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Track & Field Set for 2025 NCAA East Regional
5/27/2025 | Track and Field
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tickets to the national meet are on the line this week for Ole Miss track & field, as the Rebels send 29 athletes via 32 total entries to the 2025 NCAA East Region Preliminary Round Championships. Competition runs May 28-31 at the University of North Florida, and fans can watch the evening sessions live on ESPN+.
A full timetable schedule kept live and up-to-date is available HERE.
ON THE AIR
Day One (Wed., May 28)
5 PM CT – ESPN+
Day Two (Thurs., May 29)
5 PM CT – ESPN+
Day Three (Fri., May 30)
4 PM CT – ESPN+
Day Four (Sat., May 31)
4 PM CT – ESPN+
Live Results
Flash Results
Rebel Men's Qualifiers (21 entries, 19 athletes)
1. Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Shot Put – 20.75m/68-1
1. Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Hammer – 75.72m/248-5
2. Arvesta Troupe – High Jump – 2.26m/7-5
3. Jake Dalton – Hammer – 69.72m/228-9
4. Toby Gillen – 5K – 13:26.92
4. Bryson Smith – Hammer – 69.12m/226-9
7. Kidus Misgina – 10K – 28:20.19
10. John Kendricks – Pole Vault – 5.50m/18-00.50
16. Joseph Michel – 100-Meter Dash – 10.10 (+2.6)
16. Kidus Misgina – 5K – 13:37.29
17. Drew O'Connor – Pole Vault – 5.40m/17-08.50
18. 4x100-Meter Relay (Atkinstall-Daley, Urrutia, Todd, Michel) – 39.38
21. Evan Thornton-Sherman – 5K – 13:38.09
21. Mason Hickel – Hammer – 65.22m/214-0
22. Logan Kelley – Pole Vault – 5.30m/17-04.50
23. Aiden Britt – 10K – 28:26.41
26. Mason Hickel – Shot Put – 18.52m/60-09.25
28. Max Armstrong – 800-Meter – 1:47.68
29. Carson Turner – 800-Meter – 1:47.69
43. Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley – Triple Jump – 15.33m/50-03.50 (+0.8)
44. Costen Campion – Hammer – 62.20m/204-1
Rebel Women's Qualifiers (11 entries, 10 athletes)
1. Akaoma Odeluga – Shot Put – 18.93m/62-01.25
10. Akaoma Odeluga – Hammer – 65.33m/214-4
11. Lizzie Hatton – Long Jump – 6.34m/20-09.75 (+2.9)
11. Mensi Stiff – Shot Put – 17.11m/56-01.75
13. Dieusi Armand – Triple Jump – 13.02m/42-08.75 (+2.2)
15. Skylar Soli – Hammer – 64.39m/211-3
20. Lily Beattie – Pole Vault – 4.26m/13-11.75
22. Madison Martinez – Triple Jump – 12.92m/42-04.75 (+0.0)
30. Opal Jackson – Shot Put – 15.92m/52-02.75
33. Hannah Ielfield – 3000-Meter Steeplechase – 10:15.94
42. Beth Arentz – 5K – 16:02.45
MEET NOTES
• In 10 years at Ole Miss, head coach Connie Price-Smith has averaged 31.0 athletes and 34.9 entries at the regional meet, and from there she has sent an average of 12.1 athletes and 11.1 entries to the national meet. Of the 432.5 total NCAA points scored outdoors in Ole Miss history, Price-Smith owns 173 (40 percent), which includes 103 of 142 on the women's side (72.5 percent).
• Outdoors at Ole Miss, Price-Smith's athletes have won seven NCAA titles while earning 84 First or Second-Team All-America nods (55 women, 29 men). Her teams have finished in the national top-25 seven times outdoors, including an overall program-record fifth-place finish by the Rebel women in 2024.
• Seven of Ole Miss' 10 total NCAA top-10 finishes have come under Price-Smith: 2025 men's indoor (T-10th), 2024 women's outdoor (5th), 2024 women's indoor (5th), 2023 women's indoor (10th), 2022 women's indoor (T-6th), 2022 men's indoor (T-10th), 2021 men's indoor (10th), 2013 men's outdoor (8th), 2001 men's indoor (10th) and 1991 men's indoor (9th).
• The Rebel men lead the way with 21 entries from 19 athletes, their second-most regional entries all-time. The Ole Miss women, meanwhile, will be represented by 10 athletes in 11 total entries. Among those 29 total athletes are a total of 11 competing in their first regional meet: senior Beth Arentz (women's 5K), freshman Max Armstrong (men's 800-meter), freshman Lily Beattie (women's pole vault), sophomore Lizzie Hatton (women's long jump), senior Hannah Ielfield (women's 3000-meter steeplechase), freshman Madison Martinez (women's triple jump), junior Joseph Michel (men's 100-meter dash, men's 4x100-meter relay), junior Evan Thornton-Sherman (men's 5K), freshman Wesley Todd (men's 4x100-meter relay), junior Carson Turner (men's 800-meter) and freshman Jordan Urrutia (men's 4x100-meter relay).
