The University of Mississippi Athletics
Friday, April 19
Fayetteville, Ark.
Noon
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John McDonnell Invitational
Track & Field Travels to Arkansas for John McDonnell Invitational
4/18/2024 | Track and Field
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Ole Miss track & field will send a small delegation to Arkansas this week for the John McDonnell Invitational, which is set to run April 19. A live stream will be available for fans on Friday afternoon.
FOLLOW ALONG
Live Results: Flash Results
Live Stream: SEC Network+ (3:30 PM CT)
MEET NOTES
• Competing for the Ole Miss men this week are: Frankie Amore (pole vault), Pierce Genereux (110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault), Logan Kelley (pole vault), Ford Maberry (pole vault), Drew O'Connor (pole vault), Ryan Star (100-meter dash, long jump), Miles Walden (pole vault) and Carson Walls (400-meter dash, long jump).
• Representing the Ole Miss women this week are: Mary Cate Doughty (pole vault), Laurel Fulcher (200-meter dash, 100-meter hurdles, long jump), Skye Gross (long jump), Samara McConnell (pole vault), LaRiah Shannon (high jump) and Annie Strong (100-meter hurdles, long jump).
• Ole Miss is coming off a fast weekend at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial last week, which featured two new school records and several nationally ranked times.
• The Rebel women's 4x100-meter relay of senior Jahniya Bowers, senior McKenzie Long, sophomore Gabrielle Matthews and senior Akilah Lewis took down the Ole Miss record in their first race together, notching the NCAA's current No. 6 time this season at 43.31. That time flew past the previous record of 43.43 set by Long, Matthews and graduated Rebels Jayda Eckford and Ariyonna Augustine at the SEC Championships last May.
• Matthews also rewrote her own Ole Miss record in the 400-meter hurdles, clocking in at a new PR of 56.72. That time currently ranks No. 11 in the NCAA, and it broke her previous record of 57.04 set as a freshman in 2023 in the SEC prelims last spring.
• Both Bowers and Long also had very fast outings in their own individual events last week. Bowers clocked a new PR in the 100-meter dash at a wind-legal 11.15 (-0.2), good for No. 2 in Ole Miss history and No. 14 in the NCAA this season. Bowers is one of just three Rebel women to ever break 11.20 in any wind conditions.
• That number includes Long, who made her 200-meter debut for the outdoor season last week in impressive -- albeit windy -- fashion. Long won by a wide-margin against a field that could resemble the NCAA final at a wind illegal 22.18 (+4.1). In all wind conditions this outdoor season, that time by Long ranks second worldwide.
• Long entered the season with an even faster 21.88 (+2.5) from her NCAA runner-up performance in Austin last June, which counts for Ole Miss' school record (<4.0), as="" well="" as="" third="" on="" the="" collegiate="" all-conditions="" list="" (="">2.0).
• Combined with her windy (but NCAA allowable) 10.89 (+2.6) in the 100-meter dash from LSU's Battle on the Bayou three weeks ago (No. 3 NCAA), Long is now one of two women worldwide in 2024 to be at sub-11.00 in the 100 and sub-22.20 in the 200 amid all wind conditions. U.S. Olympian Gabby Thomas is the other, who owns a slightly windy 10.88 (+2.2) in the 100, and a legal 22.08 (+1.2) in the 200.
• Long has finished as the runner-up in both of her last two trips to NCAAs: that 21.88 (+2.5) at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships last summer, and a 22.51 from the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston last month.
• Two-time NCAA Champion and All-American senior Jalani Davis, like most of the Rebel squad, will have the weekend off, but she still reigns as one of two Rebel women with SEC-leading marks. Davis ranks third nationally in the shot put at her SEC-leading 18.54m/60-10, as well as fifth in the hammer at her 68.78m/225-8 from the Joe Walker Invite. Davis also ranks 17th nationally and fourth in the SEC in the discus at her school record 57.54m/188-9.
• Davis is the lone woman worldwide this outdoor season at 18 meters in the shot put and 68 meters in the hammer, let alone the only thrower worldwide this year with a 57-meter mark in the discus alongside those two. This past indoor season, Davis was the NCAA Champion in the weight throw, the third-place finisher in the shot put, and became the second woman in SEC history to sweep both events at the conference meet.
