Nick Anderson Claims Silver in NCAA 110m Hurdles Final

Results | Anderson highlightEUGENE, Ore. – Kentucky track and field’s Nick Anderson claimed the NCAA Silver Medal in the 110-meter hurdles scoring eight points, and helping Kentucky to a 22nd-place team finish, on Friday at Oregon’s Hayward Field.The Wildcats scored 11 points for the meet – eight by Anderson and three by Jacob Thomson in the 10k – up from five a season ago when the UK men’s team placed 44th.Anderson ran 13.67 into a -0.7 headwind finishing second to Oregon’s Devon Allen (13.50).“Right now I’m just happy,” Anderson said. “It probably wasn’t my fastest time, but in a championship race it doesn’t matter. Since I was in lane two it helped me to run in my own little zone in a way. As I got to the end of the race I got off the last hurdle and just ran for it.“Coach (Allen) Johnson (Anderson’s event coach) and (UK head coach) Edrick Floréal both knew I could do something like this and it just took me believing in myself to do it.”Anderson became UK’s first NCAA finalist in the 110m hurdles since Keith Hayes placed fourth in 2013.The UK men’s team last had a men’s individual NCAA Silver Medalist in 2014 when Ray Dykstra claimed the honor in the javelin.Jacob Thomson scored three points with a sixth place finish in the 10k final on Wednesday.Also on Friday, Xavier McAllister was unable to clear a height in the high jump with his first attempts coming at 6'10.25"/2.09m.UK’s record NCAA outdoor finish was ninth place with 25 points in 2008. The Wildcats placed in the NCAA outdoor top-20 in 2013 and 2014.Points are scored at the NCAA Championships by finishing in the top eight of each event. The points are awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis with 10 going to the winner and one point to eighth place.Saturday outlookThe No. 2-ranked Kentucky women’s team will have six scoring opportunities to score points on Saturday, the final day of the meet.The broadcast informationThe 2016 NCAA Championships will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks.Saturday’s women’s finals will air from 6:30-9 p.m. on ESPN.The NCAA Championships precedentThe Kentucky women’s team’s NCAA record finish came a year ago when the Wildcats finished as national runner-up with 50 points.The most up-to-date coverage of the UK track and field program is available via @KentuckyTrack handles on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Friday UK Events

UK Result

Men's High Jump

NH: Xaivier McAllister

Men's 110m Hurdles

2. Nick Anderson: 13.67 (-0.9) – 8 points

 

Start Time

Saturday Running Events

UK Entry

6:32 PM

Women 4x100 M Relay Final

Lane 7: Kentucky

7:12 PM

Women 100 M Hurdles Final

Lane 5: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

7:22 PM

Women 100 M Final

Lane 4: Kianna Gray

7:57 PM

Women 400 M Hurdles Final

Lane 8: Kiah Seymour

8:07 PM

Women 200 M Final

Lane 1: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

 

Start Time

Saturday Field Events

UK Entry

6:30 PM

Women Triple Jump Prelim & Final

Flight 1, No. 11: Sha’Keela Saunders