Track & Field Back Home for Ole Miss Classic

			OLE MISS CLASSIC March 25-26 • Oxford, Miss. Ole Miss Track & Field Complex OleMissGameday.com
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OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss track & field finally gets to compete at home this weekend for the annual Ole Miss Classic, held March 25-26 at the Ole Miss Track & Field Complex.

Action on Friday will solely center around the hammer throw, with an invitational section of some of the best women's throwers in the United States kicking things off at 1 p.m. CT. A jam-packed Saturday will begin at 9 a.m. CT with the men's javelin.

MEET NOTES

• A total of 14 schools will join Ole Miss in competition this weekend: Alabama-Huntsville, Arkansas State, Belmont, Christian Brothers, Illinois, Indiana State, Little Rock, Memphis, Missouri, Rhodes College, Southeast Missouri, Tennessee State, Vanderbilt and Western Kentucky.

• The 2017 season was the first for the renovated Ole Miss Track & Field Complex, which received $7.2 million in upgrades and can seat 1,500 spectators in its new design. Recently, a brand-new locker room facility was opened for use as an addition to the overall complex.

• In addition to the home meet this weekend, Ole Miss is set to host the highly-attended Joe Walker Invitational on April 8-9, and will also be host to the 2022 SEC Outdoor Championships on May 12-14. This is the first time the conference meet has come to Oxford since 2004.

• Ole Miss is coming off its first outdoor meet of the season at Auburn's Tiger Track Classic last week. In two days of competition, the Rebels won five total event titles.

• In its post-indoor update, the USTFCCCA ranked Ole Miss fifth in both men's and women's competition in its Program of the Year standings. Last season, the Rebels tied a program-record with a third-place finish in men's competition, and set a new women's best at No. 7. The Program of the Year award assigns a point value to the national finish of each team following the cross country, indoor and outdoor seasons, with the lowest point total being named the winner. In women's competition, Ole Miss finished program-bests indoors (T-6th) and in cross country (10th), while the men finished tied for 10th indoors and were 15th in cross country.

• NCAA Champion and All-American senior Shey Taiwo was recently added back to The Bowerman Award Watch List on March 23. Taiwo won the national title in the weight throw indoors following a historic campaign in which she rewrote the record books and fell just one centimeter shy of the collegiate record and five shy of the world record at 25.55m/83-10. Taiwo opens her 2022 outdoor season this weekend and enters as the reigning NCAA runner-up in the hammer as the No. 9 performer in NCAA history at 71.27m/233-10.

• The Rebels are coming off the best combined performance at an NCAA meet in program history at the NCAA Indoor Championships two weeks ago, where the Ole Miss women set an overall program record with a tie for sixth place at 29 points -- the most points ever scored by any Rebel team at nationals. The Ole Miss men, meanwhile, finished in the top-10 in consecutive seasons for the first time in program history, finishing tied for 10th at a men's program record 20 points.

• Three of the six all-time NCAA top-10 finishes in Ole Miss history have come within the last calendar year: 2022 women's indoor (T-6th), 2022 men's indoor (T-10th), 2021 men's indoor (10th), 2013 men's outdoor (8th), 2001 men's indoor (10th) and 1991 men's indoor (9th).

• Ole Miss is one of just four teams nationally to place both men and women within the top-10 at the indoor national meet (alongside Arkansas, Texas and Texas A&M), and one of just two with Arkansas that have placed men and women within the top-15 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships and at the NCAA Indoor Championships this season.

• Ole Miss won two national titles at the NCAA Indoor Championships, with Shey Taiwo nearly breaking both the NCAA and world record in the weight throw, while Mario Garcia Romo claimed the first NCAA mile title by a Rebel and the first by any individual Rebel indoors on the track since Antwon Hicks won the 2005 60-meter hurdles title.

• Ole Miss also had two NCAA runners-up in Jasmine Mitchell (weight throw) and Sintayehu Vissa (mile), who were part of a group of 16 Rebels to earn First or Second-Team All-American status for the indoor season.

• The Rebels are coming off a superb 2021 outdoor campaign that saw Ole Miss send a program record 16 entries to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Returning from that squad are: NCAA hammer runner-up Shey Taiwo, First-Team All-American Mario Garcia Romo (1500-meter, fifth), Second-Team All-Americans Jayda Eckford (4x100-meter relay, 14th), Toni Glatz (4x100-meter relay, 14th), Olivia Womack (4x100-meter relay, 14th), and Jalani Davis (discus, 14th; hammer, 16th; shot put, 19th). Also returning is Honorable Mention All-American Lyndsey Reed in the pole vault.

• Last season, Davis was the only thrower -- male or female -- to triple at the national meet and one of only two total. Indoors this year, Davis was also the only thrower of either gender to double in the weight throw and shot put.

