The NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships are in full swing, and the No. 18 Ole Miss Rebels are off to a good start in the competition.
The Rebels had five men competing yesterday, with sophomore Craig Engels and junior Robert Domanic running in the 1500-meter semifinals, Sophomore MJ Erb running in the 3000-meter semifinals and senior Holland Sherrer running in the 800 meters semifinals. Sophomore Dempsey McGuigan also competed in the hammer throw.
McGuigan finished eighth in the hammer throw, giving him first team All-America honors and giving the first team point to Ole Miss. He became the first member of the Ole Miss men’s team score NCAA points in the hammer throw ever.
Meanwhile, in the running events, Erb finished sixth in the semifinals and will advance to the finals on Friday after running his personal best time of 8:34.13.
The most impressive event for Ole Miss was the 3000-meter semifinals, as Engels placed third with a time of 3:49.40 and Domanic finished fourth with a time of 3:49.48. Both Engels and Domanic will compete in the finals on Friday.
Senior Hollan Sherrer came in 10th in the 800 meters race with a time of 1:47.34. While Sherrer will not advance to the finals, he did earn second team All-America honors with his performance.
If you want to watch the rest of the Rebels performances, you can catch Nicole Henderson, Shannon Ray, Breanna Tate and Khadijah Suleman in the women’s 4×100 semifinals at 6:30 pm on ESPNU, Lindsey Murray in the women’s pole vault at 7:00 pm on ESPN and Raven Saunders in Women’s shot put at 8:30 on ESPN, all on Thursday.
On Friday, you can catch Branden Greene in the men’s high jump at 7:00 on WatchESPN, Robert Domanic and Craig Engels in the men’s 1500 meter final at 7:42 on ESPN, MJ Erb in the 3000 meter final at 7:54 on ESPN, and Ryan Walling in the 5000 meter final at 9:25 on ESPN.
If the team of Henderson, Ray, Tate and Suleman advance to the women’s 4×100 meter relay final, you can watch them on ESPN at 5:30.
You can also stream these events on WatchESPN.
