NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ole Miss men’s and women’s track & field won three more events and had several impressive performances to wrap up the Vanderbilt Invitational on Saturday.
The story of the day for the Rebels, though, was their presence across both the men’s and women’s 60-meter dash competitions on Saturday.
Junior Royanah Farmer – a JUCO All-American at her prior stop Coffeyville Community College – had an excellent first string of 60-meter performances as a Rebel. She had the top time in both the prelim and the semifinal, first a career-best 7.40 and then another PR of 7.35 in the semis, before bowing out prior to the final. Farmer already ranks seventh in Ole Miss history in the event, and both of her times today rank as the fastest among all competitors despite not running the final.
Freshman Myla Reed also advanced to the semifinal, running 7.73 and earning a time qualifier in her 60-meter collegiate debut, before running a PR 7.66 in the semis but missing out on the cutline for the final.
In the men’s edition, Fort Scott Community College transfer and fellow NJCAA All-American Dekell Minor had an equally superb start to his Ole Miss career in the 60. Minor was third in both the preliminary and semifinal rounds, first with a 6.74 and then a 6.72 that slots him seventh in school history just two races into his Ole Miss career. Minor also bowed out before the final, as did sophomore Wesley Todd, who ran two PRs to qualify at 6.87 in the prelim and then 6.83 in the semis.
Other notable performances on the track included a pair of third-place finishes, first with senior Joshua Knox in the men’s 400-meter dash (48.03), and then fellow senior Cassie Williamson in the women’s 800-meter (2:07.49).
Knox also ran the leadoff leg of Ole Miss’ winning 4×400-meter relay team, its second victory in a row after a superb opening win at Kentucky last week. Knox, Cade Flatt, Todd and Carson Turner passed the stick in 3:10.53, just missing the all-time top-10 list at Ole Miss and not far off the Rebels’ opening 3:08.85 last week that ranks fourth.
In the field, Ole Miss came away with two event wins – one each for the Rebel men and women.
Sophomore Lily Beattie – the reigning SEC silver medalist outdoors – took the crown after clearing an indoor career-best 4.15m/13-07.25. That height improves upon her spot at No. 6 in the Ole Miss record books indoors, and she took three attempts at what would have been an overall PR of 4.27m/14-0 before bowing out. Fellow sophomore Katie McFarland was the runner-up at a season-best 4.00m/13-01.50.
All-American senior and member of The Bowerman preseason watch list Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan took yet another shot put crown easily on his winning heave of 20.37m/66-10. Robinson-O’Hagan hasn’t lost the shot put to a fellow collegian indoors since January of 2024, and only twice to collegians in that same span across both indoor and outdoor.
Freshman Ashton Hearn was the closest to Robinson-O’Hagan in the competition, finishing as the runner-up on a new PR of 18.03m/59-2 that moved him from sixth to fifth in Ole Miss history indoors.
Fellow freshman Bayli Major led the charge for Ole Miss in the women’s triple jump, finding her way to the all-time top list with her fifth-place finish of 12.17m/39-11.25 (No. 15 all-time). Sophomore Indya Dotson had a PR of her own right behind her at 12.13m/39-09.75, while sophomore Madison Martinez leapt a season-best 12.06m/39-06.75.
In the men’s heptathlon, freshman William Numnum finished fifth overall with 4,483 points across the two-day event, already good for fourth in school history. Numnum’s second day of action was highlighted by a third-place showing in the final event, the 1000-meter (2:58.38; 680 points) and a fourth-place finish in the pole vault right beforehand (4.00m/13-01.50; 617 points).
Ole Miss track & field has next week off before returning to the road with a trip to Clemson for the Bob Pollock Invitational on Jan. 30-31.
