Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan
AUBURN, Ala. – Ole Miss track & field star senior Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan etched his name among the greatest athletes to ever compete in the Southeastern Conference, becoming the all-time winningest men’s athlete in SEC history following his 13th career championship crown on Friday night at Day Two of the 2026 SEC Outdoor Championships.
His 13th and final SEC title came with little drama, as Robinson-O’Hagan took the lead in the second round at 20.56m/67-05.50 – with no other competitor even coming within 2.5 feet of the remainder of his throws on the day, let alone his winning fourth-round toss of 20.80m/68-3.
Since beginning his Ole Miss career in 2023, Robinson-O’Hagan has been one of the nation’s top dual-threat throwers as a four-time national champion and 14-time All-American, but the tale of the tape at the end of his SEC career is staggering.
His 13 total championships – seven outdoor, six indoor – not only broke the prior SEC all-sport men’s record of 12 set by Auburn’s Harvey Glance (1976-79), but it ties Robinson-O’Hagan with Arkansas track & cross country legend Amy Yoder (1997-2001) and Florida swimming great Tracy Caulkins (1982-84) for the all-sports record across both men’s and women’s competition.
Robinson-O’Hagan ends his SEC career with an unreal 144 points scored, finishing with a per-meet average of 18.0. That includes an even 72 points apiece across indoor and outdoor, as well as six consecutive SEC sweeps: indoors, the first three shot put/weight throw sweeps in conference history, and outdoors the first three-peat shot/hammer sweep all-time in the SEC. In his career, he has outscored an entire other SEC team eight total times either at an indoor or outdoor championship meet – and has a chance to again come meet’s end tomorrow.
“I’ve always wanted to be in this moment, and be the best in my conference, be the best in [Division I],” Robinson-O’Hagan told SEC Network’s John Anderson following the shot put. “Me and my brother always dreamed of it, for it to happen in this league, in track and field, I’m happy about it. I’m very grateful for my coaches because they peaked me out, without them I’m nothing.”
“I’m happy to be able to be the best, my coaches are the best,” Robinson-O’Hagan continued. “No one’s better, so of course I’m the best in the SEC. Who’s gonna beat us?”
Not to be overshadowed, junior and fellow All-American Akaoma Odeluga had a significant day of her own earlier in the women’s shot put, winning her first career SEC title after a tight competition. Odeluga led from her first legal throw in the second round, but her eventual winning throw of 18.25m/59-10.50 stood a tough test by the Georgia duo of Nina Ndubuisi (18.15m/59-06.75) and Kelsie Murrell-Ross (18.02m/59-01.50).
Odeluga’s win is the 19th SEC title in Ole Miss women’s history outdoors, and it’s just the third shot put win outdoors alongside wins by Raven Saunders in 2016 and Janeah Stewart in 2018. In her career, Odeluga now has six total SEC medals and 51 career points scored.
The Ole Miss shot put sweep by Odeluga and Robinson-O’Hagan is the first in the SEC outdoors since 1998, when South Carolina’s Crystal Brownlee and Brad Snyder capped off the Gamecocks’ third straight sweep of the event. In conference history, this is now the eighth sweep all-time.
Senior Logan Kelley is among the best pole vaulters ever in Ole Miss’ storied history in the event, but has come heartbreakingly short of scoring at the conference meet throughout his Rebel career. On Friday, though, Kelley notched his first scoring effort following a career day. Kelley finished tied for seventh at an outdoor PR height of 5.40m/17-08.50, which ties him for fourth all-time at Ole Miss outdoors and improves his standing on the NCAA East Region list heading into the regional meet in two weeks.
On the track, Ole Miss received two key qualifying performances – one each across the women’s and men’s 100-meter dashes.
All-American senior Alicia Burnett – fresh off an indoor season that saw her become the first women’s 60-meter champion in Ole Miss history – punched her ticket with ease, winning the second heat for an auto-bid at a wind-legal season-best 11.23 (+0.6).
In the men’s 100-meter dash, junior Dekell Minor tied his overall PR and earned a time qualifier spot to Saturday’s final, finishing second in his heat at 10.14 (+0.4) to improve on his spot at No. 6 all-time at Ole Miss. Sophomore Jordan Urrutia came devastatingly close to joining Minor in the final, falling two thousandths of a second shy at 10.189 to Tennessee’s Traunard Folson’s 10.187.
Competition resumes for the Rebels on Saturday for the third and final day of the 2026 SEC Outdoor Championships, beginning with the women’s discus at 1:30 p.m. CT.
