Ole Miss sophomore star Robinson-O'Hagan becomes first male athlete in conference history to win indoor shot put and weight throw, as well as outdoor hammer throw and shot put in same year; Jamaican standout Pinnock is fourth competitor to capture three consecutive men's long jump titles, with teammate Beckford securing indoor and outdoor high jump crowns and Texas A&M pole vaulter Abadie sweeping both championships this year

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

Photos by Matt Stamey of SEC

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan achieved his own version of the grand slam.

Wayne Pinnock accomplished a terrific career trifecta.

Heather Abadie and Romaine Beckford enjoyed significant sweeps. 

And for the first time in 23 years, a pair of teammates took the top two spots in the women’s long jump at the Southeastern Conference Championships.

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Robinson-O’Hagan, a sophomore at Ole Miss, became the only male athlete in conference history to win both indoor shot put and weight throw titles, along with outdoor shot put and weight throw crowns in the same year, completing the powerful puzzle Friday with an opening-round mark of 68 feet, 5 inches (20.85m) to prevail against South Carolina teammates CJ Licata and Dylan Targgart at James G. Pressly Stadium.

Robinson-O’Hagan, the first male athlete to sweep the indoor and outdoor shot put championships in the same year since Isaac Odugbesan of Alabama in 2021, helped Ole Miss coach John Price add to his career SEC title resume of mentoring a champion in both genders in the weight throw and shot put indoors, as well as the discus, hammer and shot put outdoors.

Robinson-O’Hagan also became only the second men’s competitor in conference history to achieve multiple 68-foot efforts in the same series, joining Georgia’s Brent Noon in 1995.

Licata finished runner-up with a sixth-round performance of 66-11.50 (20.41m) and Targgart took third following a second-round mark of 65-9 (20.04m).

Pinnock, an Arkansas junior representing Jamaica, decided to take only two attempts in the men’s long jump final, but after passing in the second and third rounds, he achieved a wind-legal 26-6.50 (8.09m) effort on the fourth rotation to become only the fourth male athlete in conference history to win three consecutive titles.

Pinnock, who triumphed for Tennessee in 2022 before winning for the Razorbacks last year, joined former Arkansas stars Alain Bailey (2008-10) and Erick Walder (1992-94), in addition to LSU’s Billy Brown (1939-41).

Georgia’s Micah Larry and Florida’s Caleb Foster both produced 25-7.25 (7.80m) performances, with Larry securing runner-up behind Pinnock based on a better second mark than Foster.

Beckford, another Jamaican athlete who competed last year at South Florida, won the men’s long jump with a third-attempt clearance at 7-3.25 (2.22m), the first victory in the event for the Razorbacks since Bailey emerged victorious in 2009.

Beckford, winner of a pair of NCAA indoor titles along with being the reigning Division 1 outdoor champion, became the first male athlete to sweep the conference indoor and outdoor high jump championships since LSU’s JuVaughn Harrison in 2021.

LSU’s Kuda Chadenga cleared 7-2.25 (2.19m) to place second and Arvesta Troupe from Ole Miss took third with a 7-0.25 (2.14m) effort on his first attempt.

Abadie, a junior at Texas A&M representing Canada, overcame two misses at her opening height of 13-2.50 (4.03m) to persevere throughout a challenging competition, becoming the first female pole vaulter for the Aggies to capture a conference outdoor crown with a second-attempt clearance at 14-1.25 (4.30m).

Abadie is the first Texas A&M vaulter, regardless of gender, since Audie Wyatt in 2017 to sweep both SEC indoor and outdoor championships in the same year.

Payton Phillips of Kentucky edged Marin Chamberlin from Arkansas for runner-up honors based on fewer attempts after both athletes cleared 13-11.25 (4.25m).

Claire Bryant and Anthaya Charlton of Florida fed off the energy of the home crowd in the final two rounds of the women’s long jump competition to surpass Jamaican athlete Nia Robinson from Arkansas.

Bryant produced a wind-legal effort of 22-0.75 (6.72m) in the fifth round and Charlton, a Bahamian competitor, rallied with a wind-legal performance of 21-7.50 (6.59m) on her sixth attempt to help the host Gators take the top two spots, with Robinson placing third at 21-2 (6.45m).

Bryant, who became the fourth Florida female standout to sweep conference indoor and outdoor long jump crowns in the same year, and Charlton are the first women’s teammates to secure gold and silver at the SEC championship meet since LSU’s Myra Combs and Chenelle Marshall in 2001.

Charlton finished second for Kentucky last season, with Bryant taking third for the Gators.

Doris Lemngole, a Kenyan competitor, became the first Alabama female athlete to win the 3,000-meter steeplechase title in 9:28.21, the fastest performance in meet and stadium history.

Lemngole ran 9:22.31 for the No. 2 all-time collegiate mark April 19 at the Wake Forest Invitational.

Florida’s Elise Thorner, representing England, placed second in 9:43.20 and Arkansas standout Laura Taborda, a performer from Portugal, took third for the second year in a row by clocking 9:52.99.

Victor Kibiego, a UTEP transfer also representing Kenya, helped Texas A&M win its second straight men’s 3,000 steeplechase championship, clocking 8:57.15 to follow Francesco Romano from last season.

Carson Burian of Alabama was runner-up in 8:59.72, holding off Kentucky’s Jackson Watts in 9:00.03.

Veronica Fraley, the reigning women’s discus throw champion, became the first Vanderbilt competitor to capture a conference shot put title with a sixth-round effort of 60-0.25 (18.29m) to rally past Jalani Davis of Ole Miss and her opening-round mark of 59-10.25 (18.24m).

Akaoma Odeluga, a freshman, added a third-place finish for Ole Miss with a second-round performance of 59-5 (18.11m).

Timara Chapman, a fifth-year senior at Texas A&M following her transfer from North Carolina State, triumphed in the women’s heptathlon with 6,124 points, giving her the top two collegiate performances this year, including 6,219 points on April 5-6 at the 44 Farms Team Invitational in College Station.

Chapman joined Tyra Gittens, winner in 2018 and 2021, as a conference heptathlon champion for the Aggies.

Charity Hufnagel, a Ball State transfer, produced a significant personal-best effort of 5,914 points to place second for Kentucky, with British athlete Ella Rush taking third for Georgia with 5,606 points.

Arkansas took the top two spots in the men’s decathlon, with British athlete Jack Turner capturing the championship with 7,935 points and Yariel Soto Torrado, representing Puerto Rico, placing runner-up at 7,803 points.

The Razorbacks became the first men’s program since Georgia in 2014 to earn gold and silver in the conference decathlon final. Arkansas also achieved the feat in 2012, with Kevin Lazas leading a sweep of the top three spots for the Razorbacks.

Arkansas also achieved a pair of memorable efforts in the women’s 400-meter prelims, with Jamaican competitor Nickisha Pryce running 49.72 and Kaylyn Brown clocking 49.86 in separate races, ascending to the Nos. 5 and 7 all-time outdoor collegiate competitors.

It marked only the second time in collegiate history that a pair of female athletes both produced sub-50 performances in the same meet.

Arkansas also became the first women’s collegiate program with three competitors eclipsing the 50-second barrier, with Britton Wilson running an NCAA record 49.13 last year at the conference final.

Brown also elevated to the second-fastest 19-year-old performer in American history, trailing only the 49.57 effort achieved in 2021 by former Texas A&M standout Athing Mu.