• Ole Miss also returns two SEC Outdoor medalists from 2021: defending discus champion Tedreauna Britt, and shot put runner-up Jalani Davis. Indoors this year, Davis won the SEC shot put title.

• The first USTFCCCA Rating Index for the outdoor season is due out in two weeks. Indoors, Ole Miss tied a program record ranked No. 7 in women's competition for three straight weeks, while the Rebel men rose as high as No. 12 in the pre-championship index.

• A total of 26 new Rebels joined the roster for 2022: pole vaulter Frankie Amore, sprinter Ariyonna Augustine, jumper Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley, distance runenr Shane Bracken, distance runner Aiden Britt, jumper Spencer Brown, pole vaulter/multi athlete Jose Corbo, distance runner Tiarnan Crorken, distance runner Dereck Elkins, thrower Mason Hickel, distance runner Hannah Ielfield, thrower Montel Johnson, pole vaulter Ford Maberry, sprinter Bria Mack, distance runner Chris Maxon, sprinter Keirston Paige, distance runner Miles Phillips, distance runner Cole Piotrowski, distance runner Chase Rose, distance runner Gabe Scales, jumper LaRiah Shannon, jumper Annie Strong, distance runner Lydia van Dijk, sprinter Isaiah Weasby, distance runner James Young and hurdler Ahmad Young Jr.

• Ole Miss is in year seven under head coach Connie Price-Smith, who has led the Rebels to new heights in her time in Oxford. On the track, the Rebels have collected nine NCAA top-25 team finishes (three in the top-10), nine NCAA individual champions, seven NCAA runners-up, 122 First or Second-Team All-Americans, 210 NCAA points, 61 SEC Champions and program-record SEC finishes in men's indoor (third, 2x), women's indoor (fifth, 2x) and women's outdoor (fifth, 2018). Nationally under her guidance, the track Rebels have recorded program records in women's indoor (T-6th, 2022) and the second-best ever in men's indoor (10th, 2x). In 21 years as a head coach at both Ole Miss and Southern Illinois dating back to 2002, Price-Smith has collected 14 NCAA event titles and mentored 196 All-Americans on the track.

• In Ole Miss history across both seasons, 23 Rebels have won NCAA titles and 194 have earned First-Team All-American honors, while as a team Ole Miss has tallied 32 top-25 team finishes and scored 690.5 total national points.

• All-time, Ole Miss has won 50 SEC Outdoor individual titles, with 38 coming from the men and 12 from the women -- including returning senior and reigning SEC discus champion, Tedreauna Britt. Of those, 13 have come under Price-Smith (nine men, four women).

Rebel Men Competing:
100-Meter Dash: Tristyn Wooley (Heat 2, Lane 8), Kenney Broadnax (Heat 4, Lane 7), Elijah Dryer (Heat 5, Lane 4), Ryan Star (Heat 5, Lane 5), Isaiah Teer (Heat 5, Lane 6)
200-Meter Dash: Tristyn Wooley (Heat 7, Lane 6)
400-Meter Dash: Isaiah Weasby (Heat 4, Lane 6)
800-Meter: Cole Piotrowski (Heat 5, Lane 9), Cade Bethmann (Heat 6, Lane 4), Marcus Dropik (Heat 6, Lane 5), Jacob Lough (Heat 6, Lane 7), Baylor Franklin (Heat 6, Lane 9)
1500-Meter: Jacob Lough (Heat 1), Cole Piotrowski (Heat 3)
110-Meter Hurdles: Peyton Lowery (Heat 1, Lane 3), Luke Etherton (Heat 1, Lane 7), Pierce Genereux (Heat 2, Lane 9), Spencer Brown (Heat 3, Lane 2), Kenney Broadnax (Heat 3, Lane 5)
4x100-Meter Relay (Lane 4): Ryan Star, Elijah Dryer, Kenney Broadnax, Isaiah Weasby
4x400-Meter Relay (C Relay: Heat 1, Lane 2): Luke Etherton, Pierce Genereux, Peyton Lowery, Frankie Amore
4x400-Meter Relay (B Relay: Heat 1, Lane 5): Marcus Dropik, Cade Bethmann, Baylor Franklin, Jacob Lough
4x400-Meter Relay (A Relay: Heat 2, Lane 4): Isaiah Weasby, Elijah Dryer, Ryan Star, Tristyn Wooley
High Jump: Ukurugenzi Kojo
Pole Vault: Frankie Amore, Luke Etherton, Pierce Genereux, Peyton Lowery, Ford Maberry, Miles Walden
Long Jump: Ukurugenzi Kojo (Flight 1), Peyton Lowery (Flight 1), Cory Meek (Flight 1), Torrence Tuberville (Flight 1), Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Flight 2), Spencer Brown (Flight 2)
Triple Jump: Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley
Shot Put: Daniel Viveros (Flight 3)
Discus: Daniel Viveros (Flight 3)
Hammer: Costen Campion (Flight 1), Joseph Benedetto (Flight 3), Montel Johnson (Flight 3), Joseph Lanham (Flight 3)

