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Saturday, September 19
Baton Rouge, La.
9 AM
Ole Miss
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SEC Preview
Ole Miss Cross Country Opens 2020 at LSU for SEC Preview
9/18/2020 | Cross Country
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Competition Begins with the Men’s 6K at 9 a.m. CT
BATON ROUGE, La. – Ole Miss men's and women's cross country kicks off the first of four meets this season with a trip to LSU to preview the conference championship course at the SEC Preview this Saturday morning.
The Rebels hit the course this Saturday after a delayed start to the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the beginning to an abbreviated season that will culminate with the SEC Championships in Baton Rouge on Oct. 30. In August, the SEC announced that the season would consist of a minimum of two and maximum of three regular season competitions between September 11 and October 23, and may include competition against non-conference opponents provided those schools adhere to SEC COVID-19 testing protocols. No more than 10 teams may compete in a single race, and schools are not allowed to compete in consecutive weeks.
This weekend, it will be a true conference-only affair with Ole Miss joining host LSU, Arkansas, Texas A&M and Mississippi State (women only) in competition. Both Rebel squads were recently picked to finish second in the SEC Preseason Coaches Poll behind Arkansas, who are the reigning NCAA Champions on the women's side.
Ole Miss cross country enters 2020 as one of the most consistent combined programs in the nation, standing as one of just four schools to have both its men's and women's teams finish in the top-25 at the NCAA Championships in each of the last four seasons alongside BYU, Colorado and Stanford.
The Rebel men are looking to make it a three-peat after two historic runs that ended with SEC Championship trophies in 2018 and 2019. Ole Miss broke through the mold with an exhilarating win in 2018, the first conference title in program history, before repeating in demonstrative fashion in 2019, recording the largest margin of victory in the SEC since 2015 with a 55-point win over Alabama. The Rebel men then went on to repeat as NCAA South Region champions, their fourth South Region title since 2014 and their sixth consecutive NCAA berth after having never qualified prior to 2014.
Ole Miss is led by two-time All-American Waleed Suliman on the men's side, who last season finished 20th at the NCAA Championships to become the first Rebel to ever repeat as a cross country All-American. The Rebel men also return four All-SEC and NCAA All-South Region runners from 2019, as well as the reigning SEC Freshman of the Year, Cole Bullock.
The Rebel women are coming off another historic season of their own, which ended with a 21st-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the best in program history. They qualified for the national meet after a runner-up finish at the NCAA South Regional, the fourth consecutive season the Rebel women have qualified after having never done so prior to 2016. Ole Miss had a superb run at the SEC Championships as well, taking runner-up to eventual national champions, No. 1 Arkansas, for the best conference finish in program history.
Ole Miss returns all but one from last year's women's squad, which includes four NCAA All-South Region runners, one All-SEC runner (Victoria Simmons), their top NCAA finisher (Anna Elkin, 92nd place) and the reigning SEC Freshman of the Year, Skylar Boogerd.
The Rebels are once again coached by associate head coach Ryan Vanhoy, who enters his eighth season at Ole Miss. Last season, Vanhoy was named the USTFCCCA South Region Men's Coach of the Year and SEC Men's Coach of the Year.
Competition begins at 9 a.m. CT with the men's 6K race, followed by the women's 5K at approximately 9:45 a.m. CT.
Men's 6K • 9 a.m. CT
Arkansas
LSU
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
Women's 5K • 9:45 a.m. CT
Arkansas
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
Ole Miss Men's Roster
Cade Bethmann
Cole Bullock
Michael Coccia
Whit Denis
Marcus Dropik
Jack Filan
Baylor Franklin
Mario Garcia Romo
Dalton Hengst
Jacob Lough
Tyler Moore
Nick Moulai
Griffin Riley
John Rivera Jr.
Ben Savino
Everett Smulders
Robinson Snider
Waleed Suliman
Jamie Witmer
Ole Miss Women's Roster
Skylar Boogerd
Anna Elkin
Makayla Fick
Brooke Gilmore
Ryann Helmers
Courtney Hopkins
Madison Hulsey
Lexi King
Maddie King
Emma McClellan
Clio Ozanne-Jaques
Nicole Rice
Morgan Claire Rose
Victoria Simmons
Cate Tracht
Ylvi Traxler
Lisa Vogelgesang
Loral Winn
For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field and Cross Country, follow the Rebels on Twitter (@OleMissTrack), Facebook and Instagram.
