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Track & Field Ready for National Stage at 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships
3/13/2025 | Track and Field
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Ole Miss track & field will have four total entries on the biggest stage of the collegiate indoor season at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, held this weekend at the Virginia Beach Convention Center on March 14-15.
To qualify for the national meet, student-athletes needed to finish within the top-16 of their individual events or top-12 as a relay by the end of the regular season. Those 16 in each event will be competing not only for team or individual national championships, but also to grasp one of the coveted top-eight scoring spots for First-Team All-American status. Places nine-through-16 receive Second-Team distinction.
The Rebel men rank No. 16 in the Week Seven USTFCCCA National Rating Index released on Tuesday, wrapping their first wire-to-wire ranked indoor season since 2013. Ole Miss rose as high as No. 10 in the Week Two rankings on Feb. 4 and only fell as low as No. 18 in the Week Six edition on March 4. This final ranking of the indoor season only uses entries to the national meet as a basis in its calculation.
Representing Ole Miss in Virginia Beach this weekend will be: junior and reigning NCAA Indoor and Outdoor shot put champion Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan in both the men's shot put and the weight throw; junior and SEC silver medalist Arvesta Troupe in the men's high jump; and sophomore Akaoma Odeluga in the women's shot put.
ESPN+ will carry the action both days across both men's and women's sessions, with a dedicated field event stream that will begin in the mornings and run throughout the day. The track event windows for both the men's and women's sessions will also carry their own dedicated broadcast.
Read below for more details on how to follow along, Ole Miss' history at the indoor national meet, and full profiles of all three Rebel qualifiers.
ON THE AIR
Friday, March 14
Field Event Stream – Starts at 8:10 a.m. CT
Women's Track Stream – Starts at 2:30 p.m. CT
Men's Track Stream – Starts at 6 p.m. CT
Saturday, March 15
Field Event Stream – Starts at 9:30 a.m. CT
Women's Track Stream – Starts at 2 p.m. CT
Men's Track Stream – Starts at 5 p.m. CT
Live Results
Flash Results
SCHEDULE
Friday, March 14
5:05 PM CT – Men's Weight Throw (Final) – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan
Saturday, March 15
11:00 AM CT – Men's High Jump (Final) – Arvesta Troupe
12:45 PM CT – Women's Shot Put (Final) – Akaoma Odeluga
4:00 PM CT – Men's Shot Put (Final) – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan
Team Superlatives
• Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan is looking to become the first repeat champion in the men's shot put indoors since Arizona State's Turner Washington in 2021 and 2022, and a successful defense would make him one of 14 to do so in Division I history.
• A win in the shot put for Robinson-O'Hagan would mark his third in a row alongside his first win indoors in 2024 and his follow-up outdoors for the 2024 season sweep. Such a three-peat would make Robinson-O'Hagan one of 11 in collegiate history to do so.
• Only second repeat qualifier in both the men's shot put and weight throw; third-ever double, all by Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (2023, '24, '25); one of three this year attempting the men's shot/weight double (Texas Tanner, Air Force; Joseph White, Wisconsin).
• A win in both the men's shot put and weight throw by Robinson-O'Hagan would be the first by the same athlete since North Dakota State's Payton Otterdahl in 2019, and would mark only the third occurrence in collegiate history alongside Otterdahl and Ohio State's Dan Taylor in 2004. Schools to sweep regardless of the athlete include North Dakota State (2019), Arizona State (2009), Ohio State (2004), SMU (1981, 1983, 2000) and UTEP (1975).
• A win in both the men's and women's shot puts would be the first by the same school since Arizona State in 2022 (Jorinde Van Klinken, Turner Washington), and would be just the fifth-such instance alongside that Arizona State sweep in 2022 and a trio by UCLA in 1991 (Tracie Mullett, Eric Bergreen), 1995 (Dawn Dumble, John Godina) and 1996 (Valeyta Althouse, Jonathan Ogden).
• Arvesta Troupe is the first Rebel men's athlete to qualify in the high jump indoors since Allen Gordon in 2021.
