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TrackTown USA Awaits Ole Miss Track & Field at 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships
6/3/2024 | Track and Field
EUGENE, Ore. – Ole Miss men's and women's track & field will be represented by 13 student-athletes in 14 different events on the highest stage of the collegiate track season at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which returns to TrackTown USA at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field from June 5-8.
The finest athletes in Division I will descend upon Eugene this week for the four-day meet, which is split into men's competition (June 5 & 7) and women's competition (June 6 & 8). To get to this point, student-athletes needed to qualify for their respective NCAA Regional Preliminary Round Championship (East or West), and then needed to finish within the top-12 of their events at the regional meet in order to punch their ticket to Oregon. Athletes competing in either the decathlon or heptathlon needed only to finish within the top-12 nationally by the end of the regular season.
Those 24 total athletes will not only be competing for team or individual national championships, but also to grasp one of the coveted top-eight scoring spots for First-Team All-American status. Places nine through 16 receive Second Team All-American honors, and the remaining eight competitors receive Honorable Mention All-American distinction.
This marks the third NCAA Championship meet at Oregon after Hayward Field received extensive renovations immediately following the 2018 national meet in preparation for the 2022 World Athletics Championships that were held in Eugene. Hayward Field has been the home of Oregon track & field since 1921, and has hosted numerous high-end competitions, including 18 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 seven U.S. Olympic Trials (1972, '76, '80, 2008, '12, '16, '21).
In nine years at Ole Miss, head coach Connie Price-Smith has mentored three NCAA Outdoor Champions (Raven Saunders, shot put, 2016; Janeah Stewart, hammer, 2018; Sintayehu Vissa, 1500-meter, 2022), 71 outdoor First or Second-Team All-Americans (46 women, 25 men) and brought the Rebels five national top-25 team finishes outdoors.
Four of the eight all-time NCAA top-10 finishes in Ole Miss history have come within the last three calendar: 2024 women's indoor (5th), 2023 women's indoor (10th), 2022 women's indoor (T-6th), 2022 men's indoor (T-10th), 2021 men's indoor (10th), 2013 men's outdoor (8th), 2001 men's indoor (10th) and 1991 men's indoor (9th).
Ole Miss has a strong history at the national meet, regardless of season. Across both indoor and outdoor, Ole Miss boasts 27 NCAA Champions, 320 First or Second-Team All-American honors, while as a team Ole Miss has tallied 38 top-25 team finishes and scored 808.5 total national points. Under Price-Smith both indoors and outdoors, the Rebels have 13 NCAA Champions, 161 First or Second-Team All-Americans, 15 NCAA top-25 team finishes and a total of 328 NCAA points scored.
Competition will begin with the Rebel men on Wednesday and the women on Thursday, with action on Friday and Saturday based on finals qualifying for the track events on the first two days. Ole Miss will be looking to advance men's runners to Friday in the 110-meter hurdles races, while the Rebel women's potential for finals on Saturday rests on the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 400-meter hurdles and the 4x100-meter relay.
See below for more detailed information on the national qualifiers and the NCAA Championships. Fans can watch all four days of action live, with dedicated ESPN+ streaming links for each individual field event, as well as evening broadcast windows for the track events each night. The first three evenings of action will air live on ESPN2, while the fourth and final day on Saturday will air on ESPN.
OLE MISS AT THE NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men's Entries (6 entries, 5 athletes)
Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley – Men's Triple Jump
Jake Dalton – Men's Hammer
Toby Gillen – Men's 5K
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Men's Shot Put
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Men's Hammer
Ahmad Young Jr. – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
Women's Entries (8 entries, 8 athletes)
Jalani Davis – Women's Hammer
McKenzie Long – Women's 100-Meter Dash
McKenzie Long – Women's 200-Meter Dash
Gabrielle Matthews – Women's 400-Meter Hurdles
Akaoma Odeluga – Women's Shot Put
Skylar Soli – Women's Hammer
Mensi Stiff – Women's Shot Put
Women's 4x100-Meter Relay (Akilah Lewis, McKenzie Long, Gabrielle Matthews, Jahniya Bowers)
BROADCAST SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES CT)
All events outside of the live network windows will have a dedicated live stream on ESPN+. A full broadcast schedule can be found HERE.
Live results are courtesy of Flash Results.
Day One – Men (Wed., June 5)
Hammer Live Stream: 4 p.m. CT
ESPN2: 6:30 p.m. CT
Shot Put Live Stream: 8:40 p.m. CT
Day Two – Women (Thurs., June 6)
Hammer Live Stream: 5 p.m. CT
ESPN2: 7:30 p.m. CT
Shot Put Live Stream: 9:40 p.m. CT
Day Three – Men (Fri., June 7)
ESPN2: 8 p.m. CT
Triple Jump Live Stream: 8:20 p.m. CT
Day Four – Women (Sat., June 8)
ESPN: 4:30 p.m. CT
COMPETITION SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES CT)
Day One (Wednesday, June 5):
4:00 PM CT – Men's Hammer Final – Jake Dalton (Flight 1), Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) – ESPN+
7:32 PM CT – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles Semifinal – Ahmad Young Jr. (Heat 1, Lane 8) – ESPN2
8:40 PM CT – Men's Shot Put Final – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) – ESPN+
Day Two (Thursday, June 6):
5:00 PM CT – Women's Hammer Final – Skylar Soli (Flight 1), Jalani Davis (Flight 2) – ESPN+
7:32 PM CT – Women's 4x100-Meter Relay Semifinal (Heat 1, Lane 6) – ESPN2
8:46 PM CT – Women's 100-Meter Dash Semifinal – McKenzie Long (Heat 3, Lane 5) – ESPN2
9:30 PM CT – Women's 400-Meter Hurdles Semifinal – Gabrielle Matthews (Heat 1, Lane 5) – ESPN2
9:40 PM CT – Women's Shot Put Final – Mensi Stiff (Flight 1), Akaoma Odeluga (Flight 2) – ESPN+
9:44 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash Semifinal – McKenzie Long (Heat 3, Lane 6) – ESPN2
Friday, June 7:
8:20 PM CT – Men's Triple Jump Final – Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Flight 1) – ESPN+
8:42 PM CT – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles Final (if qualified) – ESPN2
9:55 PM CT – Men's 5K Final – Toby Gillen – ESPN2
Saturday, June 8:
4:32 PM CT – Women's 4x100-Meter Relay Final (if qualified) – ESPN
5:22 PM CT – Women's 100-Meter Dash Final (if qualified) – ESPN
5:57 PM CT – Women's 400-Meter Hurdles Final (if qualified) – ESPN
6:07 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash Final (if qualified) – ESPN
OLE MISS NCAA QUALIFIERS • BY THE NUMBERS
Team Superlatives
• Tied for second-most combined NCAA Outdoor entries (14) in school history
• Second-most entries of Connie Price-Smith era (since 2016)
• Tied for fourth-most combined athletes (13) to earn NCAA Outdoor berths
• Ties program record for most women's entries (8)
• Tied for second-most women's athletes (8)
• Tied for fifth-most men's entries (6)
• Five first-time NCAA Outdoor qualifiers: Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (men's triple jump), Jahniya Bowers (women's 4x100-meter relay), Jake Dalton (men's hammer), Akaoma Odeluga (women's shot put) and Skylar Soli (women's hammer)
• Also marks the first overall NCAA berth for all five, regardless of season
• First NCAA individual berth for Gabrielle Matthews in the 400-meter hurdles, who was on Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay last season as a freshman
• Ninth straight appearance for Ole Miss in the women's 4x100-meter relay, 15th total in program history
• Seventh time in the last eight tries dating back to 2016 that Ole Miss has qualified in the women's shot put
• One of five schools with multiple entries in the women's shot put
• Third time in program history and third year in a row Ole Miss has qualified a men's and women's shot putter in the same season
• Sixth time in the last seven opportunities that Ole Miss has notched at least one qualifier in the women's hammer; have scored 24 points in the event in that span dating back to 2017
• One of two schools with multiple entries in the women's hammer, alongside Texas State
• Fourth qualifier in the men's 110-meter hurdles since 2015
• One of two schools with multiple entries in the men's hammer, alongside Cal
Women's Individual Superlatives:
Jalani Davis (Hammer): 11th overall career NCAA qualifying berth, fifth outdoors … Third career ticket in the hammer.