The Rebels hit the course this Saturday after a delayed start to the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the beginning to an abbreviated season that will culminate with the SEC Championships in Baton Rouge on Oct. 30. In August, the SEC announced that the season would consist of a minimum of two and maximum of three regular season competitions between September 11 and October 23, and may include competition against non-conference opponents provided those schools adhere to SEC COVID-19 testing protocols. No more than 10 teams may compete in a single race, and schools are not allowed to compete in consecutive weeks.
This weekend, it will be a true conference-only affair with Ole Miss joining host LSU, Arkansas, Texas A&M and Mississippi State (women only) in competition. Both Rebel squads were recently picked to finish second in the SEC Preseason Coaches Poll behind Arkansas, who are the reigning NCAA Champions on the women's side.
Ole Miss cross country enters 2020 as one of the most consistent combined programs in the nation, standing as one of just four schools to have both its men's and women's teams finish in the top-25 at the NCAA Championships in each of the last four seasons alongside BYU, Colorado and Stanford.
The Rebel men are looking to make it a three-peat after two historic runs that ended with SEC Championship trophies in 2018 and 2019. Ole Miss broke through the mold with an exhilarating win in 2018, the first conference title in program history, before repeating in demonstrative fashion in 2019, recording the largest margin of victory in the SEC since 2015 with a 55-point win over Alabama. The Rebel men then went on to repeat as NCAA South Region champions, their fourth South Region title since 2014 and their sixth consecutive NCAA berth after having never qualified prior to 2014.
Ole Miss is led by two-time All-American Waleed Suliman on the men's side, who last season finished 20th at the NCAA Championships to become the first Rebel to ever repeat as a cross country All-American. The Rebel men also return four All-SEC and NCAA All-South Region runners from 2019, as well as the reigning SEC Freshman of the Year, Cole Bullock.
The Rebel women are coming off another historic season of their own, which ended with a 21st-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the best in program history. They qualified for the national meet after a runner-up finish at the NCAA South Regional, the fourth consecutive season the Rebel women have qualified after having never done so prior to 2016. Ole Miss had a superb run at the SEC Championships as well, taking runner-up to eventual national champions, No. 1 Arkansas, for the best conference finish in program history.
Ole Miss returns all but one from last year's women's squad, which includes four NCAA All-South Region runners, one All-SEC runner (Victoria Simmons), their top NCAA finisher (Anna Elkin, 92nd place) and the reigning SEC Freshman of the Year, Skylar Boogerd.
The Rebels are once again coached by associate head coach Ryan Vanhoy, who enters his eighth season at Ole Miss. Last season, Vanhoy was named the USTFCCCA South Region Men's Coach of the Year and SEC Men's Coach of the Year.
Competition begins at 9 a.m. CT with the men's 6K race, followed by the women's 5K at approximately 9:45 a.m. CT.
Men's 6K • 9 a.m. CT
Arkansas
LSU
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
Women's 5K • 9:45 a.m. CT
Arkansas
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
Ole Miss Men's Roster
Cade Bethmann
Cole Bullock
Michael Coccia
Whit Denis
Marcus Dropik
Jack Filan
Baylor Franklin
Mario Garcia Romo
Dalton Hengst
Jacob Lough
Tyler Moore
Nick Moulai
Griffin Riley
John Rivera Jr.
Ben Savino
Everett Smulders
Robinson Snider
Waleed Suliman
Jamie Witmer
Ole Miss Women's Roster
Skylar Boogerd
Anna Elkin
Makayla Fick
Brooke Gilmore
Ryann Helmers
Courtney Hopkins
Madison Hulsey
Lexi King
Maddie King
Emma McClellan
Clio Ozanne-Jaques
Nicole Rice
Morgan Claire Rose
Victoria Simmons
Cate Tracht
Ylvi Traxler
Lisa Vogelgesang
Loral Winn
For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field and Cross Country, follow the Rebels on Twitter (@OleMissTrack), Facebook and Instagram.
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