The University of Mississippi Athletics
Yarbrough Wins 60-Meter Hurdles At SEC Indoor Championships
2/25/2007 | Track and Field
Yarbrough’s time of 7.67 is the fastest time in the NCAA heading into this weekend and moves his personal best time closer to three-time NCAA champion Antwon Hicks’ school record of 7.61. His victory earned the Rebel men ten team points.
“I have always said that a star has to step up their game when it counts and John certainly did that today,” said Ole Miss head coach Joe Walker. “He has progressed at a great rate and I believe that he has bigger even races ahead of him.”
Yarbrough wasn’t the only Ole Miss athlete to step up big for the Rebels. Sophomore Britney Reese once again battle
Reese also added three team points with a sixth place finish in the triple jump. Her long jump of 21-09.50 is the longest in the NCAA this indoor season as well as the longest in the
“Britney was one of the top scorers at the SEC Championships,” said
Ole Miss found success in the 400 meters. Junior Kenyata Coleman turned in a time of 53.72 to finish seventh overall. She earned two team points for the Lady Rebels. Sophomore Rodney Lockhart took home fifth place in a time of 46.98. Lockhart earned four team points for the Ole Miss men.
For the Rebel men Barnabas Kirui earned three team points with his sixth place finish in the 5000 meters, James Maloney earned one team points with his eighth place finish in the weight throw and Adewale Odetunde earned three team points for his sixth place finish.
The Ole Miss men also earned one team point each for their eighth place finish in the distance medley relay and 4x400-meter relay.
On the women’s side Lindsay Doucett earned one team point for her eighth place finish in the 800 meters and Cachet Murray earned two team points for her seventh place finish in the 60 meters. The 4x400-meter relay team also added four team points with a fifth place finish.
The Ole Miss men finished ninth in the team standings with 27 team points. The Rebels finished only 13 points out of seventh place. The Rebel women also finished ninth as a team with 36 team points, only six points from sixth place overall. It was the Lady Rebels most team points ever scored at an SEC Indoor Championships and their highest finished since 2001.
Agate
Men’s Results
Team
9. Ole Miss 27
60 Meters
Prelims
12. Anka Autman 6.86
200 Meters
11. Rickie Bratton 21.41
13. Jacob Farmer 21.44
24. Anka Autman 22.22
400 Meters
Prelims
3. Rodney Lockhart 46.50 Q
Finals
5. Rodney Lockhart 46.98
800 Meters
13. Edin Pasalic 1:53.37
19. Devin Darnall 1:56.98
24. Seth Conerly 2:07.93
1-Mile
18. Seth Conerly 4:28.34
3000 Meters
5. Barnabas Kirui 8:08.35 SR
5000 Meters
6. Barnabas Kirui 14:14.60
60-Meter Hurdles
Prelims
1. John Yarbrough 7.77 Q
Finals
1. John Yarbrough 7.67 A
4x400-Meter Relay
8. Ole Miss 3:18.96
Distance Medley Relay
8. Ole Miss 10:03.36
Long Jump
6. Adewale Odetunde 23-07.50
12. Justin Gunn 22-06.50
Shot Put
12. Derek McGuire 54-09.25
17. P.J. Coselli 49-03.75
Heptathlon
10. Bryce Willen - 3846
Weight Throw
8. James Maloney 61-02.25
18. Geoffrey Fromm 48-02.75
Triple Jump
13. Adewale Odetunde 46-04.75
Pole Vault
13. Bryce Willen 15-03.0
Women’s Results
Team
9. Ole Miss 32
60 Meters
Prelims
7. Cachet Murray 7.43 Q
13. Kadeshia Fortune 7.50
16. Kim Mulkey 7.61
Finals
7. Cachet
200 Meters
Prelims
16. Kim Mulkey 24.32
26. Kadeshia Fortune 25.21
400 Meters
Prelims
5. Kenyata Coleman 53.42 Q
26. Jasmine Dacus 58.08
30. Sirdonea Davis 58.76
Finals
7. Kenyata Coleman 53.72
800 Meters
Prelims
8. Lindsay Doucett 2:10.44 Q
14. Kirby Patterson 2:14.38
Finals
7. Lindsay Doucett 2:11.60
4x400-Meter Relay
5. Ole Miss - 3:40.41
60-Meter Hurdles
Prelims
19. Jasmine Dacus 9.19
Weight Throw
12. Crystal Stewart 52-11.50
13. Davina Orieukwu 52-06.50
Long Jump
1. Britney Reese 21-09.50 SR
4. Cachet
14. Amber Bledsoe 18-08.50
17. Francis Vital 18-07.75
High Jump
2. Britney Reese 5-11.50 SR
11. Carmia Carroll 5-05.75
Triple Jump
6. Britney Reese - 41-07.75
Shot Put
10. Davina Orieukwu 43-06.00
13. Crystal Stewart 38-04.75
