If NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t already own the nickname “Greek Freak”, the Gophers men’s track & field team would have a pair of athletes who deserve that moniker.

Kostas Zaltos and Angelos Mantzouranis both came to the University of Minnesota from Greece, and both are freakishly strong. Zaltos and Mantzouranis qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw and will compete in Oregon later this week.

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“The results are talking by themselves,” Zaltos said. “We are already doing the best.”

Zaltos, a senior, captured his fourth Big Ten title this year, further cementing his legacy as one of the most decorated throwers in Gopher history. Meanwhile, Mantzouranis, a rising underclassman, has quickly made a name for himself, breaking records and pushing Zaltos in every practice.

“I’m in a good physical spot,” Mantzouranis said. “I feel really good. I’m just looking for something better.”

Though only one can claim the national title, the two are used to competing against each other — it happens every day in training.

“I can’t catch a breath with him,” Zaltos said. “Even if I have a very good throw, I know he can top it with a better one.”

“I push him in the weight room, he pushes me in the throws,” Mantzouranis added. “We both benefit from it.”

Their practice field bears the marks of their battles — divots from hammer after hammer — but the pair still chase down every throw themselves.

“We’re getting our steps in,” Zaltos joked. “It’s good for our heart.”

As the NCAA Championships approach, the Gophers’ Greek duo will look to bring home top honors — even if it means one must edge out the other.

Six women and three men will compete across 10 individual events after earning a qualifying spot at the NCAA West Preliminary on May 28-31. Featured women include Sharie Enoe (high jump), Jourdin Edwards and Safhia Hinds (400-meter hurdles), Monique Hardy (hammer throw), Tamaiah Koonce (discus throw) and Shalom Olotu (long, triple jump). The three participating men include Riley Marx (javelin throw), Selva Prabhu (triple jump) and Emil Uhlin (men’s decathlon).

With the men’s first day of competition on Wednesday, the men’s decathlon will kick off at 2 p.m. (CT) with the 100-meter dash. The following events include the long jump, shot put, high jump and 400 meters. Marx will compete in the javelin throw that afternoon at 7:15 p.m.

On Thursday the men’s decathlon will wrap up with the remaining five events starting at 11:45 a.m. with the 110-meter hurdles. The women will then start their first day of action, the hammer throw beginning at 3:30 p.m., the long jump at 7:40 p.m. and the quarterfinal 400-meter hurdles race at 8:14 p.m.

Prabhu will be the only Wildcat to compete on Friday in the triple jump at 7:10 p.m., CT. On the final day of competition on Saturday (June 14) the women will start at 2:30 p.m., CT in the discus throw. The remaining Wildcats hit the field at 7:30 p.m. in the high jump and the triple jump, at 8:10 p.m. Should Edwards or Hinds finish in the top-9 on Thursday, the 400-meter hurdles final will take place at 9:27 p.m.

Olotu is the first K-State woman in 10 years, since Akela Jones, to compete in two events individually at the outdoor NCAA Championship. In 2015, Jones won the women’s heptathlon with 6,371 points and then went on to finish fourth in the high jump at 1.87 meters (6 feet, 1 ½ inches). Olotu reached the highest stage in two events after significant personal bests at the West Preliminary, 6.44 meters (21 feet, 1 ½ inches) in the long jump, the No. 4 best outdoor mark at K-State, and 13.45 meters (44 feet, 1 ½ inches) in the triple jump.

Uhlin, a senior from Falun, Sweden will compete in his second NCAA Championship decathlon. During his freshman season in 2022 he earned Second Team All-America honors after finishing in 12th place with 7,546 points. At the Drake Relays Uhlin recorded his best decathlon performance at 7,788 points, the no. 6 best score in the K-State records.

This is the first outdoor championship appearance for eight Wildcats, Enoe and Hardy have previously competed in the indoor championship in the high jump and weight throw, respectively. The outdoor Big 12 championship on May 15-17 propelled the athletes to personal bests, the momentum leading them to qualifying marks.

Hinds, this season’s 400-meter hurdles Big 12 Champion, is looking for her first NCAA title. A transfer from South Plains College, she claimed the NJCAA title in the same event last year in 58.31 seconds and was part of a winning 4×400 relay team in 2023. Her conference title winning time of 55.90 seconds remains her fastest time and the no. 2 best in the school records.

Enoe is looking to add to her trophy case this season as she earned First Team All-America honors in the high jump this indoor season, consistently aiming towards her best height of 1.88 meters (6 feet, 2 inches). Advancing past the Preliminary’s for the first time, Hardy’s personal best of 68.07 meters (223 feet, 4 inches) in the hammer throw claimed 3rd place in the conference meet.

Prabhu, the freshman from Madurai, India, arrives in Eugene with the 3rd best triple jump in the NCAA this season at 16.49 meters (54 feet, 1 ¼ inches). His personal best earned him the runner-up spot during the West Prelims and the No. 3 spot in the K-State outdoor records. Marx threw over 70 meters three times this season, including his personal best of 72.58 meters (238 feet, 1 inch) for fourth place during the Prelims, the No. 2 best throw in the K-State records.

Edwards saw steady progress in the 400-meter hurdles during the postseason, racing under 57 seconds for the first time during the Preliminary semifinal race in 56.73 seconds to finish seventh overall. Koonce had her best performance of the season in the discus throw as the sixth place finisher in the Prelims at 55.99 meters (183 feet, 8 inches), just six inches shy of her personal best from last season.

NCAA Championship Schedule

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2 p.m. – Men’s Decathlon 100 Meters (Emil Uhlin)

2:40 p.m. – Men’s Decathlon Long Jump (Emil Uhlin)

3:55 p.m. – Men’s Decathlon Shot Put (Emil Uhlin)

5:10 p.m. – Men’s Decathlon High Jump (Emil Uhlin)

7:15 p.m. – Riley Marx (men’s javelin throw)

8:43 p.m. – Men’s Decathlon 400 Meters (Emil Uhlin)

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11:45 a.m. – Men’s Decathlon 110 Meter Hurdles (Emil Uhlin)

12:35 p.m. – Men’s Decathlon Discus (Emil Uhlin)

1:45 p.m. – Men’s Decathlon Pole Vault (Emil Uhlin)

3:30 p.m. – Monique Hardy (women’s hammer throw)

4:15 p.m. – Men’s Decathlon Javelin (Emil Uhlin)

7:40 p.m. – Shalom Olotu (women’s long jump)

8:14 p.m. – Jourdin Edwards, Safhia Hinds (women’s 400-meter hurdles quarterfinal)

8:43 p.m. – Men’s Decathlon 1,500 Meters (Emil Uhlin)

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7:10 p.m. – Selva Prabhu (men’s triple jump)

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2:30 p.m. – Tamaiah Koonce (women’s discus throw)

7:30 p.m. – Sharie Enoe (women’s high jump)

8:10 p.m. – Shalom Olotu (women’s triple jump)

9:27 p.m. – women’s 400-meter hurdles finals (if advance)

EUGENE, Ore. – Ole Miss men’s and women’s track & field will be represented by 15 student-athletes in 13 different events on the highest stage of the collegiate track season at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which returns to TrackTown USA at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field from June 11-14.
 

