Track & Field Set for Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial

			TOM JONES MEMORIAL April 15-16 • Gainesville, Fla.
Meet Info • Live Results • Live Stream (Saturday) • Schedule (PDF) • Heat Sheets (PDF) Ole Miss Notes (PDF) • Outdoor Records (PDF)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ole Miss track & field returns to the road this weekend after two consecutive home meets, traveling to Florida for the Tom Jones Memorial on April 15-16.

MEET NOTES

• Competition begins at 1 p.m. CT on Friday afternoon with the men's discus and women's long jump, and on Saturday with the women's hammer at 9 a.m. CT. A live stream will be available on Saturday beginning at noon CT with the 4x100-meter relays.

• Ole Miss enters the weekend with 36 total marks or times within the NCAA East Region top-50 (24 women, 12 men). Of those, 21 rest within the national top-50 as well (15 women, 6 men).

WOMEN'S NOTES

• Indoor NCAA Champion Shey Taiwo leads the Rebel women with her SEC and East Region leading mark in the hammer at 69.24m/227-02 from the Ole Miss Classic three weeks ago. Taiwo is the reigning NCAA runner-up in the hammer, and currently ranks fifth in the NCAA.

• Also currently within the NCAA East top-50 in the women's hammer are Jalani Davis (No. 22 NCAA, No. 9 East: 64.37m/211-02), Jasmine Mitchell (No. 26 NCAA, No. 12 East: 63.28m/207-07) and Deborah Bulai (No. 32 East: 59.09m/193-10).

• All-American junior Jalani Davis had an excellent open at the Ole Miss Classic, launching what is currently the SEC's third-best in the shot put at 17.00m/55-09.25 to rank sixth in the East Region and No. 15 in the NCAA. Davis also set season-bests last week at the Joe Walker Invitational in the hammer (64.37m/211-02; No. 22 NCAA) and discus (52.28m/171-06; No. 44 NCAA).

• Senior and fellow thrower Tedreauna Britt had an all-around strong weekend at the Joe Walker Invitational, notching season-bests in the discus at 52.79m/173-02 (No. 2 SEC, No. 9 East Region, No. 29 NCAA) and shot put at 16.09m/52-09.50 (No. 7 SEC, No. 16 East, No. 37 NCAA). Also ranking in the East Region top-50 in the discus is Jasmine Mitchell at 49.00m/160-09 (No. 47).

• Senior Kristel van den Berg clocked a 10-second collegiate best in her first steeplechase of the year last week, notching the NCAA's ninth-best time at the moment at 10:07.73. That time puts her atop the SEC leaderboard and sixth in the East Region for 2022, as well as third all-time at Ole Miss. Overall, it is a three-second improvement from her 10:10.46 run last summer at the Dutch national meet. She also ranks within the NCAA East Region top-50 in the 1500-meter at her season-opening time of 4:23.22 (No. 49).

• Fellow senior Morgan Claire Rose also ran a big PR in the 3000-meter steeplechase at 10:18.64, the fourth-best time in Ole Miss history that currently puts her third in the SEC, 19th in the East Region and 27th in the NCAA.

• However, the top 1500-meter time on the team this year belongs to NCAA mile runner-up Sintayehu Vissa, who opened her outdoor campaign with a near PR last week at 4:17.57 amid strong winds and cold temperatures at the Joe Walker Invitational. That time puts her seventh in the SEC, 12th in the East and 27th in the NCAA. Also notching a solid 1500-meter open was Skylar Boogerd, whose PR of 4:21.40 puts her No. 36 in the East Region at the moment.

• All-American junior Lyndsey Reed became the all-time leader in the pole vault at Ole Miss both indoors and outdoors in her outdoor opener at the Ole Miss Classic, clearing 4.36m/14-03.50 to break Lindsey Murray's 2018 record of 4.35m/14-03.25. That currently ranks her third in the SEC, sixth in the East and ninth in the NCAA.

• Reed was a Second-Team All-American indoors after a ninth-place finish to cap off an indoor campaign that saw her smash the school record at 4.41m/14-05.50.

• Other Rebel women's pole vaulters ranking within the East top-50 include Samara McConnell and Alex Brooks, who have both cleared 4.08m/13-04.50 to rank seventh in the SEC, 22nd in the East and 44th in the NCAA.

