Track and Field at Kentucky Invitational
Sunday, January 10, 2010 | Track and Field
Complete Meet Notes in PDF Format
Meet: Kentucky Invitational
Dates: Friday-Saturday, January 15-16, 2010
Location: Lexington, Ky.
Track Facility: E.J. Nutter Fieldhouse
Live Results: www.AllTraxTiming.com
Participating Teams: Alabama, Auburn, Eastern Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Marshall, Miami, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi State, Tennessee, UCF, Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky.
GATORS OPEN 2010 CAMPAIGN IN THE BLUEGRASS
The University of Florida track and field teams, both coming off of top-10 finishes at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships, begin their 2010 campaigns this weekend when the Gators travel to Lexington, Ky., to participate in the annual two-day Kentucky Invitational hosted by the University of Kentucky at its E.J. Nutter Fieldhouse. Live results will be available at ukathletics.com and alltraxtiming.com.
The event begins at 6 p.m. ET Friday with a number of field events and continues Saturday beginning at 10:30 a.m. with the remainder of the field events and the running events beginning at 12:30 that day.
Florida commences its season with top-10 rankings on both the men's and women's sides according to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's 2010 preseason poll. The Gator men, who were the national runners-up at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships, enter this weekend's meet with a No. 2 national ranking, while the women are sixth nationally.
Five athletes who won at least one national championship last season return to the Gators this year. Senior thrower Mariam Kevkhishvili headlines that list after capturing both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships last season in the women's shot put, also winning Southeastern Conference titles in both those events. Sophomore jumper Christian Taylor, who won the 2009 Cliff Harper Trophy for the league's high points scorer at the SEC Indoor Meet, returns after capturing the 2009 NCAA Indoor Triple Jump title. Sprinters Jeremy Hall, Calvin Smith and Terrell Wilks were part of the school's NCAA Outdoor Championship 4x100-meter relay team in 2009.
The Gators begin their indoor campaign at the Kentucky Invitational for the second consecutive season. Participating teams at the event include: Alabama, Auburn, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia, Georgia Tech, host Kentucky, Louisville, Marshall, Miami, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi State, Tennessee, UCF, Vanderbilt and Western Kentucky.
ABOUT THE VENUE
E.J. Nutter Fieldhouse is an $8.5 million climate-controlled structure that is used for winter conditioning and indoor track and field meets. The facility features an artificial turf football playing field of 108,000 square feet, surrounded by a six-lane 290-meter track. In 1996, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2009, the facility served as the site of the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships.
ABOUT THE CITY
Lexington, Ky., known as the “Horse Capital of the World,” is the second-largest city in the state of Kentucky with a population estimated at 279,044 people. Lexington was founded in June 1775 in what was then Virginia (17 years before Kentucky became a state). By 1820, it was one of the largest and wealthiest towns west of the Allegheny Mountains, leading it to be called the “Athens of the West.” May of 19th-century America's most important people spent part of their lives in the Central Kentucky city, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and Henry Clay.
2010 KENTUCKY INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE
Friday, January 15
6 p.m. - Men's Weight Throw / Women's Weight Throw follows
6 p.m. - Women's Pole Vault
6 p.m. - Men's High Jump
6 p.m. - Women's Triple Jump / Men's Triple Jump follows
Saturday, January 16
10:30 a.m. - Women's High Jump
10:30 a.m. - Women's Long Jump / Men's Long Jump follows
11:30 a.m. - Men's Pole Vault
12 p.m. - Men's Shot Put / Women's Shot Put follows
12:30 p.m. - Women's 60m Hurdles (semi)
Men's 60m Hurdles (semi)
Women's 60m (semi)
Men's 60m (semi)
1:15 p.m. - Women's Mile
1:30 p.m. - Men's Mile
1:50 p.m. - Men's 60m Hurdles (final)
1:55 p.m. - Women's 60m Hurdles (final)
2 p.m. - Men's 60m (final)
2:05 p.m. - Women's 60m (final)
2:15 p.m. - Women's 400m
2:35 p.m. - Men's 400m
3 p.m. - Women's 800m
3:20 p.m. - Men's 800m
3:35 p.m. - Women's 200m
3:50 p.m. - Men's 200m
4:15 p.m. - Women's 3,000m
4:30 p.m. - Men's 3,000m
4:50 p.m. - Women's 4x400m Relay
5:05 p.m. - Men's 4x400m Relay
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