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Track & Field Earns Eight Berths to NCAA Indoor Championships
2/27/2024 | Track and Field
INDIANAPOLIS – Ole Miss track & field scored eight total entries from five athletes in the initial qualifying lists for the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships released late Tuesday night.
Medical scratches can be applied until next Tuesday, but Ole Miss will have at least these eight qualifying entries at the indoor national meet, which will be held March 7-9 in Boston. A recent schedule adjustment moved both the men's and women's weight throw events to Thursday, March 7.
The No. 6 Rebel women received six entries from four athletes, with reigning NCAA weight throw champion Jalani Davis and fellow All-American senior Jasmine Mitchell set to double across the weight and shot put. Other Ole Miss women's qualifiers were All-American senior McKenzie Long in the 200-meter dash and freshman Mensi Stiff in the shot put.
For the No. 25 Ole Miss men, All-American sophomore Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan owns both national berths as he attempts the weight throw and shot put double for the second straight season.
Davis – the current NCAA leader in the weight – recently became the second woman in SEC history to complete the weight throw/shot put sweep at the conference meet. Her winning toss of 25.09m/82-03.75 in the weight throw moved her up to No. 3 in collegiate history and No. 9 in world history, and her title-winning performance in the shot put of 18.61m/61-00.75 ranks third nationally entering NCAAs as well as No. 12 in collegiate history. Davis is the only woman in world history to break 80 feet in the weight and 60 feet in the shot put, and has done so twice within the same meet at both the 2023 and 2024 SEC Indoor Championships.
In her career, Davis has now doubled at an NCAA meet four times after doing so indoors in 2022 and 2023, and tripling outdoors in 2021 in the shot put, hammer and discus.
For Mitchell, this is her fifth career NCAA ticket in the weight throw and her seventh overall berth to the indoor national meet when adding in trips in the shot put in 2023 and now again in 2024. Mitchell was the NCAA runner-up in the weight throw in 2022 behind teammate Shey Taiwo, and she enters this NCAA meet ranked second nationally behind Davis at 24.20m/79-04.75. Mitchell snagged the final qualifying spot in the shot put, entering the meet ranked 16th at 17.19m/56-04.75.
Long again used a superb showing at the SEC meet to punch her return ticket to the indoor national meet, finishing as the SEC bronze medalist in the 200-meter dash this season at 22.60 to enter nationals ranked fourth among entrants. Long finished fourth nationally in the 200 last season at her still-standing indoor school record 22.48, which was run at altitude in New Mexico. Outdoors, Long was the NCAA runner-up in the 200 at 21.88 (+2.5), making her the third-fastest collegian all-time on the all-conditions list.
Stiff will be one of just two freshmen to qualify in the shot put, entering ranked ninth at her Ole Miss freshman record of 17.54m/57-06.50. Since 2010, Stiff is one of just eight freshmen to break 57 feet in the shot put indoors.
Robinson-O'Hagan enters ranked top-five in both the shot put (second, 20.38m/66-10.50) and weight throw (fourth, 23.59m/77-04.75) and is coming off a historic double at the SEC Championships, where he became the first in SEC history to sweep both the men's weight and shot. Robinson-O'Hagan finished third in the weight throw last season, the best finish by a freshman in the event since 2013 – which capped off an indoor campaign that saw him demolish the collegiate freshman record in the event.
Click HERE for more information on the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Ole Miss Women's Qualifiers (6 entries, 4 athletes)
1. Jalani Davis – Weight Throw – 25.09m/82-03.75
2. Jasmine Mitchell – Weight Throw – 24.20m/79-04.75
3. Jalani Davis – Shot Put – 18.61m/61-00.75
4. McKenzie Long – 200-Meter Dash – 22.60
9. Mensi Stiff – Shot Put – 17.54m/57-06.50
16. Jasmine Mitchell – Shot Put – 17.19m/56-04.75
Ole Miss Men's Qualifiers (2 entries, 1 athlete)
2. Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Shot Put – 20.38m/66-10.50
4. Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Weight Throw – 23.59m/77-04.75
Medical scratches can be applied until next Tuesday, but Ole Miss will have at least these eight qualifying entries at the indoor national meet, which will be held March 7-9 in Boston. A recent schedule adjustment moved both the men's and women's weight throw events to Thursday, March 7.