The finest athletes in Division I will descend upon Eugene this week for the four-day meet, which is split into men’s competition (June 11 & 13) and women’s competition (June 12 & 14). To get to this point, student-athletes needed to qualify for their respective NCAA Regional Preliminary Round Championship (East or West), and then needed to finish within the top-12 of their events at the regional meet in order to punch their ticket to Oregon. Athletes competing in either the decathlon or heptathlon needed only to finish within the top-12 nationally by the end of the regular season.

Those 24 total athletes will not only be competing 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 All-American honors, and the remaining eight competitors receive Honorable Mention All-American distinction.

 

This marks the fourth NCAA Championship meet at Oregon after Hayward Field received extensive renovations immediately following the 2018 national meet in preparation for the 2022 World Athletics Championships that were held in Eugene. Hayward Field has been the home of Oregon track & field since 1921, and has hosted numerous high-end competitions, including 19 NCAA Championship meets (1962, ’64, ’72, ’78, ’84, ’88, ’91, ’96, 2001, ’10, ’13, ’14, ’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’21, ’22, ’24), 11 USA Track & Field Championships (1971, ’75, ’86, ’93, ’99, 2001, ’09, ’11, ’15, ’22, ’23), and eight U.S. Olympic Trials (1972, ’76, ’80, 2008, ’12, ’16, ’21, ’24).

 

Outdoors, 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).

 

Ole Miss has a strong history at the national meet, regardless of season. Across both indoor and outdoor, Ole Miss boasts 35 NCAA Champions, 337 First or Second-Team All-American honors, while as a team Ole Miss has tallied 41 top-25 team finishes and scored 880.5 total national points. Under Price-Smith both indoors and outdoors, the Rebels have 21 NCAA Champions, 176 First or Second-Team All-Americans, 18 NCAA top-25 team finishes and a total of 400 NCAA points scored – which accounts for 45.4 percent of all national points scored in Ole Miss history.

 

See below for more detailed information on the national qualifiers and the NCAA Championships. Fans can watch all four days of action live, with dedicated ESPN+ streaming links for each individual field event, as well as evening broadcast windows for the track events each night. The first two evenings of action will air live on ESPN, while the final two days will air on ESPN2.

 

OLE MISS AT THE NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

Men’s Entries (11 entries, 13 athletes)

Jake Dalton – Men’s Hammer

Toby Gillen – Men’s 5K

Mason Hickel – Men’s Hammer

Logan Kelley – Men’s Pole Vault

John Kendricks – Men’s Pole Vault

Kidus Misgina – Men’s 5K

Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – Men’s Shot Put

Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – Men’s Hammer

Bryson Smith – Men’s Hammer

Arvesta Troupe – Men’s High Jump

Men’s 4×100-Meter Relay (Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley, Jordan Urrutia, Wesley Todd, Joseph Michel)

 

Women’s Entries (2 entries, 2 athletes)

Akaoma Odeluga – Women’s Shot Put

Skylar Soli – Women’s Hammer

 

BROADCAST SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES PT / CT)

 

All events outside of the live network windows will have a dedicated live stream on ESPN+. A full broadcast schedule can be found HERE.

 

Live results are courtesy of Flash Results.

 

Day One – Men (Wed., June 11)

1:30 PM PT / 3:30 PM CT – Hammer Live Stream (ESPN+)

4:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM CT – ESPN (Men’s 4×100)

4:35 PM PT / 6:35 PM CT – Pole Vault Live Stream (ESPN+)

6:10 PM PT / 8:10 PM CT – Shot Put Live Stream (ESPN+)

 

Day Two – Women (Thurs., June 12)

1:30 PM PT / 3:30 PM CT – Hammer Live Stream (ESPN+)

6:10 PM PT / 8:10 PM CT – Shot Put Live Stream (ESPN+)

 

Day Three – Men (Fri., June 13)

4:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM CT – High Jump Live Stream (ESPN+)

5:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM – ESPN2 (4×100, 5K)

 

COMPETITION SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES PT / CT)

 

Wednesday, June 11:

1:30 PM PT / 3:30 PM CT – Men’s Hammer Final – Mason Hickel (Flight 1), Jake Dalton (Flight 2), Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan (Flight 2), Bryson Smith (Flight 2) – ESPN+

4:05 PM PT / 6:05 PM CT – Men’s 4×100-Meter Relay Semifinals (Heat 2, Lane 8) – ESPN

4:35 PM PT / 6:35 PM CT – Men’s Pole Vault Final – Logan Kelley, John Kendricks – ESPN+

6:10 PM PT / 8:10 PM CT – Men’s Shot Put Final – Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan (Flight 2) – ESPN+

 

Thursday, June 12:

1:30 PM PT / 3:30 PM CT – Women’s Hammer Final – Skylar Soli (Flight 1) – ESPN+

6:10 PM PT / 8:10 PM CT – Women’s Shot Put Final – Akaoma Odeluga (Flight 2) – ESPN+

 

Friday, June 13:

4:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM CT – Men’s High Jump Final – Arvesta Troupe – ESPN+

5:02 PM PT / 7:02 PM CT – Men’s 4×100-Meter Relay Final (if qualified) – ESPN2

6:55 PM PT / 8:55 PM CT – Men’s 5K Final – Toby Gillen, Kidus Misgina – ESPN2

 

OLE MISS NCAA QUALIFIERS • BY THE NUMBERS

 

Team Superlatives

• Tied for third-most combined NCAA Outdoor entries (13) in school history.

• Third-most entries of Connie Price-Smith era (since 2016) behind record 16 in 2021 and 14 in 2024.

• Tied for third-most combined athletes (15) to earn NCAA Outdoor berths.

• Men’s program record in entries (11) and athletes (13); tied for sixth-most entries nationally among all men’s teams this year.

