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Friday, January 31
Fayetteville, Ark.
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Track & Field Set for High-Powered Razorback Invitational
1/30/2025 | Track and Field
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Ole Miss track & field returns to action this weekend, heading to Arkansas for the national-caliber Razorback Invitational, which is set to run Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the Randal Tyson Track Center. Fans will be able to watch the action live on SECN+.
FOLLOW ALONG
Live Results: Flash Results
Live Stream: SEC Network+
Day 1 Stream: 5:30 p.m. CT
Day 2 Stream: 11 a.m. CT
MEET NOTES
• This marks the first competition for the Rebels in two weeks, since coming away with six event titles and numerous highly-ranked performances at the Vanderbilt Invitational on Jan. 17-18.
• The Rebel men came in at No. 13 in the first USTFCCCA National Rating Index for the 2025 indoor season.
• Alongside Ole Miss in Fayetteville this weekend will be: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa State, Kentucky, LSU, Oklahoma (women only), Oklahoma State, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Utah (women only).
• Ranked men's teams alongside the 13th-ranked Rebels include: No. 6 Iowa State, No. 7 Texas, No. 18 Arkansas, No. 21 Florida, No. 22 Oklahoma State and No. 25 Tennessee.
• Ranked women's teams include: No. 4 Arkansas, No. 8 Oregon, No. 9 Oklahoma, No. 11 Georgia, No. 19 Texas, No. 22 Kentucky and No. 24 Tennessee.
• Ole Miss is set to receive several key debuts at Arkansas this weekend. All-American senior Cal Baptist transfer Greta Karinauskaite is set to make her Rebel debut in the 3K, with additional mid-year transfers on the men's side such as All-American Pratt Community College junior transfer Joseph Michel (60-meter dash) and Florida State senior transfer Kidus Misgina (3K).
• All-American senior Toby Gillen (3K) is scheduled to run for the first time since his season-opening 5K in Boston on Dec. 7, while senior regional qualifier Drew O'Connor (pole vault) is set to make his 2025 debut.
• Freshman Jordan Urrutia is slated to run in his first collegiate 200 and 400 at Arkansas this weekend. Urrutia owns among the fastest proper 300-meter times in Ole Miss history at 33.71, and he finished his senior season at Bob Jones High School in Madison, Alabama as Track & Field News' 26th-rated 200-meter boys recruit at a wind-aided 20.85.
• Helping push the 13th-ranked Rebels are three performances currently within the NCAA top-five from junior and Bowerman watch list member Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan in the shot put (1st, 20.83m/68-04.25) and weight throw (3rd, 23.99m/78-08.50), as well as fellow junior Arvesta Troupe in the high jump (4th, 2.20m/7-02.50).
• Robinson-O'Hagan is the current world leader in the shot put at that season-best set at the Vanderbilt Invitational two weeks ago, which is inching closer to his overall career-best 21.05m/69-00.75 that won him the first of two NCAA titles as a sophomore in 2024. Earlier, Robinson-O'Hagan set the best throws in available records since at least 2008 that early into the season both on Dec. 6 (20.30m/66-07.25) and Jan. 11 (20.51m/67-03.50).
• Robinson-O'Hagan's NCAA No. 3 mark in the weight throw not only won him the crown at Vanderbilt, but it also registered as a one-foot PR that broke his own Ole Miss record and moved him into 16th in collegiate history.
• Robinson-O'Hagan ranks third in men's collegiate history indoors in combined weight throw and shot put distance at 45.04m, making him one of only three to ever break 78 feet in the weight (23.99m/78-08.50) and 69 feet in the shot (21.05m/69-0.75) behind North Dakota State's Payton Otterdahl (45.92m) and Ohio State's Dan Taylor (45.34m) -- the latter of whom was also coached by Ole Miss throws coach John Smith.
• The Rebel men's weight throwers looked to be a powerful group on paper entering the 2025 season, and have already proven that right with four currently ranked within the national top-40. Junior Bryson Smith is already the second-best in school history behind Robinson-O'Hagan, currently ranking 20th nationally at his career-best 21.81m/71-06.75 from Vanderbilt. Smith and Robinson-O'Hagan are the lone 70-footers in Ole Miss history
• Also ranked within the top-40 in the men's weight throw are junior Mason Hickel (32nd, 21.02m/68-11.75) and senior Costen Campion (40th, 20.51m/67-03.50).
