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U.S. Olympic Trials
Track & Field with Heavy Presence at U.S. Olympic Trials
6/20/2024 | Track and Field
EUGENE, Ore. – Olympic glory and tickets to Paris are on the line for 16 current and former Ole Miss track & field athletes set to compete in the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, held June 21-30 at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.
Those 16 Rebels will be competing in the toughest team trial in the world, which will determine the roster for Team USA at the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Each country is given no more than three spots per event, so to qualify athletes must finish as one of the top-three athletes with the Olympic qualifying standard. Thus, if an athlete finishes fourth and owns the standard but one of the top-three do not, the third and final qualifying spot goes to the next person with the standard. In the event not enough athletes own the standard in a given event, World Athletics determines how to fill the field on a global scale using its own world ranking system.
The Trials return to Eugene and Hayward Field for the eighth time in its history, joining national qualifying meets also held in 1972, 1976, 1980, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021 – the second in the new version of Hayward Field following renovations that were completed in 2021. In addition to those eight times hosting the U.S. Olympic Trials, Hayward Field has been the site of 19 NCAA Championship meets (1962, '64, '72, '78, '84, '88, '91, '96, 2001, '10, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '21, '22), 11 USA Track & Field Championships (1971, '75, '86, '93, '99, 2001, '09, '11, '15, '22, '23) and the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Fans can watch the action live via the NBC family of networks and the Peacock app. Read below for a full schedule of events and more info on the Rebel U.S. Olympic Trials qualifiers.
OLE MISS ENTRIES (16 athletes, 18 entries)
Jahniya Bowers – Women's 100-Meter Dash
Anthony Camerieri – Men's 5K
Jalani Davis – Women's Shot Put
Craig Engels – Men's 1500-Meter
Sam Kendricks – Men's Pole Vault
McKenzie Long – Women's 100-Meter Dash, Women's 200-Meter Dash
Jasmine Mitchell – Women's Hammer
Akaoma Odeluga – Women's Shot Put
Shannon Ray – Women's 100-Meter Dash
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Men's Shot Put, Men's Hammer
Raven Saunders – Women's Shot Put
Janeah Stewart – Women's Hammer
Mensi Stiff – Women's Shot Put
Waleed Suliman – Men's 1500-Meter
Brian Williams – Men's Discus
Ahmad Young Jr. – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
BROADCAST SCHEDULE (All Times CT)
TV coverage will be available during specific primetime broadcast windows via NBC and its family of networks. Fans can also watch all the action live on Peacock, which will have individual feeds for the field events (subscription required). A full broadcast schedule can be found HERE.
Day 1 (Fri., June 21)
12:00-3:00 PM CT – Peacock
5:20-10:00 PM CT – Peacock
8:00-10:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 2 (Sat., June 22)
12:00-5:00 PM CT – Peacock
6:45-10:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:55-10:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 3 (Sun., June 23)
12:00-3:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-10:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:45-10:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 4 (Mon., June 24)
12:00-2:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-10:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-10:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 5 (Tues., June 25)
Practice Day
Day 6 (Wed., June 26)
Practice Day
Day 7 (Thurs., June 27)
6:15-10:30 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-8:00 PM CT – NBC
8:00-10:00 PM CT – USA Network
Day 8 (Fri., June 28)
6:00-10:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-8:00 PM CT – USA Network
9:00-10:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 9 (Sat., June 29)
9:30-11:00 AM CT – Peacock
6:30-9:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-9:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 10 (Sun., June 30)
4:50-7:30 PM CT – Peacock
6:30-7:30 PM CT – NBC
COMPETITION SCHEDULE (All Times CT)
Day 1 (Fri., June 21)
1:00 PM CT – Women's Hammer Qualifying – Jasmine Mitchell, Janeah Stewart
7:22 PM CT – Men's 1500-Meter First Round – Craig Engels, Waleed Suliman
7:50 PM CT – Men's Pole Vault Qualifying – Sam Kendricks
7:53 PM CT – Women's 100-Meter Dash First Round – Jahniya Bowers, McKenzie Long, Shannon Ray
8:15 PM CT – Men's Shot Put Qualifying – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan
Day 2 (Sat., June 22)
7:58 PM CT – Women's 100-Meter Dash Semifinals – If Qualified
8:40 PM CT – Men's Shot Put Final – If Qualified
8:56 PM CT – Men's 1500-Meter Semifinals – If Qualified
9:50 PM CT – Women's 100-Meter Dash Final – If Qualified
Day 3 (Sun., June 23)
7:00 PM CT – Women's Hammer Final – If Qualified
7:40 PM CT – Men's Pole Vault Final – If Qualified
Day 4 (Mon., June 24)
7:05 PM CT – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles First Round – Ahmad Young Jr.
7:47 PM CT – Men's 1500-Meter Final – If Qualified
Day 5 (Tues., June 25)
Practice Day
Day 6 (Wed., June 26)
Practice Day
Day 7 (Thurs., June 27)
7:01 PM CT – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles Semifinals – If Qualified
7:51 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash First Round – McKenzie Long
8:45 PM CT – Men's Discus Qualifying – Brian Williams
10:03 PM CT – Men's 5K First Round – Anthony Camerieri
Day 8 (Fri., June 28)
6:30 PM CT – Men's Hammer Qualifying – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan
9:06 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash Semifinals – If Qualified
9:15 PM CT – Women's Shot Put Qualifying – Jalani Davis, Akaoma Odeluga, Raven Saunders, Mensi Stiff
9:50 PM CT – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles Final – If Qualified
Day 9 (Sat., June 29)
6:30 PM CT – Men's Discus Final – If Qualified
7:27 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash Final – If Qualified
7:50 PM CT – Women's Shot Put Final – If Qualified
Day 10 (Sun., June 30)
5:15 PM CT – Men's Hammer Final – If Qualified
6:30 PM CT – Men's 5K Final – If Qualified
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REBELS AT THE U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS (In Competition Order)
Jasmine Mitchell • Women's Hammer
Hometown / High School: Hazel Crest, Illinois / Thornwood HS
Qualifying: Fri., June 21, 1 p.m. CT
Final: Sun., June 23, 7 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 69.58m/228-3 • No. 4 Ole Miss History • April 29, 2023 (LSU Invite)
Season-Best: 69.37m/227-7 • April 5, 2024 (Joe Walker Invite)
World Rank: 64th
U.S. Rank: 14th
Olympic Standard? No (74.00m/242-9)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 3x U.S. qualifier in the hammer, including the 2021 Olympic Trials … 10x NCAA qualifier … 7x All-American … 25 career NCAA points … 3x SEC Champion … 6x SEC medalist … 72 career SEC points … First Rebel woman to ever win an SEC hammer title … Never finished worse than fourth in the weight throw at the indoor national meet … Fifth in NCAA meet history in the weight throw at 24.94m/81-10 (No. 4 collegian all-time) … Seventh in world history, second in collegiate history in combined indoor weight/shot PRs (42.36m) ... One of four in world history at 80 feet in the weight and 57 feet in the shot indoors ... Collegiate record holder in career 23-meter throws (25) ... Fourth in career 24-meter throws (6) ... Part of first active teammate duo in NCAA history to eclipse 23 meters in the same season (2021), first active duo at 77 feet in the same season (2022), first active trio at 75 feet (2022), first active duo at 79 feet (2022), first active duo at 80 feet (2022), first active duo at 24 meters (2022) ... Along with 2022 NCAA Champion Shey Taiwo (25.55m/83-10), first duo in NCAA history to break 24 meters/80 feet in same competition ... Along with Jalani Davis, part of first duo to break 24 meters in the same regular season meet (twice in 2024) ... One of four Rebels beyond 79 feet in NCAA history, most of any school … Same high school as Rebel NCAA Champions Shey Taiwo and Janeah Stewart.
Janeah Stewart • Women's Hammer
Hometown / High School: Calumet City, Illinois / Thornwood HS
Qualifying: Fri., June 21, 1 p.m. CT
Final: Sun., June 23, 7 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 75.43m/247-5 • No. 6 U.S. History • June 22, 2019 (Bloomington, Ind.)
Season-Best: 70.93m/232-8 • May 4, 2024 (Tucson, Ariz.)
World Rank: 36th
U.S. Rank: 8th
Olympic Standard? No (74.00m/242-9)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 2x U.S. Champion (weight throw; 2019, 2020) … 13x U.S. qualifier, 9x finalist across indoor and outdoor in the weight throw, shot put and hammer … 2018 NCAA Champion (hammer) … 10x All-American (school record) … 25 career NCAA points scored … 3x SEC Champion … 10x SEC medalist … 3x SEC Commissioner's Trophy winner … 80 career SEC points scored … Ranks No. 6 in U.S. history in the hammer at 75.43m/247-5 from 2019 … Fourth in world history in the weight throw at 25.60m/84-0 from 2023 indoor season … One of only four women in world history at 80 feet in the weight throw and 57 feet in the shot put … Ranks fourth in world history in combined indoor shot put/weight throw PRs (43.23m) … Still holds the Ole Miss record and ranks eighth in NCAA history in the hammer at 72.92m/239-3 … Still ranks 10th in NCAA history in the weight throw at 24.12m/79-01.75 … Same high school as Rebel greats Shey Taiwo and Jasmine Mitchell.
Craig Engels • Men's 1500-Meter
Hometown / High School: Pfafftown, North Carolina / Ronald Reagan HS
First Round: Fri., June 21, 7:22 p.m. CT
Semifinals: Sat., June 22, 8:56 p.m. CT
Final: Mon., June 24, 7:47 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 3:33.64 • No. 20 U.S. History • May 29, 2021 (Portland, Ore.)
Season-Best: 3:35.46 • April 13, 2024 (Azusa, Calif.)