Rebel Women Competing:
100-Meter Dash: Ariyonna Augustine (Heat 3, Lane 5), Kelly Rowe (Heat 3, Lane 8)
200-Meter Dash: Sara Van Aken (Heat 3, Lane 7), Kelly Rowe (Heat 6, Lane 5)
400-Meter Dash: Toni Glatz (Heat 3, Lane 4), Olivia Womack (Heat 3, Lane 6)
800-Meter: Lydia van Dijk (Heat 4, Lane 3), Makayla Fick (Heat 4, Lane 4), Madison Hulsey (Heat 4, Lane 6)
1500-Meter: Makayla Fick, Morgan Claire Rose, Cate Tracht
3K: Brooke Gilmore, Cate Tracht, Lydia van Dijk
100-Meter Hurdles: LaRiah Shannon (Heat 2, Lane 6), Annie Strong (Heat 2, Lane 7), Meg Goebel (Heat 4, Lane 2)
2000-Meter Steeplechase: Morgan Claire Rose
4x100-Meter Relay (Lane 5): Olivia Womack, Ariyonna Augustine, Jayda Eckford, Toni Glatz
4x400-Meter Relay (Heat 2, Lane 6): Toni Glatz, Olivia Womack, Jayda Eckford, Ariyonna Augustine
High Jump: Meg Goebel, LaRiah Shannon, Annie Strong, Sara Van Aken
Pole Vault (Invite): Alex Brooks, Samara McConnell, Elizabeth Nix, Lyndsey Reed
Pole Vault: Remy Guertel
Long Jump: Meg Goebel (Flight 1), Annie Strong (Flight 1), Skye Gross (Flight 2), Sara Van Aken (Flight 2)
Triple Jump: Kyla McLaurin
Shot Put: Tedreauna Britt (Flight 2), Jalani Davis (Flight 2), Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2)
Discus: Deborah Bulai (Flight 1), Tedreauna Britt (Flight 2), Jalani Davis (Flight 2), Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2), Shey Taiwo (Flight 2)
Hammer (Invite): Jalani Davis, Jasmine Mitchell, Shey Taiwo
Hammer: Deborah Bulai (Flight 2)
Javelin: Meg Goebel (Flight 1), Lauren Hoselton (Flight 1), Annie Strong (Flight 1), Sara Van Aken (Flight 1)

