The Daily Mississippian - June 14, 2011

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TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011 | VOL. 100, NO. 142 | THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER

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South plagued with sweltering summer temperatures

BY MATTHEW NEEB The Daily Mississippian

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Waiting for the O.U.T. bus on Friday, Lavada Johnston sits in the sun during one of the hottest weeks of the summer. This summer’s temperatures are record-breaking highs in Mississippi and across the South.

While most of the country is panicking over sudden scorching temperatures, these above average temperatures are a yearly occurrance for the residents of Mississippi. In major northern metropolitan areas such as Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Baltimore, many public schools were forced to close its doors because of the heat.

The average all-time high temperature for the month of June in Oxford is 88 degrees, but every day so far, the temperature has been above 88, with the lowest highs being 89 on June 8 and 9. The highest so far this month was 95 on June 5, which tied the all-time high for that day.

The average high so far during this first full month of summer break was 93 degrees, which is four degrees higher than the previous year’s average of 89.

Even though the heat might be a routine occurrence here, especially in June, students are still feeling the effects.

Logan Damon, a junior political science major, said that not only does this June feel hotter than last year, but also that he is making a

conscious effort to stay inside as much as possible.

“It just hasn’t been as much fun laying out by the pool as last summer,” Damon said. “If I go out to the bars, I try and find one that’s not outside because it’s just so hot. It’s just not enjoyable.”

While Damon is doing the best he can to stay out of the sweltering heat, he acknowledges that high temperatures are nothing new to this part of the country.

“There’s not really much you can do,” he said. “This is the South.”

Hunter Morris, a senior biology major who works outside at the Country Club of Oxford, said the heat makes his job harder because he is required to spend all of his time working in it.

“The heat makes it far more difficult to stay hydrated, especially for those who work outdoors,” Morris said.

Though the summer heat is taking a toll on everyone, Morris does note that it has its positive effects.

“The heat has its benefits because it brings more ladies to the pool,” Morris said.

With Memphis, Baton Rouge and Hattiesburg recording record highs for the month of June already, it is no stretch of the imagination

that Oxford could post a record high before the end of the month.

The impact of this heat was seen last Saturday, when a drifter was found dead behind a store in Jackson due to heat stroke. That is third reported heat-related death in Mississippi this month.

While projections don’t show Oxford breaking the all-time high of 103 degrees anytime soon, today’s forecast might flirt with triple-digits with an expected high of 97.

To make matters worse, the drought conditions that are plaguing the central and southern parts of the state are now becoming a reality in North Mississippi. While other towns in the northern part of the state are currently being described as “abnormally dry,” Oxford is above its typical rainfall average.

Adding in the rain that the city experienced yesterday afternoon to the total rainfall, the city is 0.64 inches, higher than the average but still below June in 2010.

With possible rain showers forecasted in the latter part of this week, Oxford could avoid the drought conditions that are heating up and drying out South Mississippi. Until then, the citizens of Northern Mississippi are left with two options: stay inside or face the heat.

Vindication: Mavs take down Heat to claim NBA title

BY DAVID COLLIER The Daily Mississippian

After five long years, Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry got their longawaited revenge as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat 105-95 on Sunday night to become the 2011 NBA Champions.

The series began with storyline after storyline penned by the national media, and as the series went on, the attention only grew stronger.

It was a series that pegged the one-on-one athletic ability of the Heat against the old-school team basketball of the Mavericks.

It was a series of Nowitzki versus LeBron James for their first NBA title.

It was a series rematch of the 2006 NBA Finals, which ended with Dwyane Wade erasing a 2-0 series deficit to bring the trophy home to Miami.

It was a series in which Terry hoped his team came out victorious so he wouldn’t have to get his tattoo of the Larry O’Brien Trophy removed.

It was a series where Nowitzki played through injury and illness.

It was a series in which James and Wade mocked Nowitzki’s illness, It was a series of runs erasing big leads.

And it was a series where Mark

Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks, finally got to hoist that trophy.

Game One ended with the Heat securing a 92-84 victory and being just three wins away from what they have coveted since the trio of James, Wade and Chris Bosh came together last summer.

Game Two saw one of the best comebacks in NBA Finals history as the Mavericks erased a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter for a 95-93 win to even the series at one game each.

On to Dallas for Game Three, where another defensive-minded contest ended in an 88-86 win for Miami.