• Fellow All-American senior Jasmine Mitchell is also off to an excellent start to the 2024 outdoor season, leading the conference in the hammer and ranking within the national top-20 in both the hammer and shot put. Mitchell has either won or finished as the top collegian in three of her four hammer competitions this outdoor season, with her latest season-best of 69.37m/227-07 ranking fourth in the NCAA and seventh among all throwers in the U.S. this year.
• Mitchell also ranks 23rd nationally in the shot put at 16.92m/55-06.25. Mitchell is the lone thrower worldwide this season at 69 meters in the hammer and 16 meters in the shot put.
• Mitchell opened the season at 68.08m/223-04 from the Ole Miss Classic, making her only the second Rebel to ever open at 68 meters or better in the hammer alongside former teammate and 2021 NCAA hammer runner-up Shey Taiwo, who opened the 2022 season at 69.24m/227-02 before missing the remainder of the season due to injury.
• Freshman Akaoma Odeluga has made her mark as one of the more exciting up-and-coming shot putters nationally, highlighted by a superb showing at the Joe Walker Invite. Odeluga was the runner-up to Davis at a two-foot PR of 17.37m/57-0 that stands as an Ole Miss freshman record outdoors and ranks fourth all-time in school history outdoors.
• That throw also makes Odeluga the No. 7 U20 performer in the history of the United States, the best since Alyssa Wilson in 2017. This season, Odeluga ranks No. 1 worldwide among U20 athletes, as well as fourth in the SEC, fifth in the East Region and 13th in the NCAA overall. She leads all SEC freshmen, and ranks second among all freshmen nationally. Odeluga is one of nine freshmen since 2015 to break 57 feet in the shot put outdoors, one of two this season alongside Texas' Nina Ndubuisi.
• Other Rebel women currently ranked in the national top-50 are: Gabrielle Matthews in the 200-meter dash (28th, 23.15/+2.0); Mensi Stiff in the shot put (33rd, 16.45m/53-11.75); Skylar Soli in the hammer (35th, 61.61m/202-01); and Skylar Boogerd in the 10K (47th, 33:24.12).
• The Rebel men are heavily paced by NCAA Indoor Champion and sophomore Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, who is also off this week but still ranks within the top-10 nationally in both the shot put and hammer. Robinson-O'Hagan still leads the United States and ranks ninth worldwide this outdoor season at his NCAA-leading 20.69m/67-10.75 from the Ole Miss Classic on March 23. That mark shattered his own school record by two feet and it also broke the previous Ole Miss Track & Field Complex record of 20.28m/66-06.50. Meanwhile, his school record and winning hammer mark of 72.42m/237-07, also from the Ole Miss Classic, ranks sixth in the NCAA and 10th among Americans this outdoor season.
• Robinson-O'Hagan is the lone thrower worldwide this season at 72 meters in the hammer and 20 in the shot put. In the shot put, Robinson-O'Hagan has now thrown beyond 20 meters in the shot put 12 times in the last two months after doing so once as a freshman, including four times in his NCAA title winning series indoors capped by his victorious 21.05m/69-00.75.
• Other Rebel men within the NCAA top-50 this week are: Arvesta Troupe in the high jump (9th, 2.18m/7-01.75); Marcus Dropik (20th, 1:47.82) and Chase Rose (33rd, 1:48.19) in the 800-meter; Toby Gillen in the 5K (26th, 13:39.66); Jake Dalton (30th, 66.31m/217-7) and Costen Campion (49th, 64.07m/210-2) in the hammer; Ahmad Young Jr. in the 110-meter hurdles (26th, 13.66/+2.5); Cruz Gomez (34th, 3:41.29) and Gabe Scales (46th, 3:41.70) in the 1500-meter; Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley in the triple jump (38th, 15.38m/50-05.50); and Drew O'Connor in the pole vault (44th, 5.22m/17-01.50).
FOLLOW ALONG
Live Results: Flash Results
Live Stream: SEC Network+ (3:30 PM CT)
MEET NOTES
• Competing for the Ole Miss men this week are: Frankie Amore (pole vault), Pierce Genereux (110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault), Logan Kelley (pole vault), Ford Maberry (pole vault), Drew O'Connor (pole vault), Ryan Star (100-meter dash, long jump), Miles Walden (pole vault) and Carson Walls (400-meter dash, long jump).
