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Track & Field Back Home to Host 2024 Ole Miss Classic
3/21/2024 | Track and Field
OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss track & field will compete at home for the first time this season at the annual Ole Miss Classic this weekend, held March 22-23 at the Ole Miss Track & Field Complex. Action Friday will feature a handful of events, starting with the women's hammer at noon CT, with an eventful slate planned for Saturday beginning with the women's high jump and discus at 11 a.m. CT.
PROMOTIONS
• Free admission
• Beer and seltzer sales available for first time (21+)
• Friday: Free drink koozies (while supplies last)
• Saturday: Free crawfish (while supplies last)
MEET BREAKDOWN
By the Numbers
15 schools
29 total teams
552 total athletes
785 total entries
Notable Professionals
Logan Blomquist – Men's Hammer
Jessica Ramsey – Women's Shot Put
Erin Reese – Women's Hammer
Janeah Stewart – Women's Hammer
Schools
Alcorn State
Arkansas State
Aurora
Belmont
Christian Brothers
Harding
Indiana State
Memphis
North Dakota (women only)
Ole Miss
Pittsburgh State
Rhodes
Southeast Missouri
Troy
Virginia Tech
FACILITY INFO
• The 2017 season was the first for the renovated Ole Miss Track & Field Complex, which was originally built in 2004 before receiving $7.2 million in upgrades that 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. Both sets of renovations helped the facility shine for the 2022 SEC Outdoor Championships, which helped generate an estimated $2.8 million in business for the Oxford community.
MEET NOTES
• Ole Miss is coming off a successful start to the outdoor season last week at Georgia Tech's Yellow Jacket Invitational, where the Rebels came away with seven event wins.
• All-American senior Jasmine Mitchell nabbed one of those wins in the women's shot put, setting the current early-season national lead at 16.88m/55-04.75. For her efforts, Mitchell was named the SEC Women's Co-Field Athlete of the Week.
• Ole Miss also owns seven additional marks currently within the NCAA top-20 at this early point of the outdoor season. On the men's side that includes junior Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley in the triple jump (No. 3, 15.36m/50-04.75), sophomore Arvesta Troupe in the high jump (No. 3, 2.18m/7-01.75), senior Jake Dalton in the hammer (No. 9, 65.42m/214-07) and junior Drew O'Connor in the pole vault (No. 14, 5.22m/17-01.50). Other Rebel women include two-time reigning NCAA Indoor weight throw champion Jalani Davis in the hammer (No. 4, 63.99m/209-11), senior Eni Akinniyi in the triple jump (No. 17, 12.52m/41-1) and freshman Skylar Soli in the hammer (No. 18, 58.67m/192-06).
• All of those Rebels will be in action again this weekend, as will dozens of others making their 2024 outdoor season debut. Included in that latter category is sophomore Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, who returns to the ring for the first time since nabbing the NCAA Indoor championship in the men's shot put. Last outdoor season as a freshman, Robinson-O'Hagan won the SEC hammer title, set both Ole Miss records in the hammer and shot put, and finished eighth in the deepest NCAA hammer final of all time on the men's side.
PROMOTIONS
• Free admission
• Beer and seltzer sales available for first time (21+)
• Friday: Free drink koozies (while supplies last)
• Saturday: Free crawfish (while supplies last)
MEET BREAKDOWN
By the Numbers
15 schools
29 total teams
552 total athletes
785 total entries
Notable Professionals
Logan Blomquist – Men's Hammer
Jessica Ramsey – Women's Shot Put
Erin Reese – Women's Hammer
Janeah Stewart – Women's Hammer
Schools
Alcorn State
Arkansas State
Aurora
Belmont
Christian Brothers
Harding
Indiana State
Memphis
North Dakota (women only)
Ole Miss
Pittsburgh State
Rhodes
Southeast Missouri
Troy
Virginia Tech
FACILITY INFO
• The 2017 season was the first for the renovated Ole Miss Track & Field Complex, which was originally built in 2004 before receiving $7.2 million in upgrades that 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. Both sets of renovations helped the facility shine for the 2022 SEC Outdoor Championships, which helped generate an estimated $2.8 million in business for the Oxford community.
