2019 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD MEET NOTES Ole Miss Athletics Communications | Track & Field Contact: Tyler Wooten | [email protected] 908 All-American Drive | University, MS 38677 | 662-816-9934 OUTDOOR SCHEDULE NOTES • OLE MISS CLASSIC • MARCH 30, 2019 March 22-23 Trailblazer Challenge M: 4th | W: 5th TEAM NOTES • Ole Miss men’s and women’s track & field returns home to host its first home meet of 2019 with the Ole Miss Classic on Saturday. 30 Ole Miss Classic Oxford, Miss. Admission is free, and the first 200 fans will receive a free Ole Miss Classic t-shirt. Ole Miss will also hold a recognition for Ole April Miss Special Olympics College and a Special Olympics 100-meter dash prior to the beginning of the running events at 1 p.m. CT. 5-6 Spec Towns Invite Athens, Ga. Competition will not be scored. 12-13 Joe Walker Invite Oxford, Miss. • A total of 12 schools will be in competition alongside the Rebels: Arkansas-Little Rock, Arkansas State, Auburn, Illinois, Illinois 19-20 War Eagle Invite Auburn, Ala. State, Indiana State, Louisville (No. 30 women), Rhodes, Saint Louis, Temple, UT-Martin and West Alabama. Bryan Clay Invite Azusa, Calif. • Ole Miss will also send three out to NC State for the Raleigh Relays to run 10K times on Friday night. Competing for the Rebels 27 LSU Relays Baton Rouge, La. are Clio Ozanne-Jaques, Mark Robertson and Victoria Simmons. Fans can watch live on ESPN3 as part of ACC Network Extra. May • The 2017 season was the first for the renovated Ole Miss Track & Field Complex, which received $7.2 million in upgrades and 9-11 SEC Championships Fayetteville, Ark. can seat 1,500 spectators in its new design. 23-25 NCAA East Regional Jacksonville, Fla. • Ole Miss is coming off a successful start to the outdoor season last week at the second edition of the Trailblazer Challenge June at Miami on March 22-23. The Rebels finished fourth and fifth in the men’s and women’s team standings, respectively, but also 5-8 NCAA Championships Austin, Texas recorded 14 performances that rank within the NCAA top-50 and 12 additional marks or times that currently sit within the NCAA East Region top-48. USTFCCCA TEAM RANKINGS WOMEN’S NOTES • The Rebel women currently hold eight marks or times within the NCAA top-50 and eight additional performances sit within the Week Men Women NCAA East Region top-48 after one week of competition. Preseason (03/18) 63 72 • Senior Lindsey Murray opened her final collegiate season with a win at the Trailblazer Challenge, clearing 4.15m (13-07.25) for Week 1 (04/01) -- -- the win while also taking a few solid attempts at 4.36m (14-03.50). Last season, Murray broke her own Ole Miss outdoor school Week 2 (04/08) -- -- record with a clearance of 4.35m (14-03.25) to earn her first career SEC medal. Week 3 (04/15) -- -- • Freshman Tedreauna Britt impressed in her outdoor Rebel debut, taking third in the women’s discus at a massive open of Week 4 (04/22) -- -- 53.45m (175-04) -- the fourth-best throw in school history, No. 17 in the NCAA and seventh in the East Region. Week 5 (04/29) -- -- • Sophomore Shey Taiwo, a Second-Team All-American indoors in the weight throw, opened with a nine-foot PR of 61.25m (200- Week 6 (05/06) -- -- 