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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Track & Field’s Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan on The Bowerman Watch List May Update
5/21/2026 | Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS – Ole Miss track & field senior and four-time NCAA Champion Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan remains on the watch list for The Bowerman for 2026, as announced in its May update on Thursday afternoon.
The Bowerman – collegiate track & field's version of the Heisman Trophy – began in 2009 and is presented each year to the most outstanding male and female athletes in the nation. The trophy is named after famed Oregon head coach, Bill Bowerman.
This is the 14th and likely final career watch list appearance for Robinson-O'Hagan, who suffered a significant leg injury earlier this week and will miss the remainder of the 2026 season. The evaluation period for this watch list included the recent conference championship meets around the nation, where Robinson-O'Hagan won his record 12th and 13th career SEC titles last week prior to his injury.
All 14 of his watch list appearances have come consecutively since first doing so in the preseason for the 2025 season. His first connection with The Bowerman, however, was as an award semifinalist following his superb sophomore campaign in 2024. Robinson-O'Hagan is one of three throwers on the May watch list and one of five athletes overall from the SEC alongside Texas A&M javelin thrower Chinecherem Nnamdi, Alabama sprinter Samuel Ogazi, Auburn hurdler Ja'Kobe Tharp and Arkansas sprinter Jelani Watkins.
In his final meet as a Rebel, Robinson-O'Hagan became the winningest men's athlete in SEC history after his record third consecutive sweep of the shot put and hammer – taking over the men's record and tying for the overall SEC record across all sports with 13 career individual titles.
This is a heartbreaking end to an outstanding Ole Miss career for Robinson-O'Hagan, who finishes as one of the best all-around throwers in collegiate history and one of the more promising young American prospects in recent memory in both the shot put and hammer.
The Woonsocket, Rhode Island native leaves with four national titles, 14 All-America awards, his all-time record 13 SEC titles, 14 SEC medals and five SEC Field Athlete of the Year awards with an incredible 75 NCAA points and 144 SEC points scored across his superb career. He also leaves with the collegiate record in combined outdoor shot/hammer distance (98.50m), second all-time in combined indoor shot/weight distance (45.53m), and spots on the collegiate all-time top-25 lists in the shot, weight and hammer after dismantling the Ole Miss record books.
The Bowerman 2026
Men's Watch List – May 21, 2026
Simeon Birnbaum, Oregon (Mid-Distance)
Geoffrey Kirwa, Louisville (Distance)
Chinecherem Nnamdi, Texas A&M (Javelin)
Samuel Ogazi, Alabama (Sprints)
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, Ole Miss (Throws)
Colin Sahlman, Northern Arizona (Distance)
Habtom Samuel, New Mexico (Distance)
Texas Tanner, Air Force (Throws)
Ja'Kobe Tharp, Auburn (Hurdles)
*Jelani Watkins, Arkansas (Sprints)
* Watch List career debuts
Also receiving votes:
Kanyinsola Ajayi, Auburn (Sprints)
Peyton Bair, Oregon (Combined Events)
Ryan Johnson, Iowa (Throws)
Garrett Kaalund, USC (Sprints)
Rivaldo Marshall, Arkansas (Mid-Distance)
Ralford Mullings, Oklahoma (Throws)
Jonathan Seremes, Texas Tech (Jumps)
ABOUT THE BOWERMAN
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009 and is named after former University of Oregon coach Bill Bowerman, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track & field athletes in the nation.
The Bowerman – collegiate track & field's version of the Heisman Trophy – began in 2009 and is presented each year to the most outstanding male and female athletes in the nation. The trophy is named after famed Oregon head coach, Bill Bowerman.
This is the 14th and likely final career watch list appearance for Robinson-O'Hagan, who suffered a significant leg injury earlier this week and will miss the remainder of the 2026 season. The evaluation period for this watch list included the recent conference championship meets around the nation, where Robinson-O'Hagan won his record 12th and 13th career SEC titles last week prior to his injury.
All 14 of his watch list appearances have come consecutively since first doing so in the preseason for the 2025 season. His first connection with The Bowerman, however, was as an award semifinalist following his superb sophomore campaign in 2024. Robinson-O'Hagan is one of three throwers on the May watch list and one of five athletes overall from the SEC alongside Texas A&M javelin thrower Chinecherem Nnamdi, Alabama sprinter Samuel Ogazi, Auburn hurdler Ja'Kobe Tharp and Arkansas sprinter Jelani Watkins.
In his final meet as a Rebel, Robinson-O'Hagan became the winningest men's athlete in SEC history after his record third consecutive sweep of the shot put and hammer – taking over the men's record and tying for the overall SEC record across all sports with 13 career individual titles.
This is a heartbreaking end to an outstanding Ole Miss career for Robinson-O'Hagan, who finishes as one of the best all-around throwers in collegiate history and one of the more promising young American prospects in recent memory in both the shot put and hammer.
The Woonsocket, Rhode Island native leaves with four national titles, 14 All-America awards, his all-time record 13 SEC titles, 14 SEC medals and five SEC Field Athlete of the Year awards with an incredible 75 NCAA points and 144 SEC points scored across his superb career. He also leaves with the collegiate record in combined outdoor shot/hammer distance (98.50m), second all-time in combined indoor shot/weight distance (45.53m), and spots on the collegiate all-time top-25 lists in the shot, weight and hammer after dismantling the Ole Miss record books.
The Bowerman 2026
Men's Watch List – May 21, 2026
Simeon Birnbaum, Oregon (Mid-Distance)
Geoffrey Kirwa, Louisville (Distance)
Chinecherem Nnamdi, Texas A&M (Javelin)
Samuel Ogazi, Alabama (Sprints)
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, Ole Miss (Throws)
Colin Sahlman, Northern Arizona (Distance)
Habtom Samuel, New Mexico (Distance)
Texas Tanner, Air Force (Throws)
Ja'Kobe Tharp, Auburn (Hurdles)
*Jelani Watkins, Arkansas (Sprints)
* Watch List career debuts
Also receiving votes:
Kanyinsola Ajayi, Auburn (Sprints)
Peyton Bair, Oregon (Combined Events)
Ryan Johnson, Iowa (Throws)
Garrett Kaalund, USC (Sprints)
Rivaldo Marshall, Arkansas (Mid-Distance)
Ralford Mullings, Oklahoma (Throws)
Jonathan Seremes, Texas Tech (Jumps)
ABOUT THE BOWERMAN
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009 and is named after former University of Oregon coach Bill Bowerman, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track & field athletes in the nation.
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