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Vanderbilt Invitational
Track & Field Returns to Nashville for Vanderbilt Invitational
1/16/2025 | Track and Field
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ole Miss track & field returns to Nashville this weekend for the Vanderbilt Invitational, which will run Jan. 17-18 and stream live on SECN+.
MEET NOTES
• Last weekend, the Rebels came away with six event titles and three current collegiate-leading marks courtesy of junior Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, junior Arvesta Troupe and sophomore Akaoma Odeluga across a split weekend at Kentucky's Rod McCravy Invitational and Vanderbilt's Commodore Challenge.
• Odeluga set the current world lead in the women's shot put for 2025 on a one-foot overall career-best 18.37m/60-03.25. That distance ranks her third in Ole Miss history indoors, No. 20 in collegiate history, and makes 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).
• Odeluga also finished runner-up in the weight throw at a one-foot PR of 21.23m/69-8, currently good for No. 7 in Division I, No. 2 in the SEC and No. 7 in Ole Miss history. In two meets, Odeluga has already improved 10 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, opened 2025 last week with a solid performance in the shot put at 16.55m/54-03.75 -- good for No. 11 nationally and No. 2 in the SEC behind Odeluga.
• Fellow sophomore Skylar Soli owns a top-25 mark in the weight throw of her own, current ranking 22nd nationally and third in the SEC at her season-best 19.67m/64-06.50 from last week.
• Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan increased his collegiate lead in the men's shot put at Kentucky, winning at a season-best 20.51m/67-03.50. That performance currently leads the United States overall, ranks No. 2 in the world for 2025 and stands as the furthest throw this early into the collegiate season (Jan. 11) in available records since at least 2008. His season-opening 20.30m/66-07.25 from Dec. 6 was also the furthest that early into the collegiate season in available records.
• Robinson-O'Hagan also won the weight throw at 22.47m/73-08.75, and he still ranks second in Division I at his season-opening 22.88m/75-00.75 from Dec. 6.
• Robinson-O'Hagan is a preseason watch list member for The Bowerman, collegiate track & field's version of the Heisman Trophy. A semifinalist last season, Robinson-O'Hagan is the first Ole Miss men's thrower to make a watch list and only the fourth in Rebel men's history overall alongside Olympians Ricky Robertson (2012), Isiah Young (2013) and Sam Kendricks (2014).
• Also ranked within the top-30 in the men's weight throw are junior Bryson Smith (13th, 21.16m/69-05.25), senior Costen Campion (17th, 20.51m/67-03.50), junior Mason Hickel (22nd, 20.25m/66-05.25) and senior Jake Dalton (26th, 19.99m/65-7). Hickel also owns the No. 34 mark nationally in the shot put at his career-best heave of 17.85m/58-06.75 last month, good for fifth in Ole Miss history indoors.
• Junior Arvesta Troupe won the high jump at Kentucky on an overall career-best 2.20m/7-02.50, which currently leads all collegiate high jumpers. That height by Troupe 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 sixth worldwide and second in the United States for 2025.
• Senior Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley put together a season-best performance at Kentucky in the triple jump, finishing third at 15.49m/50-10. That distance currently ranks 12th in Division I and fifth in the SEC for 2025, and it falls within a foot of his indoor career-best 15.61m/51-02.75 from the 2024 SEC Championships.
• Ole Miss received a pair of excellent opening 800-meter performances in Birmingham last month from freshman Max Armstrong and sophomore Jonathan Stock. Armstrong won at 1:49.65, which not only puts him at No. 5 in the nation and No. 1 in the SEC this year, but it already ranks him as the 14th-best performer in Ole Miss history indoors. Stock, meanwhile, was the runner-up at an indoor PR of 1:51.79, which currently rests at No. 20 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the SEC.
• Senior Toby Gillen still owns a national top-20 time from his season debut in the 5K last month. Gillen ran 13:30.34, currently No. 18 nationally and No. 4 in the SEC, at Boston University's Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Dec. 7.
• Freshman Jordan Urrutia finished sixth in the men's 300-meter dash at Kentucky last weekend at a half-second PR of 33.71. In available records, it ranks as the fastest proper 300-meter time in Ole Miss history, joining the ranks of a converted 300-yard time by Olympian Tony Dees in 1984 (29.54).
• The Rebel men's pole vaulters currently own two national top-30 performances. Junior Logan Kelley's season-opening 5.20m/17-00.75 from Dec. 6 still ranks 22nd nationally and fifth in the SEC, while sophomore transfer John Kendricks had his best day as a Rebel at Kentucky last week, clearing 5.17m/16-11.50 to currently sit at No. 28 in Division I and No. 8 in the SEC. For Kendricks, that height also puts him 10th in Ole Miss history indoors.
