Mississippi State sent 17 athletes to the NCAA outdoor track and field championships last week in Eugene, Oregon, the program’s biggest group in a decade, and seven of them returned as All-Americans.
Sophomore Peyton Bair finished second in the decathlon with a school-record 8,131 points, earning a First-Team All-American honor for that event as well as a second team honor as the anchor in the 4×100-meter relay. Bair, Shamar Rose, Jordan Ware and Sema’J Daniels placed 14th in the semifinals to earn the All-American nods.
Junior Remi Routeget was MSU’s other First-Team All-American thanks to his sixth-place finish in the javelin. Freshman Roury McCloyen finished 11th in the men’s shot put and senior Jhordyn Stallworth did the same in the women’s shot put, with both becoming Second-Team All-Americans.
McCloyen was the highest-placing freshman in the event with a mark of 19.12 meters, while Stallworth became the first Bulldog on the women’s side to become an All-American in the shot put.
Along with freshmen Kyndall Sessom and Kennedy Stringfellow, McCloyen is currently competing at the USATF U-20 Championships in Eugene for a chance to qualify for the IAAF World U20 Championships in August. McCloyen is competing in the discus and shot put, with Stringfellow in the men’s long jump and 200 meters and Sessom in the women’s 100-meter dash.
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