• Akaoma Odeluga gives Ole Miss its fourth consecutive NCAA appearance in the women's shot put indoors, as well as its sixth in the last eight national indoor meets (outside the cancelled 2020 edition).
Individual Superlatives
• Akaoma Odeluga: Second career NCAA qualifying berth, first indoors.
• Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan: Ninth and 10th career NCAA qualifying berths, fifth and sixth indoors ... Only Rebel to ever double in the shot and weight, has done so now three times (2023, '24, '25) ... One of three nationally this year attempting the shot/weight double.
• Arvesta Troupe: First career NCAA qualifying berth.
Ole Miss Best NCAA Indoor Finishes (in events qualified)
Men's High Jump: 2nd (2010 & 2011, Ricky Robertson)
Women's Shot Put: 1st (2017, Raven Saunders)
Men's Shot Put: 1st (2024, Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan)
Men's Weight Throw: 3rd (2023, Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan)
Ole Miss NCAA Indoor Champions (13 titles, 16 champions)
1991 – George Kersh, Men's 800-Meter
1994 – Greg Saddler, Men's 55-Meter Dash
2001 – Savante' Stringfellow, Men's Long Jump
2004 – Antwon Hicks, Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
2005 – Antwon Hicks, Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
2008 – Brittney Reese, Women's Long Jump
2017 – Raven Saunders, Women's Shot Put
2017 – Men's Distance Medley Relay (Robert Domanic, Nick DeRay, Sean Tobin, Craig Engels)
2022 – Mario Garcia Romo, Men's Mile
2022 – Shey Taiwo, Women's Weight Throw
2023 – Jalani Davis, Women's Weight Throw
2024 – Jalani Davis, Women's Weight Throw
2024 – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, Men's Shot Put
Ole Miss NCAA Indoor Runners-Up (16)
2001 – James Shelton, Men's 60-Meter Dash
2010 – Ricky Robertson, Men's High Jump
2011 – Mike Granger, Men's 60-Meter Dash
2011 – Ricky Robertson, Men's High Jump
2014 – Sam Kendricks, Men's Pole Vault
2021 – Men's Distance Medley Relay (Everett Smulders, Elijah Dryer, John Rivera Jr., Mario Garcia Romo)
2022 – Sintayehu Vissa, Women's Mile
2022 – Jasmine Mitchell, Women's Weight Throw
2023 – Men's Distance Medley Relay (Shane Bracken, Cade Flatt, Tiarnan Crorken, Anthony Camerieri)
2024 – McKenzie Long, Women's 200-Meter Dash
Ole Miss NCAA Indoor Top-25 Finishes (23)
1990 – Ole Miss Men – T-23rd (6 points)
1991 – Ole Miss Men – T-9th (14 points)
1994 – Ole Miss Men – T-19th (10 points)
2000 – Ole Miss Women – 18th (10 points)
2001 – Ole Miss Men – 10th (18 points)
2004 – Ole Miss Men – 22nd (11 points)
2005 – Ole Miss Men – T-22nd (10 points)
2008 – Ole Miss Women – 13th (17 points)
2010 – Ole Miss Men – T-20th (10 points)
2011 – Ole Miss Men – T-11th (16 points)
2011 – Ole Miss Women – T-23rd (10 points)
2013 – Ole Miss Men – T-23rd (2 points)
2014 – Ole Miss Men – T-24th (9 points)
2017 – Ole Miss Women – T-12th (13 points)
2017 – Ole Miss Men – T-16th (12 points)
2021 – Ole Miss Men – 10th (20 points)
2021 – Ole Miss Women – 19th (12 points)
2022 – Ole Miss Women – T-6th (29 points)
2022 – Ole Miss Men – T-10th (20 points)
2023 – Ole Miss Women – 10th (23 points)
2023 – Ole Miss Men – T-12th (17 points)
2024 – Ole Miss Women – 5th (30 points)
2024 – Ole Miss Men – T-15th (14 points)
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ATHLETE PROFILES
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan • Men's Weight Throw / Shot Put
Weight Throw Final: Fri., March 14 • 5:05 p.m. CT
Shot Put Final: Sat., March 15 • 4 p.m. CT
Class: Junior
Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Hometown / High School: Woonsocket, Rhode Island / Woonsocket
Weight Throw Season-Best: 24.35m/79-10.75 • SEC Meet Record, Ole Miss Record, No. 2 SEC History, No. 13 Collegiate History • 2025 World No. 8, U.S. No. 8, NCAA No. 4 • Feb. 28, 2025 (SEC Indoor Championships)
Weight Throw Career-Best: Same
Weight Throw NCAA Seed: 4th
Weight Throw SEC Finish: 1st
Shot Put Season-Best: 21.11m/69-03.25 • Ole Miss Overall Record, No. 2 SEC History Indoors, No. 21 Collegiate History Indoors • 2025 Collegiate Leader, World No. 11, U.S. No. 3 • Feb. 15, 2025 (Music City Challenge)
