UK athletics released a press release regarding the naming of a new track and field facility on Friday, Sept. 16, deciding on the Jim Green Indoor Track and Field Center.
The name of the facility was approved at the UK Board of Trustees Meeting, which took place the same day.
The facility was named in honor of Jim Green, the first African American student-athlete at Kentucky to win NCAA and SEC Championships.
Green earned All-America honors six times and won eight SEC individual events, including the indoor 60-yard dash in 1968 and 1971, outdoor 100-yard dash in 1968, 1970 and 1971, and outdoor 220-yard dash in 1968, 1970 and 1971.