The No. 6 Rebel women received six entries from four athletes, with reigning NCAA weight throw champion Jalani Davis and fellow All-American senior Jasmine Mitchell set to double across the weight and shot put. Other Ole Miss women's qualifiers were All-American senior McKenzie Long in the 200-meter dash and freshman Mensi Stiff in the shot put.
For the No. 25 Ole Miss men, All-American sophomore Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan owns both national berths as he attempts the weight throw and shot put double for the second straight season.
Davis – the current NCAA leader in the weight – recently became the second woman in SEC history to complete the weight throw/shot put sweep at the conference meet. Her winning toss of 25.09m/82-03.75 in the weight throw moved her up to No. 3 in collegiate history and No. 9 in world history, and her title-winning performance in the shot put of 18.61m/61-00.75 ranks third nationally entering NCAAs as well as No. 12 in collegiate history. Davis is the only woman in world history to break 80 feet in the weight and 60 feet in the shot put, and has done so twice within the same meet at both the 2023 and 2024 SEC Indoor Championships.
In her career, Davis has now doubled at an NCAA meet four times after doing so indoors in 2022 and 2023, and tripling outdoors in 2021 in the shot put, hammer and discus.
For Mitchell, this is her fifth career NCAA ticket in the weight throw and her seventh overall berth to the indoor national meet when adding in trips in the shot put in 2023 and now again in 2024. Mitchell was the NCAA runner-up in the weight throw in 2022 behind teammate Shey Taiwo, and she enters this NCAA meet ranked second nationally behind Davis at 24.20m/79-04.75. Mitchell snagged the final qualifying spot in the shot put, entering the meet ranked 16th at 17.19m/56-04.75.
Long again used a superb showing at the SEC meet to punch her return ticket to the indoor national meet, finishing as the SEC bronze medalist in the 200-meter dash this season at 22.60 to enter nationals ranked fourth among entrants. Long finished fourth nationally in the 200 last season at her still-standing indoor school record 22.48, which was run at altitude in New Mexico. Outdoors, Long was the NCAA runner-up in the 200 at 21.88 (+2.5), making her the third-fastest collegian all-time on the all-conditions list.
Stiff will be one of just two freshmen to qualify in the shot put, entering ranked ninth at her Ole Miss freshman record of 17.54m/57-06.50. Since 2010, Stiff is one of just eight freshmen to break 57 feet in the shot put indoors.
Robinson-O'Hagan enters ranked top-five in both the shot put (second, 20.38m/66-10.50) and weight throw (fourth, 23.59m/77-04.75) and is coming off a historic double at the SEC Championships, where he became the first in SEC history to sweep both the men's weight and shot. Robinson-O'Hagan finished third in the weight throw last season, the best finish by a freshman in the event since 2013 – which capped off an indoor campaign that saw him demolish the collegiate freshman record in the event.
Click HERE for more information on the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Ole Miss Women's Qualifiers (6 entries, 4 athletes)
1. Jalani Davis – Weight Throw – 25.09m/82-03.75
2. Jasmine Mitchell – Weight Throw – 24.20m/79-04.75
3. Jalani Davis – Shot Put – 18.61m/61-00.75
4. McKenzie Long – 200-Meter Dash – 22.60
9. Mensi Stiff – Shot Put – 17.54m/57-06.50
16. Jasmine Mitchell – Shot Put – 17.19m/56-04.75
Ole Miss Men's Qualifiers (2 entries, 1 athlete)
2. Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Shot Put – 20.38m/66-10.50
4. Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Weight Throw – 23.59m/77-04.75
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