore Ed Bird took home his first win of his collegiate career, finishing first in the men’s...

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...

Kentucky Wildcats thrower Josh Sobota participates in the 2022 Commonwealth College Opener on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, at the Norton HealthCare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo provided by UK Athletics.

Kentucky Track and Field competed at Commonwealth Opener.

Photo by Ethan Rand | UK Athletics

Kentucky track and field finds success in both Seattle and Clemson

Ian Alvano, Reporter February 16, 2023

Competing in two events across the country, Kentucky track and field found different ways to win in both. The squad was spread out across two locations this past weekend, one group being at the Tiger...

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...

Kentucky Wildcats thrower Josh Sobota participates in the 2022 Commonwealth College Opener on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, at the Norton HealthCare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo provided by UK Athletics.

Kentucky Track and Field competed at Commonwealth Opener.

Photo by Ethan Rand | UK Athletics

Russell breaks collegiate record as Cats shine in Red Raider Open and Vanderbilt Invitational

Aaron Benjamin, Reporter January 22, 2023

Kentucky track and field wrapped up its showings in the Red Raider Open, an all-day event hosted by Texas Tech, and the Vanderbilt Invitational, a multi-event competition held by Vanderbilt, on Saturday.  14...

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 earns ten wins at Rod McCravy Memorial

Jack Spurgeon, Reporter January 16, 2023

Kentucky track and field totaled 10 event wins at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet in Lexington. Entering the event as the No. 2 overall mens and No. 3 overall womens teams, Kentucky finished the weekend...

Dubem Anikamadu poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, at The Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Humans of UK: Dubem Anikamadu overcomes hurdles to pursue music

Jemi Chew, Reporter December 12, 2022

Life took a very different turn for Dubem Anikamadu, a senior majoring in public health, when he tore his Achilles tendon. Before his injury, Anikamadu had been running since his freshman year of high...

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