MEET NOTES
• Ole Miss is coming off a successful start to the outdoor season last week at Georgia Tech's Yellow Jacket Invitational, where the Rebels came away with seven event wins.
• All-American senior Jasmine Mitchell nabbed one of those wins in the women's shot put, setting the current early-season national lead at 16.88m/55-04.75. For her efforts, Mitchell was named the SEC Women's Co-Field Athlete of the Week.
• Ole Miss also owns seven additional marks currently within the NCAA top-20 at this early point of the outdoor season. On the men's side that includes junior Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley in the triple jump (No. 3, 15.36m/50-04.75), sophomore Arvesta Troupe in the high jump (No. 3, 2.18m/7-01.75), senior Jake Dalton in the hammer (No. 9, 65.42m/214-07) and junior Drew O'Connor in the pole vault (No. 14, 5.22m/17-01.50). Other Rebel women include two-time reigning NCAA Indoor weight throw champion Jalani Davis in the hammer (No. 4, 63.99m/209-11), senior Eni Akinniyi in the triple jump (No. 17, 12.52m/41-1) and freshman Skylar Soli in the hammer (No. 18, 58.67m/192-06).
• All of those Rebels will be in action again this weekend, as will dozens of others making their 2024 outdoor season debut. Included in that latter category is sophomore Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, who returns to the ring for the first time since nabbing the NCAA Indoor championship in the men's shot put. Last outdoor season as a freshman, Robinson-O'Hagan won the SEC hammer title, set both Ole Miss records in the hammer and shot put, and finished eighth in the deepest NCAA hammer final of all time on the men's side.
| 2024 Ole Miss Classic, Master Schedule (all times CT) | ||
| Day One | Friday, March 22 | ||
| Time | Event | Athlete(s) |
| 12:00 PM | Women's Hammer | Akaoma Odeluga (Flight 1) Naomi Woolfolk (Flight 1) Jalani Davis (Flight 2) Brooke Franke (Flight 2) Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 2) Skylar Soli (Flight 2) |
| 1:00 PM | Women's Long Jump | Laurel Fulcher (Flight 1) Annie Strong (Flight 1) Skye Gross (Flight 2) |
| 2:00 PM | Women's Javelin | Laurel Fulcher (Flight 1) Annie Strong (Flight 1) Abigail Green (Flight 2) |
| 3:00 PM | Men's Long Jump | Pierce Genereux (Flight 1) Ryan Star (Flight 1) Carson Walls (Flight 1) Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Flight 2) Guy Bond (Flight 2) Gavin Nembhard (Flight 2) |
| Men's Hammer | Joseph Lanham (Flight 1) Keegan Wilfawn (Flight 1) Costen Campion (Flight 2) Jake Dalton (Flight 2) Mason Hickel (Flight 2) Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) |
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| 4:30 PM | Men's Javelin | Luke Etherton Jake Railey |
| 6:00 PM | Women's 200-Meter Dash | Annie Strong (Heat 1, Lane 7) Laurel Fulcher (Heat 2, Lane 5) Gracyn Yelverton (Heat 3, Lane 4) Olivia Womack (Heat 4, Lane 6) Akilah Lewis (Heat 5, Lane 6) |
| 6:10 PM | Men's 200-Meter Dash | Pierce Genereux (Heat 1, Lane 7) Tristyn Wooley (Heat 5, Lane 4) |
| 6:20 PM | Women's 3000-Meter Steeplechase | -- |
| 6:35 PM | Men's 3000-Meter Steeplechase | -- |
| Day Two | Saturday, March 23 | ||
| Time | Event | Athlete(s) |