• Five of the 24 Rebel women's marks currently within the East Region top-50 come from the sprints squad, led by the 4x100-meter relay unit of Kelly Rowe, Ariyonna Augustine, Jayda Eckford and Toni Glatz. Their 44.69 from the Ole Miss Classic on March 26 currently places them eighth in the SEC, 17th in the East and 38th in the NCAA.

• Kelly Rowe has been on a tear so far this outdoor season, ripping of PRs in both the 100-meter dash (11.52; No. 32 East) and 200-meter dash (23.67; No. 49 East)). That 100-meter time ranks her sixth all-time at Ole Miss and her 200 time 15th.

• Other Rebel women's sprinters with strong times so far include Augustine (23.52; No. 28 East) and Olivia Womack (23.62; No. 43 East) in the 200-meter dash. Those times rank eighth and 12th in Ole Miss history, respectively.

• Other Rebel women with top-50 marks come from the jumps. Sara Van Aken's PR in the high jump of 1.75m/5-08.75 ranks 10th in the SEC, 25th in the East and 49th in the NCAA, while Kyla McLaurin's PR in the triple jump of 12.26m/40-02.75 puts her at No. 49 in the East.

MEN'S NOTES

• Senior and reigning NCAA Indoor mile champion Mario Garcia Romo opened his 2022 outdoor season in powerful fashion at the Joe Walker Invitational, clocking the best NCAA top-10 times in both the 800-meter and 1500-meter races.

• Garcia Romo dropped nearly a full second off his career-best in the 800-meter despite not running the race in nearly a full calendar year, holding off high school phemom (and Ole Miss signee) Cade Flatt off at the finish line at a PR of 1:46.90. That time makes Garcia Romo fourth all-time on the Ole Miss outdoor list, and it is the fastest run by a Rebel since Craig Engels' 1:46.03 at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials. This season, it ranks atop both the SEC and East Region leaderboards, and nationally it ranks fourth in the NCAA.

• In the 1500-meter, Garcia Romo was the runner-up at a seaosn-open of 3:40.27 despite intense winds and cold temperatures. That currently puts him second in the SEC, ninth in the East and 10th in the NCAA. Garcia Romo finished fifth in the nation in 2021 for First-Team All-American honors, and over the summer nearly clocked an Olympic Standard at his overall career-best 3:35.79.

• All-American senior Baylor Franklin had an impressive outdoor open in the 800-meter on his own at 1:47.83, which ranks second in the SEC behind Garcia Romo, as well as fourth in the East and 11th in the NCAA. Last season, Franklin dropping an overall best 1:47.55 at Mississippi State's Maroon & White Invite before qualifying for nationals and earning Second-Team All-America.

• Other Rebels ranking in the 800-meter include Marcus Dropik at 1:49.83 (No. 6 SEC, No. 27 East, No. 46 NCAA) and Cade Bethmann at 1:50.26 (No. 9 SEC, No. 36 East), while Cole Bullock currently ranks in the 1500-meter at 3:44.28 (No. 8 SEC, No. 45 East).

• Ole Miss also boasts a deep pack of 110-meter hurdlers, with three currently within the NCAA East Region top-50. Reigning national qualifier Kenney Broadnax improved his season-best into a headwind for the second straight week at 13.96 (-2.0) at the Joe Walker Invitational -- which currently puts him ninth in the SEC, 27th in the East and 49th in the NCAA. Other Rebels ranking in the hurdles include Spencer Brown at 14.16 (No. 11 SEC, No. 44 East) and Keirston Paige at 14.19 (No. 13 SEC, No. 47 East) -- both into that same -2.0 headwind that Broadnax ran through.

• Junior Daniel Viveros' season-opening PR of 18.69m/61-4 in the shot put still has him in the NCAA top-25 at No. 24, as well as No. 5 in the SEC and No. 10 in the East Region. That toss is the second-best ever by a Rebel outdoors.

• Other Rebel men within the East Region top-50 include Montel Johnson in the hammer at a PR of 61.24m/200-11 (No. 10 SEC, No. 37 East), and Ukurugenzi Kojo in the high jump at a PR of 2.05m/6-08.75 (No. 9 SEC, No. 44 East).

TEAM NOTES

• 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.

