BULLDOG BITS
Track and Field
Following his gold medal performance in the long jump, Mississippi State senior Cameron Crump has earned first team All-southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field, it was announced by the league office on Tuesday.
Additionally, Peyton Bair (heptathlon) and Tony Jones (high jump) each were chosen second team ALL-SEC after both claimed bronze with third place finishes in their respective events at the SEC Indoor Championships.
Crump claimed the gold medal and 10 points for the Bulldogs while setting a new SEC Championship and school record in the men's long jump with a mark 8.39 meters (27-6.50). His mark also made him the national leader in the men's long jump and currently ranks No. 2 worldwide. It also ties him for the fifth-longest jump in NCAA history.
In the heptathlon, MSU freshman Peyton Bair (5,773 points) closed out the SEC Indoor Championships by capturing a bronze medal while breaking his own school record in the process. With his third-place finish, Bair claimed six team points for the Bulldogs on the final day of the SEC Indoor Championships. Over the course of the competition, Bair posted personal-best performances in all seven of the events held during the meet. Bair finished the SEC Indoor Championships ranked No. 20 nationally in the heptathlon.
On the men's side, Tony Jones scored six points for the Bulldogs over the weekend following his bronzemedal performance in the high jump, which saw him post a personal-best mark of 2.21 meters (7-3) in the event. Jones currently ranks in the top 10 nationally in the high jump.
Mississippi State will now look ahead to NCAA Indoor Championships with five Bulldogs and the 4x400 meter relay team now in possession of top-20 national times/marks. Mississippi State's top 20 national performers include Cameron Crump (No. 1, long jump), Navasky Anderson (No. 5, 800 meters), Rosealee Cooper (No. 9, 60-meter hurdles), Tony Jones (No. 9, high jump), Peyton Bair (No. 20, heptathlon) and the men's 4x400 meter relay team (No. 20).
The 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships are set for March 10-11 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.