World Rank: 78th
U.S. Rank: 12th
Olympic Standard? No (3:33.50 / 3:50.40)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 6x U.S. finalist in the 1500 … Finished fourth at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials … World finalist in the 1500 in 2019 (10th place) … Won his first U.S. outdoor title in the 1500-meter in 2019 … Held off 2016 Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz, winning by four hundredths of a second at 3:44.93 … Also won the U.S. indoor title in the mile in 2019 … 2017 NCAA DMR Champion … 6x All-American … 5x SEC Champion … 2018 IAAF World Indoor Finalist (1500-meter, 7th place) … 2018 and 2020 USA Indoor bronze medalist (1500-meter) … 2017 Academic All-American … 2013 Pan-Am U20 Champion (1500-meter).
Waleed Suliman • Men's 1500-Meter
Hometown / High School: Richmond, Virginia | Freeman HS
First Round: Fri., June 21, 7:22 p.m. CT
Semifinals: Sat., June 22, 8:56 p.m. CT
Final: Mon., June 24, 7:47 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 3:35.86 • June 9, 2024 (Portland, Ore.)
Season-Best: Same
World Rank: 93rd
U.S. Rank: 19th
Olympic Standard? No (3:33.50 / 3:50.40)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 3x U.S. qualifier, 2x finalist … Made the 1500 final of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials … 7x All-American (2x in XC) … 12 career NCAA points scored … Earned two NCAA bronze medals in 2021, finishing third outdoors in the 1500-meter and in the mile indoors … First Rebel to earn cross country All-American multiple times (20th in 2019, 36th in 2018) … 6x SEC Champion (3x DMR, 2x mile, 1x 1500m) … 8x SEC medalist … 67.5 career SEC points scored … Broke SEC meet record en route to second career indoor mile title at 2021 SEC Championships at 3:58.28, breaking 45-year-old record … 3x First-Team All-SEC in cross country, 2x medalist … 3x NCAA All-South Region in XC … Helped lead Ole Miss men's cross country to first two SEC team titles in combined program history in 2018 and 2019 … Left Ole Miss as the mile school record holder at 3:55.60 … 2x High School All-American … 10x Virginia state champion … Became a U.S. citizen in late 2019 after spending his childhood across Sudan, Jordan and Virginia.
Sam Kendricks • Men's Pole Vault
Hometown / High School: Oxford, Mississippi / Oxford HS
Qualifying: Fri., June 21, 7:50 p.m. CT
Final: Sun., June 23, 7:40 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 6.06m/19-10.50 • No. 2 U.S. History (former American record), T-No. 5 World History • July 27, 2019 (U.S. Championships; Des Moines, Iowa)
Indoor Season-Best: 5.95m/19-06.25 • Feb. 16, 2024 (U.S. Indoor Championships; Albuquerque, N.M.)
Outdoor Season-Best: 5.90m/19-04.25 • June 2, 2024 (Stockholm, Sweden)
World Rank: 3rd
U.S. Rank: 2nd
Olympic Standard? Yes (5.82m/19-1)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Sam Kendricks, 2016, bronze; Sam Kendricks, 2021, DNS)
Quick Facts: Track & Field News favorite to win … 2x Olympian … 2016 Olympic bronze medalist … Made Team USA in 2021 for Tokyo Games (did not compete) … First Rebel men's athlete in department history to make Team USA multiple times (regardless of sport) … First men's athlete in Ole Miss track & field history to qualify for multiple Olympiads … Set what was then an American record 6.06m/19-10.50 at the 2019 U.S. Championships, winning a record sixth straight U.S. outdoor title … Ranks tied for fifth in world history in the pole vault … 2x World Outdoor Champion (2017, 2019) … At the time of his 2019 victory, was one of only two men in world history to repeat as a world champion in the pole vault alongside former world record holder, Sergey Bubka … 6x World qualifier, 5x World medalist … Earned fifth medal this past March, a silver in Glasgow for the World Indoor Championships … 10x U.S. Champion (6 outdoors, 4 indoors) … 2x NCAA Champion … 2014 NCAA Runner-Up … 5x All-American … 2x SEC Champion … 2013 World University Games Gold Medalist … 2014 SEC Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year … 19x IAAF Diamond League champion … 2017 USATF Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year … 22nd member of the six-meter club.
Jahniya Bowers • Women's 100-Meter Dash
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Youngstown, Ohio / Youngstown East / Youngstown State
First Round: Fri., June 21, 7:53 p.m. CT
Semifinals: Sat., June 22, 7:58 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 22, 9:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 11.15 (-0.2) • No. 2 Ole Miss History • April 13, 2024 (Tom Jones Memorial)
Season-Best: Same
World Rank: T-66th
U.S. Rank: T-29th
Olympic Standard? No (11.07)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: First career U.S. qualifying berth … 2024 NCAA Champion (4x100-meter relay) … Ran anchor leg on Ole Miss' winning relay, the first relay title in men's or women's program history outdoors … Ran anchor on semifinal time of 42.22, No. 5 relay in collegiate history … Has run on each of the five fastest 4x100-meter times in program history, as well as six of the top-10 … Ran anchor on each of the four fastest … 2x NCAA East Region qualifier … Ranks second all-time at Ole Miss in the 100-meter dash at 11.15 (-0.2); one of three Rebels to ever break 11.20 in any wind condition … Ranks 15th in the outdoor 200-meter at 23.62 (+2.2) … Indoors, ranks third in Ole Miss history in the 60-meter dash (7.23), 14th in the 200-meter (23.95) … 10x Horizon League champion while at Youngstown State.
McKenzie Long • Women's 100-Meter Dash / Women's 200-Meter Dash
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Ironton, Ohio / Pickerington Central / NC State
100m First Round: Fri., June 21, 7:53 p.m. CT
100m Semifinals: Sat., June 22, 7:58 p.m. CT
100m Final: Sat., June 22, 9:50 p.m. CT
200m First Round: Thurs., June 27, 7:51 p.m. CT
200m Semifinals: Fri., June 28, 9:06 p.m. CT
200m Final: Sat., June 29, 7:27 p.m. CT
100m Personal Best: 10.91 (+0.0) • Ole Miss Wind-Legal Record, T-No. 10 Collegiate History • June 6, 2024 (NCAA Semifinals)
100m Season-Best: Same
100m World Rank: T-6th
100m U.S. Rank: 4th
100m Olympic Standard? Yes (11.07)
100m Ole Miss Olympic History: N/A
200m Personal Best: 21.83 (+1.0) • Ole Miss Record, No. 2 Collegiate History, T-No. 10 U.S. History, T-No. 24 World History • June 8, 2024 (NCAA Final)
200m Season-Best: Same
200m World Rank: 1st
200m U.S. Rank: 1st
200m Olympic Standard? Yes (22.57)
200m Ole Miss Olympic History: N/A
Quick Facts: Track & Field News favorite to win the 200-meter; picked third in the 100-meter … Second and third career U.S. qualifying berths; advanced to the 200-meter semifinal in 2023 … World leader, 200-meter dash at NCAA-winning 21.83 (+1.0) … Owns the three fastest 200-meter times worldwide in 2024 … Only woman worldwide in 2024 at sub-22 in any wind condition … No. 2 collegiate history, No. 10 U.S. history, No. 24 World history at her NCAA winning 200-meter time … Only woman in collegiate history to record multiple wind-legal sub-22 second times in the 200 (within the college season) … World No. 6, U.S. No. 4 in the 100-meter at her NCAA semifinal time of 10.91 (+0.0), which ties for 10th in collegiate history … Owns a windy all-conditions PR of 10.80 (+3.5) from the 2023 Texas Relays … Bowerman Award Semifinalist; appeared on additional Watch Lists on May 15 and May 29 … 3x NCAA Champion; won 100, 200 and 4x100m relay for Ole Miss in a 90-minute span outdoors on June 8, 2024 … Became one of 15 women in NCAA Division I history to sweep the 100 and 200; one of just six to add a victory in the 4x1 … First Rebel to win an NCAA Outdoor title in an event shorter than 800-meters, men or women … First Rebel woman to win an NCAA title, indoors or outdoors, in an event shorter than 1500-meters or mile … First Rebel to win two national titles in the same meet, let alone three, let alone on the same day … One of four Rebels to ever win multiple national titles in the same season, only the second Rebel woman to do so alongside four-time Olympian Brittney Reese (indoor/outdoor long jump, 2008) … Ran second leg on Ole Miss' winning 4x1 team; ran 42.22 in the semifinal to rank the Rebels No. 5 in collegiate history … Scored 22.5 of Ole Miss' 38 points en route to a record fifth-place team finish … 2x NCAA runner-up … 8x All-American (7x First-Team) … 45.5 career NCAA points scored … Part of four top-25 NCAA team finishes in as many career tries with the Rebels … 9x NCAA qualifier (all at Ole Miss) … 9x NCAA East Region qualifier … 2x SEC Champion … 2x First-Team All-SEC … 2x Second-Team All-SEC … 6x SEC medalist … 47.5 career SEC points scored … 2024 SEC Indoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year … First repeat SEC Champion in the women's 200 outdoors since LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan, who won three in a row from 2011-13 … Has run on each of the six fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as seven of the top-nine and eight of the top-10 … USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (May 13) … SEC Women's Runner of the Week (April 30) … First Rebel woman to ever attempt the 100/200/4x1 triple at NCAAs (did so twice) … Ends career with six Ole Miss records: indoor 60-meter (7.10), indoor 200-meter (22.48), indoor 300-meter (37.38), outdoor 100-meter (10.80/+3.5), outdoor 200-meter (21.83/+1.0), outdoor 4x100-meter relay (42.22) … First Rebel woman to break 7.10 in the 60-meter (7.10), 11.00 in the 100-meter (10.80/+3.5; 10.91/+0.0), 23.00 in the indoor 200-meter (22.48) and 22.7 in the outdoor 200-meter (21.83/+1.0) … Left NC State as school record holder in: outdoor 200 (23.00), 4x100-meter relay (44.11), indoor 4x400-meter relay (3:44.51) … 2x U.S. U20 finalist (2019, 100/200) … 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic … Currently working toward her second master's degree, this time in public health … Completed her master's in criminal justice at Ole Miss in 2023, and her bachelor's in psychology and communications at NC State in 2022.
