.png&width=32&height=32&type=webp)
The University of Mississippi Athletics
Friday, January 21
Nashville, Tenn.
All Day
Ole Miss
at
Vanderbilt Invitational
Top Marks, Milers Highlight Extraordinary Conclusion for Ole Miss Track & Field at Vanderbilt
1/22/2022 | Track and Field
<i class="icon-paper"></i> Final Results<i class="icon-pencil"></i> Day One Recap<i class="icon-pencil"></i> Preview & Links
Rebels End Weekend with Three NCAA-Leading Marks, Three School Records
* NCAA rankings are from the TFRRS national descending lists at the time of publication. Rankings may change after results are reported from around the nation. The national list is finalized every Monday morning.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ole Miss men's and women's track & field concluded a spectacular weekend of competition at the Vanderbilt Invitational, adding two more NCAA leading performances and another school record to its meet total on Saturday.
"We had a great meet this weekend. I am extremely happy with the performances across the board," said Ole Miss head coach Connie Price-Smith. "The goal is to keep getting better each weekend as we get ready for SEC's and Nationals. When you can walk away with three No. 1 NCAA marks, three sub-four-minute miles and a whole slew of PR's, it's a pretty awesome day. Don't get me wrong, we still have more to work on and areas to clean up, but we are definitely on the right track."
The Ole Miss distance squad opened its season en masse in Nashville this weekend, and already had a great start with two school records in the 1000-meter races last night from Loral Winn and Mario Garcia Romo – the latter of whom clocked the 10th-fastest time in NCAA history at 2:20.12. It was the milers, though, who stole the show on Saturday, with superb performances from the women and men alike.
In her first race since a splendid fall cross country season, junior Sintayehu Vissa opened 2022 on the track in powerful fashion. Vissa once again broke the Ole Miss mile record at a massive eight-second PR of 4:32.70, the best time in the NCAA this season (as of the open of competition Saturday) and a facility record that bests the previous time of 4:34.01 set by Virginia Tech's Rachel Pocratsky on Feb. 10, 2018. This was just Vissa's second-ever mile race as a Rebel, and her time today shattered her previous school record of 4:40.99 set at Vanderbilt's Music City Challenge last February.
Additionally, her winning time today stands as the No. 11 mile time ever run by an Italian indoors or outdoors, and the second-best ever run indoors behind Gabriella Dorio's 4:28.90 run on March 10, 1982.
Vissa wasn't the only women's miler excelling on Saturday, as senior Anna Elkin dropped four seconds off her career-best to finish third at 4:42.08. That time puts her at No. 3 in Ole Miss history, as well as No. 6 in the NCAA and No. 3 in the SEC this season.
The Ole Miss men's milers have made a habit of clocking handfuls of sub-four-minute mile times at Vanderbilt, and Saturday was no exception. Three Rebels broke the iconic four-minute barrier, a follow-up to four Rebels crossing the line below four minutes at last year's Music City Challenge.
Newcomer James Young led the way, winning at a near three-second PR of 3:57.81. Young narrowly missed a sub-four at the NCAA Division II Championships last season while at the Academy of Art, winning the DII title at 4:00.40 last March. Young's winning time today already propels him to No. 3 in Ole Miss history, as well as No. 10 in the NCAA and atop the SEC leaderboards at this early point of the season.
Fellow transfers Shane Bracken and Dereck Elkins also broke through right behind Young, with the Saint Leo transfer Bracken dropping 10 seconds off his previous mile best at 3:58.36, and Texas State transfer Elkins improving by 14 seconds at 3:59.46. For Bracken – an Irish native who was teammates with Sintayehu Vissa at Division II Saint Leo – now ranks fourth in Ole Miss history, as well as No. 11 in the NCAA and No. 2 in the SEC this season. Elkins' third-place finish moves him to No. 9 in the Ole Miss record books and No. 14 in the NCAA this year.
Michael Coccia came close to joining them, finishing fifth at a 12-second PR of 4:01.10 – the 13th-best ever at Ole Miss and No. 17 in the NCAA this season. Reigning SEC 5K champion Cole Bullock finished seventh in his first career mile race, running the NCAA's 25th-best time this year at 4:03.46.
Senior John Rivera Jr. put on a show in his first 800-meter race of the season, tying the NCAA lead at his winning time of 1:47.48. Rivera beat out two professional runners from the Atlanta Track Club for the victory, and that time stands as an overall personal best indoors or outdoors that moves him up to No. 3 all-time indoors at Ole Miss. Furthermore, it is the fastest time run by a Rebel indoors since Ryan Manahan's 1:47.37 run at the 2016 Penn State National.