• Nine first-time NCAA Outdoor qualifiers: Mason Hickel (men’s hammer), Logan Kelley (men’s pole vault), John Kendricks (men’s pole vault), Joseph Michel (men’s 4×100-meter relay), Kidus Misgina (men’s 5K), Bryson Smith (men’s hammer), Wesley Todd (men’s 4×100-meter relay), Arvesta Troupe (men’s high jump) and Jordan Urrutia (men’s 4×100-meter relay).

• First overall national tickets for Hickel, Kelley, Kendricks, Michel, Misgina, Todd and Urrutia. Troupe was the third-place finisher in the men’s high jump this past indoor season.

• First ticket on the 4×100-meter relay for Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley, who qualified in the men’s triple jump outdoors in 2024.

• School record four tickets in the men’s hammer, which doubled the previous number of national berths in the event in Ole Miss history prior.

• Own the second-most entries by one school in a single men’s event this season, trailing only USC’s five entrants into the men’s 100-meter dash.

• First duos in Ole Miss history to simultaneously qualify in the men’s 5K (Toby Gillen, Kidus Misgina) and men’s pole vault (Logan Kelley, John Kendricks).

• Fifth all-time national berth in the men’s 4×100-meter relay, the first since 2015.

• Eighth time in the last nine tries dating back to 2016 that Ole Miss has qualified in the women’s shot put.

• Fourth time in program history and fourth year in a row Ole Miss has qualified a men’s and women’s shot putter in the same season

• Seventh time in the last eight opportunities that Ole Miss has notched at least one qualifier in the women’s hammer; have scored 30 points in the event in that span dating back to 2017.

 

Men’s Individual Superlatives

 

Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley (Triple Jump): Second career NCAA qualifying berth, first on the 4×100-meter relay … One of only five men’s 4×1 qualifying berths in Ole Miss history … Looking to become only the second Rebel men’s 4×1 to score at the national meet alongside the 2002 squad (sixth).

 

Jake Dalton (Hammer): Second career NCAA qualifying berth.

 

Toby Gillen (5K): Third career NCAA qualifying berth, second as a Rebel … First Ole Miss runner to repeat as a national qualifier in the men’s 5K outdoors … Alongside teammate Kidus Misgina, part of first simultaneous qualifying duo in the 5K in school history … Across 2024 and 2025, owns two of seven total outdoor 5K berths in Ole Miss history alongside K.C. Nielsen (1984), Pablo Sierra (1993), Ryan Walling (2016), Cole Bullock (2022) and Kidus Misgina (2025) … Looking to become first repeat scorer in the 5K in Ole Miss history after finishing seventh in 2024; only Sierra (fourth) and Walling (seventh) scored prior to Gillen.

 

Mason Hickel (Hammer): First career NCAA qualifying berth.

 

Logan Kelley (Pole Vault): First career NCAA qualifying berth … Part of first Ole Miss teammate duo (alongside John Kendricks) to simultaneously qualify in the pole vault … Looking to become first Rebel scorer in event since three-time Olympian Sam Kendricks won the 2014 NCAA title.

 

John Kendricks (Pole Vault): First career NCAA qualifying berth … Part of first Ole Miss teammate duo (alongside Logan Kelley) to simultaneously qualify in the pole vault … Looking to become first Rebel scorer in event since his older brother, three-time Olympian Sam Kendricks, won the 2014 NCAA title.

 

Joseph Michel (4×100-Meter Relay): First career NCAA qualifying berth … One of only five men’s 4×1 qualifying berths in Ole Miss history … Looking to become only the second Rebel men’s 4×1 to score at the national meet alongside the 2002 squad (sixth).

 

Kidus Misgina (5K): First career NCAA qualifying berth … Alongside teammate Toby Gillen, part of first simultaneous qualifying duo in the 5K in school history … One of seven total outdoor 5K berths in Ole Miss history alongside K.C. Nielsen (1984), Pablo Sierra (1993), Ryan Walling (2016), Cole Bullock (2022) and Toby Gillen (2024, ’25).

 

Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan (Shot Put, Hammer): 11th and 12th career NCAA qualifying berths in, his fifth and sixth outdoors … Has doubled at all six of his national meets; was first Rebel to ever attempt shot/weight and shot/hammer doubles in school history, has done each now three times … A win in the shot put would make him only the fifth in Division I history to win four consecutive men’s shot titles, as well as only the 13th to repeat outdoors … A win in both the hammer and shot put would make him the first to sweep since Georgia’s Denzel Comenentia in 2018 and one of only four in Division I history alongside Comenentia, Auburn’s Cory Martin in 2008 and Cal’s Jack Merchant in 1922 (SMU won both in 1981 and 1983, but from different athletes) … A win in the hammer would make him the first Rebel to ever do so on the men’s side, joining Janeah Stewart’s win on the women’s side in 2018 … A win by both Robinson-O’Hagan in the men’s shot put and Akaoma Odeluga in the women’s shot put would mark the first time the same school swept since Nebraska in 2003 (Carl Myerscough, Beck Breisch), and the first time an American duo from the same school since UCLA in 1995 (John Godina, Valeyta Althouse) … Nebraska and UCLA are the lone schools to have swept outdoors.

 

Bryson Smith (Hammer): First career NCAA qualifying berth.

 

Wesley Todd (4×100-Meter Relay): First career NCAA qualifying berth … One of only five men’s 4×1 qualifying berths in Ole Miss history … Looking to become only the second Rebel men’s 4×1 to score at the national meet alongside the 2002 squad (sixth).

 

Arvesta Troupe (High Jump): First career NCAA Outdoor qualifying berth, second overall … First Rebel to qualify outdoors since 2021 (Allen Gordon), looking to become first to score outdoors since Olympian Ricky Robertson in 2012 (sixth).

 

Jordan Urrutia (4×100-Meter Relay): First career NCAA qualifying berth … One of only five men’s 4×1 qualifying berths in Ole Miss history … Looking to become only the second Rebel men’s 4×1 to score at the national meet alongside the 2002 squad (sixth).

 

Women’s Individual Superlatives:

 

Akaoma Odeluga (Shot Put): Second career NCAA Outdoor qualifying berth, her third overall, with all coming in the shot put … A win by both Odeluga and Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan in the men’s shot put would mark the first time the same school swept since Nebraska in 2003 (Carl Myerscough, Beck Breisch), and the first time an American duo from the same school since UCLA in 1995 (John Godina, Valeyta Althouse) … Nebraska and UCLA are the lone schools to have swept outdoors.

 

Skylar Soli (Hammer): Second career NCAA qualifying berth, both in the hammer.

