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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss men’s track & field junior and three-time reigning NCAA shot put champion Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan has been named the SEC Outdoor Men’s Field Athlete of the Year, as announced by the conference on Monday morning. This is the second consecutive indoor-outdoor sweep of the SEC awards for Robinson-O’Hagan, who is […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss men’s track & field junior and three-time reigning NCAA shot put champion Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan has been named the SEC Outdoor Men’s Field Athlete of the Year, as announced by the conference on Monday morning.
This is the second consecutive indoor-outdoor sweep of the SEC awards for Robinson-O’Hagan, who is one of only three athletes nationally this season to have made all eight watch lists for The Bowerman – track & field’s version of the Heisman Trophy. With today’s fourth career win, Robinson-O’Hagan passes four-time Olympian and Rebel legend Brittney Reese for the most SEC Field Athlete of the Year awards in Ole Miss history.
Last weekend, Robinson-O’Hagan punched his third consecutive outdoor national double ticket in the shot and hammer to the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships with stellar performances in both events at NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville. In the hammer, Robinson-O’Hagan took down the East Regional record on his top qualifying blast of 74.51m/244-5 in the first round. Prior, no athlete in the history of the East Regional (which began in 2010) had even eclipsed 243 feet. Robinson-O’Hagan carried that momentum into the shot put, where his stadium record and season-best heave of 20.85m/68-5 immediately secured his return trip to Eugene.
At the SEC Outdoor Championships, Robinson-O’Hagan claimed his third straight men’s hammer title with a school-record throw of 75.72m/248-05, which registered as the second-best mark in SEC meet history and fourth overall in conference history. He also ranks 21st in collegiate history – sixth among American born collegians. Robinson-O’Hagan followed up his hammer performance by defending his SEC shot put title, giving him nine career conference titles and 104 total SEC points. He is now one of just three in SEC history outdoors to sweep the shot put and hammer twice and the only athlete ever to sweep both indoor and outdoor shot/weight and shot/hammer events once, let alone in back-to-back seasons.
He enters the national meet seeded fourth in the hammer (75.72m/248-05) and second in the shot put (20.85m/68-5), and he reigns as the only thrower in the world to surpass both 69 feet in the shot and 248 feet in the hammer this season (when including indoor shot put mark).
Nearly three months ago at the NCAA Indoor Championships, Robinson-O’Hagan secured his third consecutive national title in the shot put (20.49m/67-02.75), while also taking fifth in a stacked weight throw competition (24.09m/79-00.75). Those finishes each earned All-America status and contributed 14 NCAA points to the Rebel men’s 20-point total and tie for 10th-place overall, which was the second-best indoor finish in Ole Miss men’s history.
Robinson-O’Hagan was also named SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and won a share of the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy after his second consecutive sweep of the weight and shot titles. His 20 points helped propel the Rebel men to a tie for third place at the conference meet – tied for the best in Ole Miss men’s history indoors.
A native of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Robinson-O’Hagan is one of only 10 athletes in Division I history to win at least three national shot put crowns in a row across the indoor and outdoor seasons, only the second three-peat by an SEC athlete alongside South Carolina’s Brad Snyder (1998 indoor, ’98 outdoor, ’99 indoor). Another win in Eugene this week would make him one of only five in Division I history to pull off the four-peat.
Robinson-O’Hagan has not lost to a fellow collegian in the shot put since April of 2024, and indoors specifically that streak stretches back to January of 2024. His career-best throw of 21.11m/69-03.25 from earlier this indoor season ranks him 21st in collegiate history indoors, as well as second-best in SEC history. His SEC-winning weight throw blast of 24.35m/79-10.75 ranks 13th in collegiate history – pushing his combined career-bests to 45.46m, which trails only North Dakota State’s Payton Otterdahl from 2019 (45.92m).
As a sophomore in 2024, Robinson-O’Hagan became the youngest to sweep the NCAA men’s shot put titles indoors and outdoors since 1989, as well as the fourth-youngest to do so all-time. Overall last season, Robinson-O’Hagan claimed those two NCAA titles, four First-Team All-America awards, 26 NCAA points, four SEC titles and 40 points en route to sweeping the USTFCCCA South Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year and SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year awards indoors and outdoors. He also claimed both the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy indoors and the SEC Commissioner’s Trophy outdoors after scoring 20 points at each conference meet.
In less than three full seasons with the Rebels, Robinson-O’Hagan has laid waste to the Ole Miss record book, claiming top marks in the weight throw (24.35m/79-10.75) and shot put (21.11m/69-03.25) indoors, and the hammer (75.72m/248-5) and shot put (20.98m/68-10) outdoors. In addition to his 104 career SEC points and nine SEC titles, Robinson-O’Hagan owns three total national titles, 10 All-America awards and 47 NCAA points scored.
Robinson-O’Hagan also made a name for himself at last summer’s U.S. Olympic Trials as the youngest finalist in both the men’s shot put and hammer. He placed eighth in the shot put with an Ole Miss outdoor school record of 20.98m/68-10 and demolished his own record in the hammer by five feet at 74.54m/244-7. Track & Field News ranked him seventh in the hammer and eighth in the shot put.
