S P 0 R T S
I Track and Field
{ Cross Country: Thomas Morgan,
Off to Fast Start
Man on the Run . .. .
In the first competition of the 111-
Since stepping foot on UK’s campus in 1999,Thomas Morgan has made his mark door season three-time All-
. on the Kentucky cross country program. In addition to being a two-time All- American Jeff Chnkeuinn
i American selection and three—time All—SEC pick, Morgan also has etched his provisionally qualified for the
  name into the UK record books. NCAA (jhnmpienships in the
{ Last November Morgan achieved success that even he did not expect. shot put, Olubusola Adengoo
"I knew that it could be done, Morgan said,“but I didn’t know that it would notched another top-10 finish
ever happen this way, all of a sudden. It’s always been a dream, but now I think I for the Cats, placing in sixth
have the training to back it up." place. Junior Gennessa Guzman
The dream Morgan is talking about is consecutive wins at the Southeastern set ei school record in the weight { 
Conference Championships and the NCAA Southeast Regional.With his first- throw, finishing third in the . ·
’ place finish at the SEC Championships, Morgan became the ninth student-ath- event Andy Frymnn made an
lete from UK to take home the individual title and the first since Richard Ede impressive collegiate debut in {
. did it in 1987. He also broke the UGA Golf Course record and was the only run- the weight threw for the men_ as
, ner from the 11 participating schools to finish under 25 minutes. he finished in sixth. Rachel .
g Morgan continued his streak into the NCAA Regionals where he turned in Kohler-_ Kristen Mowrey and {
I another first—place performance, among the 181 competitors, and was aptly Susanne Funken all mnde it into  
named Southeast Region Runner of the Year. As a team, the Wildcats led his the top-10 for their high jump {
a team secured a second-place finish in its first NCAA appearance since 1992. performances, ‘ 
 =. _ ..., t   ,; ''·V-  Ql$§_r*   it X   ·’-~ ¤   Th€ Cats swept bO[l'l l`€l21y {
 ai I    I   A ii       races as the women`s and men`s .
t l g gv l V   ,2 gypvippp     »    _   »  " 4 x 800-meter relay teams came ¤
  I     "   { i   in first, and UK’s "B"men’s re- ,
{ `     '___  { M  .   i, lay team finished in third. {
  ,l_A?L  _ '   _ 1 V .   UK had one student—athlete. i
 I i     Caitlin Phillips, finish at the top
{ T   ‘‘‘‘ i of her competition in tl1e wom-
{   en`s one mile run. wl1ile team-
{ —   ,.   ,_   mate Brooke Patterso11 came in
{   Y  H ,  Y    a close seco11d. Phillips a11d
.     ;` *3  r  ~ · ~ Patterson had a11 impressive
I    y _, { .-¥l » - K - `» showing as the only two runners
{f    · ·   I i T U of   po complete the eve11t in under
I . F A · · 5  ., Q ive minutes.
y y  I , ri,.   )i t ‘ The lT]€ll had two Cats place
 f` " `  if ’ ' among the top-l0 performers in
    _ the mile, Justin Amason and
{ E f   Jean Balan. Senior Tl1on1as Mor-
1   gan co11tinued his middle dis-
{ tance dominance by taking
  second in the 3.000—meter run.
{ UK’s Wheeldon "Faced" by Sports Illustrated
  The reeord—setting efforts of Kentucky rifle senior Bradley Wheeldon landed l1im on the "Faces in
the Crowd" page in the Jan. 19, 2004, issue of Sports Illustrated. The magazine recognized the
1 Eubank native for his NCAA—leading smallbore score of l,l 90 posted in December in the Wildcat
I win over Texas Christian University. Wheeldon’s smallbore score broke his own Kentucky record
· and set a new single-day Kentucky aggregate scoring record. ln 2003 he was NCAA smallbore run-
ner—up and third-place finisher in air rifle. l-le is a six-time National Rifle Association All-Ameri
I can. Last summer he won the air rifle silver medal at _   V
the 2003 Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic.     { Jlkathlcucslcnm
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