McKenzie Long (100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay): Seventh, eighth and ninth overall career NCAA qualifying berths, all at Ole Miss; owns six now outdoors … Second-ever triple attempt in the women's 100-meter/200-meter/4x100-meter relay in Ole Miss history; was also the first in 2023 … Sixth Rebel woman to ever attempt a triple at the outdoor national meet … One of two to ever attempt the 100/200 double alongside multiple time All-American Teneeshia Jones, who did so three times from 1999-2001 … Looking to become the first Rebel in combined program history to win an NCAA title outdoors in an event shorter than 800-meters … A sweep in the 100 and 200 would make her the 15th woman in Division I history to do so.
Gabrielle Matthews (400m Hurdles, 4x100m Relay): First career individual national berth, second overall … First career double attempt … One of three nationally to attempt the 400-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter relay double alongside Oregon's Shana Grebo and LSU's Leah Phillips … One of three women in Ole Miss history to qualify in the 400-meter hurdles alongside Sofie Persson (2011) and Brandy Mack (1998, '99, '00) … Looking to become the first Rebel woman to score in the event.
Akaoma Odeluga (Shot Put): First career NCAA qualifying berth … Simultaneously with Mensi Stiff, one of the two first Ole Miss freshmen to ever qualify for the women's shot put outdoors.
Skylar Soli (Hammer): First career NCAA qualifying berth … First true freshman in Ole Miss history to qualify in the women's hammer … One of three freshmen nationally to qualify in the women's hammer.
Mensi Stiff (Shot Put): Second overall NCAA qualifying berth, first outdoors … Indoors became the first Ole Miss freshman, indoors or outdoors, to qualify in the women's shot put … Simultaneously with Akaoma Odeluga, one of the two first Ole Miss freshmen to ever qualify for the women's shot put outdoors.
Men's Individual Superlatives
Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Triple Jump): First career NCAA qualifying berth … First Rebel to qualify in the men's triple jump since Philip Young in 2014 … One of 11 total NCAA berths ever in the men's triple jump outdoors.
Jake Dalton (Hammer): First career NCAA qualifying berth.
Toby Gillen (5K): Second career NCAA qualifying berth, first as a Rebel … One of five Rebel men to ever qualify in the 5K alongside K.C. Nielsen (1984), Pablo Sierra (1993), Ryan Walling (2016) and Cole Bullock (2022).
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Shot Put, Hammer): Seventh and eighth career NCAA qualifying berths in just two years as a Rebel, his third and fourth outdoors … First Rebel to ever repeat as a double in the men's shot/hammer after becoming the first to do so as a freshman in 2023 … One of two nationally to attempt the shot/hammer double alongside Navy's Joshua Boamah … A win in the shot put would mark the 23rd indoor/outdoor NCAA Division I sweep of the men's shot put, and make him the 17th such individual … A win would make him the first true sophomore to sweep indoors/outdoors since Auburn's Edis Elkasevic in 2005, who was 22 years old … At 20 years old, Robinson-O'Hagan would be the youngest to complete the indoor/outdoor sweep since Texas A&M's Mike Stulce in 1989, who was 19 years old.
Ahmad Young Jr. (110m Hurdles): Second career NCAA ticket, both outdoors in the 110-meter hurdles and both as a Rebel … One of four Rebels to earn multiple career berths in the 110-meter hurdles alongside Antwon Hicks (2002, '04, '05), John Yarbrough (2006, '07, '08) and Robert Semien (2014, '15) … Looking to become the first Rebel to score in the men's 110-meter hurdles since John Yarbrough was the NCAA runner-up in 2007.
REBEL HISTORY AT THE NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ole Miss Best NCAA Outdoor Finishes (in events qualified)
Women's 100-Meter Dash: 5th (2001, Teneeshia Jones)
Women's 200-Meter Dash: 2nd (2023, McKenzie Long)
Men's 5K: 4th (1993, Pablo Sierra)
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles: 2nd (2x, last by John Yarbrough in 2007)
Women's 400-Meter Hurdles: 10th (2000, Brandy Mack)
Women's 4x100-Meter Relay: 7th (2015)
Men's Triple Jump:
Women's Shot Put: 1st (2016, Raven Saunders)
Men's Shot Put: 9th (2009, Derek McGuire)
Women's Hammer: 1st (2018, Janeah Stewart)
Men's Hammer: 8th (2x, last by Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan in 2023)
Ole Miss NCAA Outdoor Champions (11)
1983 – Ralph Spry, Men's Long Jump
1991 – George Kersh, Men's 800-Meter
2000 – Savante' Stringfellow, Men's Long Jump
2001 – Savante' Stringfellow, Men's Long Jump
2007 – Barnabas Kirui, Men's 3000-Meter Steeplechase
2008 – Brittney Reese, Women's Long Jump
2013 – Sam Kendricks, Men's Pole Vault
2014 – Sam Kendricks, Men's Pole Vault
2016 – Raven Saunders, Women's Shot Put
2018 – Janeah Stewart, Women's Hammer
2022 – Sintayehu Vissa, Women's 1500-Meter
Ole Miss NCAA Outdoor Runners-Up (10)
1990 – George Kersh, Men's 800-Meter
1993 – Pablo Sierra, Men's 10K
2005 – Antwon Hicks, Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
2007 – John Yarbrough, Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
2007 – Brittney Reese, Women's Long Jump
2011 – Ricky Robertson, Men's High Jump
2013 – Isiah Young, Men's 200-Meter Dash
2021 – Shey Taiwo, Women's Hammer
2022 – Mario Garcia Romo, Men's 1500-Meter
2023 – McKenzie Long, Women's 200-Meter Dash
Ole Miss NCAA Outdoor Top-25 Finishes (15)
2023 – Ole Miss Women – T-25th (11 points)
2022 – Ole Miss Women – T-19th (13 points)
2018 – Ole Miss Women – T-20th (14 points)
2017 – Ole Miss Men – T-14th (16 points)
2016 – Ole Miss Women – T-22nd (10 points)
2014 – Ole Miss Men –T-24th (10 points)
2013 – Ole Miss Men – 8th (24 points)
2011 – Ole Miss Men – 19th (13 points)
2008 – Ole Miss Women – T-15th (14 points)
2007 – Ole Miss Men – 12th (18 points)
2001 – Ole Miss Men – T-25th (10 points)
2000 – Ole Miss Men – T-21st (10 points)
1993 – Ole Miss Men – 13th (22 points)
1990 – Ole Miss Men – T-25th (11 points)
1983 – Ole Miss Men – T-22nd (20 points)
REBELS IN COMPETITION (IN MEET ORDER)
Jake Dalton • Men's Hammer
Final: Wed., June 5 • 4 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: General Business
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Andover, Mass. / Andover / Dartmouth
Season-Best: 68.43m/224-6 • No. 3 Ole Miss History • May 9, 2024 (SEC Outdoor)
Career-Best: Same
NCAA Seed: 17th
SEC Finish: 2nd
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 3x NCAA East Region qualifier.
Quick Facts: SEC silver medalist in the hammer … Ranks No. 3 in Ole Miss history at his SEC runner-up performance of 68.43m/224-6 … Part of Ole Miss throws crew that scored 24 points in the men's hammer, the most since Georgia scored 26 in 2003 … Two-time Ivy League medalist while at Dartmouth.