• Six Rebels will be attempted a double: senior Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley in the men's triple jump and 4x100-meter relay; juniors Mason Hickel and Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan in the men's shot put and hammer; junior Joseph Michel in the men's 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay; senior Kidus Misgina in the men's 5K and 10K; and sophomore Akaoma Odeluga in the women's shot put and hammer.
• To qualify for this first round of the NCAA Championships, student-athletes must have finished the season ranked within the top-48 of their individual events or as a member of a top-24 relay on their respective regional qualifying list (East or West). The top-12 athletes in the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon in the East and West automatically receive entry to the national meet.
• From there, the top-12 finishers in each event at each regional meet advance to the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which this year returns to the University of Oregon on June 11-14.
• The Rebel men enter the regional meet ranked a season-high No. 15 in the latest USTFCCCA Outdoor Rating Index, which this week uses only entries to the East and West regional meets in its formula.
• Ole Miss is coming off a strong showing at the SEC Outdoor Championships, where the Rebel men finished in fifth place overall while both Rebel squads won a combined nine medals -- three of them gold. Junior Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan successfully defended both his conference crowns in the shot put and the hammer, while senior Toby Gillen won the men's 5K just two days after narrowly losing out on the 10K title as well.
• Other medalists were: freshman Lily Beattie in the women's pole vault (silver), senior Jake Dalton in the men's hammer (silver), sophomore Akaoma Odeluga in the women's shot put (silver), junior Arvesta Troupe in the men's high jump (silver), sophomore John Kendricks in the men's pole vault (bronze).
MEN'S NOTES
• Three-time national shot put champion Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan is looking to punch his third straight national double in the shot put and hammer, entering this week as the East Region leader in both events.
• Robinson-O'Hagan has landed on seven consecutive watch lists for The Bowerman -- collegiate track & field's version of the Heisman Trophy -- standing alongside Cal discus thrower Mykolas Alekna and North Carolina distance runner Ethan Strand as the lone athletes in the nation to have appeared on all seven editions for 2025. Robinson-O'Hagan was a semifinalist for The Bowerman in 2024 following a spectacular sophomore campaign that saw him sweep the NCAA men's shot put titles.
• Last week at the SEC Outdoor Championships, Robinson-O'Hagan was dominant yet again, completing his fourth consecutive conference sweep since the 2024 Indoor meet. Robinson-O'Hagan won his third straight SEC men's hammer title – making him one of three in SEC history to three-peat – and did so in powerful fashion on a massive new school record of 75.72m/248-5, the No. 2 mark in SEC meet history and the No. 4 mark in overall SEC history. That distance moves him to No. 21 in collegiate history, as well as No. 6 all-time among American-born collegiate athletes.
• One day later, Robinson-O'Hagan successfully defended his SEC title in the shot put – already his ninth conference title as a Rebel in 13 total title chances. Robinson-O'Hagan has not lost an SEC title since his freshman year outdoors (shot put, discus), and in his Ole Miss career he owns an absurd 104 conference points scored (17.3 per SEC meet).
• This season, his hammer best ranks fifth collegiately and sixth in the United States, while his shot put best of 20.75m/68-1 slots him second in the NCAA. He stands as the lone thrower worldwide this year at 69 feet in the shot put and 248 feet in the hammer (when including his indoor shot put mark). Robinson-O'Hagan has not lost to a fellow collegian in the shot put since April of 2024.
• Robinson-O'Hagan leads a powerful Rebel men's hammer squad that punched five total tickets to the regional meet. Senior Jake Dalton won his second consecutive SEC silver medal behind Robinson-O'Hagan at the conference meet, helping propel an Ole Miss hammer squad that scored a whopping 23 points -- the third-most in the SEC since 2003 behind the 2003 Georgia Bulldogs (26) and the 2024 Rebels, who amassed 24 points in the hammer.
• Dalton enters this week ranked third in the East Region at a career-best 69.72, with junior Bryson Smith right behind him in fourth at his PR 69.12m/226-9. Also qualifying for the Rebels in the hammer were junior Mason Hickel (21st, 65.22m/214-0) and senior Costen Campion (44th, 62.20m/204-1). Hickel will also be attempting the shot-hammer double alongside Robinson-O'Hagan, entering this week seeded 26th in the East Region at his career-best 18.52m/60-09.25.
• Junior All-American Arvesta Troupe won his third career SEC medal and his second consecutive silver medal in the high jump after a dramatic fight for the crown with the national leader. Troupe cleared each of his first five bars clean before a massive PR 2.26m/7-5 on his second attempt, which put him square in a jump-off with the NCAA's top-ranked high jumper, Georgia's Riyon Rankin. With the bar up to 2.29m/7-6, both athletes were down to their third and final tries. Troupe wasn't able to get a jump off, while Rankin cleared for the walk-off win.