 

REBEL HISTORY AT THE NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

Ole Miss Best NCAA Outdoor Finishes (in events qualified)

Men’s 5K: 4th (1993, Pablo Sierra)

Men’s 4×100-Meter Relay: 6th (2002; Chris Lawson, Kendrick Triggs, Taye Biddle, James Shelton)

Men’s High Jump: 2nd (2011, Ricky Robertson)

Men’s Pole Vault: 1st (2x, both by Sam Kendricks in 2013 and 2014)

Women’s Shot Put: 1st (2016, Raven Saunders)

Men’s Shot Put: 1st (2024, Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan)

Women’s Hammer: 1st (2018, Janeah Stewart)

Men’s Hammer: 7th (2024, Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan)

 

Ole Miss NCAA Outdoor Champions (18 champions, 15 titles)

1983 – Ralph Spry, Men’s Long Jump

1991 – George Kersh, Men’s 800-Meter

2000 – Savante’ Stringfellow, Men’s Long Jump

2001 – Savante’ Stringfellow, Men’s Long Jump

2007 – Barnabas Kirui, Men’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase

2008 – Brittney Reese, Women’s Long Jump

2013 – Sam Kendricks, Men’s Pole Vault

2014 – Sam Kendricks, Men’s Pole Vault

2016 – Raven Saunders, Women’s Shot Put

2018 – Janeah Stewart, Women’s Hammer

2022 – Sintayehu Vissa, Women’s 1500-Meter

2024 – McKenzie Long, Women’s 100-Meter Dash

2024 – McKenzie Long, Women’s 200-Meter Dash

2024 – Women’s 4×100-Meter Relay (Akilah Lewis, McKenzie Long, Gabrielle Matthews, Jahniya Bowers)

2024 – Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan, Men’s Shot Put

 

Ole Miss NCAA Outdoor Runners-Up (10)

1990 – George Kersh, Men’s 800-Meter

1993 – Pablo Sierra, Men’s 10K

2005 – Antwon Hicks, Men’s 110-Meter Hurdles

2007 – John Yarbrough, Men’s 110-Meter Hurdles

2007 – Brittney Reese, Women’s Long Jump

2011 – Ricky Robertson, Men’s High Jump

2013 – Isiah Young, Men’s 200-Meter Dash

2021 – Shey Taiwo, Women’s Hammer

2022 – Mario Garcia Romo, Men’s 1500-Meter

2023 – McKenzie Long, Women’s 200-Meter Dash

 

Ole Miss NCAA Outdoor Top-25 Finishes (17)

2024 – Ole Miss Women – 5th (38 points)

2024 – Ole Miss Men – T-20th (14 points)

2023 – Ole Miss Women – T-25th (11 points)

2022 – Ole Miss Women – T-19th (13 points)

2018 – Ole Miss Women – T-20th (14 points)

2017 – Ole Miss Men – T-14th (16 points)

2016 – Ole Miss Women – T-22nd (10 points)

2014 – Ole Miss Men –T-24th (10 points)

2013 – Ole Miss Men – 8th (24 points)

2011 – Ole Miss Men – 19th (13 points)

2008 – Ole Miss Women – T-15th (14 points)

2007 – Ole Miss Men – 12th (18 points)

2001 – Ole Miss Men – T-25th (10 points)

2000 – Ole Miss Men – T-21st (10 points)

1993 – Ole Miss Men – 13th (22 points)

1990 – Ole Miss Men – T-25th (11 points)

1983 – Ole Miss Men – T-22nd (20 points)

 

REBELS IN COMPETITION (IN MEET ORDER)

 

Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan • Men’s Hammer / Shot Put

Hammer Final: Wed., June 11 • 3:30 p.m. CT

Shot Put Final: Wed., June 11 • 8:10 p.m. CT

Class: Junior

Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies

Hometown / High School: Woonsocket, Rhode Island / Woonsocket

Hammer Season-Best: 75.72m/248-5 • Ole Miss Record, No. 4 SEC History, No. 6 U.S. Collegiate History, No. 21 Overall Collegiate History, 2025 NCAA No. 5, U.S. No. 8 • May 15, 2025 (SEC Outdoor Championships)

Hammer Career-Best: Same

Hammer NCAA Seed: 4th

Hammer SEC Finish: 1st

Shot Put Outdoor Season-Best: 20.85m/68-5 • 2025 NCAA No. 2 • May 29, 2025 (NCAA East Regional)

Shot Put Outdoor Career-Best: 20.98m/68-10 • Ole Miss Outdoor Record • June 22, 2024 (U.S. Olympic Trials, Final)

Shot Put Overall Career-Best: 21.11m/69-03.25 • Ole Miss Overall Record, No. 2 SEC History Indoors, No. 21 Collegiate History Indoors • 2025 World No. 19 (Absolute), U.S. No. 8 (Absolute) • Feb. 15, 2025 (Music City Challenge)

Shot Put Overall Season-Best: Same

Shot Put NCAA Seed: 2nd

Shot Put SEC Finish: 1st

NCAA History: 12x NCAA qualifier (6x indoor, 6x outdoor) … 10x All-American (8x First-Team) … 3x NCAA Champion in the shot put (2024, indoor; 2024, outdoor; 2025, indoor) … One of 10 men in Division I history to win at least three consecutive NCAA shot put titles, one of two in SEC history alongside South Carolina’s Brad Snyder (1998 indoor, ’98 outdoor, ’99 indoor) … Tied for second-most NCAA Outdoor titles in Ole Miss men’s history, tied with McKenzie Long and Savante’ Stringfellow for overall record across indoor and outdoor seasons (3) … 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 … 47 career NCAA points (34 indoor, 13 outdoor) … Sixth career NCAA double attempt, third outdoors (shot/hammer) … Set NCAA East Regional record in the hammer in 2025 (74.51m/244-5) … Became first Rebel to ever attempt the men’s weight/shot double indoors and the men’s hammer/shot double outdoors as a freshman in 2023, let alone in three 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 in 2023, best by a freshman since 2013 … Took fifth in the weight in both 2024 and 2025, with the latter registering as the toughest NCAA weight final in collegiate history … Set collegiate freshman NCAA Indoor meet record in 2023 at 22.96m/75-4.

