On Friday and Saturday, March 11-12, two Rice athletes will be competing in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships - Tara Simpson-Sullivan (Weight Throw) and Josie Taylor (High Jump). The meet will take place in Birmingham, Alabama.

Friday, March 11 - 7:00 p.m. (Women's Weight Throw)


MR Meet Brittany Riley - Southern Illinois 25.56m (83-10¼ ) 3/10/2007
FR Facility Sade Olatoye - Ohio State 24.46m (80-3 ) 3/9/2019
CR Collegiate Brittany Riley - Southern Illinois 25.56m (83-10¼ ) 3/10/2007

Start list: Women Weight (Final 1)

Pos Athlete SB NCAA Rank PB

1. Tara SIMPSON-SULLIVAN Rice [SO] 22.15m (72' 8") 16th 22.15m 72' 8"
2. Jillian SHIPPEE North Carolina [SR] 22.16m 72' 8½" 15th 22.16m 72' 8½"
3. Jasmine MITCHELL Ole Miss [JR] 23.62m 77' 6" 3rd 23.62m 77' 6"
4. Shauniece O'NEAL So. Illinois [SR] 23.11m 75' 10" 5th 23.11m 75' 10"
5. Sara KILLINEN Va Tech [FR] 22.21m 72' 10½" 14th 22.21m 72' 10½"
6. Camryn ROGERS California [SR] 22.73m 74' 7" 9th 22.73m 74' 7"
7. DeeNia MCMILLER Memphis [SR] 24.08m 79' 0" 2nd 24.08m 79' 0"
8. Chelsea IGBERAESE Alabama [JR] 22.46m 73' 8¼" 12th 22.46m 73' 8¼"
9. Priscilla ADEJOKUN Houston [JR] 22.77m 74' 8½" 8th 22.77m 74' 8½"
10. Alyssa WILSON Texas State [SR] 22.34m 73' 3½" 13th 22.48m 73' 9"
11. Rachel TANCZOS Notre Dame [SR] 22.73m 74' 7" 9th 23.31m 76' 5¾"
12. Madi MALONE Auburn [JR] 23.32m 76' 6¼" 4th 23.32m 76' 6¼"
13. Elisia LANCASTER So Illinois [SR] 22.51m 73' 10¼" 11th 22.51m 73' 10¼"
14. Shey TAIWO Ole Miss [SR] 25.19m 82' 7¾" 1st 25.19m 82' 7¾"
15. Rebecca MAMMEL Va Tech [JR] 23.08m 75' 8¾" 6th 23.08m 75' 8¾"
16. Jalani DAVIS Ole Miss [JR] 22.96m 75' 4" 7th 22.96m 75' 4"

Results Page

Saturday, March 12 - 12:30 p.m. (Women's High Jump)

Record Athlete Date

MR Meet Destinee Hooker - Texas 1.98m (6' 6") 3/13/2009
FR Facility Chaunte Lowe - Nike 1.92m (6' 3½") 1/16/2016
CR College D. Hooker (TEX) / A. Jones (KSU) - Tex/K-State 1.98m (6' 6") 2016

Start list: Women High Jump (Final 1)