• Junior Arvesta Troupe's fourth-ranked high jump mark, meanwhile, came from Kentucky's Rod McCravy Invitational, where he cleared that overall career-best 2.20m/7-02.50. That height is the best by a Rebel men's jumper indoors since 2020, and it's tied for third all-time in Ole Miss history indoors. This season, Troupe's performance currently ranks tied for 14th worldwide and tied for fourth in the United States.
• Other Rebel men with current NCAA top-50 performances are: Toby Gillen in the 5K (18th, 13:30.34), Max Armstrong in the 800-meter (22nd, 1:49.29), Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley in the triple jump (32nd, 15.49m/50-10), Marcus Dropik in the 800-meter (38th, 1:49.88) and John Kendricks in the pole vault (44th, 5.22m/17-01.50).
• Sophomore Akaoma Odeluga leads the way for the Rebel women, her top performance being her SEC-leading and collegiate No. 2 shot put best of 18.37m/60-03.25 from the Rod McCravy Invitational. That mark currently sits her at No. 4 worldwide and No. 2 in the United States this indoor season.
• Odeluga already ranks third in Ole Miss history indoors at that career-best heave, and it made her one of three 60-footers indoors in Rebel women's history alongside Olympian Raven Saunders (19.56m/64-02.25) and All-American Jalani Davis (18.61m/61-00.75).
• Her performance also moved her to No. 20 all-time in collegiate history, making Ole Miss the lone school with three entrants in the top-20 alongside Saunders (No. 2) and Davis (No. 12).
• Odeluga has improved in the weight throw in each of her three outings so far this indoor season, with her current best of 21.47m/70-05.25 ranking her 11th in the NCAA and second in the SEC. Odeluga has already improved 11 feet in the weight throw from her freshman PR of 18.25m/59-10.50.
• Sophomore Mensi Stiff, a Second-Team All-American last season, joins Odeluga in the national shot put rankings at No. 27 on her season-best toss of 16.59m/54-05.25 from the Vanderbilt Invitational.
• Fellow sophomore Skylar Soli owns a top-40 mark in the weight throw of her own, currently ranking 34th nationally and third in the SEC at her season-best 20.10m/65-11.50.
• Other Rebel women currently in the NCAA top-50 are: Samara McConnell in the pole vault (34th, 4.12m/130-06.25) and Dieusi Armand in the triple jump (50th, 12.57m/41-3).
FOLLOW ALONG
Live Results: Flash Results
Live Stream: SEC Network+
Day 1 Stream: 5:30 p.m. CT
Day 2 Stream: 11 a.m. CT
MEET NOTES
• This marks the first competition for the Rebels in two weeks, since coming away with six event titles and numerous highly-ranked performances at the Vanderbilt Invitational on Jan. 17-18.
• The Rebel men came in at No. 13 in the first USTFCCCA National Rating Index for the 2025 indoor season.
• Alongside Ole Miss in Fayetteville this weekend will be: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa State, Kentucky, LSU, Oklahoma (women only), Oklahoma State, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Utah (women only).
• Ranked men's teams alongside the 13th-ranked Rebels include: No. 6 Iowa State, No. 7 Texas, No. 18 Arkansas, No. 21 Florida, No. 22 Oklahoma State and No. 25 Tennessee.
• Ranked women's teams include: No. 4 Arkansas, No. 8 Oregon, No. 9 Oklahoma, No. 11 Georgia, No. 19 Texas, No. 22 Kentucky and No. 24 Tennessee.
• Ole Miss is set to receive several key debuts at Arkansas this weekend. All-American senior Cal Baptist transfer Greta Karinauskaite is set to make her Rebel debut in the 3K, with additional mid-year transfers on the men's side such as All-American Pratt Community College junior transfer Joseph Michel (60-meter dash) and Florida State senior transfer Kidus Misgina (3K).
• All-American senior Toby Gillen (3K) is scheduled to run for the first time since his season-opening 5K in Boston on Dec. 7, while senior regional qualifier Drew O'Connor (pole vault) is set to make his 2025 debut.