The Mavericks once again tied the series in Game Four as Nowitzki willed his team to a 86-83 victory with a dominating fourth quarter performance, in which he scored 10 of his 21 points.

In Game Five, both teams exploded offensively, but the Mavs shot 56.5 percent from the field, including 69 percent from 3-point range, to claim a 3-2 series advantage.

Then, there was Game Six in Miami. Dallas took a nine point lead into the fourth quarter. However, the Heat got to within four with just over 10 minutes left to play.

Everyone then wondered whether Wade or James, who had been

absent in the fourth quarter all series long, or Nowitzki, who was having one of his worst shooting nights of the playoffs, would come through for his team.

The answer was simple: Dirk Nowitzki. Terry, Nowitzki’s only teammate left from the 2006 Finals team, pulled him aside during a fourth quarter timeout to tell him, “Remember ‘06,” and that is all he needed to hear.

Nowitzki went on to score 10 fourth quarter points, eight which came in the last five minutes of the game, to seal his first championship in his illustrious career.

“I really still can’t believe it,” Nowitzki said. He finished the game with 21 points and was awarded the 2011 NBA Finals MVP. “This feeling, to be on the best team in the world; it’s just indescribable.”

Terry, the star of Game Six, scored 19 of his 27 points in the first half to make up for the struggling Nowitzki.

“Tonight,” Terry said, “we got vindication.”

With the win, not only did the Mavericks get their first championship in franchise history, but head coach Rick Carlisle joined an elite group as he became the 11th man See VINDICATION, PAGE 4

LYNNE SLADKY | Associated Press

Dallas Mavericks’ Jason Kidd (2) grabs a loose ball in front of Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh during the second half of Game 6 of the NBA Finals basketball game Sunday in Miami.

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Blast from the Past

The Chant vs. The Chancellor: The heartbreaking aftermath 11/11/09

Moments after The Daily Mississippian published the first headline about Chancellor Dan Jones’ decision to ask the Ole Miss Band to stop playing “From Dixie with Love,” comments began flooding in opining about all sides of the issue. Some praised the decision.

Others vehemently opposed it.

Despite the varying opinions, we think Chancellor Jones’ decision to remove “From Dixie with Love” is nothing more than the result of a completely mismanaged movement by the Associated Student Body and the university administration.

The editorial board agrees that students should have stopped chanting “the South will rise again” out of the interest of protecting the university.

Although we are aware we do not attend an institution filled with backward racists, the phrase sheds negative light on Ole Miss. In the added interest of preserving “From Dixie with Love,” we urged the student body to stop the chant.

However, after weeks of contention and student revolt against those trying to silence the chant, we cannot help asking the ASB and administration what they expected T H E

to happen in a situation where students felt attacked and voiceless.

Before the ASB resolution was passed in October, there was no mass public appeal to the students concerning the issue.

Furthermore, there was never an opportunity for an open forum in which members of the university community could voice their opinions about the chant.

A resolution was passed without explanation and the students who participated in the chant rebelled.

They had no reason to believe something they had done for years deserved to be threatened because no one bothered to illustrate the negativity associated with the chant.

Students clung to the “intent” they associated with the chant and their right to free speech while the ASB and university administration clung to their belief that the students should stop saying “the South will rise again.”

No attempt was made to bridge the gap and we all lost something precious to this university because of it.

So, who do we blame now?

It’s easy to evaluate the situation on a basic level: Many members

of the university community love “From Dixie with Love.” Jones asked the band to stop playing the piece.

Therefore, we should be angry at our chancellor ... right?

After all, he is the one who supported the resolution and has put himself at the forefront of the controversy for weeks. He wanted the phrase gone, no matter what it took. And if removing “From Dixie with Love” removed the chant, then so be it.

Before grabbing our torches and pitchforks, however, perhaps it’s time to look at the facts.

Regardless of whether we agree with the way the situation was handled, Chancellor Jones made it very clear that he would ask the Ole Miss Band to stop playing our beloved piece of music if we didn’t stop chanting what he considers to be divisive words.

It doesn’t matter if we disagree with his reasoning.

It doesn’t matter that the piece is, was a university tradition.

If we wanted to save the piece, we would have been quiet. Bottom line.

The fact that “From Dixie with Love” is gone is saddening, dis-

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heartening and disappointing.

However, it’s anything but shocking.

