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Granger, Young Lead Big Day For Rebels At Home Meet
OXFORD, Miss. – Led by a
pair of dominant outings from junior All-Americans Mike Granger and
Isiah Young, the Ole Miss track and field team gave head coach Joe
Walker a home farewell performance he’ll cherish for a long time.
The
Rebels captured 12 victories, broke one facility record and had several
athletes improve their marks in the school’s top five record books to
highlight the 2012 Mississippi Open.
“We
had another phenomenal home meet,” Walker said. “Our athletes rose
above and beyond our expectations once again. It couldn’t have hardly
been any better. We had great marks and great wins.”
After
leading the Rebel track and field program for the past 30 years, Walker
announced earlier in the year that this would be his final season
coaching the team. Many former Rebel coaches and athletes were in
attendance for pay homage to their mentor.
“It was
a phenomenally great weekend for me personally with all the old alumni,
acquaintances and talking about old times,” Walker added. “They sent me
off in first-class fashion. I’m a blessed man.”
Among
the 14 NCAA Division I men’s teams that competed Saturday were No. 24
Wisconsin, regional foes Arkansas State, Memphis and Southern Miss, as
well as fellow SEC member Vanderbilt.
Among the
13 NCAA Division I women’s teams that competed were regional foes
Arkansas State, Memphis and Southern Miss, as well as fellow SEC member
Vanderbilt.
The Rebel men entered the Mississippi
Open ranked No. 12 in this week’s USTFCCCA poll, which is their highest
national ranking since they finished No. 11 at the end of the 2011
indoor season.
Granger broke the Ole Miss Track
and Field Complex record in the 100 meters with a season-best sprint of
10.17. The previous facility record time was a 10.18 set by
Michael Rogers on April 11, 2009. Granger already ranked eighth
in the NCAA coming into the weekend. Young finished right behind him
with a 10.19.
Young broke the 200-meter school
record for the third week in a row finishing second in the event with a
time of 20.33, which should keep him in the top five nationally after
Saturday. He entered the meet ranked second in the NCAA in the
event, as well as sixth in the 100.
Junior
All-American Ricky Robertson captured the long jump and triple jump
titles with personal bests in both events on Saturday. The reigning SEC
Men’s Field Athlete of the Week jumped 25-0.75 in the long jump and
53-2.25 in the triple. He is the current national leader in the high
jump and entered the meet ranked fifth in the triple before improving
his mark in that event. The Hernando, Miss., native now should rank in
the top 15 in the long jump, as well.
Senior
All-American Caleb Lee finished second in the long jump with a 24-08.25
in his first meet of the outdoor season. He will immediately jump into
the top 30 or 40 in the national rankings.
The
Rebel men’s 4x400 meter relay team composed of Montez Griffin, Carson
Blanks, Brian Word and Dante Oliver won Saturday running a season-best
relay time of 3:08.01.
Freshman Sam Kendricks
captured his fifth pole vault title in the last six meets on Saturday
clearing a height of 17-7.25. He entered the meet ranked eighth in the
nation after jumping a personal-best 17-8.5 at last weekend’s Florida
Relays, which makes him second in the school record books.
Also winning in the 400-meter hurdles was Blanks, a senior All-American, with a 51.28.
The
Rebel men’s 4x100 meter relay team of Granger, Young, Creighton
Serrette and Griffin ran a 39.67, which would have placed them
second-best in school history but were disqualified due to a faulty
handoff.
For the women,
senior Kristin Bridges won the 400 meters with a personal-best time of
53.19 and also anchored both the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams to
victory. She continues to rank fourth-best in school history and 13th
in the NCAA this year in the 400. Lauren Hollingsworth finished
second in the event with a time of 53.67.
In
the women’s long jump, former Rebel Brittney Reese captured the event
with a world-leading jump this year of 23-1.25 that also broke the Ole
Miss facility record. She is beginning preparation for a march to the
2012 London Olympics. Reese, who trains in Oxford, is the four-time
defending women’s world long jump champion and the favorite to take
gold in London this summer. Last month, she broke Jackie
Joyner-Kersee’s American record in the indoor long jump.
Deonna Walton placed third in the long jump with a personal-best 19-11.5.
Aria
Gaines and Marci Morman were very successful for the Rebels in the
triple jump Saturday. Gaines jumped a career-best 42-2.75 to finish
second in the event, which now ranks her second-best in school history,
while Morman jumped a 42-2 to place third, which now ranks her
third-best. They will both be among the national leaders after
this weekend.
Junior Sofia Hellberg-Jonsen clocked
a personal-best time of 58.99 in the 400-meter hurdles, which moves her
into fourth place in the school record books in the event. She
entered the meet ranked 35th in the nation in the event and her time
Saturday should jump her several spots by weekend’s end.
Junior
Jasmine Williams won the 200 meters with a career-best time of 23.67
and finished third in the 100 tying a career-best time of 11.61.