• Representing the Ole Miss women this week are: Mary Cate Doughty (pole vault), Laurel Fulcher (200-meter dash, 100-meter hurdles, long jump), Skye Gross (long jump), Samara McConnell (pole vault), LaRiah Shannon (high jump) and Annie Strong (100-meter hurdles, long jump).
• Ole Miss is coming off a fast weekend at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial last week, which featured two new school records and several nationally ranked times.
• The Rebel women's 4x100-meter relay of senior Jahniya Bowers, senior McKenzie Long, sophomore Gabrielle Matthews and senior Akilah Lewis took down the Ole Miss record in their first race together, notching the NCAA's current No. 6 time this season at 43.31. That time flew past the previous record of 43.43 set by Long, Matthews and graduated Rebels Jayda Eckford and Ariyonna Augustine at the SEC Championships last May.
• Matthews also rewrote her own Ole Miss record in the 400-meter hurdles, clocking in at a new PR of 56.72. That time currently ranks No. 11 in the NCAA, and it broke her previous record of 57.04 set as a freshman in 2023 in the SEC prelims last spring.
• Both Bowers and Long also had very fast outings in their own individual events last week. Bowers clocked a new PR in the 100-meter dash at a wind-legal 11.15 (-0.2), good for No. 2 in Ole Miss history and No. 14 in the NCAA this season. Bowers is one of just three Rebel women to ever break 11.20 in any wind conditions.
• That number includes Long, who made her 200-meter debut for the outdoor season last week in impressive -- albeit windy -- fashion. Long won by a wide-margin against a field that could resemble the NCAA final at a wind illegal 22.18 (+4.1). In all wind conditions this outdoor season, that time by Long ranks second worldwide.
• Long entered the season with an even faster 21.88 (+2.5) from her NCAA runner-up performance in Austin last June, which counts for Ole Miss' school record (<4.0), as="" well="" as="" third="" on="" the="" collegiate="" all-conditions="" list="" (="">2.0).
• Combined with her windy (but NCAA allowable) 10.89 (+2.6) in the 100-meter dash from LSU's Battle on the Bayou three weeks ago (No. 3 NCAA), Long is now one of two women worldwide in 2024 to be at sub-11.00 in the 100 and sub-22.20 in the 200 amid all wind conditions. U.S. Olympian Gabby Thomas is the other, who owns a slightly windy 10.88 (+2.2) in the 100, and a legal 22.08 (+1.2) in the 200.
• Long has finished as the runner-up in both of her last two trips to NCAAs: that 21.88 (+2.5) at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships last summer, and a 22.51 from the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston last month.
• Two-time NCAA Champion and All-American senior Jalani Davis, like most of the Rebel squad, will have the weekend off, but she still reigns as one of two Rebel women with SEC-leading marks. Davis ranks third nationally in the shot put at her SEC-leading 18.54m/60-10, as well as fifth in the hammer at her 68.78m/225-8 from the Joe Walker Invite. Davis also ranks 17th nationally and fourth in the SEC in the discus at her school record 57.54m/188-9.
• Davis is the lone woman worldwide this outdoor season at 18 meters in the shot put and 68 meters in the hammer, let alone the only thrower worldwide this year with a 57-meter mark in the discus alongside those two. This past indoor season, Davis was the NCAA Champion in the weight throw, the third-place finisher in the shot put, and became the second woman in SEC history to sweep both events at the conference meet.
• Fellow All-American senior Jasmine Mitchell is also off to an excellent start to the 2024 outdoor season, leading the conference in the hammer and ranking within the national top-20 in both the hammer and shot put. Mitchell has either won or finished as the top collegian in three of her four hammer competitions this outdoor season, with her latest season-best of 69.37m/227-07 ranking fourth in the NCAA and seventh among all throwers in the U.S. this year.
• Mitchell also ranks 23rd nationally in the shot put at 16.92m/55-06.25. Mitchell is the lone thrower worldwide this season at 69 meters in the hammer and 16 meters in the shot put.
• Mitchell opened the season at 68.08m/223-04 from the Ole Miss Classic, making her only the second Rebel to ever open at 68 meters or better in the hammer alongside former teammate and 2021 NCAA hammer runner-up Shey Taiwo, who opened the 2022 season at 69.24m/227-02 before missing the remainder of the season due to injury.