Day Two Men’s Team Scores (Through Eight Events)
1. #10 Alabama – 43
2. #16 Florida – 38
3. #6 Tennessee – 33.5
4. #18 Ole Miss – 31.75
5. #3 Georgia – 26
6. #14 Texas – 23
7. #5 Texas A&M – 22.75
8. Mississippi State – 19
9. #1 Arkansas – 16
T10. #19 Kentucky – 13
T10. #4 LSU – 13
T10. Missouri – 13
13. #7 Auburn – 8
14. Oklahoma – 2
— South Carolina
Day Two Women’s Team Scores (Through Eight Events)
1. #22 Alabama – 62.5
2. #2 Florida – 32
3. #7 Texas A&M – 24.5
4. #1 Georgia – 22
5. Missouri – 20.5
T6. Oklahoma – 18
T6. Vanderbilt – 18
T8. Ole Miss – 16
T8. #12 Kentucky – 16
T8. Mississippi State – 16
11. #11 Texas – 15
12. #25 Auburn – 14
13. #10 Arkansas – 12.5
T14. #3 South Carolina – 10
T14. #13 Tennessee – 10
16. #5 LSU – 5
Day Two Medalists
Akaoma Odeluga – Women’s Shot Put, Gold Medal
Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – Men’s Shot Put, Gold Medal
Other Day Two Scorers
Logan Kelley – Men’s Pole Vault, T-7th Place
Day Two Finals Qualifiers
Alicia Burnett – Women’s 100-Meter Dash
Dekell Minor – Men’s 100-Meter Dash
REBELS IN DAY TWO COMPETITION
Women’s 100-Meter Dash – Prelims
5. Alicia Burnett – 11.23Q (+0.6) – Wind-Legal SB
24. Patchnalie Compere – 11.44 (+0.1)
35. Royanah Farmer – 11.65 (+0.9)
44. Myla Reed – 11.78 (+0.2)
Men’s 100-Meter Dash – Prelims
6. Dekell Minor – 10.14q (+0.4) – Overall PR, No. 6 Ole Miss History
10. Jordan Urrutia – 10.19 (10.189)
25. Tarique Wright – 10.41
Women’s 1500-Meter – Prelims
16. Loral Winn – 4:22.25
30. Ella Johnson – 4:30.94
33. Hannah Doyle – 4:31.85
36. Addy Mitchell – 4:33.33
37. Sophie Baumann – 4:33.71
Men’s 1500-Meter – Prelims
14. Gabe Scales – 3:47.13
18. John Shoemaker – 3:47.59
22. Zack Gilbertson – 3:49.10
Men’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase – Final
11. Sergio Del Barrio – 8:56.64
13. Samuel Ferguson – 9:04.06 – PR, No. 9 Ole Miss History
Men’s Pole Vault – Final
T7. Logan Kelley – 5.40m/17-08.50 – Outdoor PR, T-No. 4 Ole Miss History Outdoors
Women’s Long Jump – Final
14. Lizzie Hatton – 6.00m/19-08.25 (+0.7)
16. Indya Dotson – 5.92m/19-05.25 (+0.6)
Women’s Shot Put – Final
1. Akaoma Odeluga – 18.25m/59-10.50
16. Temidayo Owoyemi – 14.35m/47-1
Men’s Shot Put – Final
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – 20.80m/68-3
13. Ashton Hearn – 17.57m/57-07.75 – Outdoor PR, No. 7 Ole Miss History Outdoors
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Day One Medalists
Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – Men’s Hammer, Gold Medal
Akaoma Odeluga – Women’s Hammer, Bronze Medal
Other Day One Scorers
Kidus Misgina – Men’s 10K, 5th Place
Bryson Smith – Men’s Hammer, 5th Place
Aiden Britt – Men’s 10K, 8th Place
Mason Hickel – Men’s Hammer, 8th Place
Day One Finals Qualifiers
Max Armstrong – Men’s 800-Meter
Jordan Urrutia – Men’s 200-Meter Dash
REBELS IN DAY ONE COMPETITION
Women’s 200-Meter Dash – Prelims
10. Patchnalie Compere – 22.98 (+0.3)
40. Zion Lockette – 24.03 (+0.1)
Men’s 200-Meter Dash – Prelims
5. Jordan Urrutia – 20.65Q (+1.4) – Outdoor Wind-Legal PR
20. Wesley Todd – 21.00 (+2.3)
Men’s 800-Meter – Prelims
7. Max Armstrong – 1:47.36q
11. Chase Rose – 1:47.97
13. Carson Turner – 1:48.21
30. Cade Flatt – 1:52.23
Women’s 10K – Final
19. Beth Arentz – 35:56.15 – First Career 10K
Men’s 10K – Final
5. Kidus Misgina – 29:46.70
7. Aiden Britt – 29:53.14
15. Marco Perez – 30:20.25
Women’s Hammer – Final
3. Akaoma Odeluga – 67.19m/220-5 – PR, No. 5 Ole Miss History
9. Skylar Soli – 60.97m/200-0 – SB
12. Nyah Edwards – 58.22m/191-0
15. Naomi Woolfolk – 56.37m/184-11 – PR, No. 13 Ole Miss History
20. Temidayo Owoyemi – 49.90m/163-8
Men’s Hammer – Final
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – 72.69m/238-6
5. Bryson Smith – 68.07m/223-4 – SB
8. Mason Hickel – 65.74m/215-8 – SB