Mississippi State Track and Field landed three athletes on All-SEC teams, the conference announced Monday.
Marie Rougetet and Sacha Rifflart earned First Team All-SEC honors, while Nelly Jemeli was named to the third team, all for their performances at last weekend’s SEC Outdoor Championships.
Rougetet secured her first SEC title and second SEC medal with a conference-winning hammer throw of 69.25 meters Thursday. The victory made her the first hammer champion in MSU history and the program’s first SEC outdoor champion since 2018. Rougetet, who shattered the program record earlier this season, has maintained a top-four national ranking all season.
In his conference debut, Rifflart delivered Mississippi State’s first decathlon gold medal in program history, scoring 7,507 points—the fourth highest in MSU history. The senior was dominant, winning six of the ten decathlon events over two days and finishing with a 500-point margin over the silver medalist.
Jemeli earned a bronze medal in the 3000m steeplechase, setting a new program record with a time of 9:47.10. This marks a two-place improvement from her fifth-place finish at last year’s championships. A consistent performer for the Bulldogs, Jemeli holds three program distance records and has ranked in the top 10 nationally and top five in the SEC in the steeplechase this season.
Philip Poe is sports editor.
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