Quick Facts: Undefeated in the shot put against collegiate competition overall since 2024 Tom Jones Memorial, and indoors since the 2024 Razorback Invitational … Undefeated in the hammer this season, has not lost overall since finishing sixth in the final of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials and has not lost to a fellow collegian since the 2024 NCAA final, in which he finished seventh … Has only lost weight throw competitions against fellow collegians four times in 19 tries in his collegiate career, with three of those being the NCAA finals … 8x selection for The Bowerman Watch List, one of three athletes nationally this season to make all eight Watch Lists alongside Cal’s Mykolas Alekna and North Carolina’s Ethan Strand … 2024 semifinalist for The Bowerman … 9x SEC Champion (4x indoor, 5x outdoor) … 3x SEC points trophy winner … 10x SEC medalist … 104 career SEC points scored … Four-time SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year, swept both indoor and outdoor awards in 2024 and 2025 … Owns most SEC Field Athlete of the Year awards in Ole Miss history, surpassing Brittney Reese’s three … 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor and Outdoor Men’s Field Athlete of the Year … First in SEC history to sweep men’s weight and shot indoors, has done so twice across 2024 and 2025 … First in SEC history add sweeps outdoors in the men’s shot and hammer … One of only three in SEC history to complete the outdoor shot/hammer sweep alongside Georgia’s Denzel Comenentia (2017, ’18) and Auburn’s Cory Martin (2007, ’08), who also did so twice … Three-time SEC hammer champion, one of only three in SEC history to win three in a row alongside LSU’s Walter Henning (2009-11) and Georgia’s Andras Haklits (2000-02) … Led Ole Miss hammer scoring units that notched 24 (2024) and 23 (2025) SEC points in the event the last two years, the most by a school since the 2003 Georgia squad (26) … In 2024, became one of two in conference history to break 68 feet in a shot 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 fourth in SEC history, sixth in American collegiate history and 21st in overall collegiate history in the hammer (75.72m/248-5) … Ranks third in collegiate history in combined shot and hammer PRs (96.83m), trailing only Georgia’s Denzel Comenentia (97.68m) and Arizona’s Jordan Geist (97.56m) … Ranks second in SEC history and 21st in collegiate history indoors in the shot put (21.11m/69-03.25) … Ranks second in SEC history and 13th in collegiate history in the weight throw (24.35m/79-10.75) … 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 (75.72m/248-5) … Also ranks seventh in Ole Miss history in the discus (52.48m/172-2) … 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.

 

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Jake Dalton • Men’s Hammer

Final: Wed., June 11 • 3:30 p.m. CT

Class: Senior (Graduate Student)

Major: Master of Business Administration

Hometown / High School / Previous School: Andover, Massachusetts / Andover / Dartmouth

Season-Best: 69.72m/228-9 • No. 3 Ole Miss History • April 19, 2025 (Tom Jones Memorial)

Career-Best: Same

NCAA Seed: 10th

SEC Finish: 2nd

NCAA History: Second career NCAA qualifying berth, both in the hammer … 2024 Honorable Mention All-American in the hammer after finishing 20th overall … 4x NCAA East Region qualifier.

Quick Facts: 2x SEC silver medalist in the hammer in 2024 and 2025, 16 career SEC points … No. 3 in Ole Miss history at his career-best 69.72m/228-9 … Part of Ole Miss hammer crews in 2024 (24) and 2025 (23) that scored the most SEC points in the event since Georgia scored 26 in 2003 … Ranks eighth in Ole Miss history indoors in the weight throw (20.53m/67-04.25) … Owns a double-bachelor in anthropology and environmental studies … Two-time Ivy League medalist while at Dartmouth.

 

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Bryson Smith • Men’s Hammer

Final: Wed., June 11 • 3:30 p.m. CT

Class: Redshirt Junior

Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies

Hometown / High School / Previous School: Madera, California / Madera / San Jose State

Season-Best: 69.12m/226-9 • No. 4 Ole Miss History • April 4, 2025 (Joe Walker Invite)

Career-Best: Same

NCAA Seed: 11th

SEC Finish: 5th

NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 2x NCAA regional qualifier.

Quick Facts: Ranks fourth all-time at Ole Miss in the hammer (69.12m/226-9) and second all-time in the weight throw (22.06m/72-04.50) … 8 career SEC points … Part of Ole Miss hammer crew 2025 (23) that scored the second-most SEC points in the event since Georgia scored 26 in 2003 … 28 career Mountain West points scored, four conference medals while at San Jose State … Earned 14 varsity letters in high school, was part of a 2019 men’s volleyball state title team at Madera High School.

 

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Mason Hickel • Men’s Hammer

Final: Wed., June 11 • 3:30 p.m. CT

Class: Redshirt Junior

Major: Pharmaceutical Sciences

Hometown / High School: Phoenix, Arizona / Desert Vista

Season-Best: 66.05m/216-9 • No. 5 Ole Miss History • May 28, 2025 (NCAA East Regional)

Career-Best: Same

NCAA Seed: 23rd

SEC Finish: 8th

NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 2x NCAA regional qualifier.

Quick Facts: Ranks fifth all-time at Ole Miss in the hammer (66.05m/216-9), third in the weight throw indoors (21.87m/71-9) … Also ranks fourth in the outdoor shot put (18.52m/60-09.25), fifth in the indoor shot put (17.87m/58-07.50) and 14th in the discus (49.55m/162-7) … 5 career SEC points … Part of Ole Miss hammer crews in 2024 (24) and 2025 (23) that scored the most SEC points in the event since Georgia scored 26 in 2003 … Currently in the Ole Miss pharmacy school.

 

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Men’s 4×100-Meter Relay

Semifinal: Wed., June 11 • 6:05 p.m. CT

Final: Fri., June 13 • 7:02 p.m. CT

Qualifying Relay: Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley, Jordan Urrutia, Wesley Todd, Joseph Michel (alternate: Tarique Wright)

Season-Best: 39.11 • Ole Miss Record • May 30, 2025 (NCAA East Regional)

NCAA Seed: 18th

SEC Finish: 8th

NCAA History: Fifth NCAA Outdoor qualifying berth in program history, first since 2015.

Quick Facts: Punched national ticket by breaking Ole Miss record 39.34 set in 2014 … One of two in national meet whose main qualifying relay features at least two freshmen (alongside Florida State).

 

Leg 1: Iangelo Atkinstall-Daley

Class: Senior

Major: Law Studies

Hometown / High School: Spanish Town, Jamaica / Wolmer’s Boys School

100m PR: 10.59 (+2.3) • April 5, 2025 (Joe Walker Invite)

NCAA History: Second career NCAA qualifying berth, first in the 4×100-meter relay … Honorable Mention All-American in the triple jump outdoors in 2024 (18th place) … 4x NCAA East Region qualifier.