Shot Put Career-Best: Same
Shot Put NCAA Seed: 1st
Shot Put SEC Finish: 1st
NCAA History: 10x NCAA qualifier (6x indoor, 4x outdoor) … 8x All-American (6x First-Team) … 2x NCAA Champion in the shot put (2024, indoor; 2024, outdoor) … First true sophomore to win NCAA Outdoor men's shot put since 2005 … One of 17 men in NCAA Division I history to complete the indoor/outdoor NCAA title sweep in the shot put … Youngest to sweep since 1989, fourth-youngest all-time … First Rebel to win a men's NCAA title in the shot put, indoors or outdoors … One of four Rebels to sweep an NCAA title in the same season … First underclassman to win men's shot title indoors since world record holder Ryan Crouser did so as a redshirt freshman with Texas in 2014 … 33 career NCAA points (20 indoor, 13 outdoor) … First Rebel to ever win an NCAA men's shot put title, indoors or outdoors … First Rebel to ever attempt the men's weight/shot double indoors and the men's hammer/shot double outdoors, let alone in consecutive seasons … Finished eighth in the deepest NCAA hammer final of all-time outdoors as a freshman in 2023, took seventh in 2024 in what was again the toughest in NCAA history … Finished third in the weight indoors as a freshman in 2023, best since 2013 … Took fifth in the weight in 2024 … Set collegiate freshman NCAA Indoor meet record in 2023 at 22.96m/75-4.
Quick Facts: Undefeated in the shot put against collegiate competition since 2024 Tom Jones Memorial outdoors, 2024 Razorback Invitational indoors … Has not lost a weight throw competition to a collegian since 2024 NCAA Indoor … 3x selection for The Bowerman Watch List … 2024 semifinalist for The Bowerman … 7x SEC Champion (4x indoor) … 3x SEC points trophy winner … 8x SEC medalist … 84 career SEC points scored … 2024 SEC Indoor and Outdoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year; only Ole Miss men's athlete to ever sweep and one of only two Rebels to ever alongside four-time Olympian Brittney Reese … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor and Outdoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year … First in SEC history to sweep the men's weight and shot put indoors, has done so twice now in 2024 and 2025 … Added a hammer and shot sweep outdoors in 2024, one of three in SEC history joining Georgia's Denzel Comenentia (2017, '18) and Auburn's Cory Martin (2007, '08) … One of two in conference history to break 68 feet in a field series twice at the SEC meet, joining Georgia's Brett Noon in 1995 … First Rebel to ever win an SEC men's weight throw title … Became first Rebel to ever win an SEC hammer title, man or woman, as a freshman in 2023 … Ranks second in collegiate history in combined weight and indoor shot PRs (45.46m); one of three collegians all-time to break 21 meters in the shot and 24 in the weight throw, one of two to break 21/23 within the same meet (has done so twice) … Owns Ole Miss records in the shot put indoors (21.11m/69-03.25) and outdoors (20.98m/68-10), weight throw (24.35m/79-10.75) and hammer (74.54m/244-7) … Made toughest U.S. finals all-time in the hammer and shot at 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials (6th hammer, 8th shot) … Ended 2024 as lone collegian and one of two worldwide at 21 meters in the shot put, 74 in the hammer … 11x winner SEC weekly award winner … One of three collegiate men since 2015 to break 72 meters in the hammer and 20 in the shot put alongside Arizona's Jordan Geist in 2023 and Georgia's Denzel Comenentia in both 2018 and 2019; of them, Robinson-O'Hagan was the youngest to perform the feat as a sophomore … Set the collegiate freshman record in the weight throw in 2023 at 23.62m/77-6 ... 2022 World U20 Champion in the shot put, finalist in the hammer ... 2022 U.S. U20 Champion in both the shot put and hammer ... 2x high school national champion ... No. 4 U.S. boys high school history in the junior shot put, No. 3 in the junior hammer and No. 7 in the high school hammer.