Ole Miss is currently preparing for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which this year returns to TrackTown USA at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field from June 11-14.
This is the second consecutive indoor-outdoor sweep of the SEC awards for Robinson-O’Hagan, who is one of only three athletes nationally this season to have made all eight watch lists for The Bowerman – track & field’s version of the Heisman Trophy. With today’s fourth career win, Robinson-O’Hagan passes four-time Olympian and Rebel legend Brittney Reese for the most SEC Field Athlete of the Year awards in Ole Miss history.
Last weekend, Robinson-O’Hagan punched his third consecutive outdoor national double ticket in the shot and hammer to the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships with stellar performances in both events at NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville. In the hammer, Robinson-O’Hagan took down the East Regional record on his top qualifying blast of 74.51m/244-5 in the first round. Prior, no athlete in the history of the East Regional (which began in 2010) had even eclipsed 243 feet. Robinson-O’Hagan carried that momentum into the shot put, where his stadium record and season-best heave of 20.85m/68-5 immediately secured his return trip to Eugene.
At the SEC Outdoor Championships, Robinson-O’Hagan claimed his third straight men’s hammer title with a school-record throw of 75.72m/248-05, which registered as the second-best mark in SEC meet history and fourth overall in conference history. He also ranks 21st in collegiate history – sixth among American born collegians. Robinson-O’Hagan followed up his hammer performance by defending his SEC shot put title, giving him nine career conference titles and 104 total SEC points. He is now one of just three in SEC history outdoors to sweep the shot put and hammer twice and the only athlete ever to sweep both indoor and outdoor shot/weight and shot/hammer events once, let alone in back-to-back seasons.
He enters the national meet seeded fourth in the hammer (75.72m/248-05) and second in the shot put (20.85m/68-5), and he reigns as the only thrower in the world to surpass both 69 feet in the shot and 248 feet in the hammer this season (when including indoor shot put mark).
Nearly three months ago at the NCAA Indoor Championships, Robinson-O’Hagan secured his third consecutive national title in the shot put (20.49m/67-02.75), while also taking fifth in a stacked weight throw competition (24.09m/79-00.75). Those finishes each earned All-America status and contributed 14 NCAA points to the Rebel men’s 20-point total and tie for 10th-place overall, which was the second-best indoor finish in Ole Miss men’s history.
Robinson-O’Hagan was also named SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and won a share of the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy after his second consecutive sweep of the weight and shot titles. His 20 points helped propel the Rebel men to a tie for third place at the conference meet – tied for the best in Ole Miss men’s history indoors.
A native of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Robinson-O’Hagan is one of only 10 athletes in Division I history to win at least three national shot put crowns in a row across the indoor and outdoor seasons, only the second three-peat by an SEC athlete alongside South Carolina’s Brad Snyder (1998 indoor, ’98 outdoor, ’99 indoor). Another win in Eugene this week would make him one of only five in Division I history to pull off the four-peat.
Robinson-O’Hagan has not lost to a fellow collegian in the shot put since April of 2024, and indoors specifically that streak stretches back to January of 2024. His career-best throw of 21.11m/69-03.25 from earlier this indoor season ranks him 21st in collegiate history indoors, as well as second-best in SEC history. His SEC-winning weight throw blast of 24.35m/79-10.75 ranks 13th in collegiate history – pushing his combined career-bests to 45.46m, which trails only North Dakota State’s Payton Otterdahl from 2019 (45.92m).
As a sophomore in 2024, Robinson-O’Hagan became the youngest to sweep the NCAA men’s shot put titles indoors and outdoors since 1989, as well as the fourth-youngest to do so all-time. Overall last season, Robinson-O’Hagan claimed those two NCAA titles, four First-Team All-America awards, 26 NCAA points, four SEC titles and 40 points en route to sweeping the USTFCCCA South Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year and SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year awards indoors and outdoors. He also claimed both the SEC Cliff Harper Trophy indoors and the SEC Commissioner’s Trophy outdoors after scoring 20 points at each conference meet.
In less than three full seasons with the Rebels, Robinson-O’Hagan has laid waste to the Ole Miss record book, claiming top marks in the weight throw (24.35m/79-10.75) and shot put (21.11m/69-03.25) indoors, and the hammer (75.72m/248-5) and shot put (20.98m/68-10) outdoors. In addition to his 104 career SEC points and nine SEC titles, Robinson-O’Hagan owns three total national titles, 10 All-America awards and 47 NCAA points scored.
Robinson-O’Hagan also made a name for himself at last summer’s U.S. Olympic Trials as the youngest finalist in both the men’s shot put and hammer. He placed eighth in the shot put with an Ole Miss outdoor school record of 20.98m/68-10 and demolished his own record in the hammer by five feet at 74.54m/244-7. Track & Field News ranked him seventh in the hammer and eighth in the shot put.
Ole Miss is currently preparing for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which this year returns to TrackTown USA at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field from June 11-14.