Shannon Ray • Women's 100-Meter Dash
Hometown / High School: New Orleans, Louisiana / St. Katharine Drexel
First Round: Fri., June 21, 7:53 p.m. CT
Semifinals: Sat., June 22, 7:58 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 22, 9:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best (Wind-Legal): 11.09 (+1.1) • July 30, 2022 (Memphis, Tenn.)
Personal Best (All-Conditions): 11.04 (+2.7) • May 21, 2023 (Bermuda)
Season-Best (Wind-Legal): 11.25 (+0.7) • May 26, 2024 (Budapest)
Season-Best (All-Conditions): 11.09 (+3.4) • March 30, 2024 (Baton Rouge, La.)
World Rank: T-111th
U.S. Rank: T-45th
Olympic Standard? No (11.07)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 6x U.S. qualifier … Made the U.S. final indoors in the 60-meter dash in 2020, finished seventh … Advanced to the 200-meter semifinal outdoors in 2023 … Finished 7th at the 2023 Pan American Games as a member of Team USA's 4x100-meter relay … 5x NCAA qualifier ... First-Team All-American in the 4x100-meter relay in 2015 (7th) ... Three-time Second-Team All-American (2x 4x100-meter relay, 1x 200-meter) ... 3x SEC scorer ... Still ranks in the Ole Miss top-10 indoors in the 60-meter dash (11th, 7.42) and 200-meter dash (13th, 23.92), and outdoors in the 100-meter dash (5th, 11.25) and 200-meter dash (6th, 23.15).
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan • Men's Shot Put / Men's Hammer
Hometown / High School: Woonsocket, Rhode Island / Woonsocket HS
Shot Put Qualifying: Fri., June 21, 8:15 p.m. CT
Shot Put Final: Sat., June 22, 8:40 p.m. CT
Hammer Qualifying: Fri., June 28, 6:30 p.m. CT
Hammer Final: Sun., June 30, 5:15 p.m. CT
Shot Put Personal Best: 21.05m/69-0.75 • Ole Miss Indoor Record, No. 22 Collegiate Indoor History • March 9, 2024 (NCAA Indoor)
Shot Put Season-Best: Same
Shot Put Outdoor Best: 20.88m/68-6 • Ole Miss Outdoor Record • June 5, 2024 (NCAA Outdoor)
Shot Put World Rank: 24th
Shot Put U.S. Rank: 9th
Shot Put Olympic Standard? No (21.50m/70-06.50)
Shot Put Ole Miss Olympic History: N/A
Hammer Personal Best: 72.81m/238-10 • Ole Miss Record • June 5, 2024 (NCAA Outdoor)
Hammer Season-Best: Same
Hammer World Rank: T-71st
Hammer U.S. Rank: 13th
Hammer Olympic Standard? No (78.20m/256-6)
Hammer Ole Miss Olympic History: N/A
Quick Facts: Second and third career U.S. qualifying berth; finished 12th in the hammer in 2023 … Bowerman Award Semifinalist … 2x NCAA Champion … Swept both the indoor and outdoor NCAA men's shot put titles in 2024 … One of 17 men in NCAA Division I history to complete the indoor/outdoor sweep … At 20 years, 6 months and 11 days old, became the youngest to complete the sweep since 1989 (Mike Stulce, Texas A&M: 19 years, 10 months, 13 days); fourth youngest ever behind Kansas' Karl Salb in 1969 (20 years, 1 month, 2 days), SMU's Michael Carter in 1980 (19 years, 7 months, 9 days) and Stulce … First true sophomore to win outdoors since Auburn's Edis Elkasevic in 2005 … First underclassman to win indoors since world record holder Ryan Crouser did so as a redshirt sophomore at Texas in 2014 … First Rebel to win a men's shot put title … One of only four Rebels to sweep an NCAA title in the same season alongside George Kersh (1991, men's 800-meter), Savante' Stringfellow (2001, men's long jump) and Brittney Reese (2008, women's long jump) … 8x NCAA qualifier (4x indoor, 4x outdoor) … 8x All-American (6x First-Team) … 33 career NCAA points scored … First Rebel to ever attempt the NCAA men's weight/shot double indoors and the men's hammer/shot double outdoors, let alone in consecutive seasons … Has finished seventh (2024, sophomore) and eighth (2023, freshman) in the two deepest NCAA men's hammer finals of all-time … Finished third in the weight indoors in 2023, best by a freshman nationally since 2013 … Set collegiate freshman NCAA Indoor meet record in 2023 at 22.96m/75-4 … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Outdoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year … First Rebel men's athlete to sweep regional honors in same season, one of two all-time alongside Brittney Reese … 5x SEC Champion (3x outdoor) … 2x SEC Commissioner's Trophy Winner, both in the 2024 season … 6x SEC medalist … 64 career SEC points scored … 2024 SEC Indoor and Outdoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year; only Ole Miss men's athlete to ever sweep and one of only two Rebels to ever alongside four-time Olympian Brittney Reese … In 2024, became the first in SEC history to sweep the men's weight and shot put indoors, and added on a sweep in the hammer and shot outdoors … One of three in SEC history to sweep the men's hammer and shot in the same season, joining Georgia's Denzel Comenentia (2017, '18) and Auburn's Cory Martin (2007, '08) … One of two in conference history to break 68 feet in a field series twice at the SEC meet, joining Georgia's Brett Noon in 1995 … First Rebel to ever win an SEC men's weight throw title … Became first Rebel to ever win an SEC hammer title, man or woman, as a freshman in 2023 … One of three collegiate men since 2015 to break 72 meters in the hammer and 20 in the shot put alongside Arizona's Jordan Geist in 2023 and Georgia's Denzel Comenentia in both 2018 and 2019; of them, Robinson-O'Hagan is the youngest to perform the feat as a sophomore … Has thrown beyond 20 meters in the shot put 19 times since March 9 … One of only four collegians ever at 77 feet in the men's weight and 69 feet in the men's shot put indoors ... First Rebel thrower to break 69 feet in the shot put; was also the first to break 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68 feet indoors, as well as 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68 feet outdoors ... Finished 2024 indoor season as lone thrower worldwide at 77 feet in the weight and 69 in the shot put … Ranks third in collegiate history in combined shot put/weight throw PRs indoors (44.67m) … Owns Ole Miss records indoors in the shot put (21.05m/69-00.75) and weight throw (23.62m/77-6); outdoors in the shot put (20.88m/68-6) and hammer (72.81m/238-10) ... Set the collegiate freshman record in the weight throw in 2023 at 23.62m/77-6 ... 2022 World U20 Champion in the shot put, finalist in the hammer ... 2022 U.S. U20 Champion in both the shot put and hammer ... 2x high school national champion ... No. 4 U.S. boys high school history in the junior shot put, No. 3 in the junior hammer and No. 7 in the high school hammer.
Ahmad Young Jr. • Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Baton Rouge, Louisiana / Langham Creek / Louisiana Tech
First Round: Mon., June 24, 7:05 p.m. CT
Semifinals: Thurs., June 27, 7:01 p.m. CT
Final: Fri., June 28, 9:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 13.46 (+0.2) • No. 3 Ole Miss History • June 5, 2024 (NCAA Semifinals)
Season-Best: Same
World Rank: T-71st
U.S. Rank: T-26th
Olympic Standard? No (13.27)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Tony Dees, Team USA, 1992, silver medal; Antwon Hicks, Nigeria, 2016)
Quick Facts: 2x U.S. qualifier in the hurdles … 2024 Second-Team All-American in the hurdles, finishing six thousandths of a second shy of making the final at a career-best 13.46 (+0.2) … 2x NCAA qualifier in the hurdles … No. 3 all-time at Ole Miss (13.46/+0.2) … One of three Rebels to run at least 13.50 in any wind condition … Also ranks fourth all-time indoors in the 60-meter hurdles (7.82) … 3x NCAA East Region qualifier ... 3x C-USA scorer while at LA Tech ... SEC Community Service Team for 2022-23.
Brian Williams • Men's Discus
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Warren, Michigan / Fraser HS / Iowa Central CC
Qualifying: Thurs., June 27, 8:45 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 29, 6:30 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 66.14m/217-0 • May 6, 2022 (Fullerton, Calif.)
Season-Best: 64.99m/213-2 • May 30, 2024 (Rathdrum, Idaho)
World Rank: 38th
U.S. Rank: 9th
Olympic Standard? No (67.20m/220-5)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 3x World Outdoor qualifier in the discus; made the final and finished 9th in Budapest in 2023 … 2x U.S. medalist, his best a silver in 2019 to punch his first career World ticket on what was then a one-foot PR of 65.76m (215-9) … 15th at 2022 World Championships in Eugene, 13th at 2019 World meet in Doha … First Rebel to ever medal in the discus at the U.S. Championships … Was also on 2019 Team USA roster for Pan-American Games … 3x All-American … 11 career NCAA points scored … 2x SEC Champion; first Rebel to win discus title, first overall to repeat as SEC discus champion since 2010-11) … 38 career SEC points scored … Set the discus, indoor shot and outdoor shot school records while at Ole Miss … Was a national champion and 4x All-American while at Iowa Central Community College … 2016 NACAC U23 Champion in the discus.
