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3/23/2023 | Track and Field
Competition Runs March 24-25 at the Ole Miss Track & Field Complex
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OLE MISS CLASSIC March 24-25 • Oxford, Miss. Ole Miss Track & Field Complex Friday: Free Stickers | Saturday: Free Crawfish OleMissGameday.com |
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OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss track & field will compete at home for this first time this season at the annual Ole Miss Classic this weekend, held March 24-25 at the Ole Miss Track & Field Complex.
MEET NOTES
• Action Friday will be limited to a handful of events, starting with the men's hammer at noon CT, with an eventful slate planned for Saturday beginning with the men's high jump and discus at 11 a.m. CT.
• A total of 10 schools will join Ole Miss in competition this weekend: Alabama A&M, Belmont, Christian Brothers, Cincinnati, Harding, Jacksonville State, Memphis, Mississippi College, Mississippi Valley and North Alabama.
• 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 -- the Jerry Hollingsworth Track & Field / Cross Country Facility -- was opened for use as an addition to the overall complex.
• Last week, Ole Miss opened its outdoor season with six event wins at Auburn's Tiger Track Classic.
• Ole Miss enters this week with 16 total times or marks within the NCAA top-50 -- eight apiece from the Rebel women and men alike.
• Leading the way for the Ole Miss women is NCAA Champion and senior Shey Taiwo, who returned to action last week for the first time in nearly a full year after missing the 2022 outdoor season to injury. Taiwo -- who was granted another year of outdoor eligibility for 2023 -- set the current SEC lead in the hammer last week at her winning toss of 67.58m/221-09, the No. 2 throw in the NCAA so far this season.
• Also winning for the Rebel women last week were: Samara McConnell in the pole vault (4.05m/13-03.50; No. 10 NCAA), Sara Van Aken in the high jump (1.76m/5-09.25; No. 12 NCAA) and Jaiden Paris in the 100-meter hurdles (13.68; No. 19 NCAA).
• Topping the results for the Rebel men last week was senior pole vaulter Noah Mumme, who won the event at Auburn at an outdoor PR of 5.25m/17-02.75 (No. 5 NCAA, No. 1 SEC). Combined with his indoor PR of 5.30m/17-04.50, Mumme is now one of just six vaulters in Ole Miss history to clear 17 feet both indoors and outdoors.
• Also winning for the Rebel men was senior Daniel Viveros in the men's shot put at 18.35m/60-02.50 (No. 12 NCAA).
• Making their 2023 outdoor debuts this week are a handful of All-Americans from Ole Miss' NCAA Indoor squad two weeks ago: McKenzie Long on the women's 4x100-meter relay, and the throwing trio of Jalani Davis, Jasmine Mitchell and Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan in their respective shot put, discus and hammer competitions. Davis was the NCAA Champion in the weight throw in Albuquerque two weeks ago to cap off an extraordinary indoor season.
• Ole Miss is coming off another superb indoor season that saw both Rebel squads finish within the top-15 nationally at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The Ole Miss women finished 10th overall, their second-best finish ever indoors and their second-straight top-10 finish for the first time in program history. The Rebel men finished tied for 12th, their third-straight top-15 team finish that also marks a record streak in the combined history of the men's and women's programs at Ole Miss -- indoors or outdoors.
• Ole Miss was one of just eight schools nationwide this year to place both its men's and women's teams within the top-15 at the indoor national meet, and in the last two years, Ole Miss stands as one of just three schools to place both programs within the top-15 nationally alongside Arkansas and Texas.
• Four of the seven all-time NCAA top-10 finishes in Ole Miss history have come within the last two calendar years: 2023 women's indoor (10th), 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 won its 22nd NCAA individual title at the indoor national meet courtesy of senior Jalani Davis in the women's weight throw, the second straight win for the Rebel women in the weight. During the indoor season, Davis became the first woman in world history to break 80 feet in the weight and 60 feet in the shot.
• The Rebel men also received an NCAA runner-up performance from their distance medley relay squad of Shane Bracken, Cade Flatt, Tiarnan Crorken and Anthony Camerieri -- who finished off the furious Rebel comeback with a thrilling anchor mile leg.
• The Rebel women also notched a program record tie for fourth place at the SEC Indoor Championships.
• Ole Miss is coming off another excellent outdoor season last year in 2022, which included an NCAA title performance from current professional runners Sintayehu Vissa (women's 1500-meter) and an NCAA runner-up honor from Mario Garcia Romo (men's 1500-meter).
• Aside from those two and Kelly Rowe -- who ran anchor on the Rebel women's 4x100-meter relay -- Ole Miss returns the remainder of its NCAA squad from 2022: Ariyonna Augustine (women's 4x100-meter relay, 12th), Cole Bullock (men's 5K, 23rd), Jalani Davis (women's hammer, 6th), Jayda Eckford (women's 4x100-meter relay, 12th), Baylor Franklin (men's 800-meter, 13th), Jasmine Mitchell (women's hammer, 18th; women's shot put, 22nd), Daniel Viveros (men's shot put, 17th) and Olivia Womack (women's 4x100-meter relay, 12th).