• Freshman Jordan Urrutia is slated to run in his first collegiate 200 and 400 at Arkansas this weekend. Urrutia owns among the fastest proper 300-meter times in Ole Miss history at 33.71, and he finished his senior season at Bob Jones High School in Madison, Alabama as Track & Field News' 26th-rated 200-meter boys recruit at a wind-aided 20.85.
• Helping push the 13th-ranked Rebels are three performances currently within the NCAA top-five from junior and Bowerman watch list member Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan in the shot put (1st, 20.83m/68-04.25) and weight throw (3rd, 23.99m/78-08.50), as well as fellow junior Arvesta Troupe in the high jump (4th, 2.20m/7-02.50).
• Robinson-O'Hagan is the current world leader in the shot put at that season-best set at the Vanderbilt Invitational two weeks ago, which is inching closer to his overall career-best 21.05m/69-00.75 that won him the first of two NCAA titles as a sophomore in 2024. Earlier, Robinson-O'Hagan set the best throws in available records since at least 2008 that early into the season both on Dec. 6 (20.30m/66-07.25) and Jan. 11 (20.51m/67-03.50).
• Robinson-O'Hagan's NCAA No. 3 mark in the weight throw not only won him the crown at Vanderbilt, but it also registered as a one-foot PR that broke his own Ole Miss record and moved him into 16th in collegiate history.
• Robinson-O'Hagan ranks third in men's collegiate history indoors in combined weight throw and shot put distance at 45.04m, making him one of only three to ever break 78 feet in the weight (23.99m/78-08.50) and 69 feet in the shot (21.05m/69-0.75) behind North Dakota State's Payton Otterdahl (45.92m) and Ohio State's Dan Taylor (45.34m) -- the latter of whom was also coached by Ole Miss throws coach John Smith.
• The Rebel men's weight throwers looked to be a powerful group on paper entering the 2025 season, and have already proven that right with four currently ranked within the national top-40. Junior Bryson Smith is already the second-best in school history behind Robinson-O'Hagan, currently ranking 20th nationally at his career-best 21.81m/71-06.75 from Vanderbilt. Smith and Robinson-O'Hagan are the lone 70-footers in Ole Miss history
• Also ranked within the top-40 in the men's weight throw are junior Mason Hickel (32nd, 21.02m/68-11.75) and senior Costen Campion (40th, 20.51m/67-03.50).
• Junior Arvesta Troupe's fourth-ranked high jump mark, meanwhile, came from Kentucky's Rod McCravy Invitational, where he cleared that overall career-best 2.20m/7-02.50. That height is the best by a Rebel men's jumper indoors since 2020, and it's tied for third all-time in Ole Miss history indoors. This season, Troupe's performance currently ranks tied for 14th worldwide and tied for fourth in the United States.
• Other Rebel men with current NCAA top-50 performances are: Toby Gillen in the 5K (18th, 13:30.34), Max Armstrong in the 800-meter (22nd, 1:49.29), Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley in the triple jump (32nd, 15.49m/50-10), Marcus Dropik in the 800-meter (38th, 1:49.88) and John Kendricks in the pole vault (44th, 5.22m/17-01.50).
• Sophomore Akaoma Odeluga leads the way for the Rebel women, her top performance being her SEC-leading and collegiate No. 2 shot put best of 18.37m/60-03.25 from the Rod McCravy Invitational. That mark currently sits her at No. 4 worldwide and No. 2 in the United States this indoor season.
• Odeluga already ranks third in Ole Miss history indoors at that career-best heave, and it made her one of three 60-footers indoors in Rebel women's history alongside Olympian Raven Saunders (19.56m/64-02.25) and All-American Jalani Davis (18.61m/61-00.75).
• Her performance also moved her to No. 20 all-time in collegiate history, making Ole Miss the lone school with three entrants in the top-20 alongside Saunders (No. 2) and Davis (No. 12).
• Odeluga has improved in the weight throw in each of her three outings so far this indoor season, with her current best of 21.47m/70-05.25 ranking her 11th in the NCAA and second in the SEC. Odeluga has already improved 11 feet in the weight throw from her freshman PR of 18.25m/59-10.50.
• Sophomore Mensi Stiff, a Second-Team All-American last season, joins Odeluga in the national shot put rankings at No. 27 on her season-best toss of 16.59m/54-05.25 from the Vanderbilt Invitational.