| 11:00 AM | Women's High Jump | Laurel Fulcher Kayla Jemison LaRiah Shannon |
| Women's Discus | Akaoma Odeluga (Flight 1) Skylar Soli (Flight 1) Jalani Davis (Flight 2) Mensi Stiff (Flight 2) |
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| McConnell Family Women's Pole Vault | Mary Cate Doughty Aly Francolini Raylynn Gibbs Kathryn Hosp Samara McConnell |
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| 11:30 AM | Coach Smith Men's Shot Put | Pierce Genereux (Flight 1) Mason Hickel (Flight 2) Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) |
| 1:00 PM | Women's 4x100-Meter Relay | -- |
| 1:05 PM | Men's 4x100-Meter Relay | -- |
| 1:10 PM | Women's 1500-Meter | Samantha Ouellette (Heat 2) Beth Arentz (Heat 3) Sophie Baumann (Heat 3) Madison Hulsey (Heat 3) Ella Rodwell (Heat 3) Sarah Schiffmann (Heat 3) |
| 1:30 PM | Men's 1500-Meter | Jonathan Stock (Heat 1) Cole Piotrowski (Heat 3) Miles Phillips (Heat 3) Evan Thornton-Sherman (Heat 3) |
| Men's High Jump | Guy Bond Arvesta Troupe |
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| Men's Pole Vault | Frankie Amore Pierce Genereux Logan Kelley Ford Maberry Drew O'Connor Miles Walden |
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| Women's Triple Jump | Eni Akinniyi Kayla Jemison Kyla McLaurin |
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| 1:50 PM | Women's 100-Meter Hurdles | Annie Strong (Heat 2, Lane 2) Laurel Fulcher (Heat 3, Lane 9) |
| 2:05 PM | Men's 110-Meter Hurdles | Pierce Genereux (Heat 1, lane 7) Ahmad Young Jr. (Heat 2, Lane 5) Deshaun Jones (Heat 2, Lane 6) |
| 2:20 PM | Women's 400-Meter Dash | -- |
| 2:30 PM | Men's 400-Meter Dash | Carson Turner (Heat 3, Lane 1) Marcus Dropik (Heat 3, Lane 5) Cade Flatt (Heat 3, Lane 8) |
| Men's Discus | Mason Hickel (Flight 1) Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) |
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| 2:40 PM | Women's 100-Meter Dash | Hannah Foxx (Heat 2, Lane 5) Olivia Womack (Heat 3, Lane 3) |
| 2:50 PM | Men's 100-Meter Dash | Gavin Nembhard (Heat 3, Lane 1) Ryan Star (Heat 3, Lane 3) Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Heat 3, Lane 8) Tristyn Wooley (Heat 3, Lane 9) |
| 3:00 PM | Women's 800-Meter | Jocelyn Long (Heat 2, Lane 5) Madison Hulsey (Heat 2, Lane 8) |
| Men's Triple Jump | -- | |
| Coach Price-Smith Women's Shot Put | Skylar Soli (Flight 2) Jalani Davis (Flight 3) Jasmine Mitchell (Flight 3) Akaoma Odeluga (Flight 3) Mensi Stiff (Flight 3) |
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| 3:10 PM | Men's 800-Meter | Gabe Scales (Heat 5, Lane 2) Chase Rose (Heat 5, Lane 4) Aidan Hodge (Heat 5, Lane 5) Landen McNair (Heat 5, Lane 8) Connor Henson (Heat 5, Lane 9) |
| 3:25 PM | Women's 400-Meter Hurdles | Gabrielle Matthews |
| 3:30 PM | Men's 400-Meter Hurdles | -- |
| 3:40 PM | Women's 3K | -- |
| 3:55 PM | Men's 3K | -- |
| 4:05 PM | Women's 4x400-Meter Relay (Lane 6) | Gracyn Yelverton Gabrielle Matthews Olivia Womack Hannah Foxx |
| 4:20 PM | Men's 4x400-Meter Relay (Heat 2) | A Relay (Lane 4) Marcus Dropik Cole Piotrowski Jonathan Stock Aidan Hodge B Relay (Lane 9) Cade Flatt Carson Turner Chase Rose Landen McNair |
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