• In total from 2022 outdoors, Ole Miss returns five First or Second-Team All-Americans, eight NCAA qualifiers, 25 NCAA East Region qualifiers, and three SEC medalists: Tedreauna Britt (silver) and Jalani Davis (bronze) in the women's discus, and Skylar Boogerd (silver) in the women's 10K.
• A major plot point for the Rebel women this outdoor season will be the return of NCAA Champion and multiple-time All-American Shey Taiwo for her final season of eligibility. Taiwo -- who won the 2022 NCAA Indoor weight throw title and was the 2021 NCAA Outdoor runner-up in the hammer -- missed the 2022 outdoor season due to injury and was granted a waiver for one final campaign in 2023. Taiwo enters 2023 still ranked No. 10 in collegiate history at her 2021 runner-up performance of 71.27m/233-10.
• Ole Miss welcomed in a powerful class of newcomers, with a total of 35 new Rebels joining the roster for the 2023 season. Of those 35, a total of 14 came from the transfer portal, with 11 women's freshmen and 10 men's freshmen rounding out the newcomers.
• Transferring to Ole Miss this season are: hurdler Jerricka Ambus (Hinds CC), distance runner Beth Arentz (Akron), distance runner Anthony Camerieri (Miami (OH)), pole vaulter Raylynn Gibbs (Southern Arkansas), javelin thrower Abigail Green (Western Kentucky), jumper Christian Hill (Memphis), jumper Kayla Jemison (Hinds CC), sprinter Deshaun Jones (Baylor), distance runner Jocelyn Long (Notre Dame), sprinter McKenzie Long (NC State), pole vaulter Noah Mumme (South Alabama), jumper Gavin Nembhard (Columbus State), hurdler Jaiden Paris (Michigan State), and sprinter Keith Robinson (ULM).
• Rebel women freshmen this year are: distance runner Sophie Baumann (Burgdorf, Switzerland), thrower Brooke Franke (Roggen, Colorado), thrower Emma Freeman (Lake Charles, Louisiana), multi athlete Laurel Fulcher (Madison, Mississippi), pole vaulter Kathryn Hosp (Collierville, Tennessee), distance runner Jenna Kirby (Flower Mound, Texas), distance runner Frances Luna (O'Fallon, Missouri), sprinter Gabrielle Matthews (Portmore, Jamaica), distance runner Samantha Ouellette (Murfreesboro, Tennessee), distance runner Sarah Schiffmann (Gloucester, Australia) and sprinter Graycyn Yelverton (Biloxi, Mississippi).
• Men's freshmen this year include: multi athlete Mason Collins (Knoxville, Tennessee), distance runner Cade Flatt (Benton, Kentucky), pole vaulter Logan Kelley (Mesa, Arizona), distance runner Landen McNair (Bartlett, Tennessee), javelin thrower Jake Railey (Surprise, Arizona), thrower Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Woonsocket, Rhode Island), jumper Arvesta Troupe (Fulton, Mississippi), distance runner Carson Turner (Signal Mountain, Tennessee), jumper Carson Walls (Dallas, Texas) and thrower Keegan Wilfawn (Oxford, Mississippi).
• In Ole Miss history across both seasons, 25 Rebels have won NCAA titles and 207 have earned First-Team All-American honors, while as a team Ole Miss has tallied 35 top-25 team finishes and scored 751.5 total national points.
• On the track under eighth-year head coach Connie Price-Smith, the Rebels have collected 12 NCAA top-25 team finishes, 11 NCAA individual champions, 12 NCAA runners-up, 143 First or Second-Team All-Americans, 271 NCAA points, 64 SEC individual champions and a bevy of the best team finishes in program history at both the SEC and NCAA levels.