Arvesta Troupe • Men's High Jump
Final: Sat., March 15 • 11 a.m. CT
Class: Junior
Major: Sport & Recreation Administration
Hometown / High School: Fulton, Mississippi / Itawamba Agricultural
Career-Best: 2.22m/7-03.25 • No. 3 Ole Miss History • Feb. 28, 2025 (SEC Indoor Championships)
Season-Best: Same
NCAA Seed: 13th
SEC Finish: 2nd
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth.
Quick Facts: 2x SEC high jump medalist (2025 indoor, silver; 2024 outdoor, bronze) … 2025 SEC Indoor silver marked highest finish by Rebel in men's high jump since Ricky Robertson's win in 2013 … 2x Second-Team All-SEC … 4x SEC scorer … 18.25 career SEC points … 2x NCAA East Region qualifier outdoors … Ranks third in Ole Miss history indoors (2.22m/7-03.25), fifth outdoors (2.18m/7-01.75) … Six varsity letters in high school across track & field, basketball, football and baseball … Received offers to play basketball … 2021 MHSAA 4A runner-up in the high jump … 2x MHSAA 4A North Half high jump champion.
Akaoma Odeluga • Women's Shot Put
Final: Sat., March 15 • 12:45 p.m. CT
Class: Sophomore
Major: Political Science
Hometown / High School: Munster, Ind. / Munster
Career-Best: 18.37m/60-03.25 • No. 3 Ole Miss History, No. 22 Collegiate History • Jan .11, 2025 (Rod McCravy)
Season-Best: Same
NCAA Seed: 6th
SEC Finish: 15th
NCAA History: Second career NCAA qualifying berth (fouled outdoors in 2024 as a freshman) … Simultaneously with teammate Mensi Stiff, became one of the two first freshmen in Ole Miss history to qualify for the women's shot put outdoors in 2024.
Quick Facts: 2024 World U20 shot put champion … 2024 U.S. U20 shot put silver medalist … U.S. Olympic Trials shot put finalist in 2024 (11th place) … 1x NCAA East Region qualifier … 2024 SEC Women's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year outdoors (first Rebel woman to ever win) … 2024 SEC Outdoor bronze medalist in the shot put … 1x Second-Team All-SEC … 2x SEC scorer … 10 career SEC points … 2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic … Became second-best American-born U20 shot putter all-time in 2024 at 18.13m/59-05.75 from the Olympic Trials … Four-year letterwinner in basketball and track & field … Part of three conference champion and sectional champion track teams … 2x track team MVP … 2023 All-State, 2x First-Team All-Conference in track … 2023 Sectional Shot Put champion … 2x Regional champion … 2022 Second-Team All-Conference in the discus … Discus school record holder … 2022 basketball team MVP … 2x First-Team All-Conference in basketball … 4x Scholar-Athlete … 2023 Academic All-Conference … Full first name is Akaomachukwu … Has four siblings … Brother, Kenenna Odeluga, is a linebacker at Illinois … Cousin, Abuchi Obinwa, plays for FC Kitzbühel.