• Fellow sophomore Skylar Soli owns a top-40 mark in the weight throw of her own, currently ranking 34th nationally and third in the SEC at her season-best 20.10m/65-11.50.
• Other Rebel women currently in the NCAA top-50 are: Samara McConnell in the pole vault (34th, 4.12m/130-06.25) and Dieusi Armand in the triple jump (50th, 12.57m/41-3).
| 2025 Razorback Invitational, Master Schedule (all times CT) | ||
| Day One | Fri, Jan. 31 | ||
| Time | Event | Athlete(s) |
| 2:00 PM | Men's Pole Vault | Logan Kelley John Kendricks Ford Maberry Drew O'Connor Miles Walden |
| 3:45 PM | Women's Weight Throw | Akaoma Odeluga Skylar Soli |
| 4:30 PM | Women's Long Jump | Indya Dotson (Flight 1) |
| 4:45 PM | Men's Long Jump | Guy Bond |
| 5:15 PM | Men's High Jump | Guy Bond Arvesta Troupe |
| 5:25 PM | Men's Weight Throw | Jake Dalton (Flight 1) Keegan Wilfawn (Flight 1) Costen Campion (Flight 2) Mason Hickel (Flight 2) Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 2) Bryson Smith (Flight 2) |
| 5:30 PM | Women's Pole Vault | Lily Beattie Samara McConnell Katie McFarland |
| 5:40 PM | Men's 800-Meter | Carson Turner (Heat 2, Lane 3) Max Armstrong (Heat 3, Lane 5) Marcus Dropik (Heat 3, Lane 7) |
| 6:25 PM | Men's 200-Meter Dash | Jordan Urrutia (Heat 4, Lane 6) Wesley Todd (Heat 8, Lane 3) |
| Day Two | Sat., Feb. 1 | ||
| Time | Event | Athlete(s) |
| 10:20 AM | Men's 60-Meter Dash (Qualifying) | Tarique Wright (Heat 1, Lane 2) Wesley Todd (Heat 2, Lane 1) Joseph Michel (Heat 2, Lane 6) |
| 11:28 AM | Women's 60-Meter Hurdles (Prelims) | Nyajah Gordon (Heat 1, Lane 8) |
| 11:40 AM | Men's Mile | Zack Gilbertson (Heat 1) Ky Hehir (Heat 2) Connor Henson (Heat 2) Aidan Hodge (Heat 2) Gabe Scales (Heat 4) Evan Thornton-Sherman (Heat 5) |
| 12:20 PM | Women's Mile | Alycia Hart (Heat 2) Sophie Baumann (Heat 4) |
| 12:45 PM | Men's Shot Put | Mason Hickel Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan |
| 1:00 PM | Men's 60-Meter Dash (Prelims) | -- |
| 1:20 PM | Men's 400-Meter Dash | Jordan Urrutia (Heat 4, Lane 4) Cade Flatt (Heat 7, Lane 4) |
| 1:50 PM | Women's 400-Meter Dash | Zion Lockette (Heat 9, Lane 3) |
| 2:00 PM | Women's Triple Jump | Dieusi Armand (Flight 1) Indya Dotson (Flight 1) Madison Martinez (Flight 1) Kyla McLaurin (Flight 1) |
| 2:27 PM | Women's 60-Meter Hurdles (Final) | -- |
| 2:30 PM | Women's Shot Put | Akaoma Odeluga Skylar Soli Mensi Stiff |
| 2:30 PM | Men's 60-Meter Dash (Final) | -- |
| 2:45 PM | Men's Triple Jump | Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley Mikoy Holmes Gavin Nembhard |
| 2:55 PM | Men's 3000-Meter | Benjamin Bayless (Heat 2) Toby Gillen (Heat 3) Kidus Misgina (Heat 3) |
| 3:25 PM | Women's 3000-Meter | Ainhoa Brea (Heat 1) Beth Arentz (Heat 2) Hannah Ielfield (Heat 2) Emilia Mikszuta (Heat 2) Sophie Baumann (Heat 3) |
| 4:00 PM | Men's 4x400-Meter Relay | B Relay (Heat 2, Lane 4) A Relay (Heat 3, Lane 6) |
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