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Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan • Men's Hammer / Shot Put
Hammer Final: Wed., June 5 • 4 p.m. CT
Shot Put Final: Wed., June 5 • 8:40 p.m. CT
Class: Sophomore
Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Hometown / High School: Woonsocket, R.I. / Woonsocket
Hammer Season-Best: 72.42m/237-7 • Ole Miss Record, 2024 U.S. No. 16 • March 22, 2024 (Ole Miss Classic)
Hammer Career-Best: Same
Hammer NCAA Seed: 8th
Hammer SEC Finish: 1st
Shot Put Outdoor Season-Best: 20.85m/68-5 • Ole Miss Outdoor Record, 2024 NCAA No. 1, U.S. No. 8 (Outdoor) • May 10, 2024 (SEC Outdoor)
Shot Put Outdoor Career-Best: Same
Shot Put Overall Career-Best: 21.05m/69-0.75 • Ole Miss Indoor Record, No. 22 Collegiate Indoor History, 2024 World No. 24 (Absolute), U.S. No. 9 (Absolute) • March 9, 2024 (NCAA Indoor)
Shot Put NCAA Seed: 1st
Shot Put SEC Finish: 1st
NCAA History: 8x NCAA qualifier (4x indoor, 4x outdoor) … 6x All-American (4x First-Team) … 2024 NCAA Indoor Champion (shot put) … First underclassman to win men's shot title indoors since world record holder Ryan Crouser did so as a redshirt freshman with Texas in 2014 … 21 career NCAA points (1 outdoor) … First Rebel to ever win an NCAA men's shot put title, indoors or outdoors … First Rebel to ever attempt the men's weight/shot double indoors and the men's hammer/shot double outdoors, let alone in consecutive seasons … Finished eighth in the deepest NCAA hammer final of all-time outdoors as a freshman in 2023 … Finished third in the weight indoors as a freshman in 2023, best since 2013 … Set collegiate freshman NCAA Indoor meet record in 2023 at 22.96m/75-4.
Quick Facts: 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 … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year … 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 … One of two throwers worldwide in 2024 at 72 meters in the hammer and 20 in the shot put alongside professional Jordan Geist … Has thrown beyond 20 meters in the shot put 15 times in the last three months … 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 (20.85m/68-5) and hammer (72.42m/237-7) ... 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.
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Ahmad Young Jr. • Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
Semifinal: Wed., June 5 • 7:32 p.m. CT
Final: Fri., June 7 • 8:42 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: Master's in Hospitality Management
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Baton Rouge, La. / Langham Creek / Louisiana Tech
Season-Best: 13.50 (+0.4)• No. 3 Ole Miss History • May 11, 2024 (SEC Final)
Career-Best: Same
NCAA Seed: 18th
SEC Finish: 4th
NCAA History: Second career NCAA meet, second in a row outdoors in the 110-meter hurdles … Honorable Mention All-American in 2023 (19th).
Quick Facts: Third all-time at Ole Miss in the 110-meter hurdles at 13.50 (+0.4), 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.
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Skylar Soli • Women's Hammer
Final: Thurs., June 6 • 5 p.m. CT
Class: Freshman
Major: Integrated Marketing Communications
Hometown / High School: College Park, Ga. / Douglas County
Season-Best: 62.18m/204-0 • No. 5 Ole Miss History • May 9, 2024 (SEC Outdoor)
Career-Best: Same
NCAA Seed: 23rd
SEC Finish: 5th
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … First true freshman in Ole Miss history to qualify in the women's hammer.
Quick Facts: First freshman in Ole Miss women's history to break 200 feet in the hammer … One of seven Rebel women all-time to break 200 feet, ranks fifth at 62.18m/204-0 … 6 career SEC points.
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Jalani Davis • Women's Hammer
Final: Thurs., June 6 • 5 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: Master's in Sport Analytics
Hometown / High School: Hampton, Va. / Bethel HS
Season-Best: 68.78m/225-8 • April 5, 2024 (Joe Walker Invite)
Career-Best: 69.53m/228-1 • No. 4 Ole Miss history • June 9, 2022 (NCAA Outdoor)
NCAA Seed: 6th
SEC Finish: 3rd
NCAA History: 11x NCAA 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 … 7x All-American (4x First-Team) … 29 career NCAA points (3 outdoor) … No. 4 performer in NCAA meet history indoors in the weight throw at 24.51m/80-5 …
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 ... 3x U.S. Outdoor qualifier … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year … USATF Athlete of the Week (Feb. 29) ... 4x SEC Champion ... 11x SEC medalist ... 110 career SEC points (61 indoors, 49 outdoors) … 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 … No. 3 in collegiate history (fifth-best throw), No. 9 in world history in the weight throw at 25.09m/82-03.75 ... 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, 189 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 USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Came to Ole Miss as a walk-on.
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Women's 4x100-Meter Relay
Semifinal: Thurs, June 6 • 7:32 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 8 • 4:32 p.m. CT
Qualifying Relay: Akilah Lewis, McKenzie Long, Gabrielle Matthews, Jahniya Bowers (alternates: Jerricka Ambus, Olivia Womack)
Season-Best: 42.47 • Ole Miss Record, No. 9 Collegiate History • May 11, 2024 (SEC Outdoor)
NCAA Seed: 2nd
SEC Finish: 2nd
NCAA History: Ninth straight NCAA Outdoor qualifying berth … 15th total NCAA ticket in women's program history.
Quick Facts: Has run each of the three fastest times in Ole Miss history this season: 42.47 (May 11), 42.72 (May 25), 43.31 (April 13) … Owns four of the top-eight times in program history … Finished as SEC runners-up, the best ever by the Rebel women and tied for the best overall with the Rebel men's 1984 SEC runner-up relay squad.
Leg 1: Akilah Lewis
Class: Senior
Major: Master's in Sport & Recreation Administration
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Arouca, Trinidad & Tobago / Bishop Anstey / Minnesota
100m PR: 11.21 (+0.7) • May 27, 2023 (NCAA West)
NCAA History: Fourth career NCAA ticket overall, third in the 4x100-meter relay (first as a Rebel) … Second-Team All-American indoors in the 60-meter dash while at Minnesota in 2023 (14th place) … Also earned two Honorable Mention All-American in the 4x1 outdoors in 2022 (17th) and 2023 (17th) … 5x NCAA Regional qualifier.
Quick Facts: Multiple-time member of Trinidad & Tobago's national team, including on the 4x1 at the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games … 4x Big Ten medalist … Ranks 12th all-time at Ole Miss in the 100-meter dash at 11.54 (+2.8) … Has run on the three fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as four of the top-eight.
Leg 2: McKenzie Long
Leg 3: Gabrielle Matthews
Leg 4: Jahniya Bowers
Class: Senior
Major: Master's in Criminal Justice
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Youngstown, Ohio / Youngstown East / Youngstown State
100m PR: 11.15 (-0.2) • No. 2 Ole Miss History • April 13, 2024 (Tom Jones Memorial)
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 2x NCAA Regional qualifier.
Quick Facts: Has run on the three fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as four of the top-eight … Has run anchor on the two fastest at 42.47 and 42.72 … 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.
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McKenzie Long • Women's 100-Meter Dash / 200-Meter / 4x100-Meter Relay
100-Meter Dash Semifinal: Thurs., June 6 • 8:46 p.m. CT
100-Meter Dash Final: Sat., June 8 • 5:22 p.m. CT
200-Meter Dash Semifinal: Thurs., June 6 • 9:44 p.m. CT
200-Meter Dash Final: Sat., June 8 • 6:07 p.m. CT
4x100-Meter Relay Semifinal: Thurs., June 6 • 7:32 p.m. CT
4x100-Meter Relay Final: Sat., June 8 • 4:32 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: Master's in Public Health
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Ironton, Ohio / Pickerington Central / NC State
100m NCAA Seed: 5th
100m SEC Finish: N/A
Wind-Legal 100m PR: 10.92 (+0.5) • Ole Miss Wind-Legal Record, No. 11 Collegiate History, 2024 World No. 8, U.S. No. 4 • May 25, 2024 (NCAA East Quarters)
Wind-Legal 100m SB: Same
All-Conditions 100m PR: 10.80 (+3.5) • Ole Miss Record, No. 7 All-Conditions Collegiate History • March 31, 2023 (Texas Relays Prelim)
All-Conditions 100m SB: 10.89 (+2.6) • March 30, 2024 (LSU Battle on the Bayou)
200m NCAA Seed: 1st
200m SEC Finish: 1st
Wind-Legal 200m PR: 22.03 (+0.6) • Ole Miss Wind-Legal Record, No. 5 Collegiate History, 2024 World No. 1 • May 11, 2024 (SEC Outdoor Final)
Wind-Legal 200m SB: Same
All-Conditions 200m PR: 21.88 (+2.5) • Ole Miss Record, No. 3 All-Conditions Collegiate History • June 10, 2023 (NCAA Outdoor Final)
NCAA History: 9x NCAA qualifier (all at Ole Miss) … 5x NCAA qualifier outdoors … 5x All-American (4x First-Team) … 2x NCAA Runner-Up in the 200-meter (2023 outdoor, 2024 indoor) … 23 career NCAA points scored … Second consecutive triple attempt in the 100/200/4x1; was the first Rebel to do so in 2023 … 9x NCAA East Region qualifier.