• 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 2), Ryan Star (Heat 7, Lane 2)
200-Meter Dash: Elijah Dryer (Heat 2, Lane 3), Tristyn Wooley (Heat 4, Lane 3)
400-Meter Dash: Isaiah Weasby (Heat 6, Lane 5)
800-Meter: Baylor Franklin (Heat 1), John Rivera Jr. (Heat 1), Marcus Dropik (Heat 2), Chase Rose (Heat 3), Jacob Lough (Heat 4), Cole Piotrowski (Heat 5)
1500-Meter: Chase Rose (Heat 1)
110-Meter Hurdles: Kenney Broadnax (Heat 1, Lane 5), Keirston Paige (Heat 2, Lane 9)
4x100-Meter Relay (Heat 3, Lane 3): Ryan Star, Elijah Dryer, Kenney Broadnax, Tristyn Wooley
4x400-Meter Relay (B Relay, Heat 2, Lane 2): Baylor Franklin, Jacob Lough, Cole Piotrowski, Chase Rose
4x400-Meter Relay (A Relay, Heat 4, Lane 6): Elijah Dryer, John Rivera Jr., Isaiah Weasby, Marcus Dropik
High Jump: Ukurugenzi Kojo
Pole Vault: Pierce Genereux, Ford Maberry
Long Jump: Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Flight 1), Peyton Lowery (Flight 1), Cory Meek (Flight 1)
Triple Jump: Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Flight 1)
Shot Put: Pierce Genereux (Flight 1), Daniel Viveros (Flight 2)
Discus: Peyton Lowery (Flight 1), Daniel Viveros (Flight 1)
Hammer: Joseph Lanham (Flight 1), Montel Johnson (Flight 2)
Javelin: Pierce Genereux (Flight 1), Peyton Lowery (Flight 1)

Rebel Women Competing:
100-Meter Dash: Kelly Rowe (Heat 3, Lane 2), Ariyonna Augustine (Heat 3, Lane 9), Olivia Womack (Heat 4, Lane 4)
200-Meter Dash: Ariyonna Augustine (Heat 3, Lane 3), Jayda Eckford (Heat 3, Lane 5), Olivia Womack (Heat 4, Lane 9)
400-Meter Dash: Toni Glatz (Heat 5, Lane 7)
800-Meter: Loral Winn (Heat 1), Sintayehu Vissa (Heat 1), Madison Hulsey (Heat 3), Lydia van Dijk (Heat 3), Makayla Fick (Heat 4)
1500-Meter: Madison Hulsey (Heat 1), Kristel van den Berg (Heat 1), Lydia van Dijk (Heat 1), Loral Winn (Heat 1), Makayla Fick (Heat 2), Morgan Claire Rose (Heat 2)
100-Meter Hurdles: LaRiah Shannon (Heat 3, Lane 1), Meg Goebel (Heat 3, Lane 2)
4x100-Meter Relay (Heat 2, Lane 5): Olivia Womack, Kelly Rowe, Jayda Eckford, Toni Glatz
High Jump: Meg Goebel, LaRiah Shannon, Sara Van Aken
Pole Vault: Samara McConnell, Elizabeth Nix, Lyndsey Reed
Long Jump: Kyla McLaurin (Flight 1), Skye Gross (Flight 2), Sara Van Aken (Flight 2)
Triple Jump: Kyla McLaurin (Flight 1)
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)
Hammer: Deborah Bulai (Flight 2), Jalani Davis (Flight 2), Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2)
Javelin: Meg Goebel (Flight 1), Sara Van Aken (Flight 1)