Anthony Camerieri • Men's 5000-Meter
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Brecksville, Ohio / Brecksville-Broadview Heights / Miami (Ohio)
First Round: Thurs., June 27, 10:03 p.m. CT
Final: Sun., June 30, 6:30 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 13:23.61 • May 17, 2024 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Season-Best: Same
World Rank: 152nd
U.S. Rank: 30th
Olympic Standard? No (13:05.00)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: World Cross Country qualifier for Team USA in 2024 … Finished 52nd at 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Serbia … Finish eighth at the 2024 U.S. Cross Country Championships … 2023 NCAA Indoor runner-up, distance medley relay … First-Team All-American … Ran brilliant mile anchor leg of 3:57.50 at altitude to bring Ole Miss from toward the back of the pack to a national runner-up finish … 2x SEC medalist … 15 career SEC points … First-Team All-SEC and NCAA All-South Region in cross country in 2022 … Finished fifth at the NCAA South Regional, best individual finish by a Rebel men's runner since 2018 … First Rebel men's runner to break 13:30 in the 5K outdoors, setting the Ole Miss record at 13:26.58 at the 2023 Stanford Invitational … Finished 14th overall in the 5K at the 2023 U.S. Outdoor Championships … 3x All-MAC, 26 conference points scored while at Miami of Ohio.
Jalani Davis • Women's Shot Put
Hometown / High School: Hampton, Virginia / Bethel HS
Qualifying: Fri., June 28, 9:15 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 29, 7:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 18.64m/61-2 • June 2, 2023 (Nashville, Tennessee; unattached)
Season-Best: 18.61m/61-00.75 • No. 12 collegiate history indoors • Feb. 24, 2024 (SEC Indoor)
Outdoor Season-Best: 18.54m/60-10 • March 30, 2024 (LSU Battle on the Bayou)
World Rank: 22nd
U.S. Rank: 10th
Olympic Standard? No (18.80m/61-08.25)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2016, 5th place; Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2021, silver medal)
Quick Facts: 2023 World Outdoor Championship qualifier (shot put) ... 2023 U.S. bronze medalist (shot put) ... 2023 NACAC U23 gold medalists in the hammer, silver in the shot put ... 4x U.S. Outdoor qualifier … 2x NCAA Champion in the weight throw (2023, '24) … First Rebel woman to ever repeat as a national champion in any event, indoors or outdoors … 11x NCAA qualifier … 8x All-American (5x First-Team) … 35 career NCAA points scored (Ole Miss record 27 indoors) … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year … USATF Athlete of the Week (Feb. 29) … No. 3 in collegiate history (fifth-best throw), No. 9 in world history in the weight throw at 25.09m/82-03.75 ... No. 4 performer in NCAA meet history indoors in the weight throw at 24.51m/80-5 … Third collegian to ever break 25 meters … Also ranks No. 12 in collegiate history indoors in the shot put (18.61m/61-00.75) ... Only woman in world history to break 80 feet in the weight and 60 feet in the shot put; has done so twice in the same meet at 2023 and 2024 SEC Indoor Championships ... World record holder in combined indoor weight/shot PRs (43.70m) ... Only woman in world history at 80 feet in the weight, 60 in the shot, 188 in the discus and 228 in the hammer ... Owns collegiate record for most career 80-foot throws (5) and 24-meter throws (9) in the weight ... One of only three women in collegiate history with multiple 80-foot throws in the same series (Brittany Riley, 2007; Shey Taiwo, Ole Miss, 2022) … Ranks tied for second in collegiate history with 21 throws of at least 23 meters … 4x SEC Champion ... 11x SEC medalist ... 110 career SEC points (61 indoors, 49 outdoors) … 2024 SEC Indoor Cliff Harper Trophy Winner … One of only two Rebel women to ever eclipse 60 feet in the shot put both indoors and outdoors alongside two-time Olympian Raven Saunders … Owns Ole Miss record in the discus (57.54m/188-9), ranks second in the shot put both indoors (18.61m/61-00.75) and outdoors (18.62m/61-01.25), ranks second in the weight throw (25.09m/82-03.75) and third in the hammer (69.86m/229-2) … 4x USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Came to Ole Miss as a walk-on.
Akaoma Odeluga • Women's Shot Put
Hometown / High School: Munster, Indiana / Munster HS
Qualifying: Fri., June 28, 9:15 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 29, 7:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 18.11m/59-5 • Ole Miss Outdoor Freshman Record, No. 3 Ole Miss History, No. 2 U.S. U20 History, 2024 World U20 No. 1 • May 10, 2024 (SEC Outdoor)
Season-Best: Same
World Rank: 41st
World U20 Rank: 1st
U.S. Rank: 16th
Olympic Standard? No (18.80m/61-08.25)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2016, 5th place; Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2021, silver medal)
Quick Facts: 2024 World U20 qualifier in the shot put; won silver at the 2024 U.S. U20 Championships … Earned first career NCAA qualifying berth outdoors in 2024 in the shot put … Simultaneously with teammate Mensi Stiff, became one of the two first freshmen in Ole Miss history to qualify for the women's shot put outdoors … Current World U20 leader and the No. 2 U20 shot putter in U.S. history at her SEC bronze medal performance of 18.11m/59-5 … Only trails two-time Olympian and former Rebel Raven Saunders, who set the American U20 record as a freshman at Southern Illinois in 2015 at 18.62m/61-01.25 … 6 career SEC points … One of five freshmen since 2015 at 59 feet in the women's shot put outdoors … Four-year letterwinner in basketball and track & field at Munster High School … Part of three conference champion and sectional champion track teams … 2x track team MVP … 2023 All-State, 2x First-Team All-Conference in track … 2023 Sectional Shot Put champion … 2x Regional champion … 2022 Second-Team All-Conference in the discus … Discus school record holder … 2022 basketball team MVP … 2x First-Team All-Conference in basketball … 4x Scholar-Athlete … 2023 Academic All-Conference … Full first name is Akaomachukwu … Has four siblings … Brother, Kenenna Odeluga, is a linebacker at Illinois … Cousin, Abuchi Obinwa, plays for FC Kitzbühel.
Raven Saunders • Women's Shot Put
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Charleston, S.C. / Burke HS / Southern Illinois
Qualifying: Fri., June 28, 9:15 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 29, 7:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 19.96m/65-6 • No. 8 U.S. History, No. 2 USOT History • June 24, 2021 (U.S. Olympic Trials)
Season-Best: 19.17m/62-10.75 • June 2, 2024 (Ramona, Oklahoma)
World Rank: 11th
U.S. Rank: 5th
Olympic Standard? Yes (18.80m/61-08.25)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2016, 5th place; Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2021, silver medal)
Quick Facts: 2x Olympian and 2x Olympic finalist in the shot put … 2021 Olympic silver medalist in the shot put, the third American woman to ever medal and the first to win silver; joined Earlene Brown (1960, Rome; bronze) and Michelle Carter (2016, Rio; gold) … Fifth Rebel to ever win an Olympic medal, regardless of sport … Stands alongside Brittney Reese as the only Olympic medalists from the Ole Miss women's track & field team … Finished fifth in the Olympic final in 2016 as a sophomore, the youngest to ever make the women's shot put final at 20 years old … 2017 U.S. Champion in the shot put … 2021 U.S. runner-up at the trials at career-best 19.96m/65-6, the No. 2 throw in the history of the trials … Finished 10th at the 2017 IAAF World Outdoor Championships … 4x NCAA Champion (two at Ole Miss) … 47 career NCAA points scored (27 at Ole Miss) … 7x All-American … 5x conference champion (3x SEC, 2x MVC), 68 career conference points scored (46 SEC, 22 MVC) … At the time was one of only four women in NCAA history to break 19 meters indoors and the first to do so outdoors … First woman in NCAA history to break 19 meters twice in the same series … Broke both collegiate records during her career … 2017 USTFCCCA Women's Indoor Co-National Field Athlete of the Year … 2016 Bowerman Award Finalist, 2017 Bowerman Award Semifinalist … 2015 Pan-American U20 Champion … 2014 World U20 silver medalist … Still holds the American U20 record of 18.62m/61-01.25 set as a freshman at Southern Illinois in 2015.
Mensi Stiff • Women's Shot Put
Hometown / High School: Lewisburg, Tennessee / Brentwood Academy
Qualifying: Fri., June 28, 9:15 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 29, 7:50 p.m. CT
Overall Personal Best: 17.54m/57-06.50 • Ole Miss Freshman Indoor Record, No. 4 Ole Miss Indoor History • Feb. 10, 2024 (Music City Challenge)
Season-Best: Same
Outdoor Best: 17.11m/56-01.75 • No. 5 Ole Miss History Outdoors • June 6, 2024 (NCAA Outdoor)
World Rank: 63rd
U.S. Rank: 21st
Olympic Standard? No (18.80m/61-08.25)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2016, 5th place; Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2021, silver medal)
Quick Facts: 2x Second-Team All-American … Owns the first two national qualifying berths ever by a Rebel freshman in the women's shot put … One of just eight freshmen since 2010 to break 57 feet in the shot put indoors ... Set the Ole Miss freshman indoor record twice ... 1x SEC scorer ... 1 career SEC point ... 2023 Pan-American U20 gold medal for Team USA in the shot put ... Finished high school career ranked fourth in U.S. girls history in the shot put at 54-09.50 ... 2x Tennessee Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year ... 3x Nike national shot put champion ... 2022 Track & Field News All-American in shot put and discus ... 6x state champion ... Set state records in the shot put and discus ... 3x all-state ... 2x Middle Tennessee Track Athlete of the Year ... 2021 USA Today Tennessee Rising Star of the Year.