Fellow senior Everett Smulders clocked the NCAA's 11th-best time in sixth place at 1:49.22, while Marcus Dropik ran the 25th-best at 1:51.41.
Ole Miss also received a pair of highly ranked performances in the women's field events on Saturday. Junior Lyndsey Reed won the women's pole vault after a great day of jumping. Reed was clean over her first bar, and needed her second attempt for her next three, but she only needed one try to clear a new indoor PR, winning at a height of 4.25m/13-11.25. That height falls just three centimeters shy of her overall career-best of 4.28m/14-00.50 outdoors at the 2021 LSU Invitational last May. Reed's winning height today pushes her up to No. 2 in the Ole Miss record books, and currently has her at No. 11 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the SEC.
Fellow junior Jalani Davis was similarly proficient in the women's shot put. Davis, who just last night scored a big PR in a dynamite women's weight throw competition, took third place at 16.70m/54-09.50 – a one-foot indoor PR that improves on her place at No. 3 all-time at Ole Miss. Furthermore, her toss today pushes her to No. 9 in the nation and No. 3 in the SEC this season. Last year, Davis was the only thrower in the nation – men's or women's – to triple at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Winning the shot put on Saturday was Olympian and Ole Miss volunteer assistant coach Jessica Ramsey, whose winning heave of 18.52m/60-09.25 puts her at No. 4 in the world and No. 2 in the United States this year.
The Rebels also received a handful of excellent showings in the men's short sprints on Saturday, sweeping both the men's 60-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles.
Winning the hurdles was senior newcomer Ahmad Young Jr., whose winning final time of 7.93 was a career-best that already puts him at No. 6 in Ole Miss history and No. 24 in the NCAA this year. Fellow newcomer Keirston Paige was consistent, running a PR 7.97 in the prelim before improving to a new best 7.96 to finish runner-up in the final. Paige ranks right behind Young Jr. in the Ole Miss record books at No. 7 all-time.
Over in the 60-meter dash, sophomore Ryan Star exploded in the final, going from eighth in the prelim to a victory. Star tied his season-best in the prelim at 6.91, but then flew through the line at a PR time of 6.79 to win in the final, which is tied for the ninth-fastest time in Ole Miss history.
Ole Miss also received two more top-10 times in the women's 3K. Skylar Boogerd finished third overall, dropping a 16-second PR at 9:29.22 to move to No. 6 all-time. Cate Tracht finished behind her in fourth at 9:36.63, the 10th-best in Ole Miss history.
The Rebel track & field squads remain in action next week at the Indiana Relays, set to take place in IU's Gladstein Fieldhouse on Jan. 28-29.
REBELS IN DAY TWO COMPETITION
Women's 60-Meter Dash
4. Ariyonna Augustine – 7.48f – 7.57q (6th) – No. 14 Ole Miss History
14. Kelly Rowe – 7.73p – SB
Men's 60-Meter Dash
1. Ryan Star – 6.79f – 6.91q (8th) – PR, T-No. 9 Ole Miss History
9. Isaiah Teer – 6.91 – PR
13. Ahmad Young Jr. – 7.01 – PR
16. Keirston Paige – 7.04
18. Tristyn Wooley – 7.07
Women's 400-Meter Dash
20. Sara Van Aken – 1:01.51
22. Meg Goebel – 1:02.23
Men's 800-Meter
1. John Rivera Jr. – 1:47.48 – Overall PR, No. 3 Ole Miss History, T-No. 1 NCAA, T-No. 1 SEC
6. Everett Smulders – 1:49.22 – No. 11 NCAA
8. Marcus Dropik – 1:51.41 – No. 25 NCAA
10. Jacob Lough – 1:54.12
Women's Mile
1. Sintayehu Vissa – 4:32.70 – 8-Second PR, School Record, Facility Record, No. 1 NCAA, No. 11 all-time by Italian (No. 2 indoors)
3. Anna Elkin – 4:42.08 – 4-Second PR, No. 2 Ole Miss History, No. 6 NCAA, No. 3 SEC
15. Morgan Claire Rose – 5:04.22 – PR
Men's Mile
1. James Young – 3:57.81 – PR, No. 3 Ole Miss History, No. 10 NCAA, No. 1 SEC
2. Shane Bracken – 3:58.36 – 10-Second PR, No. 4 Ole Miss History, No. 11 NCAA, No. 2 SEC
3. Dereck Elkins – 3:59.46 – 14-Second PR, No. 9 Ole Miss History, No. 14 NCAA
