Ole Miss track & field came away with 11 event wins, including a record-breaking performance in the men’s 4×100-meter relay to close out the Ole Miss Classic at Prefontaine Stadium on Saturday.
The Rebel men broke the all-time Ole Miss record last May at the NCAA East Regional but wasted no time in setting the tone for the 2026 season, with the foursome of Dekell Minor, Jordan Urrutia, Wesley Todd and Tarique Wright opening the day at 38.98 to become the first sub-39 relay in program history.
Todd and Urrutia closed the day on the Rebel 4×400-meter relay, which ran the fastest time at Ole Miss since 1999. Todd, Carson Turner, Cade Flatt and Urrutia blazed to a season-opening 3:06.13, good for seventh-best ever at Ole Miss and helped greatly by a 46.1 third leg by Flatt and a 45.8 anchor by Urrutia.
In the men’s discus, freshman Ashton Hearn immediately launched himself up the all-time lists, winning on a massive first performance of 58.12m/190-8 – already No. 2 in Ole Miss history. Hearn signed to Ole Miss as one of the top throwers nationally, finishing his high school career fourth in U.S. history in the junior discus at 202-3.
Hearn was also the runner-up in the shot put at 17.50m/57-5, finishing behind senior four-time NCAA Champion Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan, who took the title at 20.42m/67-0.
All-American junior Akaoma Odeluga was the runner-up in both women’s editions of the shot and discus, taking second in the shot at 17.42m/57-2 while launching a career-best 49.54m/162-6 in the discus to move into eighth on the all-time list at Ole Miss.
Junior Kyle Johnson had a career day in the men’s triple jump, leading a crew of three Rebels in the final to record wind-legal PRs. Johnson was the victor at 15.75m/51-08.25 (+1.6), which ties his outdoor PR and moves him to No. 13 in school history.
Other event wind came from Logan Kelley in the men’s pole vault (5.26m/17-3), Carson Turner in the men’s 800-meter (1:49.03), Addy Mitchell in the women’s 1500-meter (4:40.11), Ella Johnson in the women’s 3K (9:54.67), Marco Perez in the men’s 3K (8:23.69) and the women’s 4×100-meter relay of Royanah Farmer, Patchnalie Compere, Zion Lockette and Myla Reed (44.76).
Ole Miss track & field will take next week off before splitting squad for the Stanford Invite and LSU’s Battle on the Bayou, both scheduled for April 3-4.
REBELS IN DAY TWO COMPETITION
Women’s 100-Meter Dash
3. Zion Lockette – 11.58 (+2.7) – Collegiate Debut
4. Myla Reed – 11.67 (+2.7) – Collegiate Debut
Men’s 100-Meter Dash
2. Joshua Knox – 10.28 (+2.8) – All-Conditions PR, No. 8 Ole Miss History Outdoors
Women’s 800-Meter
3. Hannah Doyle – 2:13.09 – First Career 800
4. Zoe Marsh – 2:14.63 – First Career 800
Men’s 800-Meter
1. Carson Turner – 1:49.03
7. Connor Henson – 1:53.62
Women’s 1500-Meter
1. Addy Mitchell – 4:40.11 – Collegiate Debut
Brian Pope Men’s 1500-Meter
4. Stone Smith – 3:55.76
Women’s 3K
1. Ella Johnson – 9:54.67
2. Brooke Preputnick – 10:15.33
4. Madison Archdale – 10:30.02 – Outdoor Debut
DNF Adie Luna
DNF Natalie Duggan
Rodney Pearson Men’s 3K
1. Marco Perez – 8:23.69
Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles
2. Carmela Coulter – 14.72 (+2.4) – PR, Collegiate Debut
DNF Nyajah Gordon
Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles
3. Jordan Rochester – 1:07.43 – PR, Collegiate Debut
Women’s 4×100-Meter Relay
1. Royanah Farmer, Patchnalie Compere, Zion Lockette, Myla Reed – 44.76
Men’s 4×100-Meter Relay
1. Dekell Minor, Jordan Urrutia, Wesley Todd, Tarique Wright – 38.98 – School Record
Women’s 4×400-Meter Relay
2. Indya Dotson, Carmela Coulter, Nyajah Gordon, Lizzie Hatton – 3:47.36
Men’s 4×400-Meter Relay
1. Wesley Todd, Carson Turner, Cade Flatt, Jordan Urrutia – 3:06.13 – No. 7 Ole Miss History Outdoors
Women’s High Jump
5. Carmela Coulter – 1.55m/5-1 – Outdoor Debut
NH Nyajah Gordon
Men’s Pole Vault
1. Logan Kelley – 5.26m/17-3
Women’s Triple Jump
4. Indya Dotson – 12.07m/39-07.25 (+3.1) – Outdoor Debut
Men’s Triple Jump
1. Kyle Johnson – 15.75m/51-08.25 (+1.6) – Ole Miss Outdoor Debut, T-Outdoor PR, No. 13 Ole Miss History Outdoors
2. Mikoy Holmes – 15.01m/49-3 (+1.3) – Overall PR
5. Solomon Finley – 14.63m/48-0 (+1.0) – Overall PR
Women’s Shot Put
2. Akaoma Odeluga – 17.42m/57-2
3. Temidayo Owoyemi – 14.92m/48-11.50 – Outdoor Debut
Men’s Shot Put
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – 20.42m/67-0
2. Ashton Hearn – 17.50m/57-5 – Outdoor Debut
17. Caughran Fowler – 11.39m/37-04.50 – Outdoor Debut
Women’s Discus
2. Akaoma Odeluga – 49.54m/162-6 – PR, No. 8 Ole Miss History
5. Temidayo Owoyemi – 43.54m/142-10 – PR, Collegiate Debut
7. Skylar Soli – 40.00m/131-2 – Season Best
Men’s Discus
1. Ashton Hearn – 58.12m/190-8 – PR, No. 2 Ole Miss History, Collegiate Debut
18. Caughran Fowler – 31.11m/102-0 – PR, Collegiate Debut
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REBELS IN DAY ONE COMPETITION
Women’s 200-Meter Dash
1. Zion Lockette – 23.49 (+2.2) – All-Conditions PR, No. 11 Ole Miss History Outdoors
2. Myla Reed – 24.03 (+0.9) – Overall PR, Outdoor Debut
5. Lizzie Hatton – 24.33 (+3.7) – All-Conditions PR
11. Indya Dotson – 24.89 (+2.7) – All-Conditions PR
17. Carmela Coulter – 25.27 (+2.7) – All-Conditions PR
24. Nyajah Gordon – 25.64 (+0.9)
Men’s 2000-Meter Steeplechase
1. Sergio Del Barrio – 5:36.93 – PR
2. Samuel Ferguson – 5:53.95 – PR
Women’s Pole Vault
1. Rachel Homoly – 4.00m/13-01.50 – T-No. 13 Ole Miss History Outdoors
2. Mary Cate Doughty – 4.00m/13-01.50 – Outdoor PR, T-No. 13 Ole Miss History Outdoors
3. Katelyn Hulsey – 3.85m/12-07.50 – Outdoor PR
4. Aly Francolini – 3.55m/11-07.75
Women’s Long Jump
1. Lizzie Hatton – 6.28m/20-07.25 (+2.2)
2. Indya Dotson – 6.03m/19-09.50 (+3.1) – Overall All-Conditions PR
11. Nyajah Gordon – 5.51m/18-1 (+3.9) – Overall All-Conditions PR
11. Carmela Coulter – 5.51m/18-1 (+3.5) – Outdoor Debut
Women’s Hammer
3. Akaoma Odeluga – 64.38m/211-2
4. Nyah Edwards – 59.17m/194-1 – PR, No. 10 Ole Miss History
6. Skylar Soli – 58.08m/190-6
7. Naomi Woolfolk – 52.43m/172-0 – PR
8. Temidayo Owoyemi – 51.69m/169-7 – Collegiate Debut
Men’s Hammer
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – 77.62m/254-8 – PR, Facility Record, Ole Miss Record, No. 2 American Collegiate History, No. 11 Overall Collegiate History, No. 16 American History, 2026 World No. 8, U.S. No. 1
2. Bryson Smith – 67.16m/220-4
3. Mason Hickel – 65.53m/215-0
Women’s Javelin
4. Nyajah Gordon – 33.26m/109-1 – PR
8. Carmela Coulter – 27.30m/89-6 – Collegiate Debut