• Freshman Akaoma Odeluga has made her mark as one of the more exciting up-and-coming shot putters nationally, highlighted by a superb showing at the Joe Walker Invite. Odeluga was the runner-up to Davis at a two-foot PR of 17.37m/57-0 that stands as an Ole Miss freshman record outdoors and ranks fourth all-time in school history outdoors.
• That throw also makes Odeluga the No. 7 U20 performer in the history of the United States, the best since Alyssa Wilson in 2017. This season, Odeluga ranks No. 1 worldwide among U20 athletes, as well as fourth in the SEC, fifth in the East Region and 13th in the NCAA overall. She leads all SEC freshmen, and ranks second among all freshmen nationally. Odeluga is one of nine freshmen since 2015 to break 57 feet in the shot put outdoors, one of two this season alongside Texas' Nina Ndubuisi.
• Other Rebel women currently ranked in the national top-50 are: Gabrielle Matthews in the 200-meter dash (28th, 23.15/+2.0); Mensi Stiff in the shot put (33rd, 16.45m/53-11.75); Skylar Soli in the hammer (35th, 61.61m/202-01); and Skylar Boogerd in the 10K (47th, 33:24.12).
• The Rebel men are heavily paced by NCAA Indoor Champion and sophomore Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, who is also off this week but still ranks within the top-10 nationally in both the shot put and hammer. Robinson-O'Hagan still leads the United States and ranks ninth worldwide this outdoor season at his NCAA-leading 20.69m/67-10.75 from the Ole Miss Classic on March 23. That mark shattered his own school record by two feet and it also broke the previous Ole Miss Track & Field Complex record of 20.28m/66-06.50. Meanwhile, his school record and winning hammer mark of 72.42m/237-07, also from the Ole Miss Classic, ranks sixth in the NCAA and 10th among Americans this outdoor season.
• Robinson-O'Hagan is the lone thrower worldwide this season at 72 meters in the hammer and 20 in the shot put. In the shot put, Robinson-O'Hagan has now thrown beyond 20 meters in the shot put 12 times in the last two months after doing so once as a freshman, including four times in his NCAA title winning series indoors capped by his victorious 21.05m/69-00.75.
• Other Rebel men within the NCAA top-50 this week are: Arvesta Troupe in the high jump (9th, 2.18m/7-01.75); Marcus Dropik (20th, 1:47.82) and Chase Rose (33rd, 1:48.19) in the 800-meter; Toby Gillen in the 5K (26th, 13:39.66); Jake Dalton (30th, 66.31m/217-7) and Costen Campion (49th, 64.07m/210-2) in the hammer; Ahmad Young Jr. in the 110-meter hurdles (26th, 13.66/+2.5); Cruz Gomez (34th, 3:41.29) and Gabe Scales (46th, 3:41.70) in the 1500-meter; Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley in the triple jump (38th, 15.38m/50-05.50); and Drew O'Connor in the pole vault (44th, 5.22m/17-01.50).
| 2024 John McDonnell Invitational, Master Schedule (all times CT) | ||
| Friday, April 19 | ||
| Time | Event | Athlete(s) |
| 12:00 PM | Men's Discus | Pierce Genereux |
| 3:00 PM | Men's Long Jump | Ryan Star (Flight 1) Carson Walls (Flight 1) |
| Women's Pole Vault | Mary Cate Doughty Samara McConnell |
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| 3:30 PM | Women's Long Jump | Laurel Fulcher (Flight 1) Annie Strong (Flight 1) Skye Gross (Flight 2) |
| 4:05 PM | Women's 100-Meter Hurdles | Annie Strong (Heat 1, Lane 3) Laurel Fulcher (Heat 1, Lane 5) |
| 4:15 PM | Men's 110-Meter Hurdles | Pierce Genereux (Heat 1, Lane 1) |
| 4:50 PM | Men's 400-Meter Dash | Carson Walls (Heat 1, Lane 1) |
| 5:25 PM | Men's 100-Meter Dash | Ryan Star (Heat 3, Lane 7) |
| 6:15 PM | Women's High Jump | LaRiah Shannon |
| 6:30 PM | Men's Pole Vault | Frankie Amore Pierce Genereux Logan Kelley Ford Maberry Drew O'Connor Miles Walden |
| 6:45 PM | Women's 200-Meter Dash | Laurel Fulcher (Heat 3, Lane 9) |
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