GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Alabama track and field's Tarsis Orogot (200m), Samuel Ogazi (400m | 4x400m), Khaleb McRae (400m | 4x400m), Chris Robinson (400m hurdles | 4x400m), Victor Kiprop (5000m), Doris Lemngole (5000m) and Corde Long (4x400m relay) took home medals in their respective events on the final day of the 2024 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The perforamnces would lead the UA men to a second-place team finish at the conference meet, only seven points shy of the title.

Orogot highlighted the night claiming gold in the men's 200-meter dash behind a personal-best 19.75. The junior recorded an NCAA-leading time and the third-fastest time in collegiate history. The performance also secured him the Ugandan national record, the East African record, a meet record and a UA school record.

Robinson also collected a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles after recording a 48.43.

Ogazi (second | 44.58) and McRae (third | 44.68) followed up, both medaling in the 400-meter dash. Ogazi recorded a personal best, along with the second-fastest time in the NCAA as the silver-medal performance became a school record, as well as the sixth-fastest U20 time globally. McRae's bronze-medal time was also a personal-best and the third-fastest time in the NCAA, as McRae now also holds the second-fastest time in school history.

The men's 4x400-meter relay squad of Robinson, Ogazi, Long and McRae grabbed the silver medal after clocking a 2:59.06, only three-tenths of a second shy of first place, to secure the second-fastest time in school history and in the NCAA.

Two days after his 10,000-meter gold, Kiprop returned to the track to secure yet another medal, this time in the 5,000-meter run, recording a 13:39.51.

On the women's side, Doris Lemngole followed up with a silver-medal-winning performance in the 5,000-meter recording a 15:25.86. Her 18 individual points across the conference championship meet (first – 3,000m steeplechase; second – 5,000m) awarded her a share of the women's Commissioner's Trophy for collecting the most points individually.

In total, Alabama would claim five gold medals, four silver medals and two bronze medals, en route to 15 total top-eight finishes while in Gainesville. Four different student-athletes would also adjust UA's all-time top-10 lists over the three-day meet.

The UA men finished the conference meet in second place with 104 points while the UA women finished ninth with 42 points.

HEAD COACH DAN WATERS

"Overall, I'm proud. I'm so proud of our team this weekend, standing there on the line at the end with a chance to win it on the men's side - that's remarkable. This was the best track and field meet I've ever seen, and everyone on our team was a part of it. In all my years of coaching and being around this sport, I've never witnessed a collegiate track and field meet better than what we had this weekend.

"It was a great performance by everyone that competed this weekend. All of our medalists did a phenomenal job in their preparation and race execution. As a team, we gave what it took to earn our results and we took what the meet gave us.

"We will use this next week to rest and recover before turning our sights toward the East Preliminaries. We will look to build off this weekend's momentum as we finish out the rest of our season."

CRIMSON TIDE TOP FINISHES

• Miracle Ailes finished ninth (1.74m | 5-08.50) in the women's high jump
• The men's squad of Jekovan Rhetta, Tarsis Orogot, Josh Thomas and Matthew Weaver finished sixth in the 4x100-meter relay with a 39.37 time, giving the Tide three points to the team total
• The women's squad of Na'Taja Ballard, Ariike Elijah, Milan Fields and Caelyn Harris followed up with a ninth-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay, clocking 45.26
• Khaleb McRae claimed bronze in the men's 400-meter race with a personal-best time of 44.68
  • That's the second-fastest time in school history
• Samuel Ogazi finished second in the men's 400-meter with a personal-best time of 44.58
  • That's the second-fastest time in the NCAA and the school record
• Tarsis Orogot finished fifth in the men's 100-meter dash with a personal-best 10.06
  • That's the fourth-fastest time in program history
• Orogot followed up with gold in the men's 200-meter dash via a personal-best time of 19.75, en route to both a meet record and a school record
  • That's the NCAA-leading time, third fastest time in collegiate history, the Ugandan national record, the East African record
• Louis Martinez grabbed fourth in the men's pole vault with a 5.35-meter (17-06.50) jump
• Chris Robinson (gold | 48.43), Corde Long (sixth | 50.17) and Clayton Elder (seventh | 51.04)
• Victor Kiprop grabbed bronze in the men's 5,000-meter run with a 13:39.51 performance
• Doris Lemgole returned a silver-medal-winning performance in the women's 5,000-meter with a 15:25.86 time
• The men's 4x400-meter relay squad of Chris Robinson, Samuel Ogazi, Corde Long and Khaleb McRae finished second with a time of 2:59.06, only three-tenths of a second shy of first
  • That's the second-fastest time in the NCAA as well as the second-fastest time in school history
• The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Ariike Elijah, Na'Taja Ballard, Milan Fields and Margaret Conteh finished eighth with a time of 3:32.580

UP NEXT

• Alabama will return to action May 22-25 for the 2024 NCAA Outdoor East Preliminaries in Lexington, Ky.

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