• Ole Miss also owns three top-50 performances in the women's pole vault courtesy of senior Samara McConnell (34th, 4.00m/13-01.50), freshman Katie McFarland (34th, 4.00m/13-01.50) and freshman Lily Beattie (42nd, 3.95m/12-11.50). For the freshmen McFarland and Beattie, those performances already rank ninth and 11th, respectively, in Ole Miss history indoors.
MEET NOTES
• Last weekend, the Rebels came away with six event titles and three current collegiate-leading marks courtesy of junior Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, junior Arvesta Troupe and sophomore Akaoma Odeluga across a split weekend at Kentucky's Rod McCravy Invitational and Vanderbilt's Commodore Challenge.
• Odeluga set the current world lead in the women's shot put for 2025 on a one-foot overall career-best 18.37m/60-03.25. That distance ranks her third in Ole Miss history indoors, No. 20 in collegiate history, and makes 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).
• Odeluga also finished runner-up in the weight throw at a one-foot PR of 21.23m/69-8, currently good for No. 7 in Division I, No. 2 in the SEC and No. 7 in Ole Miss history. In two meets, Odeluga has already improved 10 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, opened 2025 last week with a solid performance in the shot put at 16.55m/54-03.75 -- good for No. 11 nationally and No. 2 in the SEC behind Odeluga.
• Fellow sophomore Skylar Soli owns a top-25 mark in the weight throw of her own, current ranking 22nd nationally and third in the SEC at her season-best 19.67m/64-06.50 from last week.
• Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan increased his collegiate lead in the men's shot put at Kentucky, winning at a season-best 20.51m/67-03.50. That performance currently leads the United States overall, ranks No. 2 in the world for 2025 and stands as the furthest throw this early into the collegiate season (Jan. 11) in available records since at least 2008. His season-opening 20.30m/66-07.25 from Dec. 6 was also the furthest that early into the collegiate season in available records.
• Robinson-O'Hagan also won the weight throw at 22.47m/73-08.75, and he still ranks second in Division I at his season-opening 22.88m/75-00.75 from Dec. 6.
• Robinson-O'Hagan is a preseason watch list member for The Bowerman, collegiate track & field's version of the Heisman Trophy. A semifinalist last season, Robinson-O'Hagan is the first Ole Miss men's thrower to make a watch list and only the fourth in Rebel men's history overall alongside Olympians Ricky Robertson (2012), Isiah Young (2013) and Sam Kendricks (2014).
• Also ranked within the top-30 in the men's weight throw are junior Bryson Smith (13th, 21.16m/69-05.25), senior Costen Campion (17th, 20.51m/67-03.50), junior Mason Hickel (22nd, 20.25m/66-05.25) and senior Jake Dalton (26th, 19.99m/65-7). Hickel also owns the No. 34 mark nationally in the shot put at his career-best heave of 17.85m/58-06.75 last month, good for fifth in Ole Miss history indoors.
• Junior Arvesta Troupe won the high jump at Kentucky on an overall career-best 2.20m/7-02.50, which currently leads all collegiate high jumpers. That height by Troupe 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 sixth worldwide and second in the United States for 2025.
• Senior Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley put together a season-best performance at Kentucky in the triple jump, finishing third at 15.49m/50-10. That distance currently ranks 12th in Division I and fifth in the SEC for 2025, and it falls within a foot of his indoor career-best 15.61m/51-02.75 from the 2024 SEC Championships.
• Ole Miss received a pair of excellent opening 800-meter performances in Birmingham last month from freshman Max Armstrong and sophomore Jonathan Stock. Armstrong won at 1:49.65, which not only puts him at No. 5 in the nation and No. 1 in the SEC this year, but it already ranks him as the 14th-best performer in Ole Miss history indoors. Stock, meanwhile, was the runner-up at an indoor PR of 1:51.79, which currently rests at No. 20 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the SEC.
• Senior Toby Gillen still owns a national top-20 time from his season debut in the 5K last month. Gillen ran 13:30.34, currently No. 18 nationally and No. 4 in the SEC, at Boston University's Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Dec. 7.
• Freshman Jordan Urrutia finished sixth in the men's 300-meter dash at Kentucky last weekend at a half-second PR of 33.71. In available records, it ranks as the fastest proper 300-meter time in Ole Miss history, joining the ranks of a converted 300-yard time by Olympian Tony Dees in 1984 (29.54).
• The Rebel men's pole vaulters currently own two national top-30 performances. Junior Logan Kelley's season-opening 5.20m/17-00.75 from Dec. 6 still ranks 22nd nationally and fifth in the SEC, while sophomore transfer John Kendricks had his best day as a Rebel at Kentucky last week, clearing 5.17m/16-11.50 to currently sit at No. 28 in Division I and No. 8 in the SEC. For Kendricks, that height also puts him 10th in Ole Miss history indoors.