While our hearts are broken over the loss of a piece that meant so much to this university, we are stunned by the aftermath of what appears to have been a game of chicken between university administrators and the student body.

The administration and student government have no doubt lost the trust and respect of many of those they aim to serve due to a lack of communication.

The student body has lost respect from those within and outside the university community for actions that led to the removal of one of the last traditions attached to the university.

And the kicker?

State and national news sources have all picked up on the story of a university trying to erase its tarnished image by having to forcibly remove an offensive phrase from a reluctant student body so we can show the world how progressive we are.

The result is a university divided.

And we couldn’t be more disappointed.

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The Silencing of The Chant

BY ANGELA ROGALSKI Columnist

Words are powerful; they move people, whether spoken verbally or written on a page. They are our thoughts breathed into life and can be used to uplift or put down, be it intentional or unintentional. Such was the case a few years ago on our very own campus.

It began in 2009 when the Associated Student Body senate passed the resolution to stop Ole

Miss students from chanting “the South will rise again” during the band’s performance of “From Dixie With Love.” I was a sophomore then and remember the divided conversations that I heard before and after most of my classes concerning the subject.

Sometimes they were just offhanded remarks that made little or no impact on my academically-crammed brain, but more often than not they were passionate and determined, defending “their” side better than any defense attorney ever could.

And I could sympathize with both causes. Each had his or her own reasons and beliefs and stayed true to the conscience that beat inside their chest. But

one burning truth could not be extinguished: The five words that made up the chant’s tradition stood bold, with years and years of historical connotations behind them.

The ASB, and eventually the chancellor as well, felt it was time for a change.

I asked myself then, and sometimes even now when I can hear the more subdued tones still rehashing the chancellor’s decision to move our school toward a different vision, did those five words today still hold the same nuances that they did in a South, say, 150 years ago, 50 years ago?

Had we not distanced our mindsets from those days more than that? Or instead, were we holding on to undercurrents of

stubbornness we disguised as tradition?

The bottom line was then, and still is now, the power of the words. While both sides had the right to their own opinion on it, none of us could deny the negativity those five linguistic units, linked in the order that they were, had on some of our fellow students, faculty and personnel.

As one of the finest, most welcoming universities in the South one where, since I started almost four years ago, everyone has made me feel like a part of the Ole Miss family, that was unacceptable. We are one institution of higher learning, composed of a variety of components. And when one of us is hurt or angry, or slighted or slurred, we all are!

We stand behind each other.

While we may have looked divided for a moment in time, it was only a moment. We know what’s important here, and it’s not whether or not “the South will rise again,” but that Ole Miss will rise above the past and show our true colors, which are many and varied. The students, the faculty, the personnel -they’re what makes our school great, not a tradition that doesn’t embrace all of us.

And that, in my opinion, and only that, was why the chant was silenced.

Angela Rogalski is a senior print journalism major who lives in Abbeville, Miss. Follow her on Twitter @abbeangel.com

Blast from the Past

Letter to the Editor: Symbols have a new meaning in a new time 10/22/09

Dear Editor, In Thursday’s opinion piece, visiting professor Peter K. Frost introduced a couple of cold, hard facts about the historical significance of “From Dixie with Love” and the phrase “the South will rise again.”

Therefore, I would like to offer something of a more intangible nature.

I would like to put into words, so that any visitors, potential students/faculty and other people of importance might understand, what I mean when I use the phrase “the South will rise again.”

For me and hopefully others, it is about the past in the sense that it’s where we came from but, more importantly, it’s about my belief in where we are going.

Absolutely, the mistakes that

were made in the past were vast and many people still identify us by those mistakes, but what they fail to realize is that our mistakes are part of who we are.

They are also why we have progressed to where we are now and why we will continue to progress into the future.

That being said, it isn’t our responsibility to change or get rid of our traditions in order to appeal to the masses.

You wouldn’t ask Jackson Pollock to create art like Thomas Kinkade because more people would understand it, but I digress.

I see “the South will rise again” as a promise to continue to make strides for newer and greater heights in spite of a past scarred by violence and discrimination.

Times have changed and the

South along with it; it seems ridiculous to me for anyone to believe that this phrase represents a desire to revert back to the primitive South.

Therefore, it is fitting that the students of Ole Miss, the future leaders of this country, use this phrase to remind us of the progress made in the South because the fu-

ture of Ole Miss and the South is brighter than ever.