Tom Jones Memorial, Master Schedule (all times CT)
Day One \| Friday, April 15
Time	Event	Athlete(s)
1:00 PM	Men's Discus	Peyton Lowery (Flight 1) Daniel Viveros (Flight 1)
	Women's Long Jump	Kyla McLaurin (Flight 1) Skye Gross (Flight 2) Sara Van Aken (Flight 2)
2:00 PM	Men's High Jump	Ukurugenzi Kojo
	Men's Pole Vault	Pierce Genereux Ford Maberry
3:00 PM	Women's Discus	Deborah Bulai (Flight 1) Tedreauna Britt (Flight 2) Jalani Davis (Flight 2) Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2)
4:00 PM	Women's 1500-Meter	Madison Hulsey (Heat 1) Kristel van den Berg (Heat 1) Lydia van Dijk (Heat 1) Loral Winn (Heat 1) Makayla Fick (Heat 2) Morgan Claire Rose (Heat 2)
4:25 PM	Men's 1500-Meter	Chase Rose (Heat 1)
4:30 PM	Men's Javelin	Pierce Genereux (Flight 1) Peyton Lowery (Flight 1)
4:50 PM	Women's 200-Meter Dash	Ariyonna Augustine (Heat 3, Lane 3) Jayda Eckford (Heat 3, Lane 5) Olivia Womack (Heat 4, Lane 9)
5:20 PM	Men's 200-Meter Dash	Elijah Dryer (Heat 2, Lane 3) Tristyn Wooley (Heat 4, Lane 3)
5:30 PM	Women's Pole Vault	Samara McConnell Elizabeth Nix Lyndsey Reed
6:00 PM	Women's Javelin	Meg Goebel (Flight 1) Sara Van Aken (Flight 1)
	Men's Long Jump	Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Flight 1) Peyton Lowery (Flight 1) Cory Meek (Flight 1)
Day Two \| Saturday, April 16
Time	Event	Athlete(s)
9:00 AM	Women's Hammer	Deborah Bulai (Flight 2) Jalani Davis (Flight 2) Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2)
10:30 AM	Women's High Jump	Meg Goebel LaRiah Shannon Sara Van Aken
11:00 AM	Men's Hammer	Joseph Lanham (Flight 1) Montel Johnson (Flight 2)
	Women's Shot Put	Tedreauna Britt (Flight 2) Jalani Davis (Flight 2) Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2)
	Women's 100-Meter Hurdles (Prelim)	LaRiah Shannon (Heat 3, Lane 1) Meg Goebel (Heat 3, Lane 2)
11:20 AM	Men's 110-Meter Hurdles (Prelim)	Kenney Broadnax (Heat 1, Lane 5) Keirston Paige (Heat 2, Lane 9)
12:00 PM	Women's Triple Jump	Kyla McLaurin (Flight 1)
	Women's 4x100-Meter Relay (Heat 2, Lane 5)	Olivia Womack Kelly Rowe Jayda Eckford Toni Glatz
12:10 PM	Men's 4x100-Meter Relay (Heat 3, Lane 3)	Ryan Star Elijah Dryer Kenney Broadnax Tristyn Wooley
12:25 PM	Women's 800-Meter	Loral Winn (Heat 1) Sintayehu Vissa (Heat 1) Madison Hulsey (Heat 3) Lydia van Dijk (Heat 3) Makayla Fick (Heat 4)
12:50 PM	Men's 800-Meter	Baylor Franklin (Heat 1) John Rivera Jr. (Heat 1) Marcus Dropik (Heat 2) Chase Rose (Heat 3) Jacob Lough (Heat 4) Cole Piotrowski (Heat 5)
1:00 PM	Men's Triple Jump	Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Flight 1)
	Men's Shot Put	Pierce Genereux (Flight 1) Daniel Viveros (Flight 2)
1:20 PM	Women's 100-Meter Hurdles (Final)	--
1:30 PM	Men's 110-Meter Hurdles (Final)	--
1:40 PM	Women's 400-Meter Dash	Toni Glatz (Heat 5, Lane 7)
2:10 PM	Men's 400-Meter Dash	Isaiah Weasby (Heat 6, Lane 5)
2:40 PM	Women's 100-Meter Dash	Kelly Rowe (Heat 3, Lane 2) Ariyonna Augustine (Heat 3, Lane 9) Olivia Womack (Heat 4, Lane 4)
3:10 PM	Men's 100-Meter Dash	Tristyn Wooley (Heat 2, Lane 2) Ryan Star (Heat 7, Lane 2)
4:35 PM	Men's 4x400-Meter Relay	B Relay (Heat 2, Lane 2) Baylor Franklin Jacob Lough Cole Piotrowski Chase Rose A Relay (Heat 4, Lane 6) Elijah Dryer John Rivera Jr. Isaiah Weasby Marcus Dropik

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Tedreauna Britt

Kenney Broadnax

Alex Brooks

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Meg Goebel

Skye Gross

Mason Hickel

Madison Hulsey

Hannah Ielfield

Montel Johnson

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Joseph Lanham

Jacob Lough

Peyton Lowery

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Bria Mack

Chris Maxon

Samara McConnell

Kyla McLaurin

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Elizabeth Nix

Keirston Paige

Miles Phillips

Cole Piotrowski

Lyndsey Reed

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Kelly Rowe

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