The University of Mississippi Athletics
Thursday, March 11
Fayetteville, Ark.
All Day
Ole Miss
vs
NCAA Indoor Championships
Ole Miss Track & Field Ready for Success at NCAA Indoor Championships
3/11/2021 | Track and Field
<i class="icon-stats"></i> Live Results<i class="icon-calendar"></i> Schedule (PDF)<i class="icon-paper"></i> Entries<i class="icon-tv"></i> Watch (Day 1)<i class="icon-tv"></i> Watch (Day 2, Men)<i class="icon-tv"></i> Watch (Day Two, Women)<i class="icon-tv"></i> Watch (Day Three, Men)<i class="icon-tv"></i> Watch (Day Three, Women)
Championship Meet Runs March 11-13 and Airs Live on ESPN3
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Ole Miss track & field brings a program record 10 entries to the national meet in the hopes of bringing some hardware back to Oxford at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, held this week (March 11-13) at Arkansas.
ON THE AIR
Day One (Thurs., March 11)
ESPN3
10:55 AM CT
Day Two (Fri., March 12)
ESPN3
Men's Session: 1:40 PM CT
Women's Session: 6:10 PM CT
Day Three (Sat., March 13)
ESPN3
Men's Session: 12:25 PM CT
Women's Session: 4:55 PM CT
Live Results
Flash Results
MEET SCHEDULE
Day One (Thurs., March 11)
4:30 PM CT – Jasmine Mitchell, Shey Taiwo – Women's Weight Throw Final
Day Two (Fri., March 12)
11:30 AM CT – Allen Gordon – Men's High Jump Final
2:00 PM CT – Allen Gordon – Men's Long Jump Final
2:00 PM CT – Waleed Suliman – Men's Mile Semifinal
2:55 PM CT – Baylor Franklin – Men's 800-Meter Semifinal
3:45 PM CT – Men's Distance Medley Relay Final
8:45 PM CT – Women's Distance Medley Relay Final
Day Three (Sat., March 13)
2:00 PM CT – Men's Mile Final
2:40 PM CT – Men's 800-Meter Final
3:00 PM CT – Mario Garcia Romo, Waleed Suliman – Men's 3K Final
REBELS IN COMPETITION
Jasmine Mitchell • Women's Weight Throw • Thurs., March 11 • 4:30 PM CT
Class: Sophomore
Hometown / High School: Hazel Crest, Ill. / Thornwood HS
NCAA Seed: 1st
SEC Finish: 1st
Season Best: 23.24m (76-03.00) • No. 2 all-time at Ole Miss, No. 6 worldwide in 2021
Career Best: 23.24m (76-03.00)
NCAA History: NCAA Qualifier and All-American in 2020 (meet canceled due to COVID-19)
Quick Facts: Part of first teammate duo in NCAA history to eclipse 23 meters in the same season … Two-time SEC medalist (was also silver medalist in 2020) … One of four Rebels to win SEC weight throw title … Helped Ole Miss win its fourth weight throw title in the last five years … Went to the same high school as teammate Shey Taiwo and Rebel NCAA Champion thrower, Janeah Stewart.
Shey Taiwo • Women's Weight Throw • Thurs., March 11 • 4:30 PM CT
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: South Holland, Ill. / Thornwood HS
NCAA Seed: 2nd
SEC Finish: 2nd
Season Best: 23.04m (75-07.25) • No. 3 all-time at Ole Miss, No. 7 worldwide in 2021
Career Best: 23.04m (75-07.25)
NCAA History: Three-time NCAA qualifier, two-time All-American (Second-Team in weight throw in 2019, qualified in 2020 before meet was canceled due to COVID-19)
Quick Facts: Part of first teammate duo in NCAA history to eclipse 23 meters in the same season … 2021 SEC runner-up in the weight throw … 2020 SEC Champion in the weight throw … Went to the same high school as teammate Jasmine Mitchell and Rebel NCAA Champion thrower, Janeah Stewart.
Allen Gordon • Men's High Jump / Long Jump • Fri., March 12 • 11:30 AM / 2 PM CT
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Omaha, Neb. / Omaha North HS
NCAA Seed (HJ/LJ): 6th / 13th
SEC Finish (HJ/LJ): T-3rd / 10th
Season Best (HJ/LJ): 2.19m (7-02.25) / 7.72m (25-04.00)
Indoor Career Best (HJ/LJ): 2.20m (7-02.50) / 7.83m (25-08.25)
Overall Career Best (HJ/LJ): 2.20m (7-02.50) / 7.89m (25-10.75)
NCAA History: Three-time NCAA Qualifier … Honorable Mention All-American outdoors in the long jump in 2019 (17th place) … Earned All-American as a qualifier indoors in 2020 (meet was canceled due to COVID-19).
