Ole Miss Athletes Set To Conquer Shot Double Event With Maximum Participation

The 2024 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships is taking place this weekend in Boston from 7 to 9 March. A select and venerated holy trifecta from the University of Missisipi’s Ole Miss T&F team are set to be doing the heavy lifting at the NCAA Indoors. The Ole Miss track & field has entered eight entries overall from five individuals on the largest stage of the indoor season. With more expectations and them emerging as the cynosure of all eyes, fans are waiting for more victories and records to be broken.

These world-class competitors are no doubt pushing the envelope and rewriting standards in track and field. Tarik Robinson holds expertise in the shot put and weight throw, Jalani Davis in shot put, hammer and discus throw and Jasmine Mitchell laying siege on the weight throw and shot put domain. With some big shoes to fill and reputations to uphold, how will this trio from Ole Miss fare going ahead at the NCAA Indoor Championships at The Track at New Balance?

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There will be four athletes who will be performing the Weight/Shot Double at NCAA Indoors this weekend in Boston. They are McKenzie Long in the women’s 200-meter dash, freshman Mensi Stiff in the women’s shot put, reigning NCAA Champion Jalani Davis, and fellow All-American Senior Jasmine Mitchell in the women’s weight throw and shot put. All-American sophomore Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan in the men’s weight throw and shot put will be leaving his indelible mark too. Last but not the least, Cam Jones from Iowa State will be girding up too. Beau Throws posted on their X handle captioning, “Only four athletes are performing the Weight/Shot Double at NCAA Indoors and three of them are from @OleMissTrack, @JalaniDavis_ (Ole Miss), Jasmine Mitchell (Ole Miss), Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan (Ole Miss), Cam Jones (Iowa State)”.

The first Rebel male to break 66 feet in the indoor shot put is Robinson-O’Hagan. Robinson-O’Hagan has been the first to reach 64, 65, and 66 feet indoors as well as 63, 64, and 65 feet outdoors in less than two years while wearing a Rebel uniform. He also has the added distinction in the weight throw for any distance further than 70 feet. The others from Ole Miss have their own flair in their respective events.

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In the shot put (20.38m/66-10.50) and weight throw (fourth, 23.59m/77-04.75), Robinson-O’Hagan is rated in the top five nationally. He is fresh off a historic double at the SEC Championships as well, so he’ll be transmuting his knowledge at the NCAA Indoors.

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It’s interesting to note that Jalani Davis, a mere wunderkind at 22 years old, is already an exemplary 1x NCAA Champion and stands at a whopping current world rank position of 23 in shot put. Jasmine Mitchell, on the other hand. The statuesque Mitchell has been christened the SEC Women’s Newcomer of the Week and is a two time All-American Indoor champ so we can expect her to bring her A game. We await with bated breath what these forces to be reckoned with bring to the table at the NCAA Indoors.

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