• Troupe is in the midst of a career season, increasing his prior year personal best by more than four inches – with his latest improvement ranking him second in school history behind Olympian Ricky Robertson, the only other Rebel to have ever cleared 7-5 or higher. Additionally, Troupe currently ranks second in the NCAA beyond Rankin as well as fifth in the United States and 24th worldwide for the 2025 season.
• All-American senior Toby Gillen captured the hearts of the distance running world at the SEC Outdoor Championships, where he put together two gutsy performances across the 5K and 10K for 18 total points -- the most by any distance runner at the conference meet and the third-most overall.
• On the first night, Gillen – who hadn't run a 10K since 2022, and never before as a Rebel – went toe-to-toe with the three-time defending SEC Champion, Alabama's Victor Kiprop, and nearly came away with the win. Gillen fell just two seconds shy right at the line on a career-best 30:12.62 for the silver medal.
• On Saturday night, however, Gillen would not be denied the 5K crown, crossing the line in 13:49.75 for the conference title while edging out a top-five that all finished within two seconds of each other.
• Gillen will run in the 5K at the East Regional this week, entering ranked fourth overall at his career-best 13:26.92 from the Stanford Invite back in April, which narrowly missed the Ole Miss record. Gillen was a First-Team All-American in the event last outdoor season in seventh place nationally.
• However, attempting the 5K/10K double this week in Jacksonville will be senior transfer Kidus Misgina, who enters ranked seventh at his school record 10K time of 28:20.19, as well as 16th in the East at his 5K PR of 13:37.29. Misgina's 10K record came at the Stanford Invite, where he dismantled the previous Ole Miss record by 24 seconds.
• Joining Gillen and Misgina in the 5K will be junior Evan Thornton-Sherman, who is fresh off an SEC scoring performance in the 1500 and enters the East Regional ranked 21st in the 5K at his career-best 13:38.09. In the 10K, Misgina will be joined by junior Aiden Britt, who ranks 23rd in the East at his PR 28:26.41 from the Virginia Challenge -- which would have shattered the previous Rebel record by 18 seconds if not for Misgina's time ahead of him.
• Sophomore and Oxford native John Kendricks put together a career day in what turned out to be a powerful SEC men's pole vault final, taking the bronze medal while launching himself into historic -- but familial -- company. Kendricks, who transferred back home to Ole Miss last summer after spending his freshman campaign at Arkansas, cleared a career-best 5.50m/18-00.50 for the bronze, making him one of only two 18-footers in program history – the other, of course, being his older brother: three-time Olympian Sam Kendricks at his school-record height of 5.81m/19-00.75 from 2013.
• Kendricks enters the East Regional seeded 10th at that height, and will be joined by two other Rebels in Jacksonville: senior Drew O'Connor (17th, 5.40m/17-08.50) and junior Logan Kelley (22nd, 5.30m/17-04.50).
• The Ole Miss men's sprints crew will be well-represented in Jacksonville after a strong outdoor season, including a great outing at the SEC Outdoor Championships.
• Junior Joseph Michel will run individually in the 100-meter dash, entering the regional ranked 16th at his all-conditions career-best 10.10 (+2.6). That time was run at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial back in April, and it made him the second-fastest Rebel all-time -- the fastest since Olympian Isiah Young in 2013.
• Michel also ran anchor on Ole Miss' eighth-place 4x100-meter relay at the SEC Championships, which qualified for the NCAA East Regional and enters the meet ranked 18th at 39.38. That time -- run alongside senior jumper Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley, freshman Jordan Urrutia and freshman Wesley Todd -- ranks second-best in Ole Miss history, and it earned the first SEC points by a Rebel men's 4x1 since 2019.
• Urrutia and Todd have been key on both the Rebel 4x1 and 4x400-meter relays in their first seasons at Ole Miss. Urrutia already ranks top-15 all-time in the 200-meter dash (10th, 20.82/+0.9), 400-meter dash (13th, 46.94) and 100-meter dash (15th, 10.39/+2.7). Urrutia's 400-meter time, run at home in the Joe Walker Invite, ranks as the fastest by a Rebel since 2004.
• The Ole Miss men's 4x400-meter relay of Urrutia, Todd and junior distance runners Carson Turner and Cade Flatt narrowly missed the cut for the regional meet after running the fastest Rebel 4x4 since 1999 at the SEC Championships. The quartet crossed the line in 3:06.25, the No. 7 relay in Ole Miss history that fell four spots shy of qualifying in the East.
• Atkinstall-Daley will also compete in the men's triple jump for the third consecutive season, entering the meet ranked 43rd in the East at his season-best 15.33m/50-03.50 (+0.8). Atkinstall-Daley qualified for the outdoor national meet in 2024 after finishing 10th in the East prelims, jumping a still-standing wind-legal PR 15.77m/51-9 (+0.2).
• Turner and freshman Max Armstrong will represent Ole Miss in the men's 800-meter, entering the meet ranked 28th and 29th in the East, respectively. The duo ran their qualifying times at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial last month, with Armstrong finishing fifth in the invitational section at a career-best 1:47.68, and Turner right behind him in sixth at a PR 1:47.69. Those times rank 12th and 13th all-time in Ole Miss history.