11) to place third in the hammer at the Trailblazer Challenge, improving on her place in third all-time at Ole Miss. Taiwo already ranks 22nd nationally and 12th in the East in the hammer, and she also ranks in the East Region top-48 in the shot put (35th, Week 7 (05/13) -- -- 14.69m/48-02.50) and discus (48th, 47.03m/154-03). Week 8 (05/20) -- -- • Freshman Brandee Presley opened her first outdoor season at Ole Miss with two impressive performances in the 100 and Week 9 (05/28) -- -- 200-meter dashes. Presley holds the 43rd-best time in both the 100 (11.67) and 200 (23.88), both of which rank within the FINAL (06/08) -- -- all-time top-15 at Ole Miss. • Other Rebels currently in the NCAA top-50 include Maddie King (23rd, 1500-meter, 4:27.57), Orianna Shaw (42nd, 400-meter, REBEL TO WATCH 55.03) and Jayda Eckford (46th, 200-meter, 23.90). • Shelby Brown is the reigning SEC champion in the steeplechase. She owns the Ole Miss school record at 9:58.98. • Freshman Lisa Vogelgesang, an NCAA East Region qualifier and IAAF World U20 finalist last summer, was the SEC runner-up in ALLEN GORDON the steeplechase at the second-best time in school history at 10:06.00. Sophomore • Junior Kieshonna Brooks will look to improve her career-best in the heptathlon this outdoor season. Her PR of 5,338 ranks 33rd Omaha, Neb. in the NCAA preseason rankings and stands as the national record of her native Saint Kitts & Nevis. Jumps • The Rebel women are coming off a fifth-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2018, the highest finish ever outdoors in Ole Miss women’s history. • Ole Miss returns three Second-Team All-Americans from 2018 (Shelby Brown, 3000-meter steeplechase; Lindsey Murray, pole Sophomore Allen Gordon had a superb open to his vault; Jeanette Paul, 4x100-meter relay), as well as seven NCAA East Region qualifiers. outdoor season despite competing with a broken wrist, winning the long jump and finishing top-three in MEN’S NOTES • The Rebel men currently hold six marks or times within the NCAA top-50 and four additional performances that sit within the both the high jump and triple jump at the Trailblazer NCAA East Region top-48. Challenge. He ranks within the NCAA top-50 in all three, • Sophomore Allen Gordon had a remarkable opening weekend in all three of his jumping events despite competing with a broken including third in the long jump (7.75m/25-05.25). wrist. Gordon won the long jump at an outdoor wind-legal PR of 7.75m (25-05.25), while also finishing in the top-three in the high OLE MISS ON SOCIAL REBELS IN THE NCAA TOP-50 (SEE PAGE 3 FOR MORE) Twitter: @OleMissTrack #63 REBEL MEN #72 REBEL WOMEN EVENT ATHLETE TIME/MARK NCAA EAST EVENT ATHLETE TIME/MARK NCAA EAST Facebook: /OleMissTrack LJ Allen Gordon 7.75m/25-5.25 3 3 PV Lindsey Murray 4.15m/13-7.25 9 5 HJ Allen Gordon 2.12m/6-11.5 7 4 Discus Tedreauna Britt 53.45m/175-4 17 7 Instagram: @OleMissTrack 200m Elijah Dryer 21.07 24 16 Hammer Shey Taiwo 61.25m/200-11 22 12 100m Elijah Dryer 10.49 36 20 1500m Maddie King 4:27.57 23 13 PV Cole Colozzo 4.95m/16-2.75 39 16 400m Orianna Shaw 55.03 42 23 Snapchat: @OleMissTrack TJ Allen Gordon 14.78m/48-6 46 25 100m Brandee Presley 11.67 43 22 200m Brandee Presley 23.88 43 23 #HottyToddy 