Quick Facts: Has run on three 4×1’s for the Ole Miss men this season, all on the leadoff leg … Ranks 10th all-time at Ole Miss outdoors in the triple jump, 11th indoors … 2.25 career SEC points … 3x USTFCCCA All-Academic … 2x SEC Community Service Team … 2025 SEC Brad Davis Community Service Award winner … 2025 Spring Allstate NACDA Good Works Team … 3x CSC Academic All-District … 7x Chancellor’s Honor Roll.

 

Leg 2: Jordan Urrutia

Class: Freshman

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Hometown / High School: Madison, Alabama / Bob Jones

100m PR: 10.39 (+2.7) • May 3, 2025 (LSU Invite)

NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth.

Quick Facts: Scored as a member of Ole Miss’ eighth-place 4×100-meter relay at the SEC Championships … Has run on every Ole Miss 4×1 this season, primarily on the second leg … Also a key member of Ole Miss’ 4×400-meter relay, including as the leadoff leg on the SEC squad that ran 3:06.25, the No. 7 time in school history and fastest by a Rebel 4×4 since 1999 … Split 46.01 as the anchor on Ole Miss’ 4×4 at the Joe Walker Invite … Ranks No. 10 all-time at Ole Miss outdoors in the 200-meter dash (20.82/+0.9), 13th in the 400-meter (46.84) and 15th in the 100-meter (10.39/+2.7) … Indoors, ranks No. 7 in Ole Miss history in the 200-meter (21.24; at altitude) … Part of a five-time state champion track team at Bob Jones High School … Was Track & Field News’ No. 26 boys 200-meter runner coming out of high school at his wind-aided 20.85 … Had additional high school PRs of 10.56 in the 100 and 47.4 in the 400 … His father, Mario, played college football as a wide receiver at Louisville and was a seventh round NFL Draft selection by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2008 … Was named the Arena Football League Rookie of the Year in 2013 as a member of the Utah Blaze.

 

Leg 3: Wesley Todd

Class: Freshman

Major: Freshman Studies

Hometown / High School: Bowie, Maryland / Bowie

100m PR: 10.91 (-1.1)

NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth.

Quick Facts: Scored as a member of Ole Miss’ eighth-place 4×100-meter relay at the SEC Championships … Has run on every Ole Miss 4×1 this season, primarily on the third leg … Also a key member of Ole Miss’ 4×400-meter relay, including as the second leg on the SEC squad that ran 3:06.25, the No. 7 time in school history and fastest by a Rebel 4×4 since 1999 … Set the Ole Miss freshman record in the 200-meter dash indoors at 21.21, run at altitude in New Mexico, which ranks fifth all-time.

 

Leg 4: Joseph Michel

Class: Junior

Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies

Hometown / High School / Previous School: Harrisonville, Missouri / Harrisonville / Pratt Community College

100m PR: 10.10 (+2.6)

NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … Also qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 100-meter dash, advanced to the quarterfinals.

Quick Facts: Scored as a member of Ole Miss’ eighth-place 4×100-meter relay at the SEC Championships … Has run on every Ole Miss 4×1 this season, primarily as the anchor … Ranks second all-time at Ole Miss in the 100-meter dash at his all-conditions 100-meter PR 10.10 (+2.6), which accepts up to the NCAA qualifying allowable 4.0 meters per second wind … Also ranks 14th outdoors at his 200-meter all-conditions best 20.88 (+2.6) … Holds a wind-legal 100-meter PR of 10.28 (+1.8) … Ranks tied for 14th all-time at Ole Miss indoors in the 60-meter dash at 6.80, which was run at altitude … 8x NJCAA qualifier and 2x scorer while at Pratt Community College … Best national finish was fourth indoors in the 60-meter dash in 2024 (6.75).

 

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Logan Kelley • Men’s Pole Vault

Final: Wed., June 11 • 6:35 p.m. CT

Class: Junior

Major: Marketing

Hometown / High School: Mesa, Arizona / Valley Christian

Season-Best: 5.33m/17-05.75 • No. 7 Ole Miss History Outdoors • May 29, 2025 (NCAA East Regional)

Career-Best: Same

NCAA Seed: 24th

SEC Finish: 11th

NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 3x NCAA East Region qualifier.

Quick Facts: Ranks seventh in Ole Miss history outdoors at 2025 season and career-best, also ranks tied for third indoors at 5.32m/17-05.50 … 17-foot vaulter coming out of Valley Christian.

 

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John Kendricks • Men’s Pole Vault

Final: Wed., June 11 • 6:35 p.m. CT

Class: Sophomore

Major: Finance

Hometown / High School / Previous School: Oxford, Mississippi / Oxford / Arkansas

Season-Best: 5.50m/18-00.50 • No. 2 Ole Miss History Outdoors • May 16, 2025 (SEC Outdoor Championships)

Career-Best: Same

NCAA Seed: T-15th

SEC Finish: 3rd

NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 2x NCAA regional qualifier (once each at East and West regionals).

Quick Facts: 2025 SEC Outdoor bronze medalist in the pole vault … Owns 13.5 career SEC points scored (8.5 at Ole Miss) … Ranks second all-time at Ole Miss outdoors (5.50m/18-00.50), tied for fifth indoors (5.30m/17-04.50) … One of only two 18-foot pole vaulters in Ole Miss history alongside his older brother, three-time Olympian and two-time NCAA Champion Sam Kendricks … Father, Scott, was also a track athlete at Ole Miss … Transferred to Ole Miss after spending freshman season at Arkansas, where he won 2024 SEC Indoor Men’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year honors after finishing fourth at the conference meet … Wrapped up time at Arkansas tied for fifth all-time indoors (5.40m/17-08.50) and tied for 10th outdoors (5.20m/17-00.75) … Earned six varsity letters at Oxford High School, where he broke the Mississippi state record three times, including his best at 17-1 … Won a high school national title and two Mississippi state titles … Mississippi Athlete of the Year runner-up.

 

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Skylar Soli • Women’s Hammer

Final: Thurs., June 12 • 3:30 p.m. CT

Class: Sophomore

Major: Integrated Marketing Communications

Hometown / High School: College Park, Ga. / Douglas County

Season-Best: 64.39m/211-3 • No. 6 Ole Miss History • May 15, 2025 (SEC Outdoor Championships)

Career-Best: Same

NCAA Seed: 24th

SEC Finish: 4th

NCAA History: Second career NCAA qualifying berth, both in the hammer … Was the first true freshman in Ole Miss history to qualify in the hammer outdoors in 2024, where she finished 18th for Honorable Mention All-America status … 2x NCAA East Region qualifier.

