Seven Kentucky Wildcats move on to NCAA Track & Field Championship finals
Tomorrow is setting up to be a big day for the Kentucky Track & Field program. On Thursday, seven Wildcats advanced to the finals at the NCAA Championships: Abby Steiner (100 meters, 200m), Masai Russell (100m hurdles, 400H), Alexis Holmes (400m), the 4x100m relay, and 4x400m relay. Triple jumper Sophie Galloway will also compete in the finals on Saturday.
As you might expect, Abby Steiner was one of the stars on Thursday. The senior sprinter tied the NCAA Championships 200-meter record with a qualifying time of 22.05Q (+0.5) while also qualifying for the 100m final with a sub-11-second semifinal time and running a great second leg in the 4x100m relay heats. Both runs were personal bests for Steiner.
Kentucky’s 4x100m relay (Shadajah Ballard, Steiner, Russell, and Karimah Davis) had the second-fastest time of the semifinals, as did the Wildcats’ 4x400m relay (Davis, Dajour Miles, Megan Moss, and Holmes). Saturday’s 4x400m relay will feature a showdown of the two fastest collegiate 4×4 teams in history, Kentucky and Texas A&M. Masai Russell ran the third-fastest time in the semifinals of the 100m hurdles and the 400m hurdles. Alexis Holmes also advanced to the finals of the 400 meters.
Tonight, Kentucky’s men’s 4x400m relay of Dwight St. Hillaire, Lance Lang, Kennedy Lightner, and Brian Faust will go for gold in the finals starting at 8:21 p.m. PT/11:21 ET. They ran the fifth-fastest time in the semifinals (3:01.68).
You can stream each event on ESPN3 or watch live on ESPN2 tonight and tomorrow night. Here’s the schedule (all times PT).
Friday Events
| Start (PT) | Event | Rnd | Status |
| 5:30 PM | Men High Jump | Final | |
| 5:35 PM | Men Discus | Finals | |
| 6:02 PM | Men 4×100 M Relay | Final | |
| 6:12 PM | Men 1500 M | Final | |
| 6:20 PM | Men Triple Jump | Finals | |
| 6:24 PM | Men 3000 M Steeplechase | Final | |
| 6:42 PM | Men 110 M Hurdles | Final | |
| 6:52 PM | Men 100 M | Final | |
| 7:02 PM | Men 400 M | Final | |
| 7:14 PM | Men 800 M | Final | |
| 7:27 PM | Men 400 M Hurdles | Final | |
| 7:37 PM | Men 200 M | Final | |
| 7:55 PM | Men 5000 M | Final | |
| 8:21 PM | Men 4×400 M Relay | Final | UK |
Saturday Events
| Start (PT) | Event | Rnd | Status |
| 2:00 PM | Women High Jump | Final | |
| 2:05 PM | Women Discus | Finals | |
| 2:32 PM | Women 4×100 M Relay | Final | Ln. 8: UK |
| 2:41 PM | Women 1500 M | Final | |
| 2:50 PM | Women Triple Jump | Finals | Fl. 2, #3: Sophie Galloway |
| 2:54 PM | Women 3000 M Steeplechase | Final | |
| 3:12 PM | Women 100 M Hurdles | Final | Ln. 4: Masai Russell |
| 3:22 PM | Women 100 M | Final | Ln. 6: Abby Steiner |
| 3:32 PM | Women 400 M | Final | Ln. 4: Alexis Holmes |
| 3:44 PM | Women 800 M | Final | |
| 3:57 PM | Women 400 M Hurdles | Final | Ln. 5: Masai Russell |
| 4:07 PM | Women 200 M | Final | Ln. 6: Abby Steiner |
| 4:25 PM | Women 5000 M | Final | |
| 4:51 PM | Women 4×400 M Relay | Final | Ln. 8: UK |
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