Quick Facts: Bowerman Award Watch List (May 15, May 29) … Third Rebel woman to make a Bowerman Watch List (first track athlete) … USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (May 13) … SEC Women's Runner of the Week (April 30) … Current world leader in the 200-meter dash at wind-legal PR of 22.03 (+0.6); No. 5 collegiate history … Owns the No. 1 (22.03) and No. 4 (22.10) times worldwide in the 200-meter this season … No. 8 world, No. 4 U.S. this season in the 100-meter dash at wind-legal PR 10.92 (+0.5); No. 11 collegiate history … Lone runner worldwide with wind-legal sub-11.00 and sub 22.10 times this season … One of four in collegiate history with multiple wind-legal sub-22.10's in the 200-meter … 2x SEC Champion … 6x SEC medalist … 47.5 career SEC points scored … First repeat SEC Champion in the women's 200 outdoors since LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan, who won three in a row from 2011-13 … Runs second leg on Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay that finished as SEC runners-up and ranks No. 9 in collegiate history at 42.47 … Has run on each of the four fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as five of the top-seven and six of the top-eight … Owns six Ole Miss records: indoors in the 60-meter (7.10), 200-meter (22.48) and 300-meter (37.38); outdoors in the 100-meter (10.80/+3.5), 200-meter (21.88/+2.5) and 4x100-meter relay (42.47) ... All-conditions 200-meter PR of 21.88 (+2.5) from her NCAA runner-up performance in 2023 ranks third on the all-conditions collegiate list all-time … First Rebel woman to break 7.10 in the 60-meter (7.10), 11.00 in the 100-meter (10.80/+3.5; 10.92/+0.5), 23.00 in the indoor 200-meter (22.48) and 22.7 in the outdoor 200-meter (21.88/+2.5; 22.03/+0.6) ... 2023 U.S. semifinalist in the 200-meter dash ... 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) … 2024 SEC Indoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year … 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.
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Gabrielle Matthews • Women's 400-Meter Hurdles / 4x100-Meter Relay
400-Meter Hurdles Semifinal: Thurs., June 6 • 9:30 p.m. CT
400-Meter Hurdles Final: Sat., June 8 • 5:57 p.m. CT
4x100-Meter Relay Semifinal: Thurs., June 6 • 7:32 p.m. CT
4x100-Meter Relay Final: Sat., June 8 • 4:32 p.m. CT
Class: Sophomore
Major: Criminal Justice
Hometown / High School: Portmore, Jamaica / The Queens School
400m Hurdles PR: 55.12 • Ole Miss Record, 2024 Jamaican No. 5 • May 11, 2024 (SEC Outdoor Final)
400m Hurdles SB: Same
NCAA Seed: 6th
SEC Finish: 1st
NCAA History: First career individual NCAA berth, second overall … Second-Team All-American on Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay in 2023 (13th) … First career double attempt.
Quick Facts: Ole Miss record holder in the 400-meter hurdles at her SEC-winning 55.12 … First Rebel woman to break 57 seconds in the 400 hurdles; has done so four times since April 12 and has broken 56 seconds three times since May 9 … Runs third leg on Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay that finished as SEC runners-up at school-record 42.47 (No. 9 collegiate history) … Has run on each of the four fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as five of the top-six, six of the top-seven, and seven of the top-eight … 2024 SEC Champion in the 400-meter hurdles, first Rebel woman to ever win the event … 16.75 career SEC points … 4x NCAA East Region qualifier … Also ranks fourth in the 200-meter outdoors at 22.98 (+1.1), seventh in the 200 indoors at 23.72, and 10th in the 400-meter indoors at 55.17.
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Mensi Stiff • Women's Shot Put
Final: Thurs., June 6 • 9:40 p.m. CT
Class: Freshman
Major: History
Hometown / High School: Lewisburg, Tenn. / Brentwood Academy
Overall Career-Best: 17.54m/57-06.50 • Ole Miss Freshman Indoor Record, No. 4 Ole Miss Indoor History • Feb. 10, 2024 (Music City Challenge)
Outdoor Career-Best: 17.07m/56-0 • No. 5 Ole Miss Outdoor History • May 23, 2024 (NCAA East)
NCAA Seed: 21st
SEC Finish: 12th
NCAA History: Second career NCAA qualifying berth, first outdoors … First Ole Miss freshman ever to qualify in the women's shot put, indoors or outdoors … Simultaneously with teammate Akaoma Odeluga, one of the two first freshmen in Ole Miss history to qualify in the women's shot put outdoors … Second-Team All-American indoors this season (16th).
Quick Facts: 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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Akaoma Odeluga • Women's Shot Put
Final: Thurs., June 6 • 9:40 p.m. CT
Class: Freshman
Major: Political Science
Hometown / High School: Munster, Ind. / Munster
Career-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
NCAA Seed: 10th
SEC Finish: 3rd
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 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.
Quick Facts: 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 … Ranks second nationally among freshmen … One of five freshmen since 2015 at 59 feet in the women's shot put outdoors … Four-year letterwinner in basketball and track & field … 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.
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Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley • Men's Triple Jump
Final: Fri., June 7 • 8:20 p.m. CT
Class: Junior
Major: Law Studies
Hometown / High School: Spanish Town, Jamaica / Wolmer's Boys School
Wind-Legal PR: 15.77m/51-9 (+0.2) • May 24, 2024 (NCAA East)
NCAA Seed: 21st
SEC Finish: 11th
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth.
Quick Facts: Ranks 10th in Ole Miss history outdoors at his NCAA wind-allowable 15.81m/51-10.50 (+3.7) from the LSU Invite earlier this season … Ranks 11th at Ole Miss indoors at 15.61m/51-02.75 … 2x NCAA East Region qualifier … 2 career SEC points … 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic … Member of the 2023-24 SEC Community Service Team.
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Toby Gillen • Men's 5000-Meter
Final: Fri., June 7 • 9:55 p.m. CT
Class: Junior
Major: General Business
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Cairns, Australia / Saint Augustine's College / Saint Louis
Outdoor Career-Best: 13:30.27 • May 27, 2023 (NCAA West Semis)
Indoor Career-Best: 13:28.81 • Ole Miss Indoor Record • Feb. 9, 2024 (Valentine Invite)
Outdoor Season-Best: 13:39.66 • No. 4 Ole Miss History Outdoors • March 29, 2024 (Stanford Invitational)
NCAA Seed: 17th
SEC Finish: N/A
NCAA History: Second career NCAA qualifying berth, both outdoors in the 5K, first as a Rebel … Second-Team All-American in 2023 while at Saint Louis (13th) … 2x NCAA Regional qualifier … 2023 NCAA All-South Region in cross country (15th).
Quick Facts: Finished fourth at the Australian Championships in the 5K this past April at 13:40.11 … 2x qualifier to the Australian trials … Ole Miss record holder in the 5K indoors at 13:28.81; first Rebel to ever break 13:30 indoors, one of two across both seasons alongside Anthony Camerieri … Also ranks third indoors in the 3K (7:53.08), fourth outdoors in the 5K (13:39.66) and fifth in the DMR indoors (9:29.86) … 2024 SEC Indoor silver medalist, 5K … 12 career SEC points scored … 2023 Second-Team All-SEC in cross country … Five-time A-10 Champion while at Saint Louis … Won seven total medals and scored 64 A-10 conference points in his career.