WOMEN'S NOTES
• All-American sophomore Akaoma Odeluga leads the way for the Rebel women in Jacksonville, having qualified in both the shot put and hammer. Odeluga, alongside fellow All-American sophomore Mensi Stiff, were the first Ole Miss women's freshmen to ever qualify for nationals in the shot put outdoors last season.
• Odeluga enters this week with the top shot put mark in the East Region at her career-best 18.93m/62-01.25 from LSU's Battle on the Bayou back in March. That mark still ranks 13th in collegiate history, as well as 17th worldwide and sixth in the United States this season.
• Odeluga -- the reigning World U20 shot put champion -- is coming off a silver medal performance in a powerful SEC shot put final that featured three women beyond 18 meters, her second consecutive medal in the shot put outdoors.
• Odeluga enters with the East Region's 10th-best seed mark in the hammer at her career-best 65.33m/214-4 at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial last month, a 12-foot improvement over her prior PR. She stands alongside former Arizona State national champion Maggie Ewen as the lone women in collegiate history at 62 feet in the shot put and 210 feet in the hammer.
• Ole Miss will be represented by three entries in the women's shot put and two in the hammer. Joining Odeluga in the shot put is Stiff at her season-best 17.11m/56-01.75, which enters ranked 11th in the East Region, as well as junior transfer Opal Jackson, who owns the East's No. 30 mark at her season-best 15.92m/52-02.75. Stiff scored alongside Odeluga in the SEC final, finishing in seventh place at her season-best mark.
• Odeluga will pair with fellow sophomore Skylar Soli in the hammer, who owns the East's 15th-best mark at her career-best 64.39m/211-3 that scored in fourth place for the Rebels at the SEC Championships. Soli is looking to punch her second consecutive national ticket in the hammer after doing so as a freshman in 2024.
• Ole Miss also owns three jumps entries, let by sophomore transfer Lizzie Hatton's No. 11 seed mark in the long jump on her all-conditions career-best 6.34m/20-09.75 (+2.9) from the Joe Walker Invite back in April. That distance ties her for fourth in school history and is the furthest by a Rebel since 2010.
• The Rebel women will have two representatives in the triple jump this week. Senior Dieusi Armand owns the East's No. 13 seed mark at her all-conditions career-best 13.02m/42-08.75 (+2.2) from the Joe Walker Invite, which made her one of only three Rebel women to leap 42-feet outdoors along with Olympian Brittney Reese and freshman Madison Martinez -- who ranks third all-time at Ole Miss and will compete alongside Armand with her No. 22 seed mark at her career-best 12.92m/42-04.75 (+0.0) from LSU back in March.
• Freshman Lily Beattie is coming off a career performance at the SEC Championships, where she recorded the best finish ever by a Rebel woman in an SEC pole vault final -- indoor or outdoor -- following her silver medal. Beattie cleared 4.26m/13-11.75 for the runner-up finish, a half-foot PR that ranks her third-best in Ole Miss history outdoors.
• Ole Miss will also have two distance representatives on the track in seniors Hannah Ielfield in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase and Beth Arentz in the 5K. Ielfield enters ranked 33rd at her PR 10:15.94 from her outdoor debut in the Ole Miss Classic, which ranks fourth in school history. Arentz ranks 42nd in the East at her 5K PR of 16:02.45, which slots her sixth in the Rebel record books outdoors.
A full timetable schedule kept live and up-to-date is available HERE.