Progression: 1.73 - 1.78 - 1.83 + 3 cm

Pos Athlete SB NCAA Rank PB

1. Rylee ANDERSON Kansas [JR] 1.87m 6' 1½" 7th 1.87m 6' 1½"
2. Tyra GITTENS Texas [JR] 1.88m 6' 2" 3rd 1.93m 6' 4"
3. Lucy CORBETT Montana State [JR] 1.89m 6' 2¼" 2nd 1.89m 6' 2¼"
4. Sidney SAPP Texas Tech [JR] 1.88m 6' 2" 3rd 1.88m 6' 2"
5. Amaya UGARTE Ohio State [FR] 1.84m 6' 0½" 14th 1.84m 6' 0½"
6. Nissi KABONGO Stephen F. Austin [SO] 1.85m 6' 0¾" 10th 1.85m 6' 0¾"
7. Josie TAYLOR Rice [FR] 1.86m 6' 1¼" 8th 1.86m 6' 1¼"
8. Jenna ROGERS Nebraska [FR] 1.85m 6' 0¾" 10th 1.85m 6' 0¾"
9. Elena KULICHENKO Georgia [FR] 1.83m 6' 0" 15th 1.83m 6' 0"
10. Rachel GLENN South Carolina [SO] 1.88m 6' 2" 3rd 1.88m 6' 2"
11. Nyagoa BAYAK LSU [SO] 1.85m 6' 0¾" 10th 1.85m 6' 0¾"
12. Lamara DISTIN Texas A&M [JR] 1.92m 6' 3½" 1st 1.92m 6' 3½"
13. Abigail O'DONOGHUE LSU [SR] 1.88m 6' 2" 3rd 1.89m 6' 2¼"
14. Katie ISENBARGER W Kentucky [JR] 1.83m 6' 0" 15th 1.83m 6' 0"
15. Cierra TIDWELL BYU [SO] 1.86m 6' 1¼" 8th 1.86m 6' 1¼"
16. Charity GRIFFITH Ball State [SO] 1.85m 6' 0¾" 10th 1.85m 6' 0¾"

Full LIVE coverage will be on ESPN3.

Replay (highlights) on Sunday, March 13 on ESPNU from 8:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. CST.

Tara Simpson-Sullivan did not make finals, but finished 14th, 2 spots ahead of her seed placement.

But, she's yet another All-American for the Women's Track and Field team!

Congrats.

Josie clears the opening bar (5 ' 8") on her first attempt. Bar goes to 5' 10".

Note: although I'm comfortable with metric, I'll try keeping it on feet/inches.

Josie clears 5' 10" on her first attempt.

Bar moves to 6' 0" with 14 of the 16 jumpers still alive.

Josie misses on her first try at 6' 0". Six jumpers have cleared so far.

Josie is out at 6' 0". She will finish in a tie for 8th. I think, even with the tie, she makes 1st team All-American!

Going into the final day of competition, Princeton leads the men's team standings.

(03-12-2022 02:14 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  Going into the final day of competition, Princeton leads the men's team standings.

One point I have made repeatedly to those who want Rice to adopt an Ivy League approach to athletics is that truly to do so would require substantially MORE support for non-revenue and club sports.

(03-12-2022 02:11 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  Josie is out at 6' 0". She will finish in a tie for 8th. I think, even with the tie, she makes 1st team All-American!

Fantastic! Always great to have a banner season for any athlete!

Tie for 8th gets you first team All-American?

(03-12-2022 03:21 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Tie for 8th gets you first team All-American?

I know that the top 8 get 1st team. I'm just surmising that a tie would mean the same.

Rice women are tied for 35th with 0.2 points.

Texas wins the men's team title. North Carolina A&T is second.

I was at the New Balance Nationals today (high school meet). Lots of runners from the Houston area. None of the ones I googled appeared to be committed to Rice. Disappointing.

(03-12-2022 07:16 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  I was at the New Balance Nationals today (high school meet). Lots of runners from the Houston area. None of the ones I googled appeared to be committed to Rice. Disappointing.

Our recruiting is going just fine.

(03-12-2022 03:21 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Tie for 8th gets you first team All-American?

Yeah... I never really understood this.... and not just for T&F but a few other sports. Not having anything to do with the accomplishments of these athletes... but more like if you attend a high school football game and they announce the cheer teams. It seems like half of every squad is an 'all-american'... which seems to turn on whether or not they can do a standing back tuck vs a handspring. Fast is fast, so these people are clearly deserving.

The only reason this bothers me is that competing in g5 for football or not in a strong basketball league... it is exceptionally hard to be named an All-American in those sports. I suspect but do not know that it is the same in Volleyball and Soccer... unless those teams are EXTREMELY good... being named an All-American is EXCEPTIONALLY difficult. This can give the impression that some of our team sports athletes aren't as 'special' as our individual sports athletes... especially when looking at things like our Hall of Fame.... while at the same time, it allows us to recruit those special individuals more easily than it would if you needed to be in some version of p5 to be considered 'fast'. Top 8 (or whatever) in every event is a little tougher to swallow... in that this is only 'first team'... so including honorable mentions, you could have two dozen 'All-Americans' in every event. In team sports, you generally only have 1 or perhaps two at any position.