The finest athletes in Division I will descend upon Eugene this week for the four-day meet, which is split into men's competition (June 5 & 7) and women's competition (June 6 & 8). To get to this point, student-athletes needed to qualify for their respective NCAA Regional Preliminary Round Championship (East or West), and then needed to finish within the top-12 of their events at the regional meet in order to punch their ticket to Oregon. Athletes competing in either the decathlon or heptathlon needed only to finish within the top-12 nationally by the end of the regular season.
Those 24 total athletes will not only be competing for team or individual national championships, but also to grasp one of the coveted top-eight scoring spots for First-Team All-American status. Places nine through 16 receive Second Team All-American honors, and the remaining eight competitors receive Honorable Mention All-American distinction.
This marks the third NCAA Championship meet at Oregon after Hayward Field received extensive renovations immediately following the 2018 national meet in preparation for the 2022 World Athletics Championships that were held in Eugene. Hayward Field has been the home of Oregon track & field since 1921, and has hosted numerous high-end competitions, including 18 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 seven U.S. Olympic Trials (1972, '76, '80, 2008, '12, '16, '21).
In nine years at Ole Miss, head coach Connie Price-Smith has mentored three NCAA Outdoor Champions (Raven Saunders, shot put, 2016; Janeah Stewart, hammer, 2018; Sintayehu Vissa, 1500-meter, 2022), 71 outdoor First or Second-Team All-Americans (46 women, 25 men) and brought the Rebels five national top-25 team finishes outdoors.
Four of the eight all-time NCAA top-10 finishes in Ole Miss history have come within the last three calendar: 2024 women's indoor (5th), 2023 women's indoor (10th), 2022 women's indoor (T-6th), 2022 men's indoor (T-10th), 2021 men's indoor (10th), 2013 men's outdoor (8th), 2001 men's indoor (10th) and 1991 men's indoor (9th).
Ole Miss has a strong history at the national meet, regardless of season. Across both indoor and outdoor, Ole Miss boasts 27 NCAA Champions, 320 First or Second-Team All-American honors, while as a team Ole Miss has tallied 38 top-25 team finishes and scored 808.5 total national points. Under Price-Smith both indoors and outdoors, the Rebels have 13 NCAA Champions, 161 First or Second-Team All-Americans, 15 NCAA top-25 team finishes and a total of 328 NCAA points scored.
Competition will begin with the Rebel men on Wednesday and the women on Thursday, with action on Friday and Saturday based on finals qualifying for the track events on the first two days. Ole Miss will be looking to advance men's runners to Friday in the 110-meter hurdles races, while the Rebel women's potential for finals on Saturday rests on the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 400-meter hurdles and the 4x100-meter relay.
See below for more detailed information on the national qualifiers and the NCAA Championships. Fans can watch all four days of action live, with dedicated ESPN+ streaming links for each individual field event, as well as evening broadcast windows for the track events each night. The first three evenings of action will air live on ESPN2, while the fourth and final day on Saturday will air on ESPN.
OLE MISS AT THE NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men's Entries (6 entries, 5 athletes)
Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley – Men's Triple Jump
Jake Dalton – Men's Hammer
Toby Gillen – Men's 5K
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Men's Shot Put
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Men's Hammer
Ahmad Young Jr. – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
Women's Entries (8 entries, 8 athletes)
Jalani Davis – Women's Hammer
McKenzie Long – Women's 100-Meter Dash
McKenzie Long – Women's 200-Meter Dash
Gabrielle Matthews – Women's 400-Meter Hurdles
Akaoma Odeluga – Women's Shot Put
Skylar Soli – Women's Hammer
Mensi Stiff – Women's Shot Put
Women's 4x100-Meter Relay (Akilah Lewis, McKenzie Long, Gabrielle Matthews, Jahniya Bowers)
BROADCAST SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES CT)
All events outside of the live network windows will have a dedicated live stream on ESPN+. A full broadcast schedule can be found HERE.
Live results are courtesy of Flash Results.
Day One – Men (Wed., June 5)
Hammer Live Stream: 4 p.m. CT
ESPN2: 6:30 p.m. CT
Shot Put Live Stream: 8:40 p.m. CT
Day Two – Women (Thurs., June 6)
Hammer Live Stream: 5 p.m. CT
ESPN2: 7:30 p.m. CT
Shot Put Live Stream: 9:40 p.m. CT
Day Three – Men (Fri., June 7)
ESPN2: 8 p.m. CT
Triple Jump Live Stream: 8:20 p.m. CT
Day Four – Women (Sat., June 8)
ESPN: 4:30 p.m. CT
COMPETITION SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES CT)
Day One (Wednesday, June 5):
4:00 PM CT – Men's Hammer Final – Jake Dalton (Flight 1), Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) – ESPN+
7:32 PM CT – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles Semifinal – Ahmad Young Jr. (Heat 1, Lane 8) – ESPN2
8:40 PM CT – Men's Shot Put Final – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) – ESPN+
Day Two (Thursday, June 6):
5:00 PM CT – Women's Hammer Final – Skylar Soli (Flight 1), Jalani Davis (Flight 2) – ESPN+
7:32 PM CT – Women's 4x100-Meter Relay Semifinal (Heat 1, Lane 6) – ESPN2
8:46 PM CT – Women's 100-Meter Dash Semifinal – McKenzie Long (Heat 3, Lane 5) – ESPN2
9:30 PM CT – Women's 400-Meter Hurdles Semifinal – Gabrielle Matthews (Heat 1, Lane 5) – ESPN2
9:40 PM CT – Women's Shot Put Final – Mensi Stiff (Flight 1), Akaoma Odeluga (Flight 2) – ESPN+
9:44 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash Semifinal – McKenzie Long (Heat 3, Lane 6) – ESPN2
Friday, June 7:
8:20 PM CT – Men's Triple Jump Final – Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Flight 1) – ESPN+
8:42 PM CT – Men's 110-Meter Hurdles Final (if qualified) – ESPN2
9:55 PM CT – Men's 5K Final – Toby Gillen – ESPN2
Saturday, June 8:
4:32 PM CT – Women's 4x100-Meter Relay Final (if qualified) – ESPN
5:22 PM CT – Women's 100-Meter Dash Final (if qualified) – ESPN
5:57 PM CT – Women's 400-Meter Hurdles Final (if qualified) – ESPN
6:07 PM CT – Women's 200-Meter Dash Final (if qualified) – ESPN
OLE MISS NCAA QUALIFIERS • BY THE NUMBERS
Team Superlatives
• Tied for second-most combined NCAA Outdoor entries (14) in school history
• Second-most entries of Connie Price-Smith era (since 2016)
• Tied for fourth-most combined athletes (13) to earn NCAA Outdoor berths
• Ties program record for most women's entries (8)
• Tied for second-most women's athletes (8)
• Tied for fifth-most men's entries (6)
• Five first-time NCAA Outdoor qualifiers: Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (men's triple jump), Jahniya Bowers (women's 4x100-meter relay), Jake Dalton (men's hammer), Akaoma Odeluga (women's shot put) and Skylar Soli (women's hammer)
• Also marks the first overall NCAA berth for all five, regardless of season
• First NCAA individual berth for Gabrielle Matthews in the 400-meter hurdles, who was on Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay last season as a freshman
• Ninth straight appearance for Ole Miss in the women's 4x100-meter relay, 15th total in program history
• Seventh time in the last eight tries dating back to 2016 that Ole Miss has qualified in the women's shot put
• One of five schools with multiple entries in the women's shot put
• Third time in program history and third year in a row Ole Miss has qualified a men's and women's shot putter in the same season
• Sixth time in the last seven opportunities that Ole Miss has notched at least one qualifier in the women's hammer; have scored 24 points in the event in that span dating back to 2017
• One of two schools with multiple entries in the women's hammer, alongside Texas State
• Fourth qualifier in the men's 110-meter hurdles since 2015
• One of two schools with multiple entries in the men's hammer, alongside Cal
Women's Individual Superlatives:
Jalani Davis (Hammer): 11th overall career NCAA qualifying berth, fifth outdoors … Third career ticket in the hammer.