Jeffrey T. Fleming Junior, exercise science

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in NBA history to win the NBA Championship as both a player and coach.

“This is a true team,” Carlisle said.

“This is an old bunch. We don’t run fast or jump high. These guys had each other’s backs. We played the right way. We trusted the pass. This is a phenomenal thing for the city of Dallas.”

Jason Kidd, 38, finally got his taste of winning a championship after coming up short twice while with the New Jersey Nets.

“I can’t believe the journey,” he said. “The journey, the character of my teammates telling me they wanted to get me a championship.

Tonight they came out and played well. I came here twice; this being my third time so third time was the lucky charm.”

Mavericks center Tyson Chandler, who many teams passed on in free agency because they thought his days of good basketball were gone, summed up what winning a title meant for him and his Dallas teammates best.

“We had no champions on this team,” he said. “And we walked away with a team full of champions.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Palin’s emails fall short of media expectations

BY JACOB BATTE AND VICTORIA BOATMAN The Daily Mississippian

The three-year wait for Sarah Palin’s emails came to a close on Friday when the State of Alaska released 24,199 pages to awaiting journalists in Juneau.

The request for Palin’s emails dates back to Sept. 8, 2008, only ten days after McCain chose Palin as his running mate. Mother Jones, a liberal news magazine that won the 2010 National Magazine Award for General Excellence, was the first to request that “all emails sent and received by” Palin during her term as governor be released.

In the following days other news organizations would request the same information in an effort to further understand Palin’s record.

Camille Lesseig, senior history and Spanish major, said that she believes that it’s perfectly fine for the emails to be published as they are public documents.

“All personal information has already been redacted, so it’s not as if journalists are in-

vading her personal privacy.”

Lesseig, a college democrat, said. “I think these emails also serve as an opportunity for the public to investigate her as governor as she could be a potential candidate vying for the Republican nomination.”

The initial request would turn into a three-year long process stalled by the State of Alaska and even Palin when she was in office.

Topics of the emails withheld include Palin’s response to an investigator looking to have a meeting with Palin concerning the “Troopergate” controversy.

The investigation looked into Palin’s alleged abuse of power when she fired her sister’s ex-husband Mike Wooten, a state trooper. Her reason for requesting a meeting with Dick Cheney about gas pipeline and the Endangered Species Act are also withheld.

In addition, her response to a complaint stating that she was wrong to publicly claim polar bears are not endangered is also kept from the public.

Though there isn’t much to learn from the withheld emails, we can gain a unique

glimpse into the everyday life of Palin in the emails that were released.

Before she was the vice presidential nominee, Palin was a supporter in the science of climate change. After her announcement as McCains vice presidential nominee she flipped on her view of climate change. When she was running with McCain she stated that the negative media attention didn’t bother her, but her emails show a woman immensely concerned about her image.

“Guys, I may be pretty wimpy about this family stuff, but I feel like I’m at the breaking point with the hurtful gossip about my family that (Alaskan reporter) Sherry and others get away with,” Palin stated in a 2008 email.

Though the emails didn’t contain the “bombshell” the media was hoping for, they do show a portion of the former Alaskan Governor’s personality.

In one email she responds to being named the Republican Vice Presidential candidate by saying, “Can you flippinbe-

lieveit?!”

In another email, Palin responds to a letter to the editor in the Anchorage Daily News that questions her absence at the local Miss Alaska beauty pagent, to which Palin says “I’m looking for someone to correct the letter writer’s goofy comments,” she wrote, “but don’t want the letter to (Anchorage Daily News) in response to come from me.”

Attached to the email is a letter to the editor, which ran under the name of Roseanne Hughes, then Palin’s director of external communications.

Palin, who at times has spoken out against President Obama and his energy policies, actually praised the former Illinois senator for his energy policies in 2008, calling them “right on.”

In the end the ordeal did gain Palin more publicity that could subsequently affect her decision to run for president in the 2012 eleciton.

Palin is scheduled to come to speak at the Extraordinary Women’s Conference in Tupelo on October 21st and 22nd at the BancorpSouth Arena.

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Meet the new assistant basketball coaches: Bill Armstrong The Ole Miss basketball team finished the 2011-12 season with a 20-14 record and a firstround exit from the National Invitation Tournament. Michael White left for a head coaching position at Louisiana Tech, Owen Miller to become the head coach at Gulfport High School and Torrey Ward to pursue other coaching opportunities. The Daily Mississippian’s Camal Petro introduces the three new assistant coaches, their experiences and the challenges ahead.