Those 16 Rebels will be competing in the toughest team trial in the world, which will determine the roster for Team USA at the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Each country is given no more than three spots per event, so to qualify athletes must finish as one of the top-three athletes with the Olympic qualifying standard. Thus, if an athlete finishes fourth and owns the standard but one of the top-three do not, the third and final qualifying spot goes to the next person with the standard. In the event not enough athletes own the standard in a given event, World Athletics determines how to fill the field on a global scale using its own world ranking system.
The Trials return to Eugene and Hayward Field for the eighth time in its history, joining national qualifying meets also held in 1972, 1976, 1980, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021 – the second in the new version of Hayward Field following renovations that were completed in 2021. In addition to those eight times hosting the U.S. Olympic Trials, Hayward Field has been the site of 19 NCAA Championship meets (1962, '64, '72, '78, '84, '88, '91, '96, 2001, '10, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '21, '22), 11 USA Track & Field Championships (1971, '75, '86, '93, '99, 2001, '09, '11, '15, '22, '23) and the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Fans can watch the action live via the NBC family of networks and the Peacock app. Read below for a full schedule of events and more info on the Rebel U.S. Olympic Trials qualifiers.
OLE MISS ENTRIES (16 athletes, 18 entries)
Jahniya Bowers – Women's 100-Meter Dash
Anthony Camerieri – Men's 5K
Jalani Davis – Women's Shot Put
Craig Engels – Men's 1500-Meter
Sam Kendricks – Men's Pole Vault
McKenzie Long – Women's 100-Meter Dash, Women's 200-Meter Dash
Jasmine Mitchell – Women's Hammer
Akaoma Odeluga – Women's Shot Put
Shannon Ray – Women's 100-Meter Dash
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Men's Shot Put, Men's Hammer
Raven Saunders – Women's Shot Put
Janeah Stewart – Women's Hammer
Mensi Stiff – Women's Shot Put
Waleed Suliman – Men's 1500-Meter
Brian Williams – Men's Discus
Ahmad Young Jr. – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
BROADCAST SCHEDULE (All Times CT)
TV coverage will be available during specific primetime broadcast windows via NBC and its family of networks. Fans can also watch all the action live on Peacock, which will have individual feeds for the field events (subscription required). A full broadcast schedule can be found HERE.
Day 1 (Fri., June 21)
12:00-3:00 PM CT – Peacock
5:20-10:00 PM CT – Peacock
8:00-10:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 2 (Sat., June 22)
12:00-5:00 PM CT – Peacock
6:45-10:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:55-10:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 3 (Sun., June 23)
12:00-3:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-10:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:45-10:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 4 (Mon., June 24)
12:00-2:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-10:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-10:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 5 (Tues., June 25)
Practice Day
Day 6 (Wed., June 26)
Practice Day
Day 7 (Thurs., June 27)
6:15-10:30 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-8:00 PM CT – NBC
8:00-10:00 PM CT – USA Network
Day 8 (Fri., June 28)
6:00-10:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-8:00 PM CT – USA Network
9:00-10:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 9 (Sat., June 29)
9:30-11:00 AM CT – Peacock
6:30-9:00 PM CT – Peacock
7:00-9:00 PM CT – NBC
Day 10 (Sun., June 30)
4:50-7:30 PM CT – Peacock
6:30-7:30 PM CT – NBC
COMPETITION SCHEDULE (All Times CT)
Day 1 (Fri., June 21)
1:00 PM CT – Women's Hammer Qualifying – Jasmine Mitchell, Janeah Stewart
7:22 PM CT – Men's 1500-Meter First Round – Craig Engels, Waleed Suliman
7:50 PM CT – Men's Pole Vault Qualifying – Sam Kendricks
7:53 PM CT – Women's 100-Meter Dash First Round – Jahniya Bowers, McKenzie Long, Shannon Ray
8:15 PM CT – Men's Shot Put Qualifying – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan
Day 2 (Sat., June 22)
7:58 PM CT – Women's 100-Meter Dash Semifinals – If Qualified
8:40 PM CT – Men's Shot Put Final – If Qualified
8:56 PM CT – Men's 1500-Meter Semifinals – If Qualified
9:50 PM CT – Women's 100-Meter Dash Final – If Qualified
Day 3 (Sun., June 23)
7:00 PM CT – Women's Hammer Final – If Qualified
7:40 PM CT – Men's Pole Vault Final – If Qualified
Day 4 (Mon., June 24)
7:05 PM CT – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles First Round – Ahmad Young Jr.
7:47 PM CT – Men's 1500-Meter Final – If Qualified
Day 5 (Tues., June 25)
Practice Day
Day 6 (Wed., June 26)
Practice Day
Day 7 (Thurs., June 27)
7:01 PM CT – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles Semifinals – If Qualified
7:51 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash First Round – McKenzie Long
8:45 PM CT – Men's Discus Qualifying – Brian Williams
10:03 PM CT – Men's 5K First Round – Anthony Camerieri
Day 8 (Fri., June 28)
6:30 PM CT – Men's Hammer Qualifying – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan
9:06 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash Semifinals – If Qualified
9:15 PM CT – Women's Shot Put Qualifying – Jalani Davis, Akaoma Odeluga, Raven Saunders, Mensi Stiff
9:50 PM CT – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles Final – If Qualified
Day 9 (Sat., June 29)
6:30 PM CT – Men's Discus Final – If Qualified
7:27 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash Final – If Qualified
7:50 PM CT – Women's Shot Put Final – If Qualified
Day 10 (Sun., June 30)
5:15 PM CT – Men's Hammer Final – If Qualified
6:30 PM CT – Men's 5K Final – If Qualified
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REBELS AT THE U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS (In Competition Order)
Jasmine Mitchell • Women's Hammer
Hometown / High School: Hazel Crest, Illinois / Thornwood HS
Qualifying: Fri., June 21, 1 p.m. CT
Final: Sun., June 23, 7 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 69.58m/228-3 • No. 4 Ole Miss History • April 29, 2023 (LSU Invite)
Season-Best: 69.37m/227-7 • April 5, 2024 (Joe Walker Invite)
World Rank: 64th
U.S. Rank: 14th
Olympic Standard? No (74.00m/242-9)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 3x U.S. qualifier in the hammer, including the 2021 Olympic Trials … 10x NCAA qualifier … 7x All-American … 25 career NCAA points … 3x SEC Champion … 6x SEC medalist … 72 career SEC points … First Rebel woman to ever win an SEC hammer title … Never finished worse than fourth in the weight throw at the indoor national meet … Fifth in NCAA meet history in the weight throw at 24.94m/81-10 (No. 4 collegian all-time) … Seventh in world history, second in collegiate history in combined indoor weight/shot PRs (42.36m) ... One of four in world history at 80 feet in the weight and 57 feet in the shot indoors ... Collegiate record holder in career 23-meter throws (25) ... Fourth in career 24-meter throws (6) ... Part of first active teammate duo in NCAA history to eclipse 23 meters in the same season (2021), first active duo at 77 feet in the same season (2022), first active trio at 75 feet (2022), first active duo at 79 feet (2022), first active duo at 80 feet (2022), first active duo at 24 meters (2022) ... Along with 2022 NCAA Champion Shey Taiwo (25.55m/83-10), first duo in NCAA history to break 24 meters/80 feet in same competition ... Along with Jalani Davis, part of first duo to break 24 meters in the same regular season meet (twice in 2024) ... One of four Rebels beyond 79 feet in NCAA history, most of any school … Same high school as Rebel NCAA Champions Shey Taiwo and Janeah Stewart.
Janeah Stewart • Women's Hammer
Hometown / High School: Calumet City, Illinois / Thornwood HS
Qualifying: Fri., June 21, 1 p.m. CT
Final: Sun., June 23, 7 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 75.43m/247-5 • No. 6 U.S. History • June 22, 2019 (Bloomington, Ind.)
Season-Best: 70.93m/232-8 • May 4, 2024 (Tucson, Ariz.)
World Rank: 36th
U.S. Rank: 8th
Olympic Standard? No (74.00m/242-9)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 2x U.S. Champion (weight throw; 2019, 2020) … 13x U.S. qualifier, 9x finalist across indoor and outdoor in the weight throw, shot put and hammer … 2018 NCAA Champion (hammer) … 10x All-American (school record) … 25 career NCAA points scored … 3x SEC Champion … 10x SEC medalist … 3x SEC Commissioner's Trophy winner … 80 career SEC points scored … Ranks No. 6 in U.S. history in the hammer at 75.43m/247-5 from 2019 … Fourth in world history in the weight throw at 25.60m/84-0 from 2023 indoor season … One of only four women in world history at 80 feet in the weight throw and 57 feet in the shot put … Ranks fourth in world history in combined indoor shot put/weight throw PRs (43.23m) … Still holds the Ole Miss record and ranks eighth in NCAA history in the hammer at 72.92m/239-3 … Still ranks 10th in NCAA history in the weight throw at 24.12m/79-01.75 … Same high school as Rebel greats Shey Taiwo and Jasmine Mitchell.
Craig Engels • Men's 1500-Meter
Hometown / High School: Pfafftown, North Carolina / Ronald Reagan HS
First Round: Fri., June 21, 7:22 p.m. CT
Semifinals: Sat., June 22, 8:56 p.m. CT
Final: Mon., June 24, 7:47 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 3:33.64 • No. 20 U.S. History • May 29, 2021 (Portland, Ore.)
Season-Best: 3:35.46 • April 13, 2024 (Azusa, Calif.)
