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UK ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
TRACK & FIELD
APRIL 4, 2025
Wildcats Post Three School Records at Stanford Invitational
Today marks the second time the Cats have broken three school records in 2025
TUCSON, Ariz. and PALO ALTO, Calif. – In the third split weekend of the track and field season, and the first during the outdoor portion of the schedule, the Kentucky Wildcats began competition at the Jim Click Shootout Invite and Stanford Invitational today in Tucson, Ariz. and Palo Alto, Calif.
Three program records fell at the Cobb Track and Angell Field in Stanford, as freshman Collins Kiprop Kipngok first broke the men’s 3000m steeplechase record by finishing second with an 8:22.67 time, beating out the previous record by nearly 20 seconds. This features as the fourth record-breaking finish of Kipngok’s first year with the Wildcats, previously breaking the program mile, 1500m and 3000m freshman records during the indoor season.
Janet Jepkemboi Amimo later broke the Kentucky school record in the women’s 1500m event, posting a 4:13.58 time and placing atop the leaderboard. Jepkemboi Amimo continued her record-breaking freshman campaign with her second school record of 2025, previously breaking the Kentucky 800m indoor record back in February.
Ed Bird closed out the lone day in Palo Alto for the Cats with a program record finish in the men’s 5000m final with a 13:39.28 mark.
Other notable finishes for the Wildcats included Miles Jones winning the men’s long jump final in Tucson with a personal-best 7.44m mark and Payton Phillips and Annie Murphy placing second and fourth, respectively, in the women’s pole vault event. Four additional top 10 program performance entries were added to the Kentucky track and field record books at the Stanford Invite on Friday, including Jack Pendergast (M 10000m), Noel Barlette (W 3000m Steeplechase), Jackson Watts (M 3000m Steeplechase) and Ally Kruger (W 5000m).
The Wildcats’ run at the Stanford Invitational concluded after today’s events. Tomorrow, the Jim Click Shootout Invite will continue with the second day of competition from Tucson, Ariz., opening with Julia Gunnell competing in the penultimate event of the women’s heptathlon at 11:00 a.m. EST.
Event Schedule
UK ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
TRACK & FIELD
APRIL 4, 2025
Wildcats Post Three School Records at Stanford Invitational
Today marks the second time the Cats have broken three school records in 2025
TUCSON, Ariz. and PALO ALTO, Calif. – In the third split weekend of the track and field season, and the first during the outdoor portion of the schedule, the Kentucky Wildcats began competition at the Jim Click Shootout Invite and Stanford Invitational today in Tucson, Ariz. and Palo Alto, Calif.
Three program records fell at the Cobb Track and Angell Field in Stanford, as freshman Collins Kiprop Kipngok first broke the men’s 3000m steeplechase record by finishing second with an 8:22.67 time, beating out the previous record by nearly 20 seconds. This features as the fourth record-breaking finish of Kipngok’s first year with the Wildcats, previously breaking the program mile, 1500m and 3000m freshman records during the indoor season.
Janet Jepkemboi Amimo later broke the Kentucky school record in the women’s 1500m event, posting a 4:13.58 time and placing atop the leaderboard. Jepkemboi Amimo continued her record-breaking freshman campaign with her second school record of 2025, previously breaking the Kentucky 800m indoor record back in February.
Ed Bird closed out the lone day in Palo Alto for the Cats with a program record finish in the men’s 5000m final with a 13:39.28 mark.
Other notable finishes for the Wildcats included Miles Jones winning the men’s long jump final in Tucson with a personal-best 7.44m mark and Payton Phillips and Annie Murphy placing second and fourth, respectively, in the women’s pole vault event. Four additional top 10 program performance entries were added to the Kentucky track and field record books at the Stanford Invite on Friday, including Jack Pendergast (M 10000m), Noel Barlette (W 3000m Steeplechase), Jackson Watts (M 3000m Steeplechase) and Ally Kruger (W 5000m).
The Wildcats’ run at the Stanford Invitational concluded after today’s events. Tomorrow, the Jim Click Shootout Invite will continue with the second day of competition from Tucson, Ariz., opening with Julia Gunnell competing in the penultimate event of the women’s heptathlon at 11:00 a.m. EST.