To qualify for the national meet, student-athletes needed to finish within the top-16 of their individual events or top-12 as a relay by the end of the regular season. Those 16 in each event will be competing not only for team or individual national championships, but also to grasp one of the coveted top-eight scoring spots for First-Team All-American status. Places nine-through-16 receive Second-Team distinction.
The Rebel men rank No. 16 in the Week Seven USTFCCCA National Rating Index released on Tuesday, wrapping their first wire-to-wire ranked indoor season since 2013. Ole Miss rose as high as No. 10 in the Week Two rankings on Feb. 4 and only fell as low as No. 18 in the Week Six edition on March 4. This final ranking of the indoor season only uses entries to the national meet as a basis in its calculation.
Representing Ole Miss in Virginia Beach this weekend will be: junior and reigning NCAA Indoor and Outdoor shot put champion Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan in both the men's shot put and the weight throw; junior and SEC silver medalist Arvesta Troupe in the men's high jump; and sophomore Akaoma Odeluga in the women's shot put.
ESPN+ will carry the action both days across both men's and women's sessions, with a dedicated field event stream that will begin in the mornings and run throughout the day. The track event windows for both the men's and women's sessions will also carry their own dedicated broadcast.
Read below for more details on how to follow along, Ole Miss' history at the indoor national meet, and full profiles of all three Rebel qualifiers.
ON THE AIR
Friday, March 14
Field Event Stream – Starts at 8:10 a.m. CT
Women's Track Stream – Starts at 2:30 p.m. CT
Men's Track Stream – Starts at 6 p.m. CT
Saturday, March 15
Field Event Stream – Starts at 9:30 a.m. CT
Women's Track Stream – Starts at 2 p.m. CT
Men's Track Stream – Starts at 5 p.m. CT
Live Results
Flash Results
SCHEDULE
Friday, March 14
5:05 PM CT – Men's Weight Throw (Final) – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan
Saturday, March 15
11:00 AM CT – Men's High Jump (Final) – Arvesta Troupe
12:45 PM CT – Women's Shot Put (Final) – Akaoma Odeluga
4:00 PM CT – Men's Shot Put (Final) – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan
Team Superlatives
• Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan is looking to become the first repeat champion in the men's shot put indoors since Arizona State's Turner Washington in 2021 and 2022, and a successful defense would make him one of 14 to do so in Division I history.
• A win in the shot put for Robinson-O'Hagan would mark his third in a row alongside his first win indoors in 2024 and his follow-up outdoors for the 2024 season sweep. Such a three-peat would make Robinson-O'Hagan one of 11 in collegiate history to do so.
• Only second repeat qualifier in both the men's shot put and weight throw; third-ever double, all by Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (2023, '24, '25); one of three this year attempting the men's shot/weight double (Texas Tanner, Air Force; Joseph White, Wisconsin).
• A win in both the men's shot put and weight throw by Robinson-O'Hagan would be the first by the same athlete since North Dakota State's Payton Otterdahl in 2019, and would mark only the third occurrence in collegiate history alongside Otterdahl and Ohio State's Dan Taylor in 2004. Schools to sweep regardless of the athlete include North Dakota State (2019), Arizona State (2009), Ohio State (2004), SMU (1981, 1983, 2000) and UTEP (1975).
• A win in both the men's and women's shot puts would be the first by the same school since Arizona State in 2022 (Jorinde Van Klinken, Turner Washington), and would be just the fifth-such instance alongside that Arizona State sweep in 2022 and a trio by UCLA in 1991 (Tracie Mullett, Eric Bergreen), 1995 (Dawn Dumble, John Godina) and 1996 (Valeyta Althouse, Jonathan Ogden).
• Arvesta Troupe is the first Rebel men's athlete to qualify in the high jump indoors since Allen Gordon in 2021.
• Akaoma Odeluga gives Ole Miss its fourth consecutive NCAA appearance in the women's shot put indoors, as well as its sixth in the last eight national indoor meets (outside the cancelled 2020 edition).
Individual Superlatives
• Akaoma Odeluga: Second career NCAA qualifying berth, first indoors.
• Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan: Ninth and 10th career NCAA qualifying berths, fifth and sixth indoors ... Only Rebel to ever double in the shot and weight, has done so now three times (2023, '24, '25) ... One of three nationally this year attempting the shot/weight double.
• Arvesta Troupe: First career NCAA qualifying berth.
Ole Miss Best NCAA Indoor Finishes (in events qualified)
Men's High Jump: 2nd (2010 & 2011, Ricky Robertson)
Women's Shot Put: 1st (2017, Raven Saunders)
Men's Shot Put: 1st (2024, Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan)
Men's Weight Throw: 3rd (2023, Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan)
Ole Miss NCAA Indoor Champions (13 titles, 16 champions)
1991 – George Kersh, Men's 800-Meter
1994 – Greg Saddler, Men's 55-Meter Dash
2001 – Savante' Stringfellow, Men's Long Jump
2004 – Antwon Hicks, Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
2005 – Antwon Hicks, Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
2008 – Brittney Reese, Women's Long Jump
2017 – Raven Saunders, Women's Shot Put
2017 – Men's Distance Medley Relay (Robert Domanic, Nick DeRay, Sean Tobin, Craig Engels)
2022 – Mario Garcia Romo, Men's Mile
2022 – Shey Taiwo, Women's Weight Throw
2023 – Jalani Davis, Women's Weight Throw
2024 – Jalani Davis, Women's Weight Throw
2024 – Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, Men's Shot Put
Ole Miss NCAA Indoor Runners-Up (16)
2001 – James Shelton, Men's 60-Meter Dash
2010 – Ricky Robertson, Men's High Jump
2011 – Mike Granger, Men's 60-Meter Dash
2011 – Ricky Robertson, Men's High Jump
2014 – Sam Kendricks, Men's Pole Vault
2021 – Men's Distance Medley Relay (Everett Smulders, Elijah Dryer, John Rivera Jr., Mario Garcia Romo)
2022 – Sintayehu Vissa, Women's Mile
2022 – Jasmine Mitchell, Women's Weight Throw
2023 – Men's Distance Medley Relay (Shane Bracken, Cade Flatt, Tiarnan Crorken, Anthony Camerieri)
2024 – McKenzie Long, Women's 200-Meter Dash
Ole Miss NCAA Indoor Top-25 Finishes (23)
1990 – Ole Miss Men – T-23rd (6 points)
1991 – Ole Miss Men – T-9th (14 points)
1994 – Ole Miss Men – T-19th (10 points)
2000 – Ole Miss Women – 18th (10 points)
2001 – Ole Miss Men – 10th (18 points)
2004 – Ole Miss Men – 22nd (11 points)
2005 – Ole Miss Men – T-22nd (10 points)
2008 – Ole Miss Women – 13th (17 points)
2010 – Ole Miss Men – T-20th (10 points)
2011 – Ole Miss Men – T-11th (16 points)
2011 – Ole Miss Women – T-23rd (10 points)
2013 – Ole Miss Men – T-23rd (2 points)
2014 – Ole Miss Men – T-24th (9 points)
2017 – Ole Miss Women – T-12th (13 points)
2017 – Ole Miss Men – T-16th (12 points)
2021 – Ole Miss Men – 10th (20 points)
2021 – Ole Miss Women – 19th (12 points)
2022 – Ole Miss Women – T-6th (29 points)
2022 – Ole Miss Men – T-10th (20 points)
2023 – Ole Miss Women – 10th (23 points)
2023 – Ole Miss Men – T-12th (17 points)
2024 – Ole Miss Women – 5th (30 points)
2024 – Ole Miss Men – T-15th (14 points)
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ATHLETE PROFILES
Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan • Men's Weight Throw / Shot Put
Weight Throw Final: Fri., March 14 • 5:05 p.m. CT
Shot Put Final: Sat., March 15 • 4 p.m. CT
Class: Junior
Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Hometown / High School: Woonsocket, Rhode Island / Woonsocket
Weight Throw Season-Best: 24.35m/79-10.75 • SEC Meet Record, Ole Miss Record, No. 2 SEC History, No. 13 Collegiate History • 2025 World No. 8, U.S. No. 8, NCAA No. 4 • Feb. 28, 2025 (SEC Indoor Championships)
Weight Throw Career-Best: Same
Weight Throw NCAA Seed: 4th
Weight Throw SEC Finish: 1st
Shot Put Season-Best: 21.11m/69-03.25 • Ole Miss Overall Record, No. 2 SEC History Indoors, No. 21 Collegiate History Indoors • 2025 Collegiate Leader, World No. 11, U.S. No. 3 • Feb. 15, 2025 (Music City Challenge)
Shot Put Career-Best: Same
Shot Put NCAA Seed: 1st
Shot Put SEC Finish: 1st
