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Rebels Open Outdoor Season at Second Edition of Trailblazer Challenge
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Meet Features Five Women Head Coaches in Charge of Power-5 Combined Track Programs
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Ole Miss men's and women's track & field opens the 2019 outdoor season this weekend at Miami for the second edition of the Trailblazer Challenge. Fans can watch the action live on ESPN3 as part of ACC Network Extra on Saturday.
The Trailblazer Challenge features five high-major (Power-5) programs that have both the men's and women's track & field teams coached by women: Miami (Amy Deem), Ohio State (Karen Dennis), Tennessee (Beth Alford-Sulivan), USC (Caryl Smith Gilbert) and Ole Miss' own Connie Price-Smith.
"We are really excited to get outside and open the outdoor season in Miami," Price-Smith said. "The first Trailblazer Challenge last year was a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to competing against some great teams, great athletes and great coaches, in what should be an excellent meet."
TEAM NOTES
• Ole Miss head coach Connie Price-Smith is in her fourth season. Price-Smith, who was the head women's coach for Team USA at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, is in her 18th season overall as a head coach.
• In four seasons at Ole Miss, Price-Smith has already mentored seven NCAA champions, 61 First or Second-Team All-Americans, 29 SEC Champions and several of the highest SEC and national team finishes ever at Ole Miss -- including the highest SEC Outdoor finish ever for the women in fifth place in 2018.
• Price-Smith's coaching staff all returns as well, with associate head coach Andre Scott (jumps, women's multis), assistant coach Anthony Acklin (sprints, hurdles), assistant coach Brian Porter (pole vault, javelin, men's multis), assistant coach John Smith (throws) and director of operations Sasha Leeth all returning for their fourth seasons at Ole Miss, with associate head coach Ryan Vanhoy (distance) entering his sixth year as a Rebel.
WOMEN'S NOTES
• Sophomore Shey Taiwo represented the Rebel women at the NCAA Indoor Championships, falling just short of the final in the weight throw in 10th place for Second-Team All-American honors.
• The Rebel women are coming off a fifth-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2018, the highest finish ever outdoors in Ole Miss women's history.
• Ole Miss returns three Second-Team All-Americans from 2018 (Shelby Brown, 3000-meter steeplechase; Lindsey Murray, pole vault; Jeanette Paul, 4x100-meter relay), as well as seven NCAA East Region qualifiers.
• Shelby Brown is the reigning SEC champion in the steeplechase. She owns the Ole Miss school record at 9:58.98.
• Freshman Lisa Vogelgesang, an NCAA East Region qualifier and IAAF World U20 finalist last summer, was the SEC runner-up in the steeplechase at the second-best time in school history at 10:06.00.
• Senior Lindsey Murray opens her final collegiate season this weekend. Last season, she set the school record in the pole vault (4.35m/14-03.25) and earned her first career SEC medal with a third-place finish at the outdoor meet.
• Junior Kieshonna Brooks will look to improve her career-best in the heptathlon this outdoor season. Her PR of 5,338 ranks 33rd in the NCAA preseason rankings and stands as the national record of her native Saint Kitts & Nevis.
MEN'S NOTES
• The Rebels scored five First-Team All-Americans at the NCAA Indoor Championships two weeks ago from the men's distance medley relay (Cade Bethmann, Andrew Raspo, Griffin Riley and Mario Garcia Romo) and Derek Gutierrez in the mile.
• The Rebels return Honorable Mention All-Americans Parker Scott (3000-meter steeplechase) and Everett Smulders (1500-meter) from last outdoor season, as well as nine total NCAA East Region qualifiers.
• Sophomore Waleed Suliman enters with the NCAA's eighth-best 1500-meter time (3:39.76) and the 12th-best 800-meter time (1:47.29). Suliman set the school record indoors in the mile at 3:56.78.
• Sophomore Allen Gordon looks to improve on his indoor season, entering the outdoor campaign ranked in the NCAA top-50 in both the long jump (25th, 7.80m/25-07.25) and high jump (42nd, 2.16m/7-01.00).