ON THE AIR
Day One (Wed., May 28)
5 PM CT – ESPN+
Day Two (Thurs., May 29)
5 PM CT – ESPN+
Day Three (Fri., May 30)
4 PM CT – ESPN+
Day Four (Sat., May 31)
4 PM CT – ESPN+
Live Results
Flash Results
Rebel Men's Qualifiers (21 entries, 19 athletes)
1. Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Shot Put – 20.75m/68-1
1. Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan – Hammer – 75.72m/248-5
2. Arvesta Troupe – High Jump – 2.26m/7-5
3. Jake Dalton – Hammer – 69.72m/228-9
4. Toby Gillen – 5K – 13:26.92
4. Bryson Smith – Hammer – 69.12m/226-9
7. Kidus Misgina – 10K – 28:20.19
10. John Kendricks – Pole Vault – 5.50m/18-00.50
16. Joseph Michel – 100-Meter Dash – 10.10 (+2.6)
16. Kidus Misgina – 5K – 13:37.29
17. Drew O'Connor – Pole Vault – 5.40m/17-08.50
18. 4x100-Meter Relay (Atkinstall-Daley, Urrutia, Todd, Michel) – 39.38
21. Evan Thornton-Sherman – 5K – 13:38.09
21. Mason Hickel – Hammer – 65.22m/214-0
22. Logan Kelley – Pole Vault – 5.30m/17-04.50
23. Aiden Britt – 10K – 28:26.41
26. Mason Hickel – Shot Put – 18.52m/60-09.25
28. Max Armstrong – 800-Meter – 1:47.68
29. Carson Turner – 800-Meter – 1:47.69
43. Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley – Triple Jump – 15.33m/50-03.50 (+0.8)
44. Costen Campion – Hammer – 62.20m/204-1
Rebel Women's Qualifiers (11 entries, 10 athletes)
1. Akaoma Odeluga – Shot Put – 18.93m/62-01.25
10. Akaoma Odeluga – Hammer – 65.33m/214-4
11. Lizzie Hatton – Long Jump – 6.34m/20-09.75 (+2.9)
11. Mensi Stiff – Shot Put – 17.11m/56-01.75
13. Dieusi Armand – Triple Jump – 13.02m/42-08.75 (+2.2)
15. Skylar Soli – Hammer – 64.39m/211-3
20. Lily Beattie – Pole Vault – 4.26m/13-11.75
22. Madison Martinez – Triple Jump – 12.92m/42-04.75 (+0.0)
30. Opal Jackson – Shot Put – 15.92m/52-02.75
33. Hannah Ielfield – 3000-Meter Steeplechase – 10:15.94
42. Beth Arentz – 5K – 16:02.45
MEET NOTES
• In 10 years at Ole Miss, head coach Connie Price-Smith has averaged 31.0 athletes and 34.9 entries at the regional meet, and from there she has sent an average of 12.1 athletes and 11.1 entries to the national meet. Of the 432.5 total NCAA points scored outdoors in Ole Miss history, Price-Smith owns 173 (40 percent), which includes 103 of 142 on the women's side (72.5 percent).
• Outdoors at Ole Miss, Price-Smith's athletes have won seven NCAA titles while earning 84 First or Second-Team All-America nods (55 women, 29 men). Her teams have finished in the national top-25 seven times outdoors, including an overall program-record fifth-place finish by the Rebel women in 2024.
• Seven of Ole Miss' 10 total NCAA top-10 finishes have come under Price-Smith: 2025 men's indoor (T-10th), 2024 women's outdoor (5th), 2024 women's indoor (5th), 2023 women's indoor (10th), 2022 women's indoor (T-6th), 2022 men's indoor (T-10th), 2021 men's indoor (10th), 2013 men's outdoor (8th), 2001 men's indoor (10th) and 1991 men's indoor (9th).
• The Rebel men lead the way with 21 entries from 19 athletes, their second-most regional entries all-time. The Ole Miss women, meanwhile, will be represented by 10 athletes in 11 total entries. Among those 29 total athletes are a total of 11 competing in their first regional meet: senior Beth Arentz (women's 5K), freshman Max Armstrong (men's 800-meter), freshman Lily Beattie (women's pole vault), sophomore Lizzie Hatton (women's long jump), senior Hannah Ielfield (women's 3000-meter steeplechase), freshman Madison Martinez (women's triple jump), junior Joseph Michel (men's 100-meter dash, men's 4x100-meter relay), junior Evan Thornton-Sherman (men's 5K), freshman Wesley Todd (men's 4x100-meter relay), junior Carson Turner (men's 800-meter) and freshman Jordan Urrutia (men's 4x100-meter relay).
• Six Rebels will be attempted a double: senior Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley in the men's triple jump and 4x100-meter relay; juniors Mason Hickel and Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan in the men's shot put and hammer; junior Joseph Michel in the men's 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay; senior Kidus Misgina in the men's 5K and 10K; and sophomore Akaoma Odeluga in the women's shot put and hammer.
• To qualify for this first round of the NCAA Championships, student-athletes must have finished the season ranked within the top-48 of their individual events or as a member of a top-24 relay on their respective regional qualifying list (East or West). The top-12 athletes in the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon in the East and West automatically receive entry to the national meet.
• From there, the top-12 finishers in each event at each regional meet advance to the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which this year returns to the University of Oregon on June 11-14.
• The Rebel men enter the regional meet ranked a season-high No. 15 in the latest USTFCCCA Outdoor Rating Index, which this week uses only entries to the East and West regional meets in its formula.
• Ole Miss is coming off a strong showing at the SEC Outdoor Championships, where the Rebel men finished in fifth place overall while both Rebel squads won a combined nine medals -- three of them gold. Junior Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan successfully defended both his conference crowns in the shot put and the hammer, while senior Toby Gillen won the men's 5K just two days after narrowly losing out on the 10K title as well.
• Other medalists were: freshman Lily Beattie in the women's pole vault (silver), senior Jake Dalton in the men's hammer (silver), sophomore Akaoma Odeluga in the women's shot put (silver), junior Arvesta Troupe in the men's high jump (silver), sophomore John Kendricks in the men's pole vault (bronze).
MEN'S NOTES
• Three-time national shot put champion Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan is looking to punch his third straight national double in the shot put and hammer, entering this week as the East Region leader in both events.