Junior
Neal Tisher won the pole vault title with a height of 13-1.5 and placed
fourth in the javelin throw with a personal-best throw of 140-6. She
already holds the school pole vault record and continues to rank
fourth-best in school history in the javelin.
The
Rebel women’s 4x100 meter relay team of Shari Russell, Hollingsworth,
Williams and Bridges won the event by clocking a season-best time of
45.19.
Other Rebel wins included Kayleigh Skinner in the 5,000 meters (17:06.16) and the 4x100 meter relay team (3:37.94).
The women’s heptathlon competition had four events Saturday, with the final three scheduled to take place on Sunday morning.
AGATE
MEN
100 Meters
1. Mike Granger – 10.17 (TR)
2. Isiah Young – 10.19
200 Meters
2. Isiah Young – 20.33 (SR)
5. Mike Granger – 20.90
400 Meters
4. Montez Griffin – 47.26
5. Dante Oliver – 47.43
6. Brian Word – 47.7 (h)
11. Creighton Serrette – 48.4 (h)
800 Meters
13. Kipchirchir Kiptoo – 1:57.77
39. Alex Nichols – 2:06.12
1,500 Meters
3. Riley Young – 3:51.59
6. Kipchirchir Kiptoo – 4:00.46
29. Loren Newsom – 4:15.05
110-Meter Hurdles
3. Robert Semien – 14.66
400-Meter Hurdles
1. Carson Blanks – 51.28
13. Robert Semien – 55.68
17. Jonathan Redding – 57.39
4x100 Meter Relay
Granger, I. Young, Serrette, Griffin – DQ
4x400 Meter Relay
1. Ole Miss ‘A’ – 3:08.01
14. Ole Miss ‘B’ – 3:24.59
Long Jump
1. Ricky Robertson – 25-00.75
2. Caleb Lee – 24-08.25
12. Mike Granger – 22-11.75
25. Alec Arena – 21-02.75
Pole Vault
1. Sam Kendricks – 17-07.25
8. Jason Anderson – 15-00.00
11. Michael Greer – 14-00.00
11. Stephen Greer – 14-00.00
Garrett Ferguson – NH
Triple Jump
1. Ricky Robertson – 53-02.25
Javelin Throw
4. Benjamin Lapane – 196-00
WOMEN
100 Meters
3. Jasmine Williams – 11.61
24. Amber Wilson – 12.69
28. LorRena DeJurnett – 13.07
200 Meters
1. Jasmine Williams – 23.67
36. Amber Wilson – 26.16
400 Meters
1. Kristin Bridges – 53.19
2. Lauren Hollingsworth – 53.67
6. Monica Williams – 55.37
12. Destiny Lundy – 56.71
800 Meters
10. Tia Leake – 2:17.07
13. Ryan Flore – 2:17.67
19. Amy McCrory – 2:20.17
24. Haley Cutright – 2:22.42
25. Giana Leone – 2:22.95
30. Margaret Harkness – 2:25.61
35. Katie Breathitt – 2:31.24
38. Emily Haberstroh – 2:34.70
1,500 Meters
3. Logan Waites – 4:37.24
4. Haley Cutright – 4:37.69
7. Katie Breathitt – 4:43.18
8. Tia Leake – 4:43.41
11. Amy McCrory – 4:44.90
13. Anne Threlkeld – 4:45.38
14. Giana Leone – 4:45.59
5,000 Meters
1. Kayleigh Skinner – 17:06.16
2. Kelsey Breathitt – 17:44.67
100-Meter Hurdles
2. Taryn Hartfield – 13.77
7. Marci Morman – 14.22
400-Meter Hurdles
2. Sofia Hellberg-Jonsen – 58.99
7. Taryn Hartfield – 1:02.62
15. Kim White – 1:11.72
3,000 Meter Steeplechase
7. McKenna Coughlin – 11:52.91
4x100 Meter Relay
1. Russell, Hollingsworth, Williams, Bridges - 45.19
4x400 Meter Relay
1. Ole Miss ‘A’ – 3:37.94
15. Ole Miss ‘B’ – 4:10.55
16. Ole Miss ‘C’ – 4:18.95
High Jump
4. Pamela Lee – 5-05.00
9. Taylor Irby – 5-03.00
Long Jump
3. Deonna Walton – 19-11.50
4. Rachel Jenkins – 19-06.75
5. Marci Morman – 19-06.25
15. Shari Russell – 17-11.50
16. Shannon Spence – 17-09.50
Triple Jump
2. Aria Gaines – 42-02.75
3. Marci Morman – 42-02.00
12. Shannon Spence – 36-01.50
Pole Vault
1. Neal Tisher – 13-01.50
6. Ashleigh Culpepper – 11-05.75
Kelly McCormick – NH
Hammer Throw
4. Jazmin Miller – 162-04
Javelin Throw
4. Neal Tisher – 140-06
7. Mary Ashton Nall – 129-11
12. Caroline Williams – 110-00
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