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Track & Field Claims Three SEC Indoor Season Awards
3/12/2026 | Track and Field
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss track & field has won three season awards from the SEC for the indoor season, with Alicia Burnett (Women's Co-Runner of the Year), Akaoma Odeluga (Women's Field Athlete of the Year) and Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan (Men's Field Athlete of the Year) each honored in the SEC's awards released announced Thursday morning.
Burnett is the first Ole Miss woman to win SEC Runner of the Year award in program history (indoors or outdoors), the first indoor winner in combined team history, and she joins outdoor winners Barnabas Kirui (2007, '10) and Isiah Young (2013) as the lone honorees in program history.
Burnett – who is in her first year at Ole Miss after transferring from Missouri – won the first women's 60-meter dash title in program history, breaking Olympian McKenzie Long's 2023 record with a winning time of 7.08. That time ranks Burnett tied for the NCAA lead heading into the national meet this week, and in collegiate history it stands tied for 10th all-time.
Odeluga is one of only two women in Ole Miss history to win SEC Field Athlete of the Year indoors, joining Olympian Brittney Reese's win in 2008. Odeluga won a share of the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy after scoring 16 points for the Rebel women, taking silver in both the shot put and weight throw. Odeluga is qualified for the national meet in both events, with her SEC runner-up shot put heave of 18.69m/61-4 ranking 13th in collegiate history indoors.
This is the third SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year award for Robinson-O'Hagan, who is now the first three-peat winner in conference history. Robinson-O'Hagan won his third consecutive Cliff Harper Trophy after completing his third straight sweep of the shot put and weight throw at the conference meet. The three-time NCAA Champion and 12-time All-American qualified for his fourth consecutive double at the indoor national meet, entering this week as the NCAA leader in the shot put at his career-best 21.18m/69-6 – No. 2 in SEC history – and his season-best 23.78m/78-00.25 in the weight throw.
All three Rebels – as well as Sterling Scott (triple jump), Bryson Smith (weight throw), Skylar Soli (weight throw) and Arvesta Troupe (high jump) – are set to compete at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships, held March 13-14 at the University of Arkansas.
2026 Men's SEC Indoor Track & Field Awards
Men's Runner of the Year: Kayinsola Ajayi, Auburn
Men's Field Athlete of the Year: Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, Ole Miss
Men's Newcomer Runner of the Year: Jordan Pierre, Arkansas
Men's Newcomer Field Athlete of the Year: Kimani Jack, Georgia
Men's Freshman Runner of the Year: Jonathan Simms, Georgia
Men's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year: Temoso Masikane, Florida
Men's Coach of the Year: Doug Case, Arkansas
2026 Women's SEC Indoor Track & Field Awards
Women's Co-Runners of the Year: Alicia Burnett, Ole Miss / Emmi Scales, Kentucky
Women's Field Athlete of the Year: Akaoma Odeluga, Ole Miss
Women's Co-Newcomer Runners of the Year: Alexis Brown, South Carolina / Tyla Lumley, Vanderbilt
Women's Newcomer Field Athlete of the Year: Jathiyah Muhammad, South Carolina
Women's Freshman Runner of the Year: Adaejah Hodge, Georgia
Women's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year: Janie Ford, Vanderbilt
Women's Coach of the Year: Mike Holloway, Florida
Burnett is the first Ole Miss woman to win SEC Runner of the Year award in program history (indoors or outdoors), the first indoor winner in combined team history, and she joins outdoor winners Barnabas Kirui (2007, '10) and Isiah Young (2013) as the lone honorees in program history.
Burnett – who is in her first year at Ole Miss after transferring from Missouri – won the first women's 60-meter dash title in program history, breaking Olympian McKenzie Long's 2023 record with a winning time of 7.08. That time ranks Burnett tied for the NCAA lead heading into the national meet this week, and in collegiate history it stands tied for 10th all-time.
Odeluga is one of only two women in Ole Miss history to win SEC Field Athlete of the Year indoors, joining Olympian Brittney Reese's win in 2008. Odeluga won a share of the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy after scoring 16 points for the Rebel women, taking silver in both the shot put and weight throw. Odeluga is qualified for the national meet in both events, with her SEC runner-up shot put heave of 18.69m/61-4 ranking 13th in collegiate history indoors.
This is the third SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year award for Robinson-O'Hagan, who is now the first three-peat winner in conference history. Robinson-O'Hagan won his third consecutive Cliff Harper Trophy after completing his third straight sweep of the shot put and weight throw at the conference meet. The three-time NCAA Champion and 12-time All-American qualified for his fourth consecutive double at the indoor national meet, entering this week as the NCAA leader in the shot put at his career-best 21.18m/69-6 – No. 2 in SEC history – and his season-best 23.78m/78-00.25 in the weight throw.
All three Rebels – as well as Sterling Scott (triple jump), Bryson Smith (weight throw), Skylar Soli (weight throw) and Arvesta Troupe (high jump) – are set to compete at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships, held March 13-14 at the University of Arkansas.
2026 Men's SEC Indoor Track & Field Awards
Men's Runner of the Year: Kayinsola Ajayi, Auburn
Men's Field Athlete of the Year: Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan, Ole Miss
Men's Newcomer Runner of the Year: Jordan Pierre, Arkansas
Men's Newcomer Field Athlete of the Year: Kimani Jack, Georgia
Men's Freshman Runner of the Year: Jonathan Simms, Georgia
Men's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year: Temoso Masikane, Florida
Men's Coach of the Year: Doug Case, Arkansas
2026 Women's SEC Indoor Track & Field Awards
Women's Co-Runners of the Year: Alicia Burnett, Ole Miss / Emmi Scales, Kentucky
Women's Field Athlete of the Year: Akaoma Odeluga, Ole Miss
Women's Co-Newcomer Runners of the Year: Alexis Brown, South Carolina / Tyla Lumley, Vanderbilt
Women's Newcomer Field Athlete of the Year: Jathiyah Muhammad, South Carolina
Women's Freshman Runner of the Year: Adaejah Hodge, Georgia
Women's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year: Janie Ford, Vanderbilt
Women's Coach of the Year: Mike Holloway, Florida
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