• Robinson-O'Hagan has landed on seven consecutive watch lists for The Bowerman -- collegiate track & field's version of the Heisman Trophy -- standing alongside Cal discus thrower Mykolas Alekna and North Carolina distance runner Ethan Strand as the lone athletes in the nation to have appeared on all seven editions for 2025. Robinson-O'Hagan was a semifinalist for The Bowerman in 2024 following a spectacular sophomore campaign that saw him sweep the NCAA men's shot put titles.
• Last week at the SEC Outdoor Championships, Robinson-O'Hagan was dominant yet again, completing his fourth consecutive conference sweep since the 2024 Indoor meet. Robinson-O'Hagan won his third straight SEC men's hammer title – making him one of three in SEC history to three-peat – and did so in powerful fashion on a massive new school record of 75.72m/248-5, the No. 2 mark in SEC meet history and the No. 4 mark in overall SEC history. That distance moves him to No. 21 in collegiate history, as well as No. 6 all-time among American-born collegiate athletes.
• One day later, Robinson-O'Hagan successfully defended his SEC title in the shot put – already his ninth conference title as a Rebel in 13 total title chances. Robinson-O'Hagan has not lost an SEC title since his freshman year outdoors (shot put, discus), and in his Ole Miss career he owns an absurd 104 conference points scored (17.3 per SEC meet).
• This season, his hammer best ranks fifth collegiately and sixth in the United States, while his shot put best of 20.75m/68-1 slots him second in the NCAA. He stands as the lone thrower worldwide this year at 69 feet in the shot put and 248 feet in the hammer (when including his indoor shot put mark). Robinson-O'Hagan has not lost to a fellow collegian in the shot put since April of 2024.
• Robinson-O'Hagan leads a powerful Rebel men's hammer squad that punched five total tickets to the regional meet. Senior Jake Dalton won his second consecutive SEC silver medal behind Robinson-O'Hagan at the conference meet, helping propel an Ole Miss hammer squad that scored a whopping 23 points -- the third-most in the SEC since 2003 behind the 2003 Georgia Bulldogs (26) and the 2024 Rebels, who amassed 24 points in the hammer.
• Dalton enters this week ranked third in the East Region at a career-best 69.72, with junior Bryson Smith right behind him in fourth at his PR 69.12m/226-9. Also qualifying for the Rebels in the hammer were junior Mason Hickel (21st, 65.22m/214-0) and senior Costen Campion (44th, 62.20m/204-1). Hickel will also be attempting the shot-hammer double alongside Robinson-O'Hagan, entering this week seeded 26th in the East Region at his career-best 18.52m/60-09.25.
• Junior All-American Arvesta Troupe won his third career SEC medal and his second consecutive silver medal in the high jump after a dramatic fight for the crown with the national leader. Troupe cleared each of his first five bars clean before a massive PR 2.26m/7-5 on his second attempt, which put him square in a jump-off with the NCAA's top-ranked high jumper, Georgia's Riyon Rankin. With the bar up to 2.29m/7-6, both athletes were down to their third and final tries. Troupe wasn't able to get a jump off, while Rankin cleared for the walk-off win.
• Troupe is in the midst of a career season, increasing his prior year personal best by more than four inches – with his latest improvement ranking him second in school history behind Olympian Ricky Robertson, the only other Rebel to have ever cleared 7-5 or higher. Additionally, Troupe currently ranks second in the NCAA beyond Rankin as well as fifth in the United States and 24th worldwide for the 2025 season.
• All-American senior Toby Gillen captured the hearts of the distance running world at the SEC Outdoor Championships, where he put together two gutsy performances across the 5K and 10K for 18 total points -- the most by any distance runner at the conference meet and the third-most overall.
• On the first night, Gillen – who hadn't run a 10K since 2022, and never before as a Rebel – went toe-to-toe with the three-time defending SEC Champion, Alabama's Victor Kiprop, and nearly came away with the win. Gillen fell just two seconds shy right at the line on a career-best 30:12.62 for the silver medal.
• On Saturday night, however, Gillen would not be denied the 5K crown, crossing the line in 13:49.75 for the conference title while edging out a top-five that all finished within two seconds of each other.
• Gillen will run in the 5K at the East Regional this week, entering ranked fourth overall at his career-best 13:26.92 from the Stanford Invite back in April, which narrowly missed the Ole Miss record. Gillen was a First-Team All-American in the event last outdoor season in seventh place nationally.
• However, attempting the 5K/10K double this week in Jacksonville will be senior transfer Kidus Misgina, who enters ranked seventh at his school record 10K time of 28:20.19, as well as 16th in the East at his 5K PR of 13:37.29. Misgina's 10K record came at the Stanford Invite, where he dismantled the previous Ole Miss record by 24 seconds.
• Joining Gillen and Misgina in the 5K will be junior Evan Thornton-Sherman, who is fresh off an SEC scoring performance in the 1500 and enters the East Regional ranked 21st in the 5K at his career-best 13:38.09. In the 10K, Misgina will be joined by junior Aiden Britt, who ranks 23rd in the East at his PR 28:26.41 from the Virginia Challenge -- which would have shattered the previous Rebel record by 18 seconds if not for Misgina's time ahead of him.
