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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Track And Field Men Climb Into Top 10 Nationally
4/27/2010 | Track and Field
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss men's track and field team has risen to No. 10 in the latest U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll to mark the highest in-season ranking in school history.
The Rebels are coming off a weekend that saw Ole Miss record six individual titles at the Drake Relays to collect the most wins in school history at the prestigious meet.
Ole Miss captured two individual titles in the jumps as sophomore Caleb Lee and freshman Ricky Robertson won their respective events. Lee won the long jump with a distance of 24-11.00 and defeated his closest competition by over six inches. Robertson claimed the crown in the high jump after posting a height of 7-03.25.
Freshman sprinter Mike Granger won the 100 meters with a time of 10.48 to become the first Rebel in school history to win the event at the Drake Relays.
Junior Lee Ellis Moore finished in first place in the 400 meter hurdles after turning in a time of 50.23 and is the first Rebel to win the event at the Drake Relays.
Martin Kirui won the 3000 meter steeplechase after posting the second-fastest time in school history with a mark of 8:46.68. His victory marks the third time in the last four years that an Ole Miss runner has captured the individual title in the event, as Barnabas Kirui won the race in both 2007 and 2008.
Barnabas Kirui matched the success of his brother by winning the individual title in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:14.49. He joins former Ole Miss All-American Brittney Reese as the only two Rebels in school history to win three individual titles at the Drake Relays. Reese won the high jump and the long jump twice during her two years in Oxford.
The Rebels are coming off a weekend that saw Ole Miss record six individual titles at the Drake Relays to collect the most wins in school history at the prestigious meet.
Ole Miss captured two individual titles in the jumps as sophomore Caleb Lee and freshman Ricky Robertson won their respective events. Lee won the long jump with a distance of 24-11.00 and defeated his closest competition by over six inches. Robertson claimed the crown in the high jump after posting a height of 7-03.25.
Freshman sprinter Mike Granger won the 100 meters with a time of 10.48 to become the first Rebel in school history to win the event at the Drake Relays.
Junior Lee Ellis Moore finished in first place in the 400 meter hurdles after turning in a time of 50.23 and is the first Rebel to win the event at the Drake Relays.
Martin Kirui won the 3000 meter steeplechase after posting the second-fastest time in school history with a mark of 8:46.68. His victory marks the third time in the last four years that an Ole Miss runner has captured the individual title in the event, as Barnabas Kirui won the race in both 2007 and 2008.
Barnabas Kirui matched the success of his brother by winning the individual title in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:14.49. He joins former Ole Miss All-American Brittney Reese as the only two Rebels in school history to win three individual titles at the Drake Relays. Reese won the high jump and the long jump twice during her two years in Oxford.
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