World Rank: 78th
U.S. Rank: 12th
Olympic Standard? No (3:33.50 / 3:50.40)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 6x U.S. finalist in the 1500 … Finished fourth at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials … World finalist in the 1500 in 2019 (10th place) … Won his first U.S. outdoor title in the 1500-meter in 2019 … Held off 2016 Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz, winning by four hundredths of a second at 3:44.93 … Also won the U.S. indoor title in the mile in 2019 … 2017 NCAA DMR Champion … 6x All-American … 5x SEC Champion … 2018 IAAF World Indoor Finalist (1500-meter, 7th place) … 2018 and 2020 USA Indoor bronze medalist (1500-meter) … 2017 Academic All-American … 2013 Pan-Am U20 Champion (1500-meter).
Waleed Suliman • Men's 1500-Meter
Hometown / High School: Richmond, Virginia | Freeman HS
First Round: Fri., June 21, 7:22 p.m. CT
Semifinals: Sat., June 22, 8:56 p.m. CT
Final: Mon., June 24, 7:47 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 3:35.86 • June 9, 2024 (Portland, Ore.)
Season-Best: Same
World Rank: 93rd
U.S. Rank: 19th
Olympic Standard? No (3:33.50 / 3:50.40)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 3x U.S. qualifier, 2x finalist … Made the 1500 final of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials … 7x All-American (2x in XC) … 12 career NCAA points scored … Earned two NCAA bronze medals in 2021, finishing third outdoors in the 1500-meter and in the mile indoors … First Rebel to earn cross country All-American multiple times (20th in 2019, 36th in 2018) … 6x SEC Champion (3x DMR, 2x mile, 1x 1500m) … 8x SEC medalist … 67.5 career SEC points scored … Broke SEC meet record en route to second career indoor mile title at 2021 SEC Championships at 3:58.28, breaking 45-year-old record … 3x First-Team All-SEC in cross country, 2x medalist … 3x NCAA All-South Region in XC … Helped lead Ole Miss men's cross country to first two SEC team titles in combined program history in 2018 and 2019 … Left Ole Miss as the mile school record holder at 3:55.60 … 2x High School All-American … 10x Virginia state champion … Became a U.S. citizen in late 2019 after spending his childhood across Sudan, Jordan and Virginia.
Sam Kendricks • Men's Pole Vault
Hometown / High School: Oxford, Mississippi / Oxford HS
Qualifying: Fri., June 21, 7:50 p.m. CT
Final: Sun., June 23, 7:40 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 6.06m/19-10.50 • No. 2 U.S. History (former American record), T-No. 5 World History • July 27, 2019 (U.S. Championships; Des Moines, Iowa)
Indoor Season-Best: 5.95m/19-06.25 • Feb. 16, 2024 (U.S. Indoor Championships; Albuquerque, N.M.)
Outdoor Season-Best: 5.90m/19-04.25 • June 2, 2024 (Stockholm, Sweden)
World Rank: 3rd
U.S. Rank: 2nd
Olympic Standard? Yes (5.82m/19-1)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Sam Kendricks, 2016, bronze; Sam Kendricks, 2021, DNS)
Quick Facts: Track & Field News favorite to win … 2x Olympian … 2016 Olympic bronze medalist … Made Team USA in 2021 for Tokyo Games (did not compete) … First Rebel men's athlete in department history to make Team USA multiple times (regardless of sport) … First men's athlete in Ole Miss track & field history to qualify for multiple Olympiads … Set what was then an American record 6.06m/19-10.50 at the 2019 U.S. Championships, winning a record sixth straight U.S. outdoor title … Ranks tied for fifth in world history in the pole vault … 2x World Outdoor Champion (2017, 2019) … At the time of his 2019 victory, was one of only two men in world history to repeat as a world champion in the pole vault alongside former world record holder, Sergey Bubka … 6x World qualifier, 5x World medalist … Earned fifth medal this past March, a silver in Glasgow for the World Indoor Championships … 10x U.S. Champion (6 outdoors, 4 indoors) … 2x NCAA Champion … 2014 NCAA Runner-Up … 5x All-American … 2x SEC Champion … 2013 World University Games Gold Medalist … 2014 SEC Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year … 19x IAAF Diamond League champion … 2017 USATF Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year … 22nd member of the six-meter club.
Jahniya Bowers • Women's 100-Meter Dash
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Youngstown, Ohio / Youngstown East / Youngstown State
First Round: Fri., June 21, 7:53 p.m. CT
Semifinals: Sat., June 22, 7:58 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 22, 9:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 11.15 (-0.2) • No. 2 Ole Miss History • April 13, 2024 (Tom Jones Memorial)
Season-Best: Same
World Rank: T-66th
U.S. Rank: T-29th
Olympic Standard? No (11.07)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: First career U.S. qualifying berth … 2024 NCAA Champion (4x100-meter relay) … Ran anchor leg on Ole Miss' winning relay, the first relay title in men's or women's program history outdoors … Ran anchor on semifinal time of 42.22, No. 5 relay in collegiate history … Has run on each of the five fastest 4x100-meter times in program history, as well as six of the top-10 … Ran anchor on each of the four fastest … 2x NCAA East Region qualifier … Ranks second all-time at Ole Miss in the 100-meter dash at 11.15 (-0.2); one of three Rebels to ever break 11.20 in any wind condition … Ranks 15th in the outdoor 200-meter at 23.62 (+2.2) … Indoors, ranks third in Ole Miss history in the 60-meter dash (7.23), 14th in the 200-meter (23.95) … 10x Horizon League champion while at Youngstown State.
McKenzie Long • Women's 100-Meter Dash / Women's 200-Meter Dash
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Ironton, Ohio / Pickerington Central / NC State
100m First Round: Fri., June 21, 7:53 p.m. CT
100m Semifinals: Sat., June 22, 7:58 p.m. CT
100m Final: Sat., June 22, 9:50 p.m. CT
200m First Round: Thurs., June 27, 7:51 p.m. CT
200m Semifinals: Fri., June 28, 9:06 p.m. CT
200m Final: Sat., June 29, 7:27 p.m. CT
100m Personal Best: 10.91 (+0.0) • Ole Miss Wind-Legal Record, T-No. 10 Collegiate History • June 6, 2024 (NCAA Semifinals)
100m Season-Best: Same
100m World Rank: T-6th
100m U.S. Rank: 4th
100m Olympic Standard? Yes (11.07)
100m Ole Miss Olympic History: N/A
200m Personal Best: 21.83 (+1.0) • Ole Miss Record, No. 2 Collegiate History, T-No. 10 U.S. History, T-No. 24 World History • June 8, 2024 (NCAA Final)
200m Season-Best: Same
200m World Rank: 1st
200m U.S. Rank: 1st
200m Olympic Standard? Yes (22.57)
200m Ole Miss Olympic History: N/A
Quick Facts: Track & Field News favorite to win the 200-meter; picked third in the 100-meter … Second and third career U.S. qualifying berths; advanced to the 200-meter semifinal in 2023 … World leader, 200-meter dash at NCAA-winning 21.83 (+1.0) … Owns the three fastest 200-meter times worldwide in 2024 … Only woman worldwide in 2024 at sub-22 in any wind condition … No. 2 collegiate history, No. 10 U.S. history, No. 24 World history at her NCAA winning 200-meter time … Only woman in collegiate history to record multiple wind-legal sub-22 second times in the 200 (within the college season) … World No. 6, U.S. No. 4 in the 100-meter at her NCAA semifinal time of 10.91 (+0.0), which ties for 10th in collegiate history … Owns a windy all-conditions PR of 10.80 (+3.5) from the 2023 Texas Relays … Bowerman Award Semifinalist; appeared on additional Watch Lists on May 15 and May 29 … 3x NCAA Champion; won 100, 200 and 4x100m relay for Ole Miss in a 90-minute span outdoors on June 8, 2024 … Became one of 15 women in NCAA Division I history to sweep the 100 and 200; one of just six to add a victory in the 4x1 … First Rebel to win an NCAA Outdoor title in an event shorter than 800-meters, men or women … First Rebel woman to win an NCAA title, indoors or outdoors, in an event shorter than 1500-meters or mile … First Rebel to win two national titles in the same meet, let alone three, let alone on the same day … One of four Rebels to ever win multiple national titles in the same season, only the second Rebel woman to do so alongside four-time Olympian Brittney Reese (indoor/outdoor long jump, 2008) … Ran second leg on Ole Miss' winning 4x1 team; ran 42.22 in the semifinal to rank the Rebels No. 5 in collegiate history … Scored 22.5 of Ole Miss' 38 points en route to a record fifth-place team finish … 2x NCAA runner-up … 8x All-American (7x First-Team) … 45.5 career NCAA points scored … Part of four top-25 NCAA team finishes in as many career tries with the Rebels … 9x NCAA qualifier (all at Ole Miss) … 9x NCAA East Region qualifier … 2x SEC Champion … 2x First-Team All-SEC … 2x Second-Team All-SEC … 6x SEC medalist … 47.5 career SEC points scored … 2024 SEC Indoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year … First repeat SEC Champion in the women's 200 outdoors since LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan, who won three in a row from 2011-13 … Has run on each of the six fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as seven of the top-nine and eight of the top-10 … USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (May 13) … SEC Women's Runner of the Week (April 30) … First Rebel woman to ever attempt the 100/200/4x1 triple at NCAAs (did so twice) … Ends career with six Ole Miss records: indoor 60-meter (7.10), indoor 200-meter (22.48), indoor 300-meter (37.38), outdoor 100-meter (10.80/+3.5), outdoor 200-meter (21.83/+1.0), outdoor 4x100-meter relay (42.22) … First Rebel woman to break 7.10 in the 60-meter (7.10), 11.00 in the 100-meter (10.80/+3.5; 10.91/+0.0), 23.00 in the indoor 200-meter (22.48) and 22.7 in the outdoor 200-meter (21.83/+1.0) … Left NC State as school record holder in: outdoor 200 (23.00), 4x100-meter relay (44.11), indoor 4x400-meter relay (3:44.51) … 2x U.S. U20 finalist (2019, 100/200) … 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic … Currently working toward her second master's degree, this time in public health … Completed her master's in criminal justice at Ole Miss in 2023, and her bachelor's in psychology and communications at NC State in 2022.
