She stepped onto the long jump runway at Olympic Stadium in Rio with the goal of advancing to Wednesday’s final, and Brittney Reese accomplished that goal with ease.
Aug 17th 2016, 2:17am
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It was a special Monday night in Brazil for Ole Miss alum Sam Kendricks, who captured a bronze medal in the men's pole vault at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Aug 16th 2016, 3:36am
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Sam Kendricks is a down-to-earth young Mississippian, a recent graduate of Ole Miss who still lives in his hometown of Oxford. He’s also one of the world’s best pole vaulters, which he proved again during the Olympic qualifying round on Sat...
Aug 14th 2016, 2:28am
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Raven Saunders trained and competed all year to get to the Olympics, and her first appearance on the world's biggest stage did not disappoint. The Ole Miss rising junior used a personal-best heave of 19.35 meters (63-6) on her last throw of Friday nigh...
Aug 13th 2016, 2:23am
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A school-record nine Ole Miss representatives are in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for tonight’s opening ceremonies (NBC, 6:30 p.m. CT) of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Aug 5th 2016, 4:04pm
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Ole Miss had an historic showing at the U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials in July, including five representatives who qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. Here is a photo gallery of the Rebels in action.
Aug 2nd 2016, 6:24pm
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Eight members of the 2016 Ole Miss track & field team have received All-Academic recognition from the USTFCCCA. Men’s All-Academic honorees included Kevin Conway, Craig Engels, Derek Gutierrez, Ryan Manahan and Ryan Walling. Women’s recipie...
Ole Miss track & field head coach Connie Price-Smith, volunteer assistant coach Gwen Berry and sophomore Raven Saunders met with reporters in Oxford on Wednesday before they leave to represent Ole Miss and Team USA at the Summer Olympics in Rio next mo...
Two current Rebels and one future member of the Ole Miss track & field team won medals for Team USA at the 2016 NACAC U-23 Championships over the weekend.
Two days after Ole Miss announced it will have a school-record six representatives competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, another Rebel has qualified for the trip of a lifetime. Khadijah Suleman, who completed her eligibility and earned a bachelor’s...