Quick Facts: 2025 SEC Indoor silver medalist in the weight throw … 4x SEC scorer, 19 career SEC points … One of eight Rebel women all-time to break 200 feet, ranks sixth at 64.39m/211-3 … Ranks sixth in Ole Miss history indoors in the weight throw at 21.74m/71-4 … Also ranks 11th in both the indoor (14.66m/48-01.25) and outdoor (14.92m/48-11.50) shot puts, as well as 11th in the discus (46.73m/153-3) … First freshman in Ole Miss women’s history to break 200 feet in the hammer … 2023 Pan-Am U20 silver medalist in the hammer … 2023 U.S. U20 silver medalist in the hammer, finalist in the discus (8th).

 

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Akaoma Odeluga • Women’s Shot Put

Final: Thurs., June 12 • 8:10 p.m. CT

Class: Sophomore

Major: Political Science

Hometown / High School: Munster, Ind. / Munster

Career-Best: 18.93m/62-01.25 • No. 2 Ole Miss History Outdoors, No. 9 American Collegiate History Outdoors, No. 13 Collegiate History Outdoors • 2025 World No. 17 (absolute), U.S. No. 6 (absolute), NCAA No. 2 (outdoor-only) • March 30, 2025 (Battle on the Bayou)

Season-Best: Same

NCAA Seed: 2nd

SEC Finish: 2nd

NCAA History: Third career NCAA qualifying berth, second outdoors, all in the shot put … Second-Team All-American indoors in 2025 (9th), fouled out as a freshman outdoors in 2024 … First career NCAA qualifying berth … 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 … 2x NCAA East Region qualifier.

Quick Facts: One of two women in collegiate history at 62 feet in the shot put and 210 feet in the hammer alongside former Arizona State national champion Maggie Ewen … Ranks 13th in collegiate history outdoors in the shot put, ninth among Americans, at her career-best this year at 18.93m/62-01.25, No. 2 in Ole Miss history behind Olympian Raven Saunders … Ranks 22nd in collegiate history in the shot put indoors, 17th among Americans, at 18.37m/60-03.25; No. 3 in Ole Miss history indoors behind Saunders and Jalani Davis … 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) … 2x SEC medalist in the shot put outdoors, a silver in 2025 and a bronze as a freshman in 2024 … 2x Second-Team All-SEC … 4x SEC scorer … 19 career SEC points … 2024 SEC Women’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year outdoors (first Rebel woman to ever win) … 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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Arvesta Troupe • Men’s High Jump

Final: Fri., June 13 • 6:30 p.m. CT

Class: Junior

Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies

Hometown / High School: Fulton, Mississippi / Itawamba Agricultural

Career-Best: 2.26m/7-5 • No. 2 Ole Miss History • 2025 World No. 24 (absolute), U.S. No. 5 (absolute), NCAA No. 2 (outdoor-only) • May 17, 2025 (SEC Outdoor Championships)

NCAA Seed: 2nd

SEC Finish: 2nd

NCAA History: Second career NCAA qualifying berth, first outdoor … Finished third indoors this past March in the high jump for First-Team All-America honors, the highest finish by a Rebel indoors since Olympian Ricky Robertson’s runner-up finish in 2011 and the first points by a Rebel since Robertson’s sixth-place finish in 2013 … 3x NCAA East Region qualifier.

Quick Facts: One of only two Rebels to ever clear 7-5 alongside Olympian Ricky Robertson … Ranks second all-time outdoors at career-best 2.26m/7-5, ranks third all-time indoors at 2.22m/7-03.25 … 3x SEC high jump medalists, two silvers in 2025 across indoor and outdoor … 3x Second-Team All-SEC … 5x SEC scorer … 26.25 career SEC points … 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.

 

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Toby Gillen • Men’s 5000-Meter

Final: Fri., June 13 • 8:55 p.m. CT

Class: Senior (Graduate Student)

Major: Master’s of Business Administration

Hometown / High School / Previous School: Cairns, Australia / Saint Augustine’s College / Saint Louis

Career-Best: 13:26.92 • No. 2 Ole Miss History Outdoors • 2025 Australia No. 7 • April 4, 2025 (Stanford Invite)

Season-Best: Same

NCAA Seed: 8th

SEC Finish: 1st

NCAA History: Third career NCAA qualifying berth, all outdoors in the 5K, second as a Rebel … First-Team All-American at Ole Miss in 2024, finished in seventh place … Second-Team All-American in 2023 while at Saint Louis (13th) … First Ole Miss runner to repeat as a national qualifier in the men’s 5K outdoors … Alongside teammate Kidus Misgina, part of first simultaneous qualifying duo in the 5K in school … 3x NCAA Regional qualifier … 2x NCAA All-South Region in cross country.

Quick Facts: 2025 SEC Champion in the 5K, silver medalist in the 10K … 18 points scored outdoors this season led all SEC distance runners, ranked third overall … 3x SEC medalist … 32 career SEC points scored … Finished fourth at the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials in the 5K at 13:40.11 … 2x qualifier to the Australian trials … Ole Miss record holder in the 5K indoors at 13:28.81 … First Rebel to ever break 13:30 indoors, one of two across both seasons alongside Anthony Camerieri … Also ranks second indoors in the 3K (7:48.66), second outdoors in the 5K (13:26.92) and sixth in the DMR indoors (9:29.86) … 2x All-SEC second team in cross country … Five-time A-10 Champion while at Saint Louis … Won seven total medals and scored 64 A-10 conference points in his career … Graduated with his bachelor’s in general business last December, currently in graduate school in the Ole Miss MBA program.

 

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Kidus Misgina • Men’s 5000-Meter

Final: Fri., June 13 • 8:55 p.m. CT

Class: Senior

Major: Multi-Disciplinary Studies

Hometown / High School / Previous Schools: Chicago, Illinois / Steinmetz / Trinidad State / Florida State

Career-Best: 13:37.29 • No. 4 Ole Miss History Outdoors • April 28, 2025 (Virginia Challenge)

Season-Best: Same

NCAA Seed: 22nd

SEC Finish: 6th

NCAA History: First career NCAA qualifying berth … 2x NCAA East Region qualifier, once as a Rebel.

Quick Facts: Ole Miss record holder in the 10K at 28:20.19, shattered previous record by 24 seconds … Ranks third all-time at Ole Miss in the 3K (7:51.86) and 5K (13:42.99) indoors, fourth all-time in the 5K outdoors (13:37.29) … 10 career SEC points … Transferred to Ole Miss from Florida State, was a midyear enrollee in January 2025 … Was an All-American in two seasons prior at Trinidad State.