• Ole Miss also owns three top-50 performances in the women's pole vault courtesy of senior Samara McConnell (34th, 4.00m/13-01.50), freshman Katie McFarland (34th, 4.00m/13-01.50) and freshman Lily Beattie (42nd, 3.95m/12-11.50). For the freshmen McFarland and Beattie, those performances already rank ninth and 11th, respectively, in Ole Miss history indoors.
| 2025 Vanderbilt Invitational, Master Schedule (all times CT) | ||
| Day One | Fri, Jan. 17 | ||
| Time | Event | Athlete(s) |
| 9:00 AM | Men's Heptathlon (60-Meter Dash) | Caughran Fowler (Lane 6) |
| 9:20 AM | Women's Pentathlon (60-Meter Hurdles) | Nyajah Gordon (Heat 1, Lane 5) |
| ~9:45 AM | Men's Heptathlon (Long Jump) | Caughran Fowler |
| 10:00 AM | Men's Weight Throw (Open) | Keegan Wilfawn (Flight 2) |
| ~10:20 AM | Women's Pentathlon (High Jump) | Nyajah Gordon |
| ~10:45 AM | Men's Heptathlon (Shot Put) | Caughran Fowler |
| 11:00 AM | Men's Pole Vault (Open) | Ford Maberry |
| ~12:20 PM | Women's Pentathlon (Shot Put) | Nyajah Gordon |
| ~1:45 PM | Women's Pentathlon (Long Jump) | Nyajah Gordon |
| Men's Heptathlon (High Jump) | Caughran Fowler | |
| 2:30 PM | Men's Weight Throw (Invite) | Costen Campion Mason Hickel Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan Bryson Smith |
| ~3:00 PM | Women's Pentathlon (800-Meter) | Nyajah Gordon |
| 3:30 PM | Women's Long Jump (Unseeded) | Dieusi Armand (Flight 2) |
| Women's Long Jump (Seeded) | Indya Dotson (Flight 1) Lizzie Hatton (Flight 1) |
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| 4:00 PM | Men's Pole Vault (Invite) | Logan Kelley John Kendricks Miles Walden |
| Women's Weight Throw (Invite) | Akaoma Odeluga Skylar Soli |
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| 5:30 PM | Women's 5K | Adie Luna (Heat 1) |
| 6:30 PM | Men's Long Jump (Unseeded) | Guy Bond (Flight 2) Carson Walls (Flight 2) |
| 8:50 PM | Women's 1000-Meter | Jo-Lauren Keane (Heat 1) Alycia Hart (Heat 2) |
| 9:10 PM | Men's 1000-Meter | Evan Thornton-Sherman (Heat 1) |
| Day Two | Sat., Jan. 18 | ||
| Time | Event | Athlete(s) |
| 8:30 AM | Men's Heptathlon (60-Meter Hurdles) | Caughran Fowler (Heat 1, Lane 4) |
| ~9:20 AM | Men's Heptathlon (Pole Vault) | Caughran Fowler |
| ~11:15 AM | Men's Heptathlon (1000-Meter) | Caughran Fowler |
| 12:35 PM | Women's 60-Meter Dash (Prelims) | Lizzie Hatton (Heat 5, Lane 4) |
| 1:15 PM | Men's Shot Put (Invite) | Mason Hickel Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan |
| 1:30 PM | Women's Pole Vault (Invite) | Lily Beattie Mary Cate Doughty Katie McFarland Samara McConnell |
| 1:35 PM | Women's Mile | Beth Arentz (Heat 1) Sophie Baumann (Heat 1) Alycia Hart (Heat 3) |
| 2:00 PM | Women's Triple Jump | Dieusi Armand (Flight 2) Indya Dotson (Flight 2) Madison Martinez (Flight 2) Kyla McLaurin (Flight 3) |
| Men's Triple Jump | Mikoy Holmes (Flight 1) Gavin Nembhard (Flight 2) |
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| 2:10 PM | Men's Mile | Connor Henson (Heat 1) Landen McNair (Heat 1) Gabe Scales (Heat 1) Jonathan Stock (Heat 1) Evan Thornton-Sherman (Heat 1) Zack Gilbertson (Heat 2) Aidan Hodge (Heat 2) |
| 2:30 PM | Women's Shot Put (Invite) | Akaoma Odeluga Mensi Stiff |
| 3:00 PM | Women's 60-Meter Dash (Final) | -- |
| 3:30 PM | Women's Pole Vault (Open) | Katelyn Hulsey |
| 4:30 PM | Women's Shot Put (Open) | Skylar Soli (Flight 2) |
| Men's 800-Meter | Max Armstrong (Heat 1) Marcus Dropik (Heat 1) Cade Flatt (Heat 1) Carson Turner (Heat 1) |
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| 4:55 PM | Women's 3K | Emilia Mikszuta (Heat 1) Beth Arentz (Heat 3) Ainhoa Brea (Heat 3) Brooke Preputnick (Heat 3) |
| 5:35 PM | Men's 3K | Evan Thornton-Sherman (Heat 4) |
| 6:40 PM | Men's 4x400-Meter Relay | Heat 2, Lane 3 |
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