McKenzie Long (100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay): Seventh, eighth and ninth overall career NCAA qualifying berths, all at Ole Miss; owns six now outdoors … Second-ever triple attempt in the women's 100-meter/200-meter/4x100-meter relay in Ole Miss history; was also the first in 2023 … Sixth Rebel woman to ever attempt a triple at the outdoor national meet … One of two to ever attempt the 100/200 double alongside multiple time All-American Teneeshia Jones, who did so three times from 1999-2001 … Looking to become the first Rebel in combined program history to win an NCAA title outdoors in an event shorter than 800-meters … A sweep in the 100 and 200 would make her the 15th woman in Division I history to do so.
Gabrielle Matthews (400m Hurdles, 4x100m Relay): First career individual national berth, second overall … First career double attempt … One of three nationally to attempt the 400-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter relay double alongside Oregon's Shana Grebo and LSU's Leah Phillips … One of three women in Ole Miss history to qualify in the 400-meter hurdles alongside Sofie Persson (2011) and Brandy Mack (1998, '99, '00) … Looking to become the first Rebel woman to score in the event.
Akaoma Odeluga (Shot Put): First career NCAA qualifying berth … Simultaneously with Mensi Stiff, one of the two first Ole Miss freshmen to ever qualify for the women's shot put outdoors.
Skylar Soli (Hammer): First career NCAA qualifying berth … First true freshman in Ole Miss history to qualify in the women's hammer … One of three freshmen nationally to qualify in the women's hammer.
Mensi Stiff (Shot Put): Second overall NCAA qualifying berth, first outdoors … Indoors became the first Ole Miss freshman, indoors or outdoors, to qualify in the women's shot put … Simultaneously with Akaoma Odeluga, one of the two first Ole Miss freshmen to ever qualify for the women's shot put outdoors.
Men's Individual Superlatives
Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Triple Jump): First career NCAA qualifying berth … First Rebel to qualify in the men's triple jump since Philip Young in 2014 … One of 11 total NCAA berths ever in the men's triple jump outdoors.
Jake Dalton (Hammer): First career NCAA qualifying berth.
Toby Gillen (5K): Second career NCAA qualifying berth, first as a Rebel … One of five Rebel men to ever qualify in the 5K alongside K.C. Nielsen (1984), Pablo Sierra (1993), Ryan Walling (2016) and Cole Bullock (2022).
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Shot Put, Hammer): Seventh and eighth career NCAA qualifying berths in just two years as a Rebel, his third and fourth outdoors … First Rebel to ever repeat as a double in the men's shot/hammer after becoming the first to do so as a freshman in 2023 … One of two nationally to attempt the shot/hammer double alongside Navy's Joshua Boamah … A win in the shot put would mark the 23rd indoor/outdoor NCAA Division I sweep of the men's shot put, and make him the 17th such individual … A win would make him the first true sophomore to sweep indoors/outdoors since Auburn's Edis Elkasevic in 2005, who was 22 years old … At 20 years old, Robinson-O'Hagan would be the youngest to complete the indoor/outdoor sweep since Texas A&M's Mike Stulce in 1989, who was 19 years old.
Ahmad Young Jr. (110m Hurdles): Second career NCAA ticket, both outdoors in the 110-meter hurdles and both as a Rebel … One of four Rebels to earn multiple career berths in the 110-meter hurdles alongside Antwon Hicks (2002, '04, '05), John Yarbrough (2006, '07, '08) and Robert Semien (2014, '15) … Looking to become the first Rebel to score in the men's 110-meter hurdles since John Yarbrough was the NCAA runner-up in 2007.
REBEL HISTORY AT THE NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ole Miss Best NCAA Outdoor Finishes (in events qualified)
Women's 100-Meter Dash: 5th (2001, Teneeshia Jones)
Women's 200-Meter Dash: 2nd (2023, McKenzie Long)
Men's 5K: 4th (1993, Pablo Sierra)
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles: 2nd (2x, last by John Yarbrough in 2007)
Women's 400-Meter Hurdles: 10th (2000, Brandy Mack)
Women's 4x100-Meter Relay: 7th (2015)
Men's Triple Jump:
Women's Shot Put: 1st (2016, Raven Saunders)
Men's Shot Put: 9th (2009, Derek McGuire)
Women's Hammer: 1st (2018, Janeah Stewart)
Men's Hammer: 8th (2x, last by Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan in 2023)
Ole Miss NCAA Outdoor Champions (11)
1983 – Ralph Spry, Men's Long Jump
1991 – George Kersh, Men's 800-Meter
2000 – Savante' Stringfellow, Men's Long Jump
2001 – Savante' Stringfellow, Men's Long Jump
2007 – Barnabas Kirui, Men's 3000-Meter Steeplechase
2008 – Brittney Reese, Women's Long Jump
2013 – Sam Kendricks, Men's Pole Vault
2014 – Sam Kendricks, Men's Pole Vault
2016 – Raven Saunders, Women's Shot Put
2018 – Janeah Stewart, Women's Hammer
2022 – Sintayehu Vissa, Women's 1500-Meter
Ole Miss NCAA Outdoor Runners-Up (10)
1990 – George Kersh, Men's 800-Meter
1993 – Pablo Sierra, Men's 10K
2005 – Antwon Hicks, Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
2007 – John Yarbrough, Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
2007 – Brittney Reese, Women's Long Jump
2011 – Ricky Robertson, Men's High Jump
2013 – Isiah Young, Men's 200-Meter Dash
2021 – Shey Taiwo, Women's Hammer
2022 – Mario Garcia Romo, Men's 1500-Meter
2023 – McKenzie Long, Women's 200-Meter Dash
Ole Miss NCAA Outdoor Top-25 Finishes (15)
2023 – Ole Miss Women – T-25th (11 points)
2022 – Ole Miss Women – T-19th (13 points)
2018 – Ole Miss Women – T-20th (14 points)
2017 – Ole Miss Men – T-14th (16 points)
2016 – Ole Miss Women – T-22nd (10 points)
2014 – Ole Miss Men –T-24th (10 points)
2013 – Ole Miss Men – 8th (24 points)
2011 – Ole Miss Men – 19th (13 points)
2008 – Ole Miss Women – T-15th (14 points)
2007 – Ole Miss Men – 12th (18 points)
2001 – Ole Miss Men – T-25th (10 points)
2000 – Ole Miss Men – T-21st (10 points)
1993 – Ole Miss Men – 13th (22 points)
1990 – Ole Miss Men – T-25th (11 points)
1983 – Ole Miss Men – T-22nd (20 points)
REBELS IN COMPETITION (IN MEET ORDER)
Jake Dalton • Men's Hammer
Final: Wed., June 5 • 4 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: General Business
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Andover, Mass. / Andover / Dartmouth
Season-Best: 68.43m/224-6 • No. 3 Ole Miss History • May 9, 2024 (SEC Outdoor)
Career-Best: Same
NCAA Seed: 17th
SEC Finish: 2nd
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 3x NCAA East Region qualifier.
Quick Facts: SEC silver medalist in the hammer … Ranks No. 3 in Ole Miss history at his SEC runner-up performance of 68.43m/224-6 … Part of Ole Miss throws crew that scored 24 points in the men's hammer, the most since Georgia scored 26 in 2003 … Two-time Ivy League medalist while at Dartmouth.