BY CAMAL PETRO The Daily Mississippian

Bill Armstrong was elevated in April from coordinator of basketball operations to assistant coach under Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy.

“I’m excited about the opportunity and very excited about the upcoming season,” Armstrong said.

“I’m counting down the days.”

A native of Birmingham, Ala., Armstrong played four years with UAB, while Kennedy was then an assistant coach for the Blazers.

After his playing career, which included a NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009, Armstrong was a graduate assistant for his alma mater during the 2001-02 season.

From UAB, he served as an assistant coach at Chipola (Fla.) Junior College, where he helped lead the Indians to a 23-9 record and second-place conference finish, before moving back to Birmingham to take the same position at Birmingham-Southern.

In his first season at Birmingham-Southern, 2003-04, he helped lead the Panthers to a 20-7 record and a share of the Big South Conference regular-season championship.

After his three-year stint in Birmingham, Armstrong arrived in Oxford as coordinator of basketball operations. He spent the next five seasons under Kennedy as his right-hand man. In this position, he helped lead the Rebels to two NIT Final Fours and two Southeastern Conference Western Division crowns.

Among his day-to-day responsibilities in that role with the basketball program included player development, travel arrangements, coordinating camps, scheduling and scouting.

Having been at Ole Miss for the last five seasons, Armstrong has a familiarity and an existing relationship with the program. He has built strong relationships with the returning players and knows how Kennedy runs his team.

“I think the familiarity with the guys, being here over the last five years, I know all these guys,” Armstrong said.

The Rebels will have a tough time this season after the graduation of standout guards Chris Warren and Zach Graham. Returning guards, junior Nick Williams and sophomore Dundrecous Nelson, are going to be leaned on to replace Warren and Graham until Memphis transfer, Jelan Kendrick, is cleared to play after the fall semester is complete. “Those kids are going to be etched in everyone’s memory,” Armstrong said. “I think that (the replacing of Warren and Graham) will be done by a group of guards this year.”

Two other new assistants, Sergio Rouco and Al Pinkins, will join Armstrong and Kennedy on the bench this year.

“They’re really good guys and they have a lot of experience,” Armstrong said. “I hope I can feed off some of their experience to learn myself.”

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team. It was the second time in his career that the senior from Cordova, Tenn., has scored points for Ole Miss at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, also doing so in 2009.

Granger placed seventh in the 100 meters with a time of 10.33, earning two points for his team. The sophomore from Hickory, Miss., followed up a second-place showing in the 60 meters at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships to cap off an outstanding year in the short sprints.

“Robertson, as well as Lee Moore and Mike Granger, really showed how competitive our guys are,” Walker added. “We’re very proud of this team.”

On Saturday, Morris Kersh was the final competitor for Ole Miss at the championships, earning a 14thplace result in the men’s triple jump with a distance of 51-05.75.

Also competing on Friday was sophomore Marci Morman, who placed 16th in the women’s triple jump (personal-best 41-03.25), senior Juliana Smith in the women’s hammer throw and sophomore Neal Tisher in the women’s pole vault. Smith and Tisher were unable to record any marks in their events.

Thursday’s action saw six more Rebels cap off fine seasons of their own. Junior Caleb Lee placed 14th in the men’s long jump (25-02.50).

Senior Jonathan Juin finished 11th among men’s 200 meter runners (20.87) in Thursday’s semifinals to just miss a spot in Saturday’s finals (top eight advance).

The women’s 4x400 meter relay squad of Kristin Bridges, Lauren Hollingsworth, Sofia HellbergJonsen and Sofie Persson placed 17th in the semifinals with a time of 3:36.31.

On Wednesday, Granger finished second in his heat of the 100 meter semifinals to advance to the finals, and Moore also finished second in his heat of the 400 meter hurdles to advance to the finals.

Several other Rebels had their fantastic seasons and careers come to an end on Wednesday.

Junior Carson Blanks finished 12th in the men’s 400 meter hurdles (50.73) to just miss a spot in the finals.

Senior Sofie Persson ran a 58.40 in the women’s 400 meter hurdles to place 20th overall.

The Ole Miss women placed 19th in the 4x100 meter relay semifinals.