5. Michael Coccia – 4:01.10 – 12-Second PR, No. 13 Ole Miss History, No. 17 NCAA
7. Cole Bullock – 4:03.46 – PR, No. 25 NCAA
Women's 3K
3. Skylar Boogerd – 9:29.22 – 16-Second PR, No. 6 Ole Miss History, No. 24 NCAA
4. Cate Tracht – 9:36.63 – PR, No. 10 Ole Miss History
6. Brooke Gilmore – 9:53.36 – SB
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles Prelims
10. Meg Goebel – 8.94 – PR
18. LaRiah Shannon – 9.11 – PR
Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
1. Ahmad Young Jr. – 7.93f – 8.02q (2nd) – PR, No. 6 Ole Miss History, NCAA No. 28
2. Keirston Paige – 7.96f – 7.97q (1st) – PR, No. 7 Ole Miss History
14. Pierce Genereux – 9.07p
16. Luke Etherton – 9.42p
Women's Pole Vault
1. Lyndsey Reed – 4.25m/13-11.25 – Indoor PR, No. 2 Ole Miss History, No. 11 NCAA, No. 4 SEC
5. Samara McConnell – 4.00m/13-01.50 – SB, No. 9 SEC
7. Alex Brooks – 3.85m/12-07.50 – SB
NH Elizabeth Nix
Women's Triple Jump
6. Kyla McLaurin – 11.94m/39-02.25 – PR, No. 12 Ole Miss History
Men's Triple Jump
2. Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley – 15.10m/49-06.50
Women's Shot Put
3. Jalani Davis – 16.70m/54-09.50 – 1-foot PR, No. 3 Ole Miss History, No. 9 NCAA, No. 3 SEC
7. Tedreauna Britt – 15.20m/49-10.50 – SB
8. Jasmine Mitchell – 14.84m/48-08.25 – SB
14. Shey Taiwo – 13.57m/44-06.25
Men's Shot Put
4. Daniel Viveros – 17.24m/56-06.75 – SB, No. 10 SEC
12. Mason Hickel – 15.47m/50-09.25
For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field and Cross Country, follow the Rebels on Twitter (@OleMissTrack), Facebook and Instagram.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ole Miss men's and women's track & field concluded a spectacular weekend of competition at the Vanderbilt Invitational, adding two more NCAA leading performances and another school record to its meet total on Saturday.
"We had a great meet this weekend. I am extremely happy with the performances across the board," said Ole Miss head coach Connie Price-Smith. "The goal is to keep getting better each weekend as we get ready for SEC's and Nationals. When you can walk away with three No. 1 NCAA marks, three sub-four-minute miles and a whole slew of PR's, it's a pretty awesome day. Don't get me wrong, we still have more to work on and areas to clean up, but we are definitely on the right track."
The Ole Miss distance squad opened its season en masse in Nashville this weekend, and already had a great start with two school records in the 1000-meter races last night from Loral Winn and Mario Garcia Romo – the latter of whom clocked the 10th-fastest time in NCAA history at 2:20.12. It was the milers, though, who stole the show on Saturday, with superb performances from the women and men alike.
In her first race since a splendid fall cross country season, junior Sintayehu Vissa opened 2022 on the track in powerful fashion. Vissa once again broke the Ole Miss mile record at a massive eight-second PR of 4:32.70, the best time in the NCAA this season (as of the open of competition Saturday) and a facility record that bests the previous time of 4:34.01 set by Virginia Tech's Rachel Pocratsky on Feb. 10, 2018. This was just Vissa's second-ever mile race as a Rebel, and her time today shattered her previous school record of 4:40.99 set at Vanderbilt's Music City Challenge last February.
Additionally, her winning time today stands as the No. 11 mile time ever run by an Italian indoors or outdoors, and the second-best ever run indoors behind Gabriella Dorio's 4:28.90 run on March 10, 1982.
Vissa wasn't the only women's miler excelling on Saturday, as senior Anna Elkin dropped four seconds off her career-best to finish third at 4:42.08. That time puts her at No. 3 in Ole Miss history, as well as No. 6 in the NCAA and No. 3 in the SEC this season.
The Ole Miss men's milers have made a habit of clocking handfuls of sub-four-minute mile times at Vanderbilt, and Saturday was no exception. Three Rebels broke the iconic four-minute barrier, a follow-up to four Rebels crossing the line below four minutes at last year's Music City Challenge.
