Seventeen members of the track and field team from the University of Kentucky are preparing to participate in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, which will take place at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico from March 10 to March 11. The competition will commence at 11:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. MT on Friday, beginning with the men’s heptathlon. Annika Williams, the Southeastern Conference Champion, will commence UKTF’s participation twenty minutes later with the women’s pentathlon’s first event, the 60-meter hurdles, at 11:50 a.m. ET/9:50 a.m. MT. Kennedy Lightner will compete in the men’s 200m semifinal at 10:25 p.m. ET/8:25 p.m. MT, concluding the team’s participation for the day.
On Saturday, UKTF will resume with the women’s 60-meter hurdles finals at 6:10 p.m. ET/4:10 p.m. MT, provided Masai Russell qualifies. The team’s participation will conclude with the men’s 200-meter finals at 9:50 p.m. ET/7:50 p.m. MT, provided Kennedy Lightner qualifies on Friday. On Saturday, Luke Brown and Josh Sobota will both participate in the triple jump and shot put, respectively, starting at 8:45 p.m. ET/6:45 p.m. MT and 9:00 p.m. ET/7 p.m. MT.
Live results for the championship can be found at flashresults.com. The championship will also be streamed live on ESPN+, beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. MT on Friday and 1:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. MT on Saturday. On Sunday at 6 p.m. ET/4 p.m. MT and Monday at 7 p.m. ET/5 p.m. MT, ESPNU will broadcast replays of both day’s events.
In 2022, the University of Kentucky women’s team tied their best team finish at the national competition by placing third with a school-record of 44 points. Abby Steiner, the Bowerman winner, earned gold in the 200m and silver in the 60m, propelling the team to their best finish since the 2018 indoor season. After their 14th place finish in 2021, which was their highest team finish in 25 years since the men placed seventh with 22 points in 1996, the men will seek to reclaim their best finish in 25 years. In 2022, the men placed 21st overall. Seven of the 17 Wildcats who qualified for this year’s indoor championship meet also competed in last year’s indoor NCAAs for Kentucky, including Luke Brown, Keaton Daniel, Karimah Davis, Tori Herman, Dajour Miles, Masai Russell, and Jenna Schwinghamer. This week, Jordan Anthony, Josh Sobota, and Anthaya Charlton will make their NCAA Indoor Championships debuts.
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