Wildcats Close Out NCAA East Regionals, Punch 12 More Tickets to Eugene
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – 20 NCAA qualifiers for the Cats!
The UK track and field team closed out the final day in Jacksonville, Fla. at the NCAA East First Rounds with 12 more Wildcats punching their tickets to Eugene for the NCAA Championships during today’s quarterfinals.
Senior Sophie Galloway started off day four of the regionals, finishing sixth in the first round of the women’s triple jump. Galloway punched the second ticket to the NCAA Championships of her career with a season-best 12.50m/41-0.25 mark.
The women’s 4x100m relay team, including Stacey Onyepunuka, Hannah Douglas, Morgan Davis and Sharmelle Holmes, also punched their ticket to the National Championships in the quarterfinals in the first of two Kentucky women’s relay teams to qualify for Eugene on Saturday.
In the women’s 100m hurdles, after qualifying for the quarterfinals during Thursday’s events, both Emmi Scales and Camden Bentley secured their spots in Eugene. Scales finished fourth in the event with a lifetime best 12.93 time, the fifth-fastest time in program history.
Janet Jepkemboi Amimo and Jenna Schwinghamer both qualified for the trip to Eugene in the women’s 800m quarterfinal, finishing sixth and 11th, respectively. Jepkemboi Amimo, for the third time this season, as well as the second time this week, broke the UK 800m record with a 2:00.38 time. Schwinghamer also posted a personal-best time of 2:02.38.
The women’s 4x400m relay team, consisting of Alysia Johnson, Douglas, A’Laji Bradley and Cha’iel Johnson capped off the East Regionals with another ticket punched to Eugene for Kentucky and the final qualifying spot for the Wildcats in Jacksonville by placing sixth with a 3:28.70 time.
With the conclusion of the NCAA Regionals, the Wildcats will now look to Eugene, Ore. where 20 athletes will compete for a National Championship at Hayward Field on June 11-14 in the 2025 season finale.
The complete results list for Kentucky for the NCAA East First Rounds can be found below.
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Event Schedule
| NCAA East First Rounds: Wednesday, May 28: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s 100m | 10:50 p.m. | First Round | 29. Clinton Muunga – 10.42
35. Miles Jones – 10.51
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| Men’s 200m | 12:30 p.m. | First Round | 4. Carlie Makarawu – 20.56 (Q)
34. Miles Jones – 21.33
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| NCAA East First Rounds: Thursday, May 29: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Hammer | 8:00 a.m. | First Round | 9. Kate Powers – 63.91m/209-8 (NCAA Qualifier)
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| Men’s Pole Vault | 9:30 a.m. | Semifinal | 25. Shane Racey – 5.18m/17-0
Brayden Jackson – NH
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| Women’s Long Jump | 1:00 p.m. | First Round | 13. Morgan Davis – 6.10m/20-0.25 |
| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 2:30 p.m. | First Round | 10. Emmi Scales – 13.07 (Q)
11. Camden Bentley – 13.08 (PR) (Q) (No. 9 UK All-Time) 44. Kori Martin – 13.82 Alexis Glasco – DNS
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| Women’s 100m | 3:30 p.m. | First Round | 12. Sharmelle Holmes – 11.21 (Q) |
| Women’s 400m | 3:55 p.m. | First Round | 8. Alysia Johnson – 51.53 (PR) (Q) (No. 4 UK All-Time)
46. A’Laji Bradley – 55.02
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| Women’s 800m | 4:20 p.m. | First Round | 3. Janet Jepkemboi Amimo – 2:01.78 (PR) (School Record) (Q)
26. Jenna Schwinghamer – 2:04.26 (Q)
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| Women’s 400m Hurdles | 4:50 p.m. | First Round | 17. Emmi Scales – 57.63 (PR) (No. 7 UK All-Time) (Q)
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| Women’s 200m | 5:15 p.m. | First Round | 16. Hannah Douglas – 23.34 (Q)
20. Sharmelle Holmes – 23.42 (Q) 23. Stacey Onyepunuka – 23.46 (Q) 27. Morgan Davis – 23.55 |
| NCAA East First Rounds: Friday, May 30: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Pole Vault | 9:30 a.m. | Semifinal | 12. Payton Phillips – 4.09m/13-5 (NCAA Qualifier)
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| Men’s Discus | 1:00 p.m. | First Round | 31. Grayson Brashear – 51.80m/169-11
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| Men’s Triple Jump | 1:30 p.m. | First Round | 3. Luke Brown – 16.07m/52-8.75 (NCAA Qualifier)
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| Men’s High Jump | 1:30 p.m. | Semifinal | 40. Devin Sealey – 2.05m/6-8.75
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| Men’s 4x100m | 4:00 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 6. Kentucky – 39.07 (NCAA Qualifier) (No. 5 UK All-Time)
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| Men’s 3000m Steeplechase | 4:40 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 1. Collins Kiprop Kipngok – 8:24.91 (NCAA Qualifier) (Facility Record)
16. Jackson Watts – 8:58.20
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| Men’s 200m | 6:50 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 3. Carlie Makarawu – 19.92 (PR) (NCAA Qualifier) (School Record)
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| Men’s 5000m | 7:10 p.m. | Semifinal | 15. Ed Bird – 14:10.79
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| NCAA East First Rounds: Saturday, May 31: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Triple Jump | 2:30 p.m. | First Round | 6. Sophie Galloway – 12.50m/41-0.25 (NCAA Qualifier)
46. Aliyah Adams – 12.08m/39-7.75
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| Women’s 4x100m | 5:00 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 10. Kentucky – 43.64 (NCAA Qualifier)
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| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 6:15 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 4. Emmi Scales – 12.93 (PR) (NCAA Qualifier) (No. 5 UK All-Time)
12. Camden Bentley – 13.14 (NCAA Qualifier)
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| Women’s 100m | 6:35 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 12. Sharmelle Holmes – 11.24
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| Women’s 400m | 6:50 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 14. Alysia Johnson – 52.45
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| Women’s 800m | 7:05 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 6. Janet Jepkemboi Amimo – 2:00.36 (PR) (NCAA Qualifier) (School Record)
11. Jenna Schwinghamer – 2:02.38 (PR) (NCAA Qualifier) (No. 3 UK All-Time)
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| Women’s 400m Hurdles | 7:25 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 20. Emmi Scales – 58.55
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| Women’s 200m | 7:50 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 12. Hannah Douglas – 23.04 (PR)
22. Stacey Onyepunuka – 23.41 23. Sharmelle Holmes – 23.43
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| Women’s 4x400m | 8:45 p.m. | Quarterfinal | 6. Kentucky – 3:28.70 (NCAA Qualifier) |