REBELS IN DAY TWO COMPETITION
Women’s 60-Meter Dash – Prelims
1. Royanah Farmer – 7.40 (AQ) – PR, Ole Miss Debut, T-No. 9 Ole Miss History
19. Myla Reed – 7.73q – Collegiate Debut
25. Lizzie Hatton – 7.83 – Season Debut
Women’s 60-Meter Dash – Semifinals
1. Royanah Farmer – 7.35 (AQ) – PR, No. 7 Ole Miss History
15. Myla Reed – 7.66 – PR
Women’s 60-Meter Dash – Finals
DNS Royanah Farmer
Men’s 60-Meter Dash – Prelims
3. Dekell Minor – 6.74 (AQ) – Ole Miss Debut, No. 9 Ole Miss History
9. Wesley Todd – 6.87 (AQ) – PR
Men’s 60-Meter Dash – Semifinals
3. Dekell Minor – 6.72 (AQ) – Ole Miss Best, No. 7 Ole Miss History
7. Wesley Todd – 6.83q – PR
Men’s 60-Meter Dash – Finals
DNS Dekell Minor
DNS Wesley Todd
Men’s 400-Meter Dash
3. Joshua Knox – 48.03 – Season Debut
Women’s 800-Meter
3. Cassie Williamson – 2:07.49
11. Jo-Lauren Keane – 2:14.05
Women’s Mile
17. Addy Mitchell – 4:57.43 – Collegiate Mile Debut
34. Madison Archdale – 5:05.44 – Collegiate Mile Debut
Men’s Mile
11. Zack Gilbertson – 4:10.16
26. Stone Smith – 4:16.08 – PR
DNF Connor Henson
Women’s 3K
21. Leah Penick – 9:44.74 – PR
22. Hannah Doyle – 9:45.28 – PR
23. Ella Johnson – 9:45.49 – PR
34. Brooke Preputnick – 10:04.54 – PR
Men’s 3K
11. Owen Kelley – 8:09.89 – PR
Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles – Prelims
15. Bayli Major – 8.88 – PR
Women’s 4×400-Meter Relay
7. Patchnalie Compere, Royanah Farmer, Zion Lockette, Cassie Williamson – 3:51.59
Men’s 4×400-Meter Relay
1. Joshua Knox, Cade Flatt, Wesley Todd, Carson Turner – 3:10.53
4. Max Armstrong, Dekell Minor, Chase Rose, Tarique Wright – 3:15.68
Women’s Pole Vault – Invite
1. Lily Beattie – 4.15m/13-07.25 – Indoor PR, No. 6 Ole Miss History Indoors
2. Katie McFarland – 4.00m/13-01.50 – SB
T8. Mary Cate Doughty – 3.70m/12-01.50
NH Aly Francolini
NH Rachel Homoly
Women’s Pole Vault – Open
T7. Katelyn Hulsey – 3.40m/11-01.75 – Ties PR
Women’s Triple Jump
5. Bayli Major – 12.17m/39-11.25 – PR, No. 15 Ole Miss History Indoors
6. Indya Dotson – 12.13m/39-09.75 – PR
7. Madison Martinez – 12.06m/39-06.75 – SB
Men’s Triple Jump
FOUL Solomon Finley
Women’s Shot Put
2. Akaoma Odeluga – 15.06m/49-5
6. Natalie Brown – 13.77m/45-02.25 – PR, No. 15 Ole Miss History Indoors
11. Temidayo Owoyemi – 12.23m/40-01.50
Men’s Shot Put
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – 20.37m/66-10
2. Ashton Hearn – 18.03m/59-2 – PR, No. 5 Ole Miss History Indoors
Men’s Heptathlon
William Numnum – 4,483 Points, 5th Place – Collegiate Debut, No. 4 Ole Miss History
60-Meter Dash: 3rd, 7.24 – 799 points – Collegiate Debut
Long Jump: 8th, 6.03m/19-09.50 – 593 points – Collegiate Debut
Shot Put: 7th, 10.31m/33-10 – 504 points
High Jump: 9th, 1.67m/5-05.75 – 520 points – Collegiate Debut
60-Meter Hurdles: 6th, 8.89 – 770 points