Rebel Men Competing:
100-Meter: Elijah Dryer, Manny Foster, Andrew Raspo, Jaqaun Webb
200-Meter: James Burnett, Elijah Dryer, Jaqaun Webb
400-Meter: Manny Foster
800-Meter: Baylor Franklin, Dalton Hengst, Nick Moulai, Everett Smulders, Shamar Tucker
1500-Meter: Dalton Hengst, Nick Moulai, Everett Smulders
3K: Dalton Hengst, Tyler Moore
110-Meter Hurdles: Kenney Broadnax
400-Meter Hurdles: Kenney Broadnax, Christian Yancey
4x100-Meter Relay: Andrew Raspo, Jaqaun Webb, Kenney Broadnax, Elijah Dryer
4x400-Meter Relay: James Burnett, Andrew Raspo, Elijah Dryer, Christian Yancey
High Jump: Allen Gordon
Pole Vault: Cole Colozzo, Peyton Weissmann
Long Jump: Demond Fleming, Allen Gordon
Triple Jump: Demond Fleming, Allen Gordon
Hammer Throw: Joseph Benedetto, Chris Long
Javelin: Cole Colozzo
Rebel Women Competing:
100-Meter: Brandee Presley, Kelly Rowe
200-Meter: Jayda Eckford, Brandee Presley, Kelly Rowe, Kaira Simmons
400-Meter: Orianna Shaw
800-Meter: Shelby Brown, Maddie King, Ylvi Traxler
1500-Meter: Shelby Brown, Maddie King, Morgan Claire Rose, Ylvi Traxler
3K: Chelsea Drum, Brooke Gilmore, Emma McClellan, Morgan Claire Rose
100-Meter Hurdles: Kieshonna Brooks, Haley Hood, Jeanette Paul, Ghania Warren
4x100-Meter Relay: Brandee Presley, Jayda Eckford, Jeanette Paul, Kelly Rowe
4x400-Meter Relay: Jayda Eckford, Orianna Shaw, Kelly Rowe, Brandee Presley
High Jump: Kieshonna Brooks, Haley Hood, Hannah LoChiatto, Ghania Warren
Pole Vault: Nicole Kallenberger, Lindsey Murray
Long Jump: Kieshonna Brooks, Ralesheia Gee, Kaira Simmons, Ghania Warren
Triple Jump: Ralesheia Gee
Shot Put: Tedreauna Britt, Leah Klein, Shey Taiwo
Discus: Tedreauna Britt, Leah Klein, Shey Taiwo
Hammer Throw: Tedreauna Britt, Kendall Chavarria, Leah Klein, Annika Larsson, Shey Taiwo
Javelin: Kieshonna Brooks, Alex Enright, Haley Hood, Ghania Warren
#63 Rebel Men – NCAA Preseason Event Rankings
8. Waleed Suliman – 1500-Meter – 3:39.76
12. Waleed Suliman – 800-Meter – 1:47.29
23. Parker Scott – 3000-Meter Steeplechase – 8:47.93
25. Allen Gordon – Long Jump – 7.80m (25-07.25)
40. James Burnett – 400-Meter Dash – 46.25
42. Allen Gordon – High Jump – 2.16m (7-01.00)
#72 Rebel Women – NCAA Preseason Event Rankings
11. Lindsey Murray – Pole Vault – 4.35m (14-03.25)
16. Shelby Brown – 3000-Meter Steeplechase – 9:58.98
23. Lisa Vogelgesang – 3000-Meter Steeplechase – 10:06.00
32. Anna Braswell – 10K – 33:47.22
33. Maddie McHugh – 800-Meter – 2:05.23
33. Kieshonna Brooks – Heptathlon – 5,338
41. Shelby Brown – 1500-Meter – 4:19.09
For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field and Cross Country, follow the Rebels on Twitter (@OleMissTrack), Facebook and Instagram.
The Trailblazer Challenge features five high-major (Power-5) programs that have both the men's and women's track & field teams coached by women: Miami (Amy Deem), Ohio State (Karen Dennis), Tennessee (Beth Alford-Sulivan), USC (Caryl Smith Gilbert) and Ole Miss' own Connie Price-Smith.
"We are really excited to get outside and open the outdoor season in Miami," Price-Smith said. "The first Trailblazer Challenge last year was a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to competing against some great teams, great athletes and great coaches, in what should be an excellent meet."
TEAM NOTES
• Ole Miss head coach Connie Price-Smith is in her fourth season. Price-Smith, who was the head women's coach for Team USA at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, is in her 18th season overall as a head coach.
• In four seasons at Ole Miss, Price-Smith has already mentored seven NCAA champions, 61 First or Second-Team All-Americans, 29 SEC Champions and several of the highest SEC and national team finishes ever at Ole Miss -- including the highest SEC Outdoor finish ever for the women in fifth place in 2018.
• Price-Smith's coaching staff all returns as well, with associate head coach Andre Scott (jumps, women's multis), assistant coach Anthony Acklin (sprints, hurdles), assistant coach Brian Porter (pole vault, javelin, men's multis), assistant coach John Smith (throws) and director of operations Sasha Leeth all returning for their fourth seasons at Ole Miss, with associate head coach Ryan Vanhoy (distance) entering his sixth year as a Rebel.
WOMEN'S NOTES
• Sophomore Shey Taiwo represented the Rebel women at the NCAA Indoor Championships, falling just short of the final in the weight throw in 10th place for Second-Team All-American honors.
• The Rebel women are coming off a fifth-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2018, the highest finish ever outdoors in Ole Miss women's history.
• Ole Miss returns three Second-Team All-Americans from 2018 (Shelby Brown, 3000-meter steeplechase; Lindsey Murray, pole vault; Jeanette Paul, 4x100-meter relay), as well as seven NCAA East Region qualifiers.
• Shelby Brown is the reigning SEC champion in the steeplechase. She owns the Ole Miss school record at 9:58.98.
• Freshman Lisa Vogelgesang, an NCAA East Region qualifier and IAAF World U20 finalist last summer, was the SEC runner-up in the steeplechase at the second-best time in school history at 10:06.00.