Newcomer James Young led the way, winning at a near three-second PR of 3:57.81. Young narrowly missed a sub-four at the NCAA Division II Championships last season while at the Academy of Art, winning the DII title at 4:00.40 last March. Young's winning time today already propels him to No. 3 in Ole Miss history, as well as No. 10 in the NCAA and atop the SEC leaderboards at this early point of the season.
Fellow transfers Shane Bracken and Dereck Elkins also broke through right behind Young, with the Saint Leo transfer Bracken dropping 10 seconds off his previous mile best at 3:58.36, and Texas State transfer Elkins improving by 14 seconds at 3:59.46. For Bracken – an Irish native who was teammates with Sintayehu Vissa at Division II Saint Leo – now ranks fourth in Ole Miss history, as well as No. 11 in the NCAA and No. 2 in the SEC this season. Elkins' third-place finish moves him to No. 9 in the Ole Miss record books and No. 14 in the NCAA this year.
Michael Coccia came close to joining them, finishing fifth at a 12-second PR of 4:01.10 – the 13th-best ever at Ole Miss and No. 17 in the NCAA this season. Reigning SEC 5K champion Cole Bullock finished seventh in his first career mile race, running the NCAA's 25th-best time this year at 4:03.46.
Senior John Rivera Jr. put on a show in his first 800-meter race of the season, tying the NCAA lead at his winning time of 1:47.48. Rivera beat out two professional runners from the Atlanta Track Club for the victory, and that time stands as an overall personal best indoors or outdoors that moves him up to No. 3 all-time indoors at Ole Miss. Furthermore, it is the fastest time run by a Rebel indoors since Ryan Manahan's 1:47.37 run at the 2016 Penn State National.
Fellow senior Everett Smulders clocked the NCAA's 11th-best time in sixth place at 1:49.22, while Marcus Dropik ran the 25th-best at 1:51.41.
Ole Miss also received a pair of highly ranked performances in the women's field events on Saturday. Junior Lyndsey Reed won the women's pole vault after a great day of jumping. Reed was clean over her first bar, and needed her second attempt for her next three, but she only needed one try to clear a new indoor PR, winning at a height of 4.25m/13-11.25. That height falls just three centimeters shy of her overall career-best of 4.28m/14-00.50 outdoors at the 2021 LSU Invitational last May. Reed's winning height today pushes her up to No. 2 in the Ole Miss record books, and currently has her at No. 11 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the SEC.
Fellow junior Jalani Davis was similarly proficient in the women's shot put. Davis, who just last night scored a big PR in a dynamite women's weight throw competition, took third place at 16.70m/54-09.50 – a one-foot indoor PR that improves on her place at No. 3 all-time at Ole Miss. Furthermore, her toss today pushes her to No. 9 in the nation and No. 3 in the SEC this season. Last year, Davis was the only thrower in the nation – men's or women's – to triple at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Winning the shot put on Saturday was Olympian and Ole Miss volunteer assistant coach Jessica Ramsey, whose winning heave of 18.52m/60-09.25 puts her at No. 4 in the world and No. 2 in the United States this year.
The Rebels also received a handful of excellent showings in the men's short sprints on Saturday, sweeping both the men's 60-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles.
Winning the hurdles was senior newcomer Ahmad Young Jr., whose winning final time of 7.93 was a career-best that already puts him at No. 6 in Ole Miss history and No. 24 in the NCAA this year. Fellow newcomer Keirston Paige was consistent, running a PR 7.97 in the prelim before improving to a new best 7.96 to finish runner-up in the final. Paige ranks right behind Young Jr. in the Ole Miss record books at No. 7 all-time.
Over in the 60-meter dash, sophomore Ryan Star exploded in the final, going from eighth in the prelim to a victory. Star tied his season-best in the prelim at 6.91, but then flew through the line at a PR time of 6.79 to win in the final, which is tied for the ninth-fastest time in Ole Miss history.
Ole Miss also received two more top-10 times in the women's 3K. Skylar Boogerd finished third overall, dropping a 16-second PR at 9:29.22 to move to No. 6 all-time. Cate Tracht finished behind her in fourth at 9:36.63, the 10th-best in Ole Miss history.
The Rebel track & field squads remain in action next week at the Indiana Relays, set to take place in IU's Gladstein Fieldhouse on Jan. 28-29.