• Sophomore and Oxford native John Kendricks put together a career day in what turned out to be a powerful SEC men's pole vault final, taking the bronze medal while launching himself into historic -- but familial -- company. Kendricks, who transferred back home to Ole Miss last summer after spending his freshman campaign at Arkansas, cleared a career-best 5.50m/18-00.50 for the bronze, making him one of only two 18-footers in program history – the other, of course, being his older brother: three-time Olympian Sam Kendricks at his school-record height of 5.81m/19-00.75 from 2013.
• Kendricks enters the East Regional seeded 10th at that height, and will be joined by two other Rebels in Jacksonville: senior Drew O'Connor (17th, 5.40m/17-08.50) and junior Logan Kelley (22nd, 5.30m/17-04.50).
• The Ole Miss men's sprints crew will be well-represented in Jacksonville after a strong outdoor season, including a great outing at the SEC Outdoor Championships.
• Junior Joseph Michel will run individually in the 100-meter dash, entering the regional ranked 16th at his all-conditions career-best 10.10 (+2.6). That time was run at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial back in April, and it made him the second-fastest Rebel all-time -- the fastest since Olympian Isiah Young in 2013.
• Michel also ran anchor on Ole Miss' eighth-place 4x100-meter relay at the SEC Championships, which qualified for the NCAA East Regional and enters the meet ranked 18th at 39.38. That time -- run alongside senior jumper Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley, freshman Jordan Urrutia and freshman Wesley Todd -- ranks second-best in Ole Miss history, and it earned the first SEC points by a Rebel men's 4x1 since 2019.
• Urrutia and Todd have been key on both the Rebel 4x1 and 4x400-meter relays in their first seasons at Ole Miss. Urrutia already ranks top-15 all-time in the 200-meter dash (10th, 20.82/+0.9), 400-meter dash (13th, 46.94) and 100-meter dash (15th, 10.39/+2.7). Urrutia's 400-meter time, run at home in the Joe Walker Invite, ranks as the fastest by a Rebel since 2004.
• The Ole Miss men's 4x400-meter relay of Urrutia, Todd and junior distance runners Carson Turner and Cade Flatt narrowly missed the cut for the regional meet after running the fastest Rebel 4x4 since 1999 at the SEC Championships. The quartet crossed the line in 3:06.25, the No. 7 relay in Ole Miss history that fell four spots shy of qualifying in the East.
• Atkinstall-Daley will also compete in the men's triple jump for the third consecutive season, entering the meet ranked 43rd in the East at his season-best 15.33m/50-03.50 (+0.8). Atkinstall-Daley qualified for the outdoor national meet in 2024 after finishing 10th in the East prelims, jumping a still-standing wind-legal PR 15.77m/51-9 (+0.2).
• Turner and freshman Max Armstrong will represent Ole Miss in the men's 800-meter, entering the meet ranked 28th and 29th in the East, respectively. The duo ran their qualifying times at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial last month, with Armstrong finishing fifth in the invitational section at a career-best 1:47.68, and Turner right behind him in sixth at a PR 1:47.69. Those times rank 12th and 13th all-time in Ole Miss history.
WOMEN'S NOTES
• All-American sophomore Akaoma Odeluga leads the way for the Rebel women in Jacksonville, having qualified in both the shot put and hammer. Odeluga, alongside fellow All-American sophomore Mensi Stiff, were the first Ole Miss women's freshmen to ever qualify for nationals in the shot put outdoors last season.
• Odeluga enters this week with the top shot put mark in the East Region at her career-best 18.93m/62-01.25 from LSU's Battle on the Bayou back in March. That mark still ranks 13th in collegiate history, as well as 17th worldwide and sixth in the United States this season.
• Odeluga -- the reigning World U20 shot put champion -- is coming off a silver medal performance in a powerful SEC shot put final that featured three women beyond 18 meters, her second consecutive medal in the shot put outdoors.
• Odeluga enters with the East Region's 10th-best seed mark in the hammer at her career-best 65.33m/214-4 at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial last month, a 12-foot improvement over her prior PR. She stands alongside former Arizona State national champion Maggie Ewen as the lone women in collegiate history at 62 feet in the shot put and 210 feet in the hammer.
• Ole Miss will be represented by three entries in the women's shot put and two in the hammer. Joining Odeluga in the shot put is Stiff at her season-best 17.11m/56-01.75, which enters ranked 11th in the East Region, as well as junior transfer Opal Jackson, who owns the East's No. 30 mark at her season-best 15.92m/52-02.75. Stiff scored alongside Odeluga in the SEC final, finishing in seventh place at her season-best mark.
• Odeluga will pair with fellow sophomore Skylar Soli in the hammer, who owns the East's 15th-best mark at her career-best 64.39m/211-3 that scored in fourth place for the Rebels at the SEC Championships. Soli is looking to punch her second consecutive national ticket in the hammer after doing so as a freshman in 2024.
