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Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Named SEC Indoor Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
3/19/2025 | Track and Field
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss men's track & field junior and three-time reigning NCAA shot put champion Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan has been named the SEC Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year, as announced by the conference on Wednesday morning.
With the win, Robinson-O'Hagan – a three-time watch list selection for The Bowerman – is now the only Rebel in men's program history to win the award indoors three total times. Has now won twice indoors (2024 and 2025) and once outdoors (2024), which also makes him the lone Rebel to win twice indoors. Olympian Ricky Robertson held the previous men's record with two wins indoors in 2012 and outdoors in 2014. In overall program history, Robinson-O'Hagan is now tied with four-time Olympian Brittney Reese at three wins, with Reese winning indoors in 2008, as well as outdoors in both 2007 and 2008.
The junior native of Woonsocket, Rhode Island is coming off a successful title defense in the men's shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships last week, where he won a thrilling competition by three centimeters at 20.49m/67-02.75. The win made him just the 10th athlete in Division I history to win at least three NCAA shot put crowns in a row across indoor and outdoor seasons, only the second three-peat by an SEC athlete alongside South Carolina's Brad Snyder (1998 indoor, '98 outdoor, '99 indoor).
Robinson-O'Hagan finished undefeated in the shot put among collegiate competitors this indoor season, and has not lost to a fellow collegian overall since last April and indoors since last January. His career-best throw of 21.11m/69-03.25 from earlier this season ranks him 21st in collegiate history, as well as second-best in SEC history.
He also took fifth at the national meet in what ended up being the toughest NCAA weight throw final in collegiate history at 24.09m/79-00.50, adding four more points for the Ole Miss men – who ended up tied for 10th nationally, the second-best indoor finish in Rebel men's history. His best weight throw mark of the season came at the SEC Championships, where he repeated as the conference champion on a career-best 24.35m/79-10.75 – good for 13th in collegiate history. Robinson-O'Hagan was 7-1 against collegiate competition in the weight throw this season.
That was one of two SEC titles for Robinson-O'Hagan this year, who completed his second consecutive sweep of the weight and shot titles after becoming the first to do so in SEC history in 2024. His 20 conference points earned him a second straight share of the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy, and helped propel the Rebel men to a tie for third place at the conference meet – tied for the best in Ole Miss men's history indoors.
Robinson-O'Hagan concludes his junior indoor season ranked second in collegiate history in combined indoor shot put (21.11m/69-03.25) and weight throw (24.35m/79-10.75) distance at 45.46m – trailing only North Dakota State's Payton Otterdahl from 2019 (45.92m).
Robinson-O'Hagan will open his outdoor season at home this week at the Ole Miss Classic, which runs March 21-22.
With the win, Robinson-O'Hagan – a three-time watch list selection for The Bowerman – is now the only Rebel in men's program history to win the award indoors three total times. Has now won twice indoors (2024 and 2025) and once outdoors (2024), which also makes him the lone Rebel to win twice indoors. Olympian Ricky Robertson held the previous men's record with two wins indoors in 2012 and outdoors in 2014. In overall program history, Robinson-O'Hagan is now tied with four-time Olympian Brittney Reese at three wins, with Reese winning indoors in 2008, as well as outdoors in both 2007 and 2008.
The junior native of Woonsocket, Rhode Island is coming off a successful title defense in the men's shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships last week, where he won a thrilling competition by three centimeters at 20.49m/67-02.75. The win made him just the 10th athlete in Division I history to win at least three NCAA shot put crowns in a row across indoor and outdoor seasons, only the second three-peat by an SEC athlete alongside South Carolina's Brad Snyder (1998 indoor, '98 outdoor, '99 indoor).
Robinson-O'Hagan finished undefeated in the shot put among collegiate competitors this indoor season, and has not lost to a fellow collegian overall since last April and indoors since last January. His career-best throw of 21.11m/69-03.25 from earlier this season ranks him 21st in collegiate history, as well as second-best in SEC history.
He also took fifth at the national meet in what ended up being the toughest NCAA weight throw final in collegiate history at 24.09m/79-00.50, adding four more points for the Ole Miss men – who ended up tied for 10th nationally, the second-best indoor finish in Rebel men's history. His best weight throw mark of the season came at the SEC Championships, where he repeated as the conference champion on a career-best 24.35m/79-10.75 – good for 13th in collegiate history. Robinson-O'Hagan was 7-1 against collegiate competition in the weight throw this season.
That was one of two SEC titles for Robinson-O'Hagan this year, who completed his second consecutive sweep of the weight and shot titles after becoming the first to do so in SEC history in 2024. His 20 conference points earned him a second straight share of the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy, and helped propel the Rebel men to a tie for third place at the conference meet – tied for the best in Ole Miss men's history indoors.
Robinson-O'Hagan concludes his junior indoor season ranked second in collegiate history in combined indoor shot put (21.11m/69-03.25) and weight throw (24.35m/79-10.75) distance at 45.46m – trailing only North Dakota State's Payton Otterdahl from 2019 (45.92m).
Robinson-O'Hagan will open his outdoor season at home this week at the Ole Miss Classic, which runs March 21-22.
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