 

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• The 2025 NCAA Track and Field Championships will be held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, from June 11-14.
• Several Arizona high school alumni will also be participating in the championships.

The 2025 NCAA Track and Field Championships are set to take place from June 11-14 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The meet will be broadcast on ESPN, with coverage beginning at 4 p.m. on June 11.

Here is a guide on what athletes to watch for from the four major Arizona universities and which storylines to follow at the NCAA Championships. To see the full schedule of events, click here.

Arizona State (Two individuals, one relay, three events)

• Jayden Davis, So.: 400 meters
• Ines Lopez, Jr.: Discus
• Malik Franklin, Fr.: 4×400-meter relay
• Trevin Moyer, Fr.: 4×400 relay
• Nicholas Ramey, Graduate student: 4×400 relay

Arizona (Eight individuals, two relays, 10 events) 

• Zach Landa, Sr.: Shot put
• Jesse Avina, Sr.: Javelin
• Zach Extine, Sr.: 110-meter hurdles
• Reinaldo Rodrigues, Sr.: Long jump
• Youssef Koudssi, Sr.: Discus
• James Onanubosi, Jr.: 4×100-meter relay
• Brian Limage, Jr.: 4×100-meter relay
• Isaac Davis, Sr.: 4×100-meter relay
• Tyson Tippett, Sr.: 4×100-meter relay
• Jade Brown, So.: 100 meters
• Jenica Bosko, Sr.: Long jump
• Tapenisa Havea, Jr.: Shot put
• Ava Simms, So.: 4×400-meter relay
• Keilee Hall, So.: 4×400-meter relay
• Camila Aguilar-Perez, Jr.: 4×400-meter relay
• Antonia Sanchez Nunez, Sr.: 400-meter relay

Northern Arizona University (Nine individuals, eight events)

• Trevor Hook, Sr.: Javelin
• Drew Bosley, R-Sr.: 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters
• David Mullarkey, Sr.:  5,000 meters, 10,000 meters
• Colin Sahlman, Jr.: 1,500 meters
• Maggi Congdon, Sr.: 1,500 meters
• Karrie Baloga, So.: 3,000-meter steeplechase
• LiNay Perry, Sr.: 400-meter hurdles
• Ava Mitchell, So.: 5,000 meters
• Agnes McTighe, Graduate student: 5,000 meters

Grand Canyon University (One individual, one event)

• Cam Wilmington, Graduate student: 400-meter hurdles

Local connections

Arizona high school track and field will be well represented at the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships. From the top four in-state universities, eight total athletes with prep ties are on the entries list.

ASU has one: Jayden Davis (Phoenix Mountain Pointe).

Davis is one of the greatest runners Arizona has ever seen, setting the state record as a senior in the 400 meters three times before ending the year at 46.24. He won eight out of 10 races in the 400 meters during his final season in high school.

There is one high school alum as an alternate on ASU’s 4×400-relay team with freshman Josiah Anderson, who attended Phoenix Barry Goldwater.

Arizona has six: Zach Landa (Mesa Desert Ridge), Jesse Avina (Sierra Vista Buena), Zach Extine (Gilbert Perry), Isaac Davis (Queen Creek Casteel), Tyson Tippett (Chandler), Jenica Bosko (Tucson).

Landa had his senior season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but he already solidified as one of the best throwers in state history in the shot put (63 feet, 9 inches) and discus (195-7). Avina only competed in four meets in the javelin during high school before enrolling at Paradise Valley Community College, where he was the 2021 NJCAA national champion and runner-up in 2022. Bosko hit 19-1 in the long jump and was the runner-up at the AIA Division I Championships.

There are two alums as alternates on Arizona’s 4×400-relay team with junior McKenna Watson (Phoenix Pinnacle) and sophomore Brooke Nordman (Scottsdale Chaparral).

NAU has one: Trevor Hook (Phoenix Arcadia). He was the Division II state champion as a junior in 2019 and finished sixth at the Meet of Champions. He was able to compete in three meets before the season was cancelled the following year, hitting a best of 172-7.

Arizona high school alumns competing at other colleges or universitiees include: Ole Miss junior Logan Kelley (Chandler Valley Christian, 2022) in the men’s pole vault; Tarleton State junior Sir Jonathan Sims (Chandler) in the men’s long jump; Indiana junior Makayla Hunter (Chandler, 2021) in the women’s shot put; BYU sophomore Taylor Lovell (Gilbert Perry, 2022) in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase; and Kentucky freshmen Stacey Onyepunuka (Avondale Agua Fria, 2024) and Kori Martin (Chandler Hamilton, 2024) in the women’s 4×100-meter relay.

Who has a chance to win?

There are a few individuals, as well as one relay, with a chance to land on the podium in Eugene.

Arizona senior Zach Landa in the shot put is one of the athletes with the best odds of winning. He was robbed of a potentially historic senior season at Desert Ridge, so it would only be fitting to end his college career on top. Landa, who won the Big 12 conference indoor individual title in the shot put, is currently ranked third outdoors in the NCAA at 67-8.75.

Only 10 sprinters in the NCAA this season have run under 45 seconds in the 400 and ASU sophomore Jayden Davis is one of them, which he did in a race against Fred Kerley earlier this year. Davis, at 44.84, has built on his stellar high school career by becoming one of the best quarter-milers in the history of the Sun Devils.

With Davis as the anchor of the 4×400-relay team, ASU is certainly in contention for the national title. ASU is ranked fourth in the country, only separated by .33 seconds from the No. 1 team.

It’s never wise to count out a distance runner from NAU with Mike Smith at the helm. This will be the last-ever competition for Smith as the head coach at NAU before he departs the school to move full-time to the professional level with Nike. 

With redshirt senior Drew Bosley and junior Colin Sahlman — two of his best runners ever — competing, each is a threat on the men’s side. Bosley is the former NCAA record-holder in the indoor 3,000 and Sahlman is ninth all-time in the NCAA for the 1,500. For the women, junior Maggi Congdon is a force in the 1,500 while sophomore Karrie Baloga, the Under-20 American record holder, has already established herself in the steeplechase.

Logan Stanley is a sports reporter with The Arizona Republic who primarily focuses on high school, college and Olympic sports. To suggest ideas for human-interest stories and other news, reach out to Stanley at logan.stanley@gannett.com or 707-293-7650. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter: @LSscribe.