Pole Vault: 4th, 4.00m/13-01.50 – 617 points – Collegiate Debut
1000-Meter: 3rd, 2:58.38 – 680 points – Collegiate Debut
Caughran Fowler – DNF
60-Meter Dash: 1st, 7.01 – 879 points – Season Debut
Long Jump: 6th, 6.30m/20-8 – 652 points – Overall PR
Shot Put: 3rd, 11.81m/38-9 – 595 points – Overall PR
High Jump: 7th, 1.76m/5-09.25 – 593 points – Overall PR
60-Meter Hurdles: DNF
Pole Vault: DNS
1000-Meter: DNS
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REBELS IN DAY ONE COMPETITION
Women’s 200-Meter Dash
22. Myla Reed – 25.39 – Collegiate Debut
Men’s 600-Meter
1. Carson Turner – 1:16.72 – School Record
2. Cade Flatt – 1:17.21 – No. 2 Ole Miss History
3. Max Armstrong – 1:17.45 – T-No. 3 Ole Miss History
Men’s 1000-Meter
3. Chase Rose – 2:22.30
6. Gabe Scales – 2:23.17 – PR
7. Connor Henson – 2:24.13 – PR
Men’s Pole Vault
5. Logan Kelley – 5.10m/16-08.75 – SB
Women’s Long Jump – Invite
4. Lizzie Hatton – 6.17m/20-3 – Indoor PR, No. 9 Ole Miss History Indoors, 2026 NCAA No. 22, SEC No. 7
Women’s Long Jump – Open
3. Indya Dotson – 5.84m/19-2 – SB
Women’s Weight Throw – Invite
3. Akaoma Odeluga – 22.22m/72-10.75
4. Skylar Soli – 20.40m/66-11.25
5. Nyah Edwards – 20.03m/65-08.75
9. Natalie Brown – 17.64m/57-10.50
Women’s Weight Throw – Open
1. Naomi Woolfolk – 18.89m/61-11.75 – 3-foot PR, No. 13 Ole Miss History
4. Temidayo Owoyemi – 16.91m/55-05.75 – PR
Men’s Weight Throw
1. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan – 22.88m/75-00.75
2. Bryson Smith – 21.84m/71-8
3. Mason Hickel – 21.26m/69-9
Women’s Pentathlon
Carmela Coulter – 3,389 Points, 9th Place – Collegiate Debut, No. 14 Ole Miss History
60-Meter Hurdles: 11th, 9.24 – 860 points
High Jump: 2nd, 1.64m/5-04.50 – 783 points – Collegiate Debut
Shot Put: 17th, 8.54m/28-00.25 – 434 points – Collegiate Debut
Long Jump: 11th, 5.22m/17-01.50 – 620 points – Collegiate Debut
800-Meter: 6th, 2:30.10 – 692 points – Collegiate Debut
Nyajah Gordon – 3,006 Points, 13th Place – PR
60-Meter Hurdles: 7th, 8.95 – 920 points – PR
High Jump: 19th, 1.43m/4-08.25 – 544 points – Overall PR
Shot Put: 19th, 7.75m/25-05.25 – 383 points – Season Debut
Long Jump: 13th, 5.17m/16-11.50 – 606 points
800-Meter: 14th, 2:41.78 – 553 points – Indoor PR
Men’s Heptathlon (Through Four Events)
Caughran Fowler – 2,719 Points, 2nd Place
60-Meter Dash: 1st, 7.01 – 879 points – Season Debut
Long Jump: 6th, 6.30m/20-8 – 652 points – Overall PR
Shot Put: 3rd, 11.81m/38-9 – 595 points – Overall PR
High Jump: 7th, 1.76m/5-09.25 – 593 points – Overall PR
William Numnum – 2,416 Points, 8th Place – Collegiate Debut
60-Meter Dash: 3rd, 7.24 – 799 points – Collegiate Debut
Long Jump: 8th, 6.03m/19-09.50 – 593 points – Collegiate Debut
Shot Put: 7th, 10.31m/33-10 – 504 points
High Jump: 9th, 1.67m/5-05.75 – 520 points – Collegiate Debut