Quick Facts: First Rebel to double in the high jump/long jump at the indoor national meet, first Rebel jumper to double indoors since Olympian Ricky Robertson pulled off the high jump/triple jump double in 2013 … One of 19 men's athletes to double at the national meet this year … One of just two to double in the high jump and long jump this year alongside LSU's JuVaughn Harrison … One of only two Rebels to clear 7-2 in the high jump and 25-5 in the long jump indoors alongside Olympian Savante' Stringfellow.
Waleed Suliman • Men's Mile / 3K • Fri., March 12, 2 PM CT / Sat., March 13, 3 PM CT
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Richmond, Va. / Freeman HS
NCAA Seed (Mile/3K): 4th / 10th
SEC Finish (Mile/3K): 1st / N/A
Season Best (Mile/3K): 3:55.60 (School Record) / 7:54.57 (No. 2 all-time)
Career Best (Mile/3K): 3:55.60 / 7:54.57
NCAA History: 3x All-American indoors (Second-Team in the DMR in 2018, mile in 2019; earned as a qualifier in 2020 before meet was canceled due to COVID-19) … Honorable mention All-American outdoors in 2019 (1500-meter).
Quick Facts: First Rebel to earn cross country All-American multiple times (20th in 2019, 36th in 2018) … 6x SEC Champion (3x DMR, 2x mile, 1x 1500-meter) … Broke SEC meet record en route to second career indoor mile title at SEC Championships at 3:58.28, breaking 45-year-old record … Helped Rebel men win their sixth mile title in the last seven years … Ran leadoff leg on title-winning DMR team … One of 19 men's athletes to double at the national meet this year … One of three to be pulling off the mile/3K double alongside Oregon's Cole Hocker and Virginia Tech's Benjamin Nibbelink … Scored 12.5 points at the SEC Indoor Championships … Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.
Baylor Franklin • Men's 800-Meter • Fri., March 12 • 2:55 PM CT
Class: Junior
Hometown / High School: Lebanon, Tenn. / Wilson Central HS
NCAA Seed: 14th
SEC Finish: 7th
Season Best: 1:48.59 • No. 6 all-time at Ole Miss
Career Best: 1:48.59
NCAA History: First career NCAA Championship event
Quick Facts: On Ole Miss' 2020 SEC title DMR team … Was one of four Rebels to run a sub-4 mile at the Music City Challenge on Feb. 12, clocking in at 3:59.12 (No. 6 all-time at Ole Miss) … Both his father and brother played college baseball, and his brother A.J. Franklin was part of the 2019 national title team at Vanderbilt and is currently in the Kansas City Royals minor league organization.
Men's Distance Medley Relay • Fri., March 12 • 3:45 PM CT
Qualifying Relay: Waleed Suliman (1200m), Marcus Dropik (400m), Everett Smulders (800m), Mario Garcia Romo (mile); Alternates: Elijah Dryer, John Rivera Jr.
NCAA Seed: 4th
SEC Finish: 1st • Seventh SEC win in the last eight years, third in a row
Season Best: 9:29.35 • School record
NCAA History: Ole Miss has qualified in the men's DMR in five of the last six years … 2017 NCAA Champions … Also earned First-Team All-American status in 2016 (third) and 2019 (eighth).