NCAA History: 10x NCAA qualifier (6x indoor, 4x outdoor) … 8x All-American (6x First-Team) … 2x NCAA Champion in the shot put (2024, indoor; 2024, outdoor) … First true sophomore to win NCAA Outdoor men's shot put since 2005 … One of 17 men in NCAA Division I history to complete the indoor/outdoor NCAA title sweep in the shot put … Youngest to sweep since 1989, fourth-youngest all-time … First Rebel to win a men's NCAA title in the shot put, indoors or outdoors … One of four Rebels to sweep an NCAA title in the same season … First underclassman to win men's shot title indoors since world record holder Ryan Crouser did so as a redshirt freshman with Texas in 2014 … 33 career NCAA points (20 indoor, 13 outdoor) … First Rebel to ever win an NCAA men's shot put title, indoors or outdoors … First Rebel to ever attempt the men's weight/shot double indoors and the men's hammer/shot double outdoors, let alone in consecutive seasons … Finished eighth in the deepest NCAA hammer final of all-time outdoors as a freshman in 2023, took seventh in 2024 in what was again the toughest in NCAA history … Finished third in the weight indoors as a freshman in 2023, best since 2013 … Took fifth in the weight in 2024 … Set collegiate freshman NCAA Indoor meet record in 2023 at 22.96m/75-4.
Quick Facts: Undefeated in the shot put against collegiate competition since 2024 Tom Jones Memorial outdoors, 2024 Razorback Invitational indoors … Has not lost a weight throw competition to a collegian since 2024 NCAA Indoor … 3x selection for The Bowerman Watch List … 2024 semifinalist for The Bowerman … 7x SEC Champion (4x indoor) … 3x SEC points trophy winner … 8x SEC medalist … 84 career SEC points scored … 2024 SEC Indoor and Outdoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year; only Ole Miss men's athlete to ever sweep and one of only two Rebels to ever alongside four-time Olympian Brittney Reese … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor and Outdoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year … First in SEC history to sweep the men's weight and shot put indoors, has done so twice now in 2024 and 2025 … Added a hammer and shot sweep outdoors in 2024, one of three in SEC history joining Georgia's Denzel Comenentia (2017, '18) and Auburn's Cory Martin (2007, '08) … One of two in conference history to break 68 feet in a field series twice at the SEC meet, joining Georgia's Brett Noon in 1995 … First Rebel to ever win an SEC men's weight throw title … Became first Rebel to ever win an SEC hammer title, man or woman, as a freshman in 2023 … Ranks second in collegiate history in combined weight and indoor shot PRs (45.46m); one of three collegians all-time to break 21 meters in the shot and 24 in the weight throw, one of two to break 21/23 within the same meet (has done so twice) … Owns Ole Miss records in the shot put indoors (21.11m/69-03.25) and outdoors (20.98m/68-10), weight throw (24.35m/79-10.75) and hammer (74.54m/244-7) … Made toughest U.S. finals all-time in the hammer and shot at 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials (6th hammer, 8th shot) … Ended 2024 as lone collegian and one of two worldwide at 21 meters in the shot put, 74 in the hammer … 11x winner SEC weekly award winner … One of three collegiate men since 2015 to break 72 meters in the hammer and 20 in the shot put alongside Arizona's Jordan Geist in 2023 and Georgia's Denzel Comenentia in both 2018 and 2019; of them, Robinson-O'Hagan was the youngest to perform the feat as a sophomore … Set the collegiate freshman record in the weight throw in 2023 at 23.62m/77-6 ... 2022 World U20 Champion in the shot put, finalist in the hammer ... 2022 U.S. U20 Champion in both the shot put and hammer ... 2x high school national champion ... No. 4 U.S. boys high school history in the junior shot put, No. 3 in the junior hammer and No. 7 in the high school hammer.