The squad of Kristin Bridges, Lauren Hollingsworth, Jasmine Williams and LaJada Baldwin clocked a season-best time of 44.71 that ranks them fifth-best in school history.

Baldwin’s stellar collegiate career comes to a close after the St. Louis native earned three All-America honors and racked up some of the top times in the school record books.

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Senquez Golson: ‘I’m ready’

BY AUSTIN MILLER Sports Editor

When asked about his conversation with Ole Miss and the Boston Red Sox and the latest on his decision to attend college or play professional baseball, Senquez Golson simply said, “I think I will report to Oxford July 1.”

Golson, a two-sport standout from Pascagoula, was taken in the eighth round (No. 262 overall) of the Major League Baseball First Year Player draft last week.

Heading into the draft, Golson was the highest-ranked signee, ranked No. 107 by Baseball America, in the incoming baseball class.

He batted .345 with three home runs and 16 stolen bases this past season.

While he has been in contract negotiations and the Red Sox have reportedly offered more than a

million dollars, he plans to enroll at Ole Miss and get ready for fall football practice.

“I felt like it is the best option for me right now,” Golson said.

“I’m not ready to make a decision, though, but I want to play football I think. I don’t feel like going out playing in the middle of nowhere with people I don’t know.”

However, the last day to sign with the Red Sox is August 15 and Golson’s options remain open.

On the football field, he was rated a four-star recruit by Scout.com and a three-star recruit by Rivals. com. He was named to the Clarion-Ledger’s Dandy Dozen and also participated in the OffenseDefense All-American Game.

He runs a 4.40 40-yard dash according to Scout.com and, this past May, brought home the Mississippi 6A state title in the 100-meter dash with a time of

10.66 seconds.

The Ole Miss incoming football recruiting class, ranked No. 19 in the nation by Rivals.com, includes 10 players who have received AllAmerican honors and eight players named to the Dandy Dozen.

“They kind of helped me out with my decision,” Golson said.

“We have a great class coming in and a lot to look forward to in the future.”

He looks to compete for playing time at cornerback, where sophomore Charles Sawyer is listed as one starter with senior Marcus Temple and junior-college transfer Wesley Pendleton listed as costarters at the other spot.

“I want to play corner, hopefully later (in my football career),” Golson said. “I definitely want to play some special teams early. My freshman year, I just want to get a feel for everything.”

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Rebel Men Finish 19th At NCAA Outdoor Championships

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Sophomore Ricky Robertson earned Outdoor All-American honors with a secondplace finish in the high jump at the national championships this past week.

Ole Miss capped off the 2011 track and field season with the Rebel men placing 19th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Drake Stadium.

Three Rebels scored points for the men, led by sophomore Ricky Robertson’s runner-up performance in the high jump on Friday. Also on Friday, senior Lee Ellis Moore placed sixth in the 400 meter hurdles and Mike Granger got seventh in the 100 meter dash.

The Rebel men finished fourth among Southeastern Conference schools.

The Ole Miss men put the final touches on a 2011 season that also included an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March. The women had a schoolrecord nine participants in the outdoor championships and finished 23rd at the indoor championships this year.

“I’m really pleased that we were able to finish in the top 20,” said head coach Joe Walker. “It’s impressive for this team to have done it indoor and outdoor this year.”

A native of Hernando, Miss., Robertson earned his fourth career top-

five NCAA finish and third career runner-up finish. The sophomore placed second in his two NCAA Indoor Championship appearances and added a runner-up outdoor performance to arch-rival Erik Kynard of Kansas State on Friday, as he earned eight points for the Rebels.

Robertson’s jump of 7-05.00 is one inch off his own school record. He is also a four-time SEC Champion in the event (two indoor, two outdoor).

“It was an amazing competition and the whole crowd was in it,” Walker said. “R.J. (Robertson) had a great clutch third attempt to clear at 7-5. Then he cleared the bar at 7-6, and the crowd roared, and then the bar fell. We still don’t know how it fell. It looked like a clean clearance, but then the bar dropped.”

After extensive rain and lightning delays on Thursday and Friday, a pair of Ole Miss runners endured slick conditions to put more points on the board Friday evening. Moore crossed the finish line sixth with a time of 50.20 in the 400 meter hurdles to grab three more points for his See CHAMPIONSHIPS, PAGE 5

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