| Ole Miss Classic, Master Schedule (all times CT) | ||
| Day One | Friday, March 24 | ||
| Time | Event | Athlete(s) |
| 12:00 PM | Men's Hammer | Costen Campion (Flight 2) Mason Hickel (Flight 2) Joseph Lanham (Flight 2) Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) |
| 1:30 PM | Men's Long Jump | Pierce Genereux Peyton Lowery Carson Walls |
| 2:00 PM | Men's Javelin | -- |
| Men's Pole Vault | Frankie Amore Logan Kelley Ford Maberry Noah Mumme Miles Walden |
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| 2:30 PM | Women's Hammer | Tedreauna Britt (Flight 2) Jalani Davis (Flight 2) Brooke Franke (Flight 2) Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2) Shey Taiwo (Flight 2) |
| 3:00 PM | Women's Long Jump | Laurel Fulcher (Flight 1) Annie Strong (Flight 1) Meg Goebel (Flight 2) Skye Gross (Flight 2) Christian Hill (Flight 2) Kyla McLaurin (Flight 2) |
| 4:30 PM | Women's Javelin | Emma Freeman Laurel Fulcher Meg Goebel Abigail Green Annie Strong Sara Van Aken |
| 6:00 PM | Men's 200-Meter Dash | Tristyn Wooley (Heat 3, Lane 7) Keith Robinson (Heat 3, Lane 9) |
| 6:10 PM | Women's 200-Meter Dash | Annie Strong (Heat 1, Lane 7) Laurel Fulcher (Heat 2, Lane 5) Sara Van Aken (Heat 2, Lane 7) Graycyn Yelverton (Heat 3, Lane 5) Meg Goebel (Heat 3, Lane 7) Jayda Eckford (Heat 4, Lane 6) Ariyonna Augustine (Heat 4, Lane 7) |
| Day Two | Saturday, March 25 | ||
| Time | Event | Athlete(s) |
| 11:00 AM | Men's High Jump | Arvesta Troupe |
| Men's Discus | Pierce Genereux (Flight 1) Peyton Lowery (Flight 1) Mason Hickel (Flight 2) Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) Daniel Viveros (Flight 2) |
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| 11:30 AM | Women's Shot Put | Sara Van Aken (Flight 1) Tedreauna Britt (Flight 2) Jalani Davis (Flight 2) Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2) |
| 1:15 PM | Men's 3000-Meter Steeplechase | -- |
| 1:30 PM | Women's High Jump | Laurel Fulcher Meg Goebel Kayla Jemison LaRiah Shannon Annie Strong Sara Van Aken |
| Women's Pole Vault | Raylynn Gibbs Remy Guertel Kathryn Hosp Samara McConnell |
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| Men's 4x100-Meter Relay | -- | |
| 1:35 PM | Women's 4x100-Meter Relay (Lane 6) | Ariyonna Augustine Jayda Eckford McKenzie Long Gabrielle Matthews |
| 1:40 PM | Men's 1500-Meter | Landen McNair (Heat 2) Miles Phillips (Heat 2) Gabe Scales (Heat 2) |
| 1:55 PM | Women's 1500-Meter | Madison Hulsey (Heat 2) Frances Luna (Heat 2) Samantha Ouellette (Heat 2) |
| 2:00 PM | Men's Triple Jump | Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley |
| 2:10 PM | Men's 110-Meter Hurdles | Spencer Brown (Heat 2, Lane 4) Kenney Broadnax (Heat 2, Lane 5) Ahmad Young Jr. (Heat 2, Lane 6) |
| 2:20 PM | Women's 100-Meter Hurdles | Annie Strong (Heat 1, Lane 4) Laurel Fulcher (Heat 1, Lane 7) Sara Van Aken (Heat 2, Lane 1) Jerricka Ambus (Heat 2, Lane 5) Jaiden Paris (Heat 2, Lane 6) Meg Goebel (Heat 2, Lane 9) |
| 2:30 PM | Women's Discus | Tedreauna Britt (Flight 2) Jalani Davis (Flight 2) Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2) Shey Taiwo (Flight 2) |
| Men's 400-Meter Dash | Pierce Genereux (Heat 2, Lane 3) Peyton Lowery (Heat 2, Lane 9) |
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| 2:40 PM | Women's 400-Meter Dash | Graycyn Yelverton (Heat 2, Lane 2) Olivia Womack (Heat 2, Lane 6) |
| 2:50 PM | Men's 100-Meter Dash | Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Heat 1, Lane 5) Tristyn Wooley (Heat 4, Lane 2) Keith Robinson (Heat 4, Lane 5) Ryan Star (Heat 4, Lane 8) |
| 3:00 PM | Women's Triple Jump | Christian Hill Kayla Jemison Kyla McLaurin |
| Men's Shot Put | Mason Hickel (Flight 2) Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) Daniel Viveros (Flight 2) |
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| Women's 100-Meter Dash | Jaiden Paris (Heat 3, Lane 4) Ariyonna Augustine (Heat 3, Lane 5) Jerricka Ambus (Heat 3, Lane 7) |
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| 3:10 PM | Men's 800-Meter | Marcus Dropik (Heat 3) Jacob Lough (Heat 3) Cole Piotrowski (Heat 3) Chase Rose (Heat 3) Carson Turner (Heat 3) |
| 3:25 PM | Women's 800-Meter | Madison Hulsey (Heat 2) Jocelyn Long (Heat 2) |
| 3:35 PM | Men's 400-Meter Hurdles | -- |
| 3:45 PM | Women's 400-Meter Hurdles | Gabrielle Matthews (Lane 6) |
| 4:00 PM | Men's 5K | -- |
| 4:20 PM | Women's 5K | -- |
| 4:45 PM | Men's 4x400-Meter Relay (Lane 4) | Marcus Dropik Jacob Lough Cole Piotrowski Carson Turner |
| 4:50 PM | Women's 4x400-Meter Relay (Lane 6) | Ariyonna Augustine Jayda Eckford Olivia Womack Graycyn Yelverton |
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