Arvesta Troupe • Men's High Jump
Final: Sat., March 15 • 11 a.m. CT
Class: Junior
Major: Sport & Recreation Administration
Hometown / High School: Fulton, Mississippi / Itawamba Agricultural
Career-Best: 2.22m/7-03.25 • No. 3 Ole Miss History • Feb. 28, 2025 (SEC Indoor Championships)
Season-Best: Same
NCAA Seed: 13th
SEC Finish: 2nd
NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth.
Quick Facts: 2x SEC high jump medalist (2025 indoor, silver; 2024 outdoor, bronze) … 2025 SEC Indoor silver marked highest finish by Rebel in men's high jump since Ricky Robertson's win in 2013 … 2x Second-Team All-SEC … 4x SEC scorer … 18.25 career SEC points … 2x NCAA East Region qualifier outdoors … Ranks third in Ole Miss history indoors (2.22m/7-03.25), fifth outdoors (2.18m/7-01.75) … Six varsity letters in high school across track & field, basketball, football and baseball … Received offers to play basketball … 2021 MHSAA 4A runner-up in the high jump … 2x MHSAA 4A North Half high jump champion.
Akaoma Odeluga • Women's Shot Put
Final: Sat., March 15 • 12:45 p.m. CT
Class: Sophomore
Major: Political Science
Hometown / High School: Munster, Ind. / Munster
Career-Best: 18.37m/60-03.25 • No. 3 Ole Miss History, No. 22 Collegiate History • Jan .11, 2025 (Rod McCravy)
Season-Best: Same
NCAA Seed: 6th
SEC Finish: 15th
NCAA History: Second career NCAA qualifying berth (fouled outdoors in 2024 as a freshman) … Simultaneously with teammate Mensi Stiff, became one of the two first freshmen in Ole Miss history to qualify for the women's shot put outdoors in 2024.
Quick Facts: 2024 World U20 shot put champion … 2024 U.S. U20 shot put silver medalist … U.S. Olympic Trials shot put finalist in 2024 (11th place) … 1x NCAA East Region qualifier … 2024 SEC Women's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year outdoors (first Rebel woman to ever win) … 2024 SEC Outdoor bronze medalist in the shot put … 1x Second-Team All-SEC … 2x SEC scorer … 10 career SEC points … 2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic … Became second-best American-born U20 shot putter all-time in 2024 at 18.13m/59-05.75 from the Olympic Trials … Four-year letterwinner in basketball and track & field … Part of three conference champion and sectional champion track teams … 2x track team MVP … 2023 All-State, 2x First-Team All-Conference in track … 2023 Sectional Shot Put champion … 2x Regional champion … 2022 Second-Team All-Conference in the discus … Discus school record holder … 2022 basketball team MVP … 2x First-Team All-Conference in basketball … 4x Scholar-Athlete … 2023 Academic All-Conference … Full first name is Akaomachukwu … Has four siblings … Brother, Kenenna Odeluga, is a linebacker at Illinois … Cousin, Abuchi Obinwa, plays for FC Kitzbühel.
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/ Track and FieldThe Season: New Heights (2025)
Friday, August 01
From Walk-On to National Champ: Arvesta Troupe (T&F)
Monday, June 23
HIGHLIGHTS: Arvesta Troupe Makes History as NCAA High Jump Champ
Friday, June 13
PRESSER: Arvesta Troupe Talks Historic NCAA High Jump Win
Friday, June 13