Ole Miss Classic, Master Schedule (all times CT)
Day One \| Friday, March 25
Time	Event	Athlete(s)
1:00 PM	Women's Hammer (Invitational)	Jalani Davis Jasmine Mitchell Shey Taiwo
	Men's Hammer (to follow women's invitational)	Costen Campion (Flight 1) Joseph Benedetto (Flight 3) Montel Johnson (Flight 3) Joseph Lanham (Flight 3)
	Women's Hammer (to follow men)	Deborah Bulai (Flight 2)
Day Two \| Saturday, March 26
Time	Event	Athlete(s)
10:00 AM	Men's Pole Vault	Frankie Amore Luke Etherton Pierce Genereux Peyton Lowery Ford Maberry Miles Walden
11:00 AM	Men's High Jump	Ukurugenzi Kojo
	Men's Discus	Daniel Viveros (Flight 3)
	Women's Shot Put	Tedreauna Britt (Flight 2) Jalani Davis (Flight 2) Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2)
11:30 AM	Men's Long Jump	Ukurugenzi Kojo (Flight 1) Peyton Lowery (Flight 1) Cory Meek (Flight 1) Torrence Tuberville (Flight 1) Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Flight 2) Spencer Brown (Flight 2)
	Women's Long Jump	Meg Goebel (Flight 1) Annie Strong (Flight 1) Skye Gross (Flight 2) Sara Van Aken (Flight 2)
	Women's Javelin	Meg Goebel (Flight 1) Lauren Hoselton (Flight 1) Annie Strong (Flight 1) Sara Van Aken (Flight 1)
1:00 PM	Women's 2000-Meter Steeplechase	Morgan Claire Rose
1:30 PM	Women's High Jump	Meg Goebel LaRiah Shannon Annie Strong Sara Van Aken
	Women's Pole Vault (Invite)	Alex Brooks Samara McConnell Elizabeth Nix Lyndsey Reed
	Women's Pole Vault	Remy Guertel
	Women's 4x100-Meter Relay (Lane 5)	Olivia Womack Ariyonna Augustine Jayda Eckford Toni Glatz
1:35 PM	Men's 4x100-Meter Relay (Lane 4)	Ryan Star Elijah Dryer Kenney Broadnax Isaiah Weasby
1:40 PM	Women's 1500-Meter	Makayla Fick (Heat 3) Morgan Claire Rose (Heat 3) Cate Tracht (Heat 3)
2:00 PM	Men's 1500-Meter	Jacob Lough (Heat 1) Cole Piotrowski (Heat 3)
2:20 PM	Women's 100-Meter Hurdles	LaRiah Shannon (Heat 2, Lane 6) Annie Strong (Heat 2, Lane 7) Meg Goebel (Heat 4, Lane 2)
2:30 PM	Women's Discus	Deborah Bulai (Flight 1) Tedreauna Britt (Flight 2) Jalani Davis (Flight 2) Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2) Shey Taiwo (Flight 2)
2:35 PM	Men's 110-Meter Hurdles	Peyton Lowery (Heat 1, Lane 3) Luke Etherton (Heat 1, Lane 7) Pierce Genereux (Heat 2, Lane 9) Spencer Brown (Heat 3, Lane 2) Kenney Broadnax (Heat 3, Lane 5)
2:50 PM	Women's 400-Meter Dash	Toni Glatz (Heat 3, Lane 4) Olivia Womack (Heat 3, Lane 6)
3:00 PM	Men's Triple Jump	Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley
	Women's Triple Jump	Kyla McLaurin
	Men's Shot Put	Daniel Viveros (Flight 3)
	Men's 400-Meter Dash	Isaiah Weasby (Heat 4, Lane 6)
3:15 PM	Women's 100-Meter Dash	Ariyonna Augustine (Heat 3, Lane 5) Kelly Rowe (Heat 3, Lane 8)
3:20 PM	Men's 100-Meter Dash	Tristyn Wooley (Heat 2, Lane 8) Kenney Broadnax (Heat 4, Lane 7) Elijah Dryer (Heat 5, Lane 4) Ryan Star (Heat 5, Lane 5) Isaiah Teer (Heat 5, Lane 6)
3:35 PM	Women's 800-Meter	Lydia van Dijk (Heat 4, Lane 3) Makayla Fick (Heat 4, Lane 4) Madison Hulsey (Heat 4, Lane 6)
3:50 PM	Men's 800-Meter	Cole Piotrowski (Heat 5, Lane 9) Cade Bethmann (Heat 6, Lane 4) Marcus Dropik (Heat 6, Lane 5) Jacob Lough (Heat 6, Lane 7) Baylor Franklin (Heat 6, Lane 9)
4:40 PM	Women's 200-Meter Dash	Sara Van Aken (Heat 3, Lane 7) Kelly Rowe (Heat 6, Lane 5)
4:55 PM	Men's 200-Meter Dash	Tristyn Wooley (Heat 7, Lane 6)
5:15 PM	Women's 3K	Brooke Gilmore Cate Tracht Lydia van Dijk
5:45 PM	Women's 4x400-Meter Relay (Heat 2, Lane 6)	Toni Glatz Olivia Womack Jayda Eckford Ariyonna Augustine
5:55 PM	Men's 4x400-Meter Relay	C Relay (Heat 1, Lane 2) Luke Etherton Pierce Genereux Peyton Lowery Frankie Amore B Relay (Heat 1, Lane 5) Marcus Dropik Cade Bethmann Baylor Franklin Jacob Lough A Relay (Heat 2, Lane 4) Isaiah Weasby Elijah Dryer Ryan Star Tristyn Wooley

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Joseph Benedetto

Cade Bethmann

Shane Bracken

Aiden Britt

Tedreauna Britt

Kenney Broadnax

Alex Brooks

Spencer Brown

Deborah Bulai

Costen Campion

Jose Corbo

Tiarnan Crorken

Jalani Davis

Marcus Dropik

Elijah Dryer

Jayda Eckford

Dereck Elkins

Luke Etherton

Makayla Fick

Baylor Franklin

Mario Garcia Romo

Pierce Genereux

Brooke Gilmore

Toni Glatz

Meg Goebel

Skye Gross

Remy Guertel

Mason Hickel

Lauren Hoselton

Madison Hulsey

Hannah Ielfield

Montel Johnson

Ukurugenzi Kojo

Joseph Lanham

Jacob Lough

Peyton Lowery

Ford Maberry

Bria Mack

Chris Maxon

Samara McConnell

Kyla McLaurin

Cory Meek

Jasmine Mitchell

Elizabeth Nix

Keirston Paige

Miles Phillips

Cole Piotrowski

Lyndsey Reed

Chase Rose

Morgan Claire Rose

Kelly Rowe

Gabe Scales

LaRiah Shannon

Ryan Star

Annie Strong

Shey Taiwo

Isaiah Teer

Cate Tracht

Torrence Tuberville

Sara Van Aken

Lydia van Dijk

Sintayehu Vissa

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