• Senior Lindsey Murray opens her final collegiate season this weekend. Last season, she set the school record in the pole vault (4.35m/14-03.25) and earned her first career SEC medal with a third-place finish at the outdoor meet.
• Junior Kieshonna Brooks will look to improve her career-best in the heptathlon this outdoor season. Her PR of 5,338 ranks 33rd in the NCAA preseason rankings and stands as the national record of her native Saint Kitts & Nevis.
MEN'S NOTES
• The Rebels scored five First-Team All-Americans at the NCAA Indoor Championships two weeks ago from the men's distance medley relay (Cade Bethmann, Andrew Raspo, Griffin Riley and Mario Garcia Romo) and Derek Gutierrez in the mile.
• The Rebels return Honorable Mention All-Americans Parker Scott (3000-meter steeplechase) and Everett Smulders (1500-meter) from last outdoor season, as well as nine total NCAA East Region qualifiers.
• Sophomore Waleed Suliman enters with the NCAA's eighth-best 1500-meter time (3:39.76) and the 12th-best 800-meter time (1:47.29). Suliman set the school record indoors in the mile at 3:56.78.
• Sophomore Allen Gordon looks to improve on his indoor season, entering the outdoor campaign ranked in the NCAA top-50 in both the long jump (25th, 7.80m/25-07.25) and high jump (42nd, 2.16m/7-01.00).
Rebel Men Competing:
100-Meter: Elijah Dryer, Manny Foster, Andrew Raspo, Jaqaun Webb
200-Meter: James Burnett, Elijah Dryer, Jaqaun Webb
400-Meter: Manny Foster
800-Meter: Baylor Franklin, Dalton Hengst, Nick Moulai, Everett Smulders, Shamar Tucker
1500-Meter: Dalton Hengst, Nick Moulai, Everett Smulders
3K: Dalton Hengst, Tyler Moore
110-Meter Hurdles: Kenney Broadnax
400-Meter Hurdles: Kenney Broadnax, Christian Yancey
4x100-Meter Relay: Andrew Raspo, Jaqaun Webb, Kenney Broadnax, Elijah Dryer
4x400-Meter Relay: James Burnett, Andrew Raspo, Elijah Dryer, Christian Yancey
High Jump: Allen Gordon
Pole Vault: Cole Colozzo, Peyton Weissmann
Long Jump: Demond Fleming, Allen Gordon
Triple Jump: Demond Fleming, Allen Gordon
Hammer Throw: Joseph Benedetto, Chris Long
Javelin: Cole Colozzo
Rebel Women Competing:
100-Meter: Brandee Presley, Kelly Rowe
200-Meter: Jayda Eckford, Brandee Presley, Kelly Rowe, Kaira Simmons
400-Meter: Orianna Shaw
800-Meter: Shelby Brown, Maddie King, Ylvi Traxler
1500-Meter: Shelby Brown, Maddie King, Morgan Claire Rose, Ylvi Traxler
3K: Chelsea Drum, Brooke Gilmore, Emma McClellan, Morgan Claire Rose
100-Meter Hurdles: Kieshonna Brooks, Haley Hood, Jeanette Paul, Ghania Warren
4x100-Meter Relay: Brandee Presley, Jayda Eckford, Jeanette Paul, Kelly Rowe
4x400-Meter Relay: Jayda Eckford, Orianna Shaw, Kelly Rowe, Brandee Presley
High Jump: Kieshonna Brooks, Haley Hood, Hannah LoChiatto, Ghania Warren
Pole Vault: Nicole Kallenberger, Lindsey Murray
Long Jump: Kieshonna Brooks, Ralesheia Gee, Kaira Simmons, Ghania Warren
Triple Jump: Ralesheia Gee
Shot Put: Tedreauna Britt, Leah Klein, Shey Taiwo
Discus: Tedreauna Britt, Leah Klein, Shey Taiwo
Hammer Throw: Tedreauna Britt, Kendall Chavarria, Leah Klein, Annika Larsson, Shey Taiwo
Javelin: Kieshonna Brooks, Alex Enright, Haley Hood, Ghania Warren
#63 Rebel Men – NCAA Preseason Event Rankings
8. Waleed Suliman – 1500-Meter – 3:39.76
12. Waleed Suliman – 800-Meter – 1:47.29
23. Parker Scott – 3000-Meter Steeplechase – 8:47.93
25. Allen Gordon – Long Jump – 7.80m (25-07.25)
40. James Burnett – 400-Meter Dash – 46.25
42. Allen Gordon – High Jump – 2.16m (7-01.00)
#72 Rebel Women – NCAA Preseason Event Rankings
11. Lindsey Murray – Pole Vault – 4.35m (14-03.25)
16. Shelby Brown – 3000-Meter Steeplechase – 9:58.98
23. Lisa Vogelgesang – 3000-Meter Steeplechase – 10:06.00
32. Anna Braswell – 10K – 33:47.22
33. Maddie McHugh – 800-Meter – 2:05.23
33. Kieshonna Brooks – Heptathlon – 5,338
41. Shelby Brown – 1500-Meter – 4:19.09
For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field and Cross Country, follow the Rebels on Twitter (@OleMissTrack), Facebook and Instagram.
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