REBELS IN DAY TWO COMPETITION
Women's 60-Meter Dash
4. Ariyonna Augustine – 7.48f – 7.57q (6th) – No. 14 Ole Miss History
14. Kelly Rowe – 7.73p – SB
Men's 60-Meter Dash
1. Ryan Star – 6.79f – 6.91q (8th) – PR, T-No. 9 Ole Miss History
9. Isaiah Teer – 6.91 – PR
13. Ahmad Young Jr. – 7.01 – PR
16. Keirston Paige – 7.04
18. Tristyn Wooley – 7.07
Women's 400-Meter Dash
20. Sara Van Aken – 1:01.51
22. Meg Goebel – 1:02.23
Men's 800-Meter
1. John Rivera Jr. – 1:47.48 – Overall PR, No. 3 Ole Miss History, T-No. 1 NCAA, T-No. 1 SEC
6. Everett Smulders – 1:49.22 – No. 11 NCAA
8. Marcus Dropik – 1:51.41 – No. 25 NCAA
10. Jacob Lough – 1:54.12
Women's Mile
1. Sintayehu Vissa – 4:32.70 – 8-Second PR, School Record, Facility Record, No. 1 NCAA, No. 11 all-time by Italian (No. 2 indoors)
3. Anna Elkin – 4:42.08 – 4-Second PR, No. 2 Ole Miss History, No. 6 NCAA, No. 3 SEC
15. Morgan Claire Rose – 5:04.22 – PR
Men's Mile
1. James Young – 3:57.81 – PR, No. 3 Ole Miss History, No. 10 NCAA, No. 1 SEC
2. Shane Bracken – 3:58.36 – 10-Second PR, No. 4 Ole Miss History, No. 11 NCAA, No. 2 SEC
3. Dereck Elkins – 3:59.46 – 14-Second PR, No. 9 Ole Miss History, No. 14 NCAA
5. Michael Coccia – 4:01.10 – 12-Second PR, No. 13 Ole Miss History, No. 17 NCAA
7. Cole Bullock – 4:03.46 – PR, No. 25 NCAA
Women's 3K
3. Skylar Boogerd – 9:29.22 – 16-Second PR, No. 6 Ole Miss History, No. 24 NCAA
4. Cate Tracht – 9:36.63 – PR, No. 10 Ole Miss History
6. Brooke Gilmore – 9:53.36 – SB
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles Prelims
10. Meg Goebel – 8.94 – PR
18. LaRiah Shannon – 9.11 – PR
Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
1. Ahmad Young Jr. – 7.93f – 8.02q (2nd) – PR, No. 6 Ole Miss History, NCAA No. 28
2. Keirston Paige – 7.96f – 7.97q (1st) – PR, No. 7 Ole Miss History
14. Pierce Genereux – 9.07p
16. Luke Etherton – 9.42p
Women's Pole Vault
1. Lyndsey Reed – 4.25m/13-11.25 – Indoor PR, No. 2 Ole Miss History, No. 11 NCAA, No. 4 SEC
5. Samara McConnell – 4.00m/13-01.50 – SB, No. 9 SEC
7. Alex Brooks – 3.85m/12-07.50 – SB
NH Elizabeth Nix
Women's Triple Jump
6. Kyla McLaurin – 11.94m/39-02.25 – PR, No. 12 Ole Miss History
Men's Triple Jump
2. Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley – 15.10m/49-06.50
Women's Shot Put
3. Jalani Davis – 16.70m/54-09.50 – 1-foot PR, No. 3 Ole Miss History, No. 9 NCAA, No. 3 SEC
7. Tedreauna Britt – 15.20m/49-10.50 – SB
8. Jasmine Mitchell – 14.84m/48-08.25 – SB
14. Shey Taiwo – 13.57m/44-06.25
Men's Shot Put
4. Daniel Viveros – 17.24m/56-06.75 – SB, No. 10 SEC
12. Mason Hickel – 15.47m/50-09.25
For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field and Cross Country, follow the Rebels on Twitter (@OleMissTrack), Facebook and Instagram.
Players Mentioned
Jumps
/ Track and Field
Sprints
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Throws
/ Track and Field
Pole Vault
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Throws
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Multi
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Multi
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Multi
/ Track and Field
Throws
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Pole Vault
/ Track and Field
Jumps
/ Track and Field
Throws
/ Track and Field
Pole Vault
/ Track and Field
Sprints
/ Track and Field
Pole Vault
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Sprints
/ Track and Field
Jumps
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Jumps/Sprints
/ Track and Field
Throws
/ Track and Field
Sprints
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Jumps
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Throws
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Sprints
/ Track and Field
Distance
/ Track and Field
Sprints
/ 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