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Track & Field’s Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan Named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week
3/30/2026 | Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS – Ole Miss track & field senior Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan has been named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Athlete of the Week, as announced by the USTFCCCA on Monday.
This is the second career national weekly honor for Robinson-O'Hagan, who became the first in Ole Miss men's track & field history to win the award on March 3, 2025. Other program honors come from fellow NCAA Champions McKenzie Long outdoors in 2024, Raven Saunders twice indoors in 2016, and from Mario Garcia Romo during the 2020 cross country season.
Robinson-O'Hagan opened his final outdoor season at the Ole Miss Classic two weeks ago, winning both the shot put and the hammer – but taking the latter title in historic fashion, unleashing an eye-opening 77.62m/254-8 in the third round.
That toss shattered both the facility and all-time Ole Miss records, it stands as the best all-time this early into the collegiate season (March 20), and it makes Robinson-O'Hagan the second-best American-born collegian. Overall, Robinson-O'Hagan now ranks second in SEC history, 11th in collegiate history and 16th in American history, and for 2026 he leads all collegians, ranks third among all Americans and ranks 10th worldwide.
Robinson-O'Hagan's hammer distance, coupled with his outdoor shot PR of 20.88m, improved his career combined collegiate record to 98.50m – making him the first collegian to surpass 98 meters. Combined with his shot put win of 20.42m, his weekend combo alone was a whopping 98.04m.
Ole Miss track & field returns to action this week, with the distance squad heading to the Stanford Invite, while the remainder of the team heads to LSU for the Battle on the Bayou.
This is the second career national weekly honor for Robinson-O'Hagan, who became the first in Ole Miss men's track & field history to win the award on March 3, 2025. Other program honors come from fellow NCAA Champions McKenzie Long outdoors in 2024, Raven Saunders twice indoors in 2016, and from Mario Garcia Romo during the 2020 cross country season.
Robinson-O'Hagan opened his final outdoor season at the Ole Miss Classic two weeks ago, winning both the shot put and the hammer – but taking the latter title in historic fashion, unleashing an eye-opening 77.62m/254-8 in the third round.
That toss shattered both the facility and all-time Ole Miss records, it stands as the best all-time this early into the collegiate season (March 20), and it makes Robinson-O'Hagan the second-best American-born collegian. Overall, Robinson-O'Hagan now ranks second in SEC history, 11th in collegiate history and 16th in American history, and for 2026 he leads all collegians, ranks third among all Americans and ranks 10th worldwide.
Robinson-O'Hagan's hammer distance, coupled with his outdoor shot PR of 20.88m, improved his career combined collegiate record to 98.50m – making him the first collegian to surpass 98 meters. Combined with his shot put win of 20.42m, his weekend combo alone was a whopping 98.04m.
Ole Miss track & field returns to action this week, with the distance squad heading to the Stanford Invite, while the remainder of the team heads to LSU for the Battle on the Bayou.
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