Mark Maloney on Kentucky sports

Chase Madison

Rashaud Scott

Scott, the defending champion, had the fourth-best mark among 12 finalists, 193-8. Fellow senior Madison ranked 10th at 187-9.

Martin Maric of California was the furthest throw of the day, 201-10.

Louisville’s Andrew Harding claimed the last qualifying spot, throwing 184-8. The Cardinals’ Josh Greenwald did not advance, finishing 17th at 179-11.

UK’s 4-by-400 relay men had one of their poorer results of the year and failed to advance to the finals. Western Kentucky also was knocked out.

The UK quartet of Kwasi Obeng, Stephan Smith, Brandon Austin and Jose Acevedo placed fifth in the third heat and 16th overall with a time of 3:08.15. First-place Florida State had the fastest time of the three heats, 3:03.13.

Gavin Smellie

Western’s Gavin Smellie, Terrill McCombs, Alexander Larin and Romaine McKay also placed fifth in their heat, 13th overall, in 3:06.35.

Rondel Sorrillo

However, Smellie advanced through two rounds of the 200 meters to reach Saturday’s finals, as did UK’s Rondel Sorrillo.

Smellie had the fastest time in the first round, 20.65. Sorrillo won his heat and ranked fifth overall in 20.87.

Chris Dykes of Texas A&M paced the semifinals in 20.40. Sorrillo stepped up to second, winning his heat in a school-record 20.45. Smellie, running the same heat as Sorrillo, took fourth in the race and seventh overall in 20.57.

U of L’s Summers leads qualifying in women’s discus

Jere' Summers

Louisville’s Jere’ Summers led qualifying in the women’s discus with a throw of 183-2.

Ashley Muffet

Emilee Strot

Both UK throwers failed to advance. Ashley Muffet wound up 17th at 161-2 and Emilee Strot was 22nd at 153-1.

UK’s Ashley Trimble is in 19th place with 3,240 points after the first four disciplines in the heptathlon. The long jump, javelin and 800 meters will decide the final outcome Friday.

Southern Cal’s Nia Ali leads with 3,663 points.

Trimble’s best result Thursday came in the 100-meter hurdles. Her time of 13.67 was sixth-best and worth 1,026 points.

Ashley Trimble

She avoided a no-height disaster in the high jump, but didn’t make it past her opening height. She cleared 5-0 1/2 on her final try to score 666.

Trimble followed that with a 38-0 (633 points) in the shot put and 24.69 (915 points) in the 200 meters.

Louisville’s Tarah McKay finished 27th (last) in preliminaries of the 1,500 meters, 4:27.01.

Western’s Miaie Williams eked through the first round of the 200, getting the 18th and final qualifying spot in 23.85.

In the semifinals, though, her 23.84 still ranked her 18th and eliminated her.

This entry was posted on June 11, 2009 at 11:01 pm and is filed under Florida State University, NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Southern Cal, Texas A&M, Track and field, University of Arkansas, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Western Kentucky University. Tagged: 100-meter hurdles, 1500 meters, 200 meters, 4-by-400 relay, 800 meters, Alexander Larin, Andrew Harding, Ashley Muffet, Ashley Trimble, Brandon Austin, Chase Madison, Chris Dykes, discus, Emilee Strot, Gavin Smellie, heptathlon, high jump, Javelin, Jere' Summers, Jose Acevedo, Josh Greenwald, Kwasi Obeng, long jump, Martin Maric, Miaie Williams, Nia Ali, Rashaud Scott, Romaine McKay, Rondel Sorrillo, shot put, Stephan Smith, Tarah McKay, Terrill McCombs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.