200m Jayda Eckford 23.90 46 25 #WAOM OLE MISS TRACK & FIELD OLE MISS CLASSIC • March 30, 2019 2019 OUTDOOR NOTES COACHING STAFF NOTES • OLE MISS CLASSIC • MARCH 30, 2019 HEAD COACH CONNIE PRICE-SMITH REBEL MEN COMPETING: Season: Fourth 100-Meter: Elijah Dryer, Manny Foster, Jaqaun Webb Alma Mater: Southern Illinois, 1984 800-Meter: Cade Bethmann, Baylor Franklin, Nick Moulai, Griffin Riley, John Rivera Jr., Everett Smulders, ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ANDRE SCOTT Shamar Tucker Event: Jumps, Women’s Multis 1500-Meter: Dalton Hengst, Tyler Moore, Nick Moulai, Shamar Tucker Season: Fourth 110-Meter Hurdles: Kenney Broadnax Alma Mater: Auburn, 1998 400-Meter Hurdles: Christian Yancey 4x100-Meter Relay: Andrew Raspo, Jaqaun Webb, Kenney Broadnax, Elijah Dryer ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH RYAN VANHOY Event: Distance 4x400-Meter Relay: Cade Bethmann, John Rivera Jr., Griffin Riley, Baylor Franklin Season: Sixth Pole Vault: Cole Colozzo, Austin Garrett, Peyton Weissmann Alma Mater: North Carolina, 2009 Triple Jump: Demond Fleming, Fraquan Gaines Hammer Throw: Joseph Benedetto, Chris Long ASSISTANT COACH ANTHONY ACKLIN Event: Sprints, Hurdles Season: Fourth REBEL WOMEN COMPETING: Alma Mater: Southern Illinois, 2006 100-Meter: Kieshonna Brooks, Brandee Presley, Kelly Rowe, Kaira Simmons 200-Meter: Kaira Simmons, Orianna Shaw, Ghania Warren ASSISTANT COACH BRIAN PORTER 400-Meter: Jayda Eckford Event: Pole Vault, Javelin, Men’s Multis Season: Fourth 1500-Meter: Shelby Brown, Chelsea Drum, Maddie King, Morgan Claire Rose, Ylvi Traxler Alma Mater: Texas Tech, 2010 3K: Shelby Brown, Anna Elkin, Brooke Gilmore, Courtney Hopkins, Maddie King, Emma McClellan, Ylvi Traxler 100-Meter Hurdles: Kieshonna Brooks, Jeanette Paul ASSISTANT COACH JOHN SMITH 3000-Meter Steeplechase: Maddie King Event: Throws 4x100-Meter Relay: Brandee Presley, Jayda Eckford, Jeanette Paul, Kelly Rowe Season: Fourth Alma Mater: Southern Illinois, 1984 High Jump: Hannah LoChiatto, Ghania Warren Pole Vault: Nicole Kallenberger, Lindsey Murray COORDINATOR OF OPERATIONS SASHA LEETH Long Jump: Ralesheia Gee, Kaira Simmons, Ghania Warren Season: Fourth Shot Put: Tedreauna Britt, Leah Klein, Shey Taiwo Alma Mater: Southern Illinois, 2010 Discus: Tedreauna Britt, Leah Klein, Shey Taiwo Hammer Throw: Tedreauna Britt, Kendall Chavarria, Leah Klein, Annika Larsson, Shey Taiwo VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACHES Brandon Harvey Javelin: Alex Enright, Lauren Hoselton Jessica Ramsey Jeneva Stevens STUDENT ASSISTANT COACHES Jolie Carbo Janeah Stewart 2019 OUTDOOR SEASON BEST LIST ATHLETIC TRAINERS Adriana Logan MEN WOMEN Walt McKean EVENT ATHLETE TIME/MARK EVENT ATHLETE TIME/MARK 100 Elijah Dryer 10.49 100 Brandee Presley 11.67 MANAGERS 200 Elijah Dryer 21.07 200 Brandee Presley 23.88 Aaron Burnside 400 Manny Foster 51.03 400 Orianna Shaw 55.03 Levi Dorsett 800 Everett Smulders 1:53.03 800 Maddie King 2:13.39 Dempsey McGuigan 1500 Everett Smulders 3:58.14 1500 Maddie King 4:27.57 Arielle Rogers 5000 -- -- 5000 -- -- Trace Walters 10,000 -- -- 10,000 -- -- 110H Kenney Broadnax 14.54 100H Jeanette Paul 14.08 400H Christian Yancey 55.94 400H -- -- 3000S -- -- 3000S -- --