Waleed Suliman • Leg 1 (1200-Meter)
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Richmond, Va. / Freeman HS
Indoor 800-Meter PR: 1:48.94
Outdoor 800-Meter PR: 1:47.29
Mile PR: 3:55.60 • School Record
1500-Meter PR: 3:38.72
3K PR: 7:54.57
Marcus Dropik • Leg 2 (400-Meter)
Class: Freshman
Hometown / High School: Fairfax, Va. / Fairfax HS
400-Meter PR: 50.28
Everett Smulders • Leg 3 (800-Meter)
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Atlanta, Ga. / The Lovett School
Indoor 800-Meter PR: 1:48.75
Outdoor 800-Meter PR: 1:50.33
Mile PR: 3:58.73
1500-Meter PR: 3:44.06
Mario Garcia Romo • Leg 4 (1600-Meter)
Class: Sophomore
Hometown / High School: Salamanca, Spain / Ies De Peñaranda De Bracamonte
1500-Meter PR: 3:44.69
Mile PR: 3:56.46
3K PR: 7:48.40 • School Record
Women's Distance Medley Relay • Fri., March 12 • 8:45 PM CT
Qualifying Relay: Loral Winn (1200m), Toni Glatz (400m), Sintayehu Vissa (800m), Maddie King (mile)
NCAA Seed: 8th
SEC Finish: 4th
Season Best: 11:04.27 • School record
NCAA History: First ever NCAA bid for Ole Miss in the women's DMR
Loral Winn • Leg 1 (1200-Meter)
Class: Sophomore
Hometown / High School: Dresden, Tenn. / Dresden HS
800-Meter PR: 2:10.66
Mile PR: 4:45.60
Toni Glatz • Leg 2 (400-Meter)
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Franklinville, N.J. / Delsea Regional HS
400-Meter PR: 55.91
Sintayehu Vissa • Leg 3 (800-Meter)
Class: Sophomore
Hometown / High School: Bertiolo, Italy / Giacomo Ceconi
800-Meter PR: 2:06.45
Mile PR: 4:40.99 • School Record
Maddie King • Leg 4 (1600-Meter)
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Virginia Beach, Va. / Ocean Lakes HS
800-Meter PR: 2:13.39
1500-Meter PR: 4:21.51
Mile PR: 4:43.44
3K PR: 9:27.17
Mario Garcia Romo • Men's 3K • Sat., March 13 • 3 PM CT
Class: Sophomore
Hometown / High School: Salamanca, Spain / Ies De Peñaranda De Bracamonte
NCAA Seed: 3rd
SEC Finish: 1st
Season Best: 7:48.40 • School Record
Career Best: 7:48.40
NCAA History: First-Team All-American in the DMR in 2019 (8th place) … NCAA East Region qualifier outdoors in 2019 in the 1500-meter.
Quick Facts: 3x SEC track champion (2x DMR, 1x 3K) … Reigning SEC Cross Country Champion and SEC Cross Country Runner of the Year … 2019 SEC Indoor Freshman Runner of the Year
For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field and Cross Country, follow the Rebels on Twitter (@OleMissTrack), Facebook and Instagram.
ON THE AIR
Day One (Thurs., March 11)
ESPN3
10:55 AM CT
Day Two (Fri., March 12)
ESPN3
Men's Session: 1:40 PM CT
Women's Session: 6:10 PM CT
Day Three (Sat., March 13)
ESPN3
Men's Session: 12:25 PM CT
Women's Session: 4:55 PM CT
Live Results
Flash Results
MEET SCHEDULE
Day One (Thurs., March 11)
4:30 PM CT – Jasmine Mitchell, Shey Taiwo – Women's Weight Throw Final
Day Two (Fri., March 12)
11:30 AM CT – Allen Gordon – Men's High Jump Final
2:00 PM CT – Allen Gordon – Men's Long Jump Final
2:00 PM CT – Waleed Suliman – Men's Mile Semifinal
2:55 PM CT – Baylor Franklin – Men's 800-Meter Semifinal
3:45 PM CT – Men's Distance Medley Relay Final
8:45 PM CT – Women's Distance Medley Relay Final
Day Three (Sat., March 13)
2:00 PM CT – Men's Mile Final
2:40 PM CT – Men's 800-Meter Final
3:00 PM CT – Mario Garcia Romo, Waleed Suliman – Men's 3K Final
REBELS IN COMPETITION
Jasmine Mitchell • Women's Weight Throw • Thurs., March 11 • 4:30 PM CT
Class: Sophomore
Hometown / High School: Hazel Crest, Ill. / Thornwood HS
NCAA Seed: 1st
SEC Finish: 1st
Season Best: 23.24m (76-03.00) • No. 2 all-time at Ole Miss, No. 6 worldwide in 2021
Career Best: 23.24m (76-03.00)
NCAA History: NCAA Qualifier and All-American in 2020 (meet canceled due to COVID-19)
Quick Facts: Part of first teammate duo in NCAA history to eclipse 23 meters in the same season … Two-time SEC medalist (was also silver medalist in 2020) … One of four Rebels to win SEC weight throw title … Helped Ole Miss win its fourth weight throw title in the last five years … Went to the same high school as teammate Shey Taiwo and Rebel NCAA Champion thrower, Janeah Stewart.