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Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan • Men's Hammer / Shot Put
Hammer Final: Wed., June 5 • 4 p.m. CT
Shot Put Final: Wed., June 5 • 8:40 p.m. CT
Class: Sophomore
Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Hometown / High School: Woonsocket, R.I. / Woonsocket
Hammer Season-Best: 72.42m/237-7 • Ole Miss Record, 2024 U.S. No. 16 • March 22, 2024 (Ole Miss Classic)
Hammer Career-Best: Same
Hammer NCAA Seed: 8th
Hammer SEC Finish: 1st
Shot Put Outdoor Season-Best: 20.85m/68-5 • Ole Miss Outdoor Record, 2024 NCAA No. 1, U.S. No. 8 (Outdoor) • May 10, 2024 (SEC Outdoor)
Shot Put Outdoor Career-Best: Same
Shot Put Overall Career-Best: 21.05m/69-0.75 • Ole Miss Indoor Record, No. 22 Collegiate Indoor History, 2024 World No. 24 (Absolute), U.S. No. 9 (Absolute) • March 9, 2024 (NCAA Indoor)
Shot Put NCAA Seed: 1st
Shot Put SEC Finish: 1st
NCAA History: 8x NCAA qualifier (4x indoor, 4x outdoor) … 6x All-American (4x First-Team) … 2024 NCAA Indoor Champion (shot put) … First underclassman to win men's shot title indoors since world record holder Ryan Crouser did so as a redshirt freshman with Texas in 2014 … 21 career NCAA points (1 outdoor) … First Rebel to ever win an NCAA men's shot put title, indoors or outdoors … First Rebel to ever attempt the men's weight/shot double indoors and the men's hammer/shot double outdoors, let alone in consecutive seasons … Finished eighth in the deepest NCAA hammer final of all-time outdoors as a freshman in 2023 … Finished third in the weight indoors as a freshman in 2023, best since 2013 … Set collegiate freshman NCAA Indoor meet record in 2023 at 22.96m/75-4.
Quick Facts: 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 … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year … 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 … One of two throwers worldwide in 2024 at 72 meters in the hammer and 20 in the shot put alongside professional Jordan Geist … Has thrown beyond 20 meters in the shot put 15 times in the last three months … 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 (20.85m/68-5) and hammer (72.42m/237-7) ... 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.
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Ahmad Young Jr. • Men's 110-Meter Hurdles
Semifinal: Wed., June 5 • 7:32 p.m. CT
Final: Fri., June 7 • 8:42 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: Master's in Hospitality Management
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Baton Rouge, La. / Langham Creek / Louisiana Tech
Season-Best: 13.50 (+0.4)• No. 3 Ole Miss History • May 11, 2024 (SEC Final)
Career-Best: Same
NCAA Seed: 18th
SEC Finish: 4th
NCAA History: Second career NCAA meet, second in a row outdoors in the 110-meter hurdles … Honorable Mention All-American in 2023 (19th).
Quick Facts: Third all-time at Ole Miss in the 110-meter hurdles at 13.50 (+0.4), 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.
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Skylar Soli • Women's Hammer
Final: Thurs., June 6 • 5 p.m. CT
Class: Freshman
Major: Integrated Marketing Communications
Hometown / High School: College Park, Ga. / Douglas County
Season-Best: 62.18m/204-0 • No. 5 Ole Miss History • May 9, 2024 (SEC Outdoor)
Career-Best: Same
NCAA Seed: 23rd
SEC Finish: 5th
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … First true freshman in Ole Miss history to qualify in the women's hammer.
Quick Facts: First freshman in Ole Miss women's history to break 200 feet in the hammer … One of seven Rebel women all-time to break 200 feet, ranks fifth at 62.18m/204-0 … 6 career SEC points.
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Jalani Davis • Women's Hammer
Final: Thurs., June 6 • 5 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: Master's in Sport Analytics
Hometown / High School: Hampton, Va. / Bethel HS
Season-Best: 68.78m/225-8 • April 5, 2024 (Joe Walker Invite)
Career-Best: 69.53m/228-1 • No. 4 Ole Miss history • June 9, 2022 (NCAA Outdoor)
NCAA Seed: 6th
SEC Finish: 3rd
NCAA History: 11x NCAA 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 … 7x All-American (4x First-Team) … 29 career NCAA points (3 outdoor) … No. 4 performer in NCAA meet history indoors in the weight throw at 24.51m/80-5 …
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 ... 3x U.S. Outdoor qualifier … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year … USATF Athlete of the Week (Feb. 29) ... 4x SEC Champion ... 11x SEC medalist ... 110 career SEC points (61 indoors, 49 outdoors) … 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 … No. 3 in collegiate history (fifth-best throw), No. 9 in world history in the weight throw at 25.09m/82-03.75 ... 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, 189 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 USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Came to Ole Miss as a walk-on.
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Women's 4x100-Meter Relay
Semifinal: Thurs, June 6 • 7:32 p.m. CT
Final: Sat., June 8 • 4:32 p.m. CT
Qualifying Relay: Akilah Lewis, McKenzie Long, Gabrielle Matthews, Jahniya Bowers (alternates: Jerricka Ambus, Olivia Womack)
Season-Best: 42.47 • Ole Miss Record, No. 9 Collegiate History • May 11, 2024 (SEC Outdoor)
NCAA Seed: 2nd
SEC Finish: 2nd
NCAA History: Ninth straight NCAA Outdoor qualifying berth … 15th total NCAA ticket in women's program history.
Quick Facts: Has run each of the three fastest times in Ole Miss history this season: 42.47 (May 11), 42.72 (May 25), 43.31 (April 13) … Owns four of the top-eight times in program history … Finished as SEC runners-up, the best ever by the Rebel women and tied for the best overall with the Rebel men's 1984 SEC runner-up relay squad.
Leg 1: Akilah Lewis
Class: Senior
Major: Master's in Sport & Recreation Administration
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Arouca, Trinidad & Tobago / Bishop Anstey / Minnesota
100m PR: 11.21 (+0.7) • May 27, 2023 (NCAA West)
NCAA History: Fourth career NCAA ticket overall, third in the 4x100-meter relay (first as a Rebel) … Second-Team All-American indoors in the 60-meter dash while at Minnesota in 2023 (14th place) … Also earned two Honorable Mention All-American in the 4x1 outdoors in 2022 (17th) and 2023 (17th) … 5x NCAA Regional qualifier.
Quick Facts: Multiple-time member of Trinidad & Tobago's national team, including on the 4x1 at the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games … 4x Big Ten medalist … Ranks 12th all-time at Ole Miss in the 100-meter dash at 11.54 (+2.8) … Has run on the three fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as four of the top-eight.
Leg 2: McKenzie Long
Leg 3: Gabrielle Matthews
Leg 4: Jahniya Bowers
Class: Senior
Major: Master's in Criminal Justice
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Youngstown, Ohio / Youngstown East / Youngstown State
100m PR: 11.15 (-0.2) • No. 2 Ole Miss History • April 13, 2024 (Tom Jones Memorial)
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 2x NCAA Regional qualifier.
Quick Facts: Has run on the three fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as four of the top-eight … Has run anchor on the two fastest at 42.47 and 42.72 … 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.
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McKenzie Long • Women's 100-Meter Dash / 200-Meter / 4x100-Meter Relay
100-Meter Dash Semifinal: Thurs., June 6 • 8:46 p.m. CT
100-Meter Dash Final: Sat., June 8 • 5:22 p.m. CT
200-Meter Dash Semifinal: Thurs., June 6 • 9:44 p.m. CT
200-Meter Dash Final: Sat., June 8 • 6:07 p.m. CT
4x100-Meter Relay Semifinal: Thurs., June 6 • 7:32 p.m. CT
4x100-Meter Relay Final: Sat., June 8 • 4:32 p.m. CT
Class: Senior
Major: Master's in Public Health
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Ironton, Ohio / Pickerington Central / NC State
100m NCAA Seed: 5th
100m SEC Finish: N/A
Wind-Legal 100m PR: 10.92 (+0.5) • Ole Miss Wind-Legal Record, No. 11 Collegiate History, 2024 World No. 8, U.S. No. 4 • May 25, 2024 (NCAA East Quarters)
Wind-Legal 100m SB: Same
All-Conditions 100m PR: 10.80 (+3.5) • Ole Miss Record, No. 7 All-Conditions Collegiate History • March 31, 2023 (Texas Relays Prelim)
All-Conditions 100m SB: 10.89 (+2.6) • March 30, 2024 (LSU Battle on the Bayou)
200m NCAA Seed: 1st
200m SEC Finish: 1st
Wind-Legal 200m PR: 22.03 (+0.6) • Ole Miss Wind-Legal Record, No. 5 Collegiate History, 2024 World No. 1 • May 11, 2024 (SEC Outdoor Final)
Wind-Legal 200m SB: Same
All-Conditions 200m PR: 21.88 (+2.5) • Ole Miss Record, No. 3 All-Conditions Collegiate History • June 10, 2023 (NCAA Outdoor Final)
NCAA History: 9x NCAA qualifier (all at Ole Miss) … 5x NCAA qualifier outdoors … 5x All-American (4x First-Team) … 2x NCAA Runner-Up in the 200-meter (2023 outdoor, 2024 indoor) … 23 career NCAA points scored … Second consecutive triple attempt in the 100/200/4x1; was the first Rebel to do so in 2023 … 9x NCAA East Region qualifier.