• Ole Miss also owns three jumps entries, let by sophomore transfer Lizzie Hatton's No. 11 seed mark in the long jump on her all-conditions career-best 6.34m/20-09.75 (+2.9) from the Joe Walker Invite back in April. That distance ties her for fourth in school history and is the furthest by a Rebel since 2010.
• The Rebel women will have two representatives in the triple jump this week. Senior Dieusi Armand owns the East's No. 13 seed mark at her all-conditions career-best 13.02m/42-08.75 (+2.2) from the Joe Walker Invite, which made her one of only three Rebel women to leap 42-feet outdoors along with Olympian Brittney Reese and freshman Madison Martinez -- who ranks third all-time at Ole Miss and will compete alongside Armand with her No. 22 seed mark at her career-best 12.92m/42-04.75 (+0.0) from LSU back in March.
• Freshman Lily Beattie is coming off a career performance at the SEC Championships, where she recorded the best finish ever by a Rebel woman in an SEC pole vault final -- indoor or outdoor -- following her silver medal. Beattie cleared 4.26m/13-11.75 for the runner-up finish, a half-foot PR that ranks her third-best in Ole Miss history outdoors.
• Ole Miss will also have two distance representatives on the track in seniors Hannah Ielfield in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase and Beth Arentz in the 5K. Ielfield enters ranked 33rd at her PR 10:15.94 from her outdoor debut in the Ole Miss Classic, which ranks fourth in school history. Arentz ranks 42nd in the East at her 5K PR of 16:02.45, which slots her sixth in the Rebel record books outdoors.
| 2025 NCAA East Regional, Master Schedule | ||
| Day One | Wednesday, May 28 | ||
| Time | Event | Athlete(s) |
| 9:00 AM CT / 10:00 AM ET | Men's Hammer | Costen Campion (Flight 1) Mason Hickel (Flight 3) Jake Dalton (Flight 4) Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 4) Bryson Smith (Flight 4) |
| 9:50 PM CT / 10:50 PM ET | Men's 100-Meter Dash (First Round) ***Rescheduled | Joseph Michel (Heat 3, Lane 4) |
| 10:40 PM CT / 11:40 PM ET | Men's 800-Meter First Round ***Rescheduled | Max Armstrong (Heat 1) Carson Turner (Heat 6) |
| 11:55 PM CT Wed. / 12:55 AM ET Thurs. | Men's 10K Semifinal ***Rescheduled | Aiden Britt Kidus Misgina |
| Day Two | Thursday, May 29 | ||
| 7:00 AM CT / 8:00 AM ET | Women's Hammer ***Rescheduled | Skylar Soli (Flight 3) Akaoma Odeluga (Flight 4) |
| 8:30 AM CT / 9:30 AM ET | Men's Pole Vault ***Rescheduled | Logan Kelley (Flight 2) John Kendricks (Flight 2) Drew O'Connor (Flight 2) |
| 11:30 AM CT / 12:30 PM ET | Men's Shot Put ***Rescheduled | Mason Hickel (Flight 2) Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Flight 4) |
| 12:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM ET | Women's Long Jump ***Rescheduled | Lizzie Hatton (Flight 4) |
| Day Three | Friday, May 30 | ||
| 8:30 AM CT / 9:30 AM ET | Women's Pole Vault ***Rescheduled | Lily Beattie (Flight 1) |
| 9:00 AM CT / 10:00 AM ET | Women's Shot Put ***Rescheduled | Opal Jackson (Flight 2) Akaoma Odeluga (Flight 4) Mensi Stiff (Flight 4) |
| 12:30 PM CT / 1:30 PM ET | Men's Triple Jump | Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Flight 1) |
| 12:30 PM CT / 1:30 PM ET | Men's High Jump | Arvesta Troupe (Flight 1) |
| 3:00 PM CT / 4:00 PM ET | Men's 4x100-Meter Relay (Quarterfinals) | Heat 2, Lane 9 Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley Joseph Michel Wesley Todd Jordan Urrutia Tarique Wright |
| 4:35 PM CT / 5:35 PM ET | Men's 100-Meter Dash (Quarterfinals) | Joseph Michel (Heat 3, Lane 2) |
| 5:05 PM CT / 6:05 PM ET | Men's 800-Meter (Quarterfinals) | Carson Turner (Heat 1, Lane 2) |
| 6:10 PM CT / 7:10 PM ET | Men's 5K (Semifinal) | Toby Gillen (Heat 1) Evan Thornton-Sherman (Heat 1) Kidus Misgina (Heat 2) |
| Day Four | Saturday, May 31 | ||
| 1:30 PM CT / 2:30 PM ET | Women's Triple Jump | Dieusi Armand (Flight 3) Madison Martinez (Flight 3) |
| 4:40 PM CT / 5:40 PM ET | Women's 3000-Meter Steeplechase (Quarterfinals) | Hannah Ielfield (Heat 3) |
| 7:10 PM CT / 8:10 PM ET | Women's 5K (Semifinal) | Beth Arentz (Heat 1) |
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