Shannon Ray • Women's 100-Meter Dash
Hometown / High School: New Orleans, Louisiana / St. Katharine Drexel
First Round: Fri., June 21, 7:53 p.m. CT
Semifinals: Sat., June 22, 7:58 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 22, 9:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best (Wind-Legal): 11.09 (+1.1) • July 30, 2022 (Memphis, Tenn.)
Personal Best (All-Conditions): 11.04 (+2.7) • May 21, 2023 (Bermuda)
Season-Best (Wind-Legal): 11.25 (+0.7) • May 26, 2024 (Budapest)
Season-Best (All-Conditions): 11.09 (+3.4) • March 30, 2024 (Baton Rouge, La.)
World Rank: T-111th
U.S. Rank: T-45th
Olympic Standard? No (11.07)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 6x U.S. qualifier … Made the U.S. final indoors in the 60-meter dash in 2020, finished seventh … Advanced to the 200-meter semifinal outdoors in 2023 … Finished 7th at the 2023 Pan American Games as a member of Team USA's 4x100-meter relay … 5x NCAA qualifier ... First-Team All-American in the 4x100-meter relay in 2015 (7th) ... Three-time Second-Team All-American (2x 4x100-meter relay, 1x 200-meter) ... 3x SEC scorer ... Still ranks in the Ole Miss top-10 indoors in the 60-meter dash (11th, 7.42) and 200-meter dash (13th, 23.92), and outdoors in the 100-meter dash (5th, 11.25) and 200-meter dash (6th, 23.15).
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan • Men's Shot Put / Men's Hammer
Hometown / High School: Woonsocket, Rhode Island / Woonsocket HS
Shot Put Qualifying: Fri., June 21, 8:15 p.m. CT
Shot Put Final: Sat., June 22, 8:40 p.m. CT
Hammer Qualifying: Fri., June 28, 6:30 p.m. CT
Hammer Final: Sun., June 30, 5:15 p.m. CT
Shot Put Personal Best: 21.05m/69-0.75 • Ole Miss Indoor Record, No. 22 Collegiate Indoor History • March 9, 2024 (NCAA Indoor)
Shot Put Season-Best: Same
Shot Put Outdoor Best: 20.88m/68-6 • Ole Miss Outdoor Record • June 5, 2024 (NCAA Outdoor)
Shot Put World Rank: 24th
Shot Put U.S. Rank: 9th
Shot Put Olympic Standard? No (21.50m/70-06.50)
Shot Put Ole Miss Olympic History: N/A
Hammer Personal Best: 72.81m/238-10 • Ole Miss Record • June 5, 2024 (NCAA Outdoor)
Hammer Season-Best: Same
Hammer World Rank: T-71st
Hammer U.S. Rank: 13th
Hammer Olympic Standard? No (78.20m/256-6)
Hammer Ole Miss Olympic History: N/A
Quick Facts: Second and third career U.S. qualifying berth; finished 12th in the hammer in 2023 … Bowerman Award Semifinalist … 2x NCAA Champion … Swept both the indoor and outdoor NCAA men's shot put titles in 2024 … One of 17 men in NCAA Division I history to complete the indoor/outdoor sweep … At 20 years, 6 months and 11 days old, became the youngest to complete the sweep since 1989 (Mike Stulce, Texas A&M: 19 years, 10 months, 13 days); fourth youngest ever behind Kansas' Karl Salb in 1969 (20 years, 1 month, 2 days), SMU's Michael Carter in 1980 (19 years, 7 months, 9 days) and Stulce … First true sophomore to win outdoors since Auburn's Edis Elkasevic in 2005 … First underclassman to win indoors since world record holder Ryan Crouser did so as a redshirt sophomore at Texas in 2014 … First Rebel to win a men's shot put title … One of only four Rebels to sweep an NCAA title in the same season alongside George Kersh (1991, men's 800-meter), Savante' Stringfellow (2001, men's long jump) and Brittney Reese (2008, women's long jump) … 8x NCAA qualifier (4x indoor, 4x outdoor) … 8x All-American (6x First-Team) … 33 career NCAA points scored … First Rebel to ever attempt the NCAA men's weight/shot double indoors and the men's hammer/shot double outdoors, let alone in consecutive seasons … Has finished seventh (2024, sophomore) and eighth (2023, freshman) in the two deepest NCAA men's hammer finals of all-time … Finished third in the weight indoors in 2023, best by a freshman nationally since 2013 … Set collegiate freshman NCAA Indoor meet record in 2023 at 22.96m/75-4 … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Outdoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year … First Rebel men's athlete to sweep regional honors in same season, one of two all-time alongside Brittney Reese … 5x SEC Champion (3x outdoor) … 2x SEC Commissioner's Trophy Winner, both in the 2024 season … 6x SEC medalist … 64 career SEC points scored … 2024 SEC Indoor and Outdoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year; only Ole Miss men's athlete to ever sweep and one of only two Rebels to ever alongside four-time Olympian Brittney Reese … In 2024, became the first in SEC history to sweep the men's weight and shot put indoors, and added on a sweep in the hammer and shot outdoors … One of three in SEC history to sweep the men's hammer and shot in the same season, joining Georgia's Denzel Comenentia (2017, '18) and Auburn's Cory Martin (2007, '08) … One of two in conference history to break 68 feet in a field series twice at the SEC meet, joining Georgia's Brett Noon in 1995 … First Rebel to ever win an SEC men's weight throw title … Became first Rebel to ever win an SEC hammer title, man or woman, as a freshman in 2023 … One of three collegiate men since 2015 to break 72 meters in the hammer and 20 in the shot put alongside Arizona's Jordan Geist in 2023 and Georgia's Denzel Comenentia in both 2018 and 2019; of them, Robinson-O'Hagan is the youngest to perform the feat as a sophomore … Has thrown beyond 20 meters in the shot put 19 times since March 9 … One of only four collegians ever at 77 feet in the men's weight and 69 feet in the men's shot put indoors ... First Rebel thrower to break 69 feet in the shot put; was also the first to break 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68 feet indoors, as well as 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68 feet outdoors ... Finished 2024 indoor season as lone thrower worldwide at 77 feet in the weight and 69 in the shot put … Ranks third in collegiate history in combined shot put/weight throw PRs indoors (44.67m) … Owns Ole Miss records indoors in the shot put (21.05m/69-00.75) and weight throw (23.62m/77-6); outdoors in the shot put (20.88m/68-6) and hammer (72.81m/238-10) ... Set the collegiate freshman record in the weight throw in 2023 at 23.62m/77-6 ... 2022 World U20 Champion in the shot put, finalist in the hammer ... 2022 U.S. U20 Champion in both the shot put and hammer ... 2x high school national champion ... No. 4 U.S. boys high school history in the junior shot put, No. 3 in the junior hammer and No. 7 in the high school hammer.
Ahmad Young Jr. • Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Baton Rouge, Louisiana / Langham Creek / Louisiana Tech
First Round: Mon., June 24, 7:05 p.m. CT
Semifinals: Thurs., June 27, 7:01 p.m. CT
Final: Fri., June 28, 9:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 13.46 (+0.2) • No. 3 Ole Miss History • June 5, 2024 (NCAA Semifinals)
Season-Best: Same
World Rank: T-71st
U.S. Rank: T-26th
Olympic Standard? No (13.27)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Tony Dees, Team USA, 1992, silver medal; Antwon Hicks, Nigeria, 2016)
Quick Facts: 2x U.S. qualifier in the hurdles … 2024 Second-Team All-American in the hurdles, finishing six thousandths of a second shy of making the final at a career-best 13.46 (+0.2) … 2x NCAA qualifier in the hurdles … No. 3 all-time at Ole Miss (13.46/+0.2) … One of three Rebels to run at least 13.50 in any wind condition … Also ranks fourth all-time indoors in the 60-meter hurdles (7.82) … 3x NCAA East Region qualifier ... 3x C-USA scorer while at LA Tech ... SEC Community Service Team for 2022-23.
Brian Williams • Men's Discus
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Warren, Michigan / Fraser HS / Iowa Central CC
Qualifying: Thurs., June 27, 8:45 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 29, 6:30 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 66.14m/217-0 • May 6, 2022 (Fullerton, Calif.)
Season-Best: 64.99m/213-2 • May 30, 2024 (Rathdrum, Idaho)
World Rank: 38th
U.S. Rank: 9th
Olympic Standard? No (67.20m/220-5)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: 3x World Outdoor qualifier in the discus; made the final and finished 9th in Budapest in 2023 … 2x U.S. medalist, his best a silver in 2019 to punch his first career World ticket on what was then a one-foot PR of 65.76m (215-9) … 15th at 2022 World Championships in Eugene, 13th at 2019 World meet in Doha … First Rebel to ever medal in the discus at the U.S. Championships … Was also on 2019 Team USA roster for Pan-American Games … 3x All-American … 11 career NCAA points scored … 2x SEC Champion; first Rebel to win discus title, first overall to repeat as SEC discus champion since 2010-11) … 38 career SEC points scored … Set the discus, indoor shot and outdoor shot school records while at Ole Miss … Was a national champion and 4x All-American while at Iowa Central Community College … 2016 NACAC U23 Champion in the discus.
