NEW ORLEANS – Ole Miss men’s track & field has tied the overall program record with a No. 5 national ranking to open the outdoor season, as per the USTFCCCA’s Track & Field Rating Index released on Tuesday morning.
The No. 5 slot is the best ever for the Rebel men outdoors, beating a previous top ranking of No. 7 in Week One of the 2024 season. Overall, it ties with the Ole Miss men’s No. 5 ranking indoors in Week One of the 2023 season, as well as a No. 5 slot by the Rebel women in Week Two of the 2024 outdoor season.
Of the 41 total top-10 rankings in Ole Miss track & field history, 11th-year head coach Connie Price-Smith owns 38 of them (11 men, 27 women). In the outdoor season, she owns 15 of 17 total top-10 slots (2 men, 13 women), while indoors she owns 23 (9 men, 14 women). In total, Price-Smith has tallied 74 of the 138 outdoor rankings appearances in combined program history (27 men, 47 women).
The USTFCCCA’s Track & Field Rating Index is a computer rating system which uses an algorithm that emphasizes individual performances, assigning a point value to each individual mark that contributes to a team total to assess its national ranking.
Ole Miss track & field returns to action this week, with the distance squad heading to the Stanford Invite, while the remainder of the team heads to LSU for the Battle on the Bayou.
No. 5 Ole Miss Men • USTFCCCA Week 1 Rating Index • 184.76 Points
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – Shot Put – 20.42m/67-0 – 36.21 Points
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – Hammer – 77.62m/254-7 – 36.11 Points
3. 4×100-Meter Relay (Minor, Urrutia, Todd, Wright) – 38.98 – 28.76 Points
4. 4×400-Meter Relay (Todd, Turner, Flatt, Urrutia) – 3:06.13 – 26.58 Points
6. Kyle Johnson – Triple Jump – 15.75m/51-8 – 21.44 Points
10. Bryson Smith – Hammer – 67.16m/220-4 – 12.66 Points
14. Ashton Hearn – Discus – 58.12m/190-8 – 7.82 Points
17. Carson Turner – 800-Meter – 1:49.03 – 5.00 Points
18. Mason Hickel – Hammer – 65.53m/214-11 – 4.30 Points
20. Logan Kelley – Pole Vault – 5.26m/17-3 – 3.41 Points
22. Joshua Knox – 100-Meter Dash – 10.28 – 2.40 Points
47. Mikoy Holmes – Triple Jump – 15.01m/49-3 – 0.07 Points
No. 33 Ole Miss Women • USTFCCCA Week 1 Rating Index • 65.38 Points
2. Akaoma Odeluga – Shot Put – 17.42m/57-01.75 – 30.88 Points
8. Lizzie Hatton – Long Jump – 6.28m/20-07.25 – 17.16 Points
9. Akaoma Odeluga – Hammer – 64.38m/211-2 – 15.15 Points
29. 4×100-Meter Relay (Farmer, Compere, Lockette, Reed) – 44.76 – 0.75 Points
36. Nyah Edwards – Hammer – 59.17m/194-1 – 0.40 Points
39. Mary Cate Doughty – Pole Vault – 4.00m/13-01.50 – 0.28 Points
39. Rachel Homoly – Pole Vault – 4.00m/13-01.50 – 0.28 Points
43. Zion Lockette – 200-Meter Dash – 23.49 – 0.18 Points
46. Skylar Soli – Hammer – 58.08m/190-6 – 0.10 Points
47. Indya Dotson – Long Jump – 6.03m/19-09.50 – 0.07 Points
48. Zion Lockette – 100-Meter Dash – 11.58 – 0.12 Points