Shey Taiwo • Women's Weight Throw • Thurs., March 11 • 4:30 PM CT
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: South Holland, Ill. / Thornwood HS
NCAA Seed: 2nd
SEC Finish: 2nd
Season Best: 23.04m (75-07.25) • No. 3 all-time at Ole Miss, No. 7 worldwide in 2021
Career Best: 23.04m (75-07.25)
NCAA History: Three-time NCAA qualifier, two-time All-American (Second-Team in weight throw in 2019, qualified in 2020 before meet was canceled due to COVID-19)
Quick Facts: Part of first teammate duo in NCAA history to eclipse 23 meters in the same season … 2021 SEC runner-up in the weight throw … 2020 SEC Champion in the weight throw … Went to the same high school as teammate Jasmine Mitchell and Rebel NCAA Champion thrower, Janeah Stewart.
Allen Gordon • Men's High Jump / Long Jump • Fri., March 12 • 11:30 AM / 2 PM CT
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Omaha, Neb. / Omaha North HS
NCAA Seed (HJ/LJ): 6th / 13th
SEC Finish (HJ/LJ): T-3rd / 10th
Season Best (HJ/LJ): 2.19m (7-02.25) / 7.72m (25-04.00)
Indoor Career Best (HJ/LJ): 2.20m (7-02.50) / 7.83m (25-08.25)
Overall Career Best (HJ/LJ): 2.20m (7-02.50) / 7.89m (25-10.75)
NCAA History: Three-time NCAA Qualifier … Honorable Mention All-American outdoors in the long jump in 2019 (17th place) … Earned All-American as a qualifier indoors in 2020 (meet was canceled due to COVID-19).
Quick Facts: First Rebel to double in the high jump/long jump at the indoor national meet, first Rebel jumper to double indoors since Olympian Ricky Robertson pulled off the high jump/triple jump double in 2013 … One of 19 men's athletes to double at the national meet this year … One of just two to double in the high jump and long jump this year alongside LSU's JuVaughn Harrison … One of only two Rebels to clear 7-2 in the high jump and 25-5 in the long jump indoors alongside Olympian Savante' Stringfellow.
Waleed Suliman • Men's Mile / 3K • Fri., March 12, 2 PM CT / Sat., March 13, 3 PM CT
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Richmond, Va. / Freeman HS
NCAA Seed (Mile/3K): 4th / 10th
SEC Finish (Mile/3K): 1st / N/A
Season Best (Mile/3K): 3:55.60 (School Record) / 7:54.57 (No. 2 all-time)
Career Best (Mile/3K): 3:55.60 / 7:54.57
NCAA History: 3x All-American indoors (Second-Team in the DMR in 2018, mile in 2019; earned as a qualifier in 2020 before meet was canceled due to COVID-19) … Honorable mention All-American outdoors in 2019 (1500-meter).
Quick Facts: First Rebel to earn cross country All-American multiple times (20th in 2019, 36th in 2018) … 6x SEC Champion (3x DMR, 2x mile, 1x 1500-meter) … Broke SEC meet record en route to second career indoor mile title at SEC Championships at 3:58.28, breaking 45-year-old record … Helped Rebel men win their sixth mile title in the last seven years … Ran leadoff leg on title-winning DMR team … One of 19 men's athletes to double at the national meet this year … One of three to be pulling off the mile/3K double alongside Oregon's Cole Hocker and Virginia Tech's Benjamin Nibbelink … Scored 12.5 points at the SEC Indoor Championships … Became a U.S. citizen in 2020.
Baylor Franklin • Men's 800-Meter • Fri., March 12 • 2:55 PM CT
Class: Junior
Hometown / High School: Lebanon, Tenn. / Wilson Central HS
NCAA Seed: 14th
SEC Finish: 7th
Season Best: 1:48.59 • No. 6 all-time at Ole Miss
Career Best: 1:48.59
NCAA History: First career NCAA Championship event
Quick Facts: On Ole Miss' 2020 SEC title DMR team … Was one of four Rebels to run a sub-4 mile at the Music City Challenge on Feb. 12, clocking in at 3:59.12 (No. 6 all-time at Ole Miss) … Both his father and brother played college baseball, and his brother A.J. Franklin was part of the 2019 national title team at Vanderbilt and is currently in the Kansas City Royals minor league organization.