Quick Facts: Bowerman Award Watch List (May 15, May 29) … Third Rebel woman to make a Bowerman Watch List (first track athlete) … USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (May 13) … SEC Women's Runner of the Week (April 30) … Current world leader in the 200-meter dash at wind-legal PR of 22.03 (+0.6); No. 5 collegiate history … Owns the No. 1 (22.03) and No. 4 (22.10) times worldwide in the 200-meter this season … No. 8 world, No. 4 U.S. this season in the 100-meter dash at wind-legal PR 10.92 (+0.5); No. 11 collegiate history … Lone runner worldwide with wind-legal sub-11.00 and sub 22.10 times this season … One of four in collegiate history with multiple wind-legal sub-22.10's in the 200-meter … 2x SEC Champion … 6x SEC medalist … 47.5 career SEC points scored … First repeat SEC Champion in the women's 200 outdoors since LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan, who won three in a row from 2011-13 … Runs second leg on Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay that finished as SEC runners-up and ranks No. 9 in collegiate history at 42.47 … Has run on each of the four fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as five of the top-seven and six of the top-eight … Owns six Ole Miss records: indoors in the 60-meter (7.10), 200-meter (22.48) and 300-meter (37.38); outdoors in the 100-meter (10.80/+3.5), 200-meter (21.88/+2.5) and 4x100-meter relay (42.47) ... All-conditions 200-meter PR of 21.88 (+2.5) from her NCAA runner-up performance in 2023 ranks third on the all-conditions collegiate list all-time … First Rebel woman to break 7.10 in the 60-meter (7.10), 11.00 in the 100-meter (10.80/+3.5; 10.92/+0.5), 23.00 in the indoor 200-meter (22.48) and 22.7 in the outdoor 200-meter (21.88/+2.5; 22.03/+0.6) ... 2023 U.S. semifinalist in the 200-meter dash ... 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) … 2024 SEC Indoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year … 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.
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Gabrielle Matthews • Women's 400-Meter Hurdles / 4x100-Meter Relay
400-Meter Hurdles Semifinal: Thurs., June 6 • 9:30 p.m. CT
400-Meter Hurdles Final: Sat., June 8 • 5:57 p.m. CT
4x100-Meter Relay Semifinal: Thurs., June 6 • 7:32 p.m. CT
4x100-Meter Relay Final: Sat., June 8 • 4:32 p.m. CT
Class: Sophomore
Major: Criminal Justice
Hometown / High School: Portmore, Jamaica / The Queens School
400m Hurdles PR: 55.12 • Ole Miss Record, 2024 Jamaican No. 5 • May 11, 2024 (SEC Outdoor Final)
400m Hurdles SB: Same
NCAA Seed: 6th
SEC Finish: 1st
NCAA History: First career individual NCAA berth, second overall … Second-Team All-American on Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay in 2023 (13th) … First career double attempt.
Quick Facts: Ole Miss record holder in the 400-meter hurdles at her SEC-winning 55.12 … First Rebel woman to break 57 seconds in the 400 hurdles; has done so four times since April 12 and has broken 56 seconds three times since May 9 … Runs third leg on Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay that finished as SEC runners-up at school-record 42.47 (No. 9 collegiate history) … Has run on each of the four fastest 4x1 times in Ole Miss history, as well as five of the top-six, six of the top-seven, and seven of the top-eight … 2024 SEC Champion in the 400-meter hurdles, first Rebel woman to ever win the event … 16.75 career SEC points … 4x NCAA East Region qualifier … Also ranks fourth in the 200-meter outdoors at 22.98 (+1.1), seventh in the 200 indoors at 23.72, and 10th in the 400-meter indoors at 55.17.
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Mensi Stiff • Women's Shot Put
Final: Thurs., June 6 • 9:40 p.m. CT
Class: Freshman
Major: History
Hometown / High School: Lewisburg, Tenn. / Brentwood Academy
Overall Career-Best: 17.54m/57-06.50 • Ole Miss Freshman Indoor Record, No. 4 Ole Miss Indoor History • Feb. 10, 2024 (Music City Challenge)
Outdoor Career-Best: 17.07m/56-0 • No. 5 Ole Miss Outdoor History • May 23, 2024 (NCAA East)
NCAA Seed: 21st
SEC Finish: 12th
NCAA History: Second career NCAA qualifying berth, first outdoors … First Ole Miss freshman ever to qualify in the women's shot put, indoors or outdoors … Simultaneously with teammate Akaoma Odeluga, one of the two first freshmen in Ole Miss history to qualify in the women's shot put outdoors … Second-Team All-American indoors this season (16th).
Quick Facts: 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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Akaoma Odeluga • Women's Shot Put
Final: Thurs., June 6 • 9:40 p.m. CT
Class: Freshman
Major: Political Science
Hometown / High School: Munster, Ind. / Munster
Career-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
NCAA Seed: 10th
SEC Finish: 3rd
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 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.
Quick Facts: 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 … Ranks second nationally among freshmen … One of five freshmen since 2015 at 59 feet in the women's shot put outdoors … Four-year letterwinner in basketball and track & field … 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.
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Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley • Men's Triple Jump
Final: Fri., June 7 • 8:20 p.m. CT
Class: Junior
Major: Law Studies
Hometown / High School: Spanish Town, Jamaica / Wolmer's Boys School
Wind-Legal PR: 15.77m/51-9 (+0.2) • May 24, 2024 (NCAA East)
NCAA Seed: 21st
SEC Finish: 11th
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth.
Quick Facts: Ranks 10th in Ole Miss history outdoors at his NCAA wind-allowable 15.81m/51-10.50 (+3.7) from the LSU Invite earlier this season … Ranks 11th at Ole Miss indoors at 15.61m/51-02.75 … 2x NCAA East Region qualifier … 2 career SEC points … 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic … Member of the 2023-24 SEC Community Service Team.
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Toby Gillen • Men's 5000-Meter
Final: Fri., June 7 • 9:55 p.m. CT
Class: Junior
Major: General Business
Hometown / High School / Previous School: Cairns, Australia / Saint Augustine's College / Saint Louis
Outdoor Career-Best: 13:30.27 • May 27, 2023 (NCAA West Semis)
Indoor Career-Best: 13:28.81 • Ole Miss Indoor Record • Feb. 9, 2024 (Valentine Invite)
Outdoor Season-Best: 13:39.66 • No. 4 Ole Miss History Outdoors • March 29, 2024 (Stanford Invitational)
NCAA Seed: 17th
SEC Finish: N/A
NCAA History: Second career NCAA qualifying berth, both outdoors in the 5K, first as a Rebel … Second-Team All-American in 2023 while at Saint Louis (13th) … 2x NCAA Regional qualifier … 2023 NCAA All-South Region in cross country (15th).
Quick Facts: Finished fourth at the Australian Championships in the 5K this past April at 13:40.11 … 2x qualifier to the Australian trials … Ole Miss record holder in the 5K indoors at 13:28.81; first Rebel to ever break 13:30 indoors, one of two across both seasons alongside Anthony Camerieri … Also ranks third indoors in the 3K (7:53.08), fourth outdoors in the 5K (13:39.66) and fifth in the DMR indoors (9:29.86) … 2024 SEC Indoor silver medalist, 5K … 12 career SEC points scored … 2023 Second-Team All-SEC in cross country … Five-time A-10 Champion while at Saint Louis … Won seven total medals and scored 64 A-10 conference points in his career.
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