Event Schedule
| Jim Click Shootout Invite: Friday, April 4: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Javelin | 12:00 p.m. | FINAL | 3. Ariel Pedigo – 43.81m/143-8 |
| Women’s100m Hurdles | 12:00 p.m. | Heptathlon | 4. Julia Gunnell – 14.32 (PR) |
| Women’s High Jump | 1:30 p.m. | Heptathlon | 7. Julia Gunnell – 1.57m/5-1.75 |
| Women’s Shot Put | 4:00 p.m. | Heptathlon | 3. Julia Gunnell – 11.86m/38-11 (PR) |
| Women’s Pole Vault | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Payton Phillips – 4.21m/13-9.75 4. Annie Murphy – 4.01m/13-1.75 (PR) (No. 6 UK All-Time) 9. Kaitlyn Cain – 3.71m/12-2 10. Chelsea Wetzel - 3.71m/12-2 |
| Women’s Long Jump | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | 5. Morgan Davis – 5.88m/19-3.5 7. Aliyah Adams – 5.56m/18-3 |
| Women’s Discus | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | 6. Kate Powers – 49.17m/161-4 |
| Women’s 200m | 5:15 p.m. | Heptathlon | 6. Julia Gunnell – 24.92 (PR) |
| Men’s Long Jump | 6:00 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Miles Jones – 7.44m/24-5 (PR) (No. 10 UK All-Time) |
| Men’s Discus | 6:00 p.m. | FINAL | 5. Grayson Brashear – 50.46m/165-6 |
| Stanford Invitational: Friday, April 4: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s 10000m | 1:00 p.m. | FINAL | 13. Jack Pendergast – 29.44.16 (PR) (No. 8 UK All-Time) |
| Women’s 3000m Steeplechase | 8:10 p.m. | FINAL | 6. Perri Bockrath – 10:06.01 (Section 1) 13. Noel Barlette – 10:38.85 (PR) (No. 8 UK All-Time) (Section 2) |
| Men’s 3000m Steeplechase | 8:53 p.m. | FINAL | 2. Collins Kiprop Kigngok – 8:22.67 (PR) (School Record) (Section 1) 3. Jackson Watts – 8:50.15 (PR) (No. 4 UK All-Time) (Section 2) |
| Women’s 1500m | 9:32 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Janet Jepkemboi Amimo – 4:13.58 (PR) (School Record) 9. Jenna Schwinghamer – 4:20.32 |
| Women’s 5000m | 10:10 p.m. | FINAL | 10. Ally Kruger – 16:17.84 (PR) (No. 9 UK All-Time) |
| Men’s 5000m | 10:50 p.m. | FINAL | 8. Ed Bird – 13:39.28 (PR) (School Record) |
| Jim Click Shootout Invite: Saturday, April 5: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Long Jump | 11:00 a.m. | Heptathlon | Julia Gunnell |
| Men’s Hammer | 11:00 a.m. | FINAL | DaRoyce Flemons, Logan Coles |
| Women’s Javelin | 12:15 p.m. | Heptathlon | Julia Gunnell |
| Women’s Hammer | 1:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kate Powers, Shelby Wingler |
| Men’s Shot Put | 2:00 p.m. | FINAL | Grayson Brashear |
| Men’s 110m Hurdles | 2:06 p.m. | FINAL | Alexander Chukwukelu, Anthony Waterman |
| Women’s 100m Hurdles | 2:16 p.m. | FINAL | Emmi Scales, Alexis Glasco, Kori Martin, Camden Bentley, Maya Anderson |
| Men’s 4x100m | 2:30 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Women’s 4x100m | 2:40 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Men’s 400m | 3:00 p.m. | FINAL | Brandon Nyandoro |
| Women’s 400m | 3:20 p.m. | FINAL | Alysia Johnson, Oneika McAnnuff, JahQueen McClellan, A’Laji Bradley |
| Men’s 100m | 3:40 p.m. | FINAL | Josh Onwunili, Miles Jones, Clinton Muunga, Shavique Bascus |
| Women’s 100m | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Victoria Perrow, Sharmelle Holmes, Briley Cline |
| Men’s Pole Vault | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Brayden Jackson, Shane Racey |
| Women’s Triple Jump | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Sophie Galloway, Aliyah Adams |
| Women’s Shot Put | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Shelby Wingler |
| Men’s 800m | 4:10 p.m. | FINAL | Alex Alston, Patrick Faust |
| Women’s 800m | 4:20 p.m. | FINAL | Jayla Atkinson, Cha’iel Johnson |
| Women’s 400m Hurdles | 4:45 p.m. | FINAL | Ava Alexander, Emmi Scales, Maya Anderson |
| Men’s 200m | 4:55 p.m. | FINAL | Shavique Bascus, Alexander Chukwukelu |
| Women’s 200m | 5:15 p.m. | FINAL | Sharmelle Holmes, Hannah Douglas, A’Laji Bradley, Stacey Onyepunuka, Morgan Davis, Briley Cline |
| Men’s 1500m | 5:50 p.m. | FINAL | Sami Hattab, Alex Alston |
| Women’s 1500m | 6:05 p.m. | FINAL | Mollie Roden, Julz Williams |
| Men’s 4x400m | 6:15 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
| Women’s 4x400m | 6:25 p.m. | FINAL | Kentucky |
