CROSS COUNTRY: Ran a season-best 8K time of 25:16.72 at the Greater Louisville Classic ... finished first among Rebels and seventh overall at the Memphis Twilight Classic with a 4-mile time of 20:25 ... placed 18th at the Crimson Classic with an 8K time of 25:33.69 ... helped the Rebels win the Delaware Invitational finishing fifth overall with an 8K time of 26:08.90.
OUTDOOR: Clocked a season-best 8:45.13 to finish in second place in the 3,000 meters at the Memphis Tiger Invitational ... season-best 33:16.15 in the 10,000 meters at the SEC Championships ... finished sixth with a season-best 9:55.00 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Mississippi Open ... season-best 15:48.99 in the 5,000 meters at the Ole Miss Invitational.
INDOOR: Won the mile run with a season-best 4:24.66 at the Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic ... finished fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Texas A&M Challenge with a season-best 15:15.40 ... also ran a season-best 8:46.88 in the 3,000 meters at the Texas A&M Challenge.
2010:
CROSS COUNTRY: Earned SEC All-Freshman honors after placing 25th at the SEC Championships ... helped Ole Miss to a fifth-place result at the SEC Championships, the school's best finish since 1996 ... competed and finished third among Rebels at every meet of the season ... season-best 8K time of 25:03.66 at the SEC Championships ... placed 36th with a 31:35.45 in the 10K at the NCAA South Regional ... placed 14th at the Crimson Classic with an 8K time of 25:21.10 ... placed ninth at the Arkansas Tech Twilight Run with a 4-mile time of 20:37.69 ... helped Ole Miss finish second at the Crimson Classic and the Arkansas Tech Twilight Run.
BEFORE OLE MISS: Attended Simotwo High School in Ainabkoi, Kenya ... recipient of the District Athletic Certificate and Provincial Athletic Certificate in the 5K ... ran the 10K at the Tambach Training Teachers College meet.
PERSONAL: Born October 10, 1988 ... son of Samuel Kiptoo ... enjoys cooking ... plans to pursue a career in medicine.
WHAT HAPPENED VS. ALABAMA: For the third time in the SEC Tournament, Ole Miss scored first with three runs in the second, then battled back to tie the 5-5 in the seventh, but fell to Alabama 7-5 in 10 innings.... read more
Summer is approaching which means the magazine stands are starting to fill up with preseason football publications. I swung by the convenient store Wednesday, and it looks like Sporting News and Athlon won the war of getting their season previews... read more
Track & Field News published today a comprehensive listing of the best marks in the world and U.S. this year, combining indoors and outdoors (full lists here). Several current and former Ole Miss athletes found themselves on the lists, as... read more
Behind Bobby Wahl and Mike Mayers, sophomore right-hander Sam Smith has quietly put together a stellar season in his own right. The regular third starter in the weekend rotation, the Lake Charles, La., native is 3-0 with a 3.11 ERA... read more
No. 6 Ole Miss (37-20, 15-15 SEC) vs. No. 3 Arkansas (35-19, 18-11 SEC)May 22 | 9:30 a.m. | Hoover, Ala. | Comcast Sports Southeast/ESPN3UM So. RHP Sam Smith (3-0, 3.28 ERA) vs. UA Jr. RHP Barrett Astin (4-4, 2.02... read more
WHAT HAPPENED VS. KENTUCKY: On four days' rest, junior right-hander Mike Mayers pitched a gem, giving up one run (unearned) on six hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work, as No. 6 seed Ole Miss... read more
Ole Miss (36-20, 15-15 SEC) vs. UK SR LHP Jerad Grundy (6-5, 4.75 ERA)1. LF Tanner Mathis (0-for-7, 3 BB)2, SS Austin Anderson (2-for-6)3. C Stuart Turner (2-for-3, HR, 2 BB)4. 3B Andrew Mistone (5-for-9, 3 2B, 3B)5. CF Auston... read more
No. 6 Ole Miss (36-20, 15-15 SEC) vs. No. 11 Kentucky (30-24, 11-19 SEC) May 21 | 9:30 a.m. | Hoover, Ala. | Fox Sports Net/ESPN3 UM Jr. RHP Mike Mayers (4-5, 3.21 ERA) vs. UK Sr. LHP Jerad Grundy... read more
My name is Austin Miller, and I am the new writer and blogger for OleMissSports.com. I graduated with a bachelor's in journalism from Ole Miss less than two weeks ago, and I will be attending graduate school there in the... read more
It was exciting news this week as Rebel favorite Tom Luke returned to the Ole Miss football program as Assistant A.D. for Player Development. A second-generation Rebel and the brother of fellow Ole Miss standout and staffer Matt Luke, Tom... read more
A little more than a year into his first term as Ole Miss Athletics Director, Ross Bjork made his first trip to Starkville this week but did so for a good cause. Bjork and Bulldog AD Scott Stricklin joined forces... read more
Despite losing the All-American twin duo of Marcel and Chris Thiemann and playing in the toughest conference in America, Ole Miss finished the 2013 regular season with a ranking of No. 7 in the nation.The regular season was highlighted by... read more
The Rebels' uniform modifications for the 2013 football season were released during the BancorpSouth Grove Bowl. Facebook Photo Gallery Follow me on twitter @CampbellKyle.... read more
Injuries have riddled the Ole Miss football team this spring, and after evaluating the situation this week, the coaching staff determined a full scale scrimmage would not be an option for this year's BancorpSouth Grove Bowl. As a result, the... read more