Men's Distance Medley Relay • Fri., March 12 • 3:45 PM CT
Qualifying Relay: Waleed Suliman (1200m), Marcus Dropik (400m), Everett Smulders (800m), Mario Garcia Romo (mile); Alternates: Elijah Dryer, John Rivera Jr.
NCAA Seed: 4th
SEC Finish: 1st • Seventh SEC win in the last eight years, third in a row
Season Best: 9:29.35 • School record
NCAA History: Ole Miss has qualified in the men's DMR in five of the last six years … 2017 NCAA Champions … Also earned First-Team All-American status in 2016 (third) and 2019 (eighth).
Waleed Suliman • Leg 1 (1200-Meter)
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Richmond, Va. / Freeman HS
Indoor 800-Meter PR: 1:48.94
Outdoor 800-Meter PR: 1:47.29
Mile PR: 3:55.60 • School Record
1500-Meter PR: 3:38.72
3K PR: 7:54.57
Marcus Dropik • Leg 2 (400-Meter)
Class: Freshman
Hometown / High School: Fairfax, Va. / Fairfax HS
400-Meter PR: 50.28
Everett Smulders • Leg 3 (800-Meter)
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Atlanta, Ga. / The Lovett School
Indoor 800-Meter PR: 1:48.75
Outdoor 800-Meter PR: 1:50.33
Mile PR: 3:58.73
1500-Meter PR: 3:44.06
Mario Garcia Romo • Leg 4 (1600-Meter)
Class: Sophomore
Hometown / High School: Salamanca, Spain / Ies De Peñaranda De Bracamonte
1500-Meter PR: 3:44.69
Mile PR: 3:56.46
3K PR: 7:48.40 • School Record
Women's Distance Medley Relay • Fri., March 12 • 8:45 PM CT
Qualifying Relay: Loral Winn (1200m), Toni Glatz (400m), Sintayehu Vissa (800m), Maddie King (mile)
NCAA Seed: 8th
SEC Finish: 4th
Season Best: 11:04.27 • School record
NCAA History: First ever NCAA bid for Ole Miss in the women's DMR
Loral Winn • Leg 1 (1200-Meter)
Class: Sophomore
Hometown / High School: Dresden, Tenn. / Dresden HS
800-Meter PR: 2:10.66
Mile PR: 4:45.60
Toni Glatz • Leg 2 (400-Meter)
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Franklinville, N.J. / Delsea Regional HS
400-Meter PR: 55.91
Sintayehu Vissa • Leg 3 (800-Meter)
Class: Sophomore
Hometown / High School: Bertiolo, Italy / Giacomo Ceconi
800-Meter PR: 2:06.45
Mile PR: 4:40.99 • School Record
Maddie King • Leg 4 (1600-Meter)
Class: Senior
Hometown / High School: Virginia Beach, Va. / Ocean Lakes HS
800-Meter PR: 2:13.39
1500-Meter PR: 4:21.51
Mile PR: 4:43.44
3K PR: 9:27.17
Mario Garcia Romo • Men's 3K • Sat., March 13 • 3 PM CT
Class: Sophomore
Hometown / High School: Salamanca, Spain / Ies De Peñaranda De Bracamonte
NCAA Seed: 3rd
SEC Finish: 1st
Season Best: 7:48.40 • School Record
Career Best: 7:48.40
NCAA History: First-Team All-American in the DMR in 2019 (8th place) … NCAA East Region qualifier outdoors in 2019 in the 1500-meter.
Quick Facts: 3x SEC track champion (2x DMR, 1x 3K) … Reigning SEC Cross Country Champion and SEC Cross Country Runner of the Year … 2019 SEC Indoor Freshman Runner of the Year
For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field and Cross Country, follow the Rebels on Twitter (@OleMissTrack), Facebook and Instagram.
Players Mentioned
Distance
/ Track and Field
Sprints
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Sprints
/ Track and Field
Jumps
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Throws
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Throws
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Throws
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and FieldThe Season: New Heights (2025)
Friday, August 01
From Walk-On to National Champ: Arvesta Troupe (T&F)
Monday, June 23
HIGHLIGHTS: Arvesta Troupe Makes History as NCAA High Jump Champ
Friday, June 13
PRESSER: Arvesta Troupe Talks Historic NCAA High Jump Win
Friday, June 13