Anthony Camerieri • Men's 5000-Meter
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Brecksville, Ohio / Brecksville-Broadview Heights / Miami (Ohio)
First Round: Thurs., June 27, 10:03 p.m. CT
Final: Sun., June 30, 6:30 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 13:23.61 • May 17, 2024 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Season-Best: Same
World Rank: 152nd
U.S. Rank: 30th
Olympic Standard? No (13:05.00)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: N/A
Quick Facts: World Cross Country qualifier for Team USA in 2024 … Finished 52nd at 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Serbia … Finish eighth at the 2024 U.S. Cross Country Championships … 2023 NCAA Indoor runner-up, distance medley relay … First-Team All-American … Ran brilliant mile anchor leg of 3:57.50 at altitude to bring Ole Miss from toward the back of the pack to a national runner-up finish … 2x SEC medalist … 15 career SEC points … First-Team All-SEC and NCAA All-South Region in cross country in 2022 … Finished fifth at the NCAA South Regional, best individual finish by a Rebel men's runner since 2018 … First Rebel men's runner to break 13:30 in the 5K outdoors, setting the Ole Miss record at 13:26.58 at the 2023 Stanford Invitational … Finished 14th overall in the 5K at the 2023 U.S. Outdoor Championships … 3x All-MAC, 26 conference points scored while at Miami of Ohio.
Jalani Davis • Women's Shot Put
Hometown / High School: Hampton, Virginia / Bethel HS
Qualifying: Fri., June 28, 9:15 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 29, 7:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 18.64m/61-2 • June 2, 2023 (Nashville, Tennessee; unattached)
Season-Best: 18.61m/61-00.75 • No. 12 collegiate history indoors • Feb. 24, 2024 (SEC Indoor)
Outdoor Season-Best: 18.54m/60-10 • March 30, 2024 (LSU Battle on the Bayou)
World Rank: 22nd
U.S. Rank: 10th
Olympic Standard? No (18.80m/61-08.25)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2016, 5th place; Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2021, silver medal)
Quick Facts: 2023 World Outdoor Championship qualifier (shot put) ... 2023 U.S. bronze medalist (shot put) ... 2023 NACAC U23 gold medalists in the hammer, silver in the shot put ... 4x U.S. Outdoor qualifier … 2x NCAA Champion in the weight throw (2023, '24) … First Rebel woman to ever repeat as a national champion in any event, indoors or outdoors … 11x NCAA qualifier … 8x All-American (5x First-Team) … 35 career NCAA points scored (Ole Miss record 27 indoors) … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year … USATF Athlete of the Week (Feb. 29) … No. 3 in collegiate history (fifth-best throw), No. 9 in world history in the weight throw at 25.09m/82-03.75 ... No. 4 performer in NCAA meet history indoors in the weight throw at 24.51m/80-5 … Third collegian to ever break 25 meters … Also ranks No. 12 in collegiate history indoors in the shot put (18.61m/61-00.75) ... Only woman in world history to break 80 feet in the weight and 60 feet in the shot put; has done so twice in the same meet at 2023 and 2024 SEC Indoor Championships ... World record holder in combined indoor weight/shot PRs (43.70m) ... Only woman in world history at 80 feet in the weight, 60 in the shot, 188 in the discus and 228 in the hammer ... Owns collegiate record for most career 80-foot throws (5) and 24-meter throws (9) in the weight ... One of only three women in collegiate history with multiple 80-foot throws in the same series (Brittany Riley, 2007; Shey Taiwo, Ole Miss, 2022) … Ranks tied for second in collegiate history with 21 throws of at least 23 meters … 4x SEC Champion ... 11x SEC medalist ... 110 career SEC points (61 indoors, 49 outdoors) … 2024 SEC Indoor Cliff Harper Trophy Winner … One of only two Rebel women to ever eclipse 60 feet in the shot put both indoors and outdoors alongside two-time Olympian Raven Saunders … Owns Ole Miss record in the discus (57.54m/188-9), ranks second in the shot put both indoors (18.61m/61-00.75) and outdoors (18.62m/61-01.25), ranks second in the weight throw (25.09m/82-03.75) and third in the hammer (69.86m/229-2) … 4x USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Came to Ole Miss as a walk-on.
Akaoma Odeluga • Women's Shot Put
Hometown / High School: Munster, Indiana / Munster HS
Qualifying: Fri., June 28, 9:15 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 29, 7:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 18.11m/59-5 • Ole Miss Outdoor Freshman Record, No. 3 Ole Miss History, No. 2 U.S. U20 History, 2024 World U20 No. 1 • May 10, 2024 (SEC Outdoor)
Season-Best: Same
World Rank: 41st
World U20 Rank: 1st
U.S. Rank: 16th
Olympic Standard? No (18.80m/61-08.25)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2016, 5th place; Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2021, silver medal)
Quick Facts: 2024 World U20 qualifier in the shot put; won silver at the 2024 U.S. U20 Championships … Earned first career NCAA qualifying berth outdoors in 2024 in the shot put … Simultaneously with teammate Mensi Stiff, became one of the two first freshmen in Ole Miss history to qualify for the women's shot put outdoors … Current World U20 leader and the No. 2 U20 shot putter in U.S. history at her SEC bronze medal performance of 18.11m/59-5 … Only trails two-time Olympian and former Rebel Raven Saunders, who set the American U20 record as a freshman at Southern Illinois in 2015 at 18.62m/61-01.25 … 6 career SEC points … One of five freshmen since 2015 at 59 feet in the women's shot put outdoors … Four-year letterwinner in basketball and track & field at Munster High School … Part of three conference champion and sectional champion track teams … 2x track team MVP … 2023 All-State, 2x First-Team All-Conference in track … 2023 Sectional Shot Put champion … 2x Regional champion … 2022 Second-Team All-Conference in the discus … Discus school record holder … 2022 basketball team MVP … 2x First-Team All-Conference in basketball … 4x Scholar-Athlete … 2023 Academic All-Conference … Full first name is Akaomachukwu … Has four siblings … Brother, Kenenna Odeluga, is a linebacker at Illinois … Cousin, Abuchi Obinwa, plays for FC Kitzbühel.
Raven Saunders • Women's Shot Put
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Charleston, S.C. / Burke HS / Southern Illinois
Qualifying: Fri., June 28, 9:15 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 29, 7:50 p.m. CT
Personal Best: 19.96m/65-6 • No. 8 U.S. History, No. 2 USOT History • June 24, 2021 (U.S. Olympic Trials)
Season-Best: 19.17m/62-10.75 • June 2, 2024 (Ramona, Oklahoma)
World Rank: 11th
U.S. Rank: 5th
Olympic Standard? Yes (18.80m/61-08.25)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2016, 5th place; Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2021, silver medal)
Quick Facts: 2x Olympian and 2x Olympic finalist in the shot put … 2021 Olympic silver medalist in the shot put, the third American woman to ever medal and the first to win silver; joined Earlene Brown (1960, Rome; bronze) and Michelle Carter (2016, Rio; gold) … Fifth Rebel to ever win an Olympic medal, regardless of sport … Stands alongside Brittney Reese as the only Olympic medalists from the Ole Miss women's track & field team … Finished fifth in the Olympic final in 2016 as a sophomore, the youngest to ever make the women's shot put final at 20 years old … 2017 U.S. Champion in the shot put … 2021 U.S. runner-up at the trials at career-best 19.96m/65-6, the No. 2 throw in the history of the trials … Finished 10th at the 2017 IAAF World Outdoor Championships … 4x NCAA Champion (two at Ole Miss) … 47 career NCAA points scored (27 at Ole Miss) … 7x All-American … 5x conference champion (3x SEC, 2x MVC), 68 career conference points scored (46 SEC, 22 MVC) … At the time was one of only four women in NCAA history to break 19 meters indoors and the first to do so outdoors … First woman in NCAA history to break 19 meters twice in the same series … Broke both collegiate records during her career … 2017 USTFCCCA Women's Indoor Co-National Field Athlete of the Year … 2016 Bowerman Award Finalist, 2017 Bowerman Award Semifinalist … 2015 Pan-American U20 Champion … 2014 World U20 silver medalist … Still holds the American U20 record of 18.62m/61-01.25 set as a freshman at Southern Illinois in 2015.
Mensi Stiff • Women's Shot Put
Hometown / High School: Lewisburg, Tennessee / Brentwood Academy
Qualifying: Fri., June 28, 9:15 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 29, 7:50 p.m. CT
Overall Personal Best: 17.54m/57-06.50 • Ole Miss Freshman Indoor Record, No. 4 Ole Miss Indoor History • Feb. 10, 2024 (Music City Challenge)
Season-Best: Same
Outdoor Best: 17.11m/56-01.75 • No. 5 Ole Miss History Outdoors • June 6, 2024 (NCAA Outdoor)
World Rank: 63rd
U.S. Rank: 21st
Olympic Standard? No (18.80m/61-08.25)
Ole Miss Olympic History in Event: 2 qualifiers (Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2016, 5th place; Raven Saunders, Team USA, 2021, silver medal)
Quick Facts: 2x Second-Team All-American … Owns the first two national qualifying berths ever by a Rebel freshman in the women's shot put … One of just eight freshmen since 2010 to break 57 feet in the shot put indoors ... Set the Ole Miss freshman indoor record twice ... 1x SEC scorer ... 1 career SEC point ... 2023 Pan-American U20 gold medal for Team USA in the shot put ... Finished high school career ranked fourth in U.S. girls history in the shot put at 54-09.50 ... 2x Tennessee Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year ... 3x Nike national shot put champion ... 2022 Track & Field News All-American in shot put and discus ... 6x state champion ... Set state records in the shot put and discus ... 3x all-state ... 2x Middle Tennessee Track Athlete of the Year ... 2021 USA Today Tennessee Rising Star of the Year.
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