This coming Saturday, Rice will host the J. Fred Duckett Invite at Holloway Field (Track/Soccer Stadium). The Owls are just a few weeks away from the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, this year hosted by UTSA.

RESULTS PAGE

Here's how Rice is looking in C-USA, with ranking in each event [national ranking in brackets]

MEN

400 Meters
7. Grant Levesque 49.04

800 Meters
13. Alex Topini 1:53.82

1500 Meters
2. Alex Topini 3:45.42
12. Eliot Metcalf 3:51.49

10,000 Meters
7. Travis Dowd 30:32.79

110 Meter Hurdles
6. Grant Levesque 14.54
10. Gus Henry 15.20

400 Meter Hurdles
12. Thomas Ma 55.50
13. Evan Marshman 55.53

3,000 Meter Steeplechase
1. Andrew Abikhaled 8:51.71 [44]
6. Jack Gray 9;30.77
10. Hociel Landa 9:39.74

4 x 400 Meter Relay
5. Rice 3:18.58

High Jump
3. Ese Amata 2.11 meters (6' 11") [43]

Pole Vault
1. Alex Slinkman 5.27 meters (17' 3½") [29]
2. Grant Levesque 5.10 meters (16' 8¾") [66]

Long Jump
6. Gus Henry 7.22 meters (23' 8¼")

Shot Put
2. Elian Ahmar 17.57 meters (57' 7¾") [78]

Discus
2. Sam Woodley 56.48 meters (185' 4") [42]
5. Jorge Hinohosa 52.39 meters (171' 10")
7. Nick Hicks 51.20 meters (168' 0")

Hammer Throw
1. Nick Hicks 62.25 meters (204' 3") [65]
2. Shaun Kerry 60.91 meters (199' 10") [89]
6. Cal Abdulky 55.53 meters (182' 2")

Javelin Throw
1. James McNaney 66.17 meters (217' 1") [54]
4. Corbett Fong 58.43 meters (191' 8")
9. Gus Henry 54.76 meters (179' 8")
11. Ari Broussard 50.69 meters (166' 4")

Decathlon
1. Grant Levesque 7219 points [32]
2. Gus Henry 6957 points [52]
4. Corbett Fong 62.96 points
5. Keegan O'Connor 6133 points

I will update the women later.

The main running events in the Duckett Meet will begin at 6:00 p.m. Saturday.

RUNNING EVENTS-EVENING SESSION: All races are run slow to fast unless noted

6:00 PM 4 x 100 Relay-Women
6:05 PM 4 x 100 Relay-Men
6:15 PM 400 Hurdles-Women
6:25 PM 400 Hurdles-Men
6:35 PM 400-Women
6:40 PM 400-Men
6:50 PM 100-Women
6:55 PM 100-Men
7:05 PM 100 Hurdles-Women
7:10 PM 110 Hurdles-Men
7:20 PM 800-Women
7:30 PM 800-Men
7:40 PM 200-Women
7:45 PM 200-Men
7:55 PM 3000 Steeplechase-Men
8:25 PM 3000 Steeplechase-Women
8:40 PM 1500-Women
9:00 PM 1500-Men
9:30 PM 4 x 400 Relay-Women
9:40 PM 4 x 400 Relay-Men
9:55 PM 5000-Men-A Section
10:20 PM 5000-Women
10:45 PM 5000-Men-B Section

FIELD EVENTS:

Throws

10:00 AM Women’s Hammer
10:00 AM Men’s Discus
1:00 PM Women’s Discus
1:00 PM Men’s Hammer
4:00 PM Women’s Javelin
4:00 PM Men’s Shot Put
6:30 PM Women’s Shot Put
6:30 PM Men’s Javelin

Jumps

12:00 PM Women’s Long Jump
Women’s Triple Jump (Follows Women’s Long Jump)
12:00 PM Men’s Long Jump
Men’s Triple Jump (Follows Men’s Long Jump)
2:00 PM Women’s Pole Vault
Men’s Pole Vault (Follows Women’s Pole Vault)
3:00 PM Men’s High Jump
Women’s High Jump (Follows Men’s HJ)

LIVE RESULTS

Here's how Rice is looking in C-USA, with ranking in each event [national ranking in brackets]

WOMEN

400 Meters

19. Arayna Mickles 57.75

800 Meters

5. Alyssa Balandran 2:09.03
8. Taigen Hunter-Galvan 2:12.82

1500 Meters

3. Grace Forbes 4:23.20
8. Taigen Hunter-Galvan 4:31.89
11. Caitlin Wosika 4:33.78
18. Alyssa Balandran 4:39.19

5,000 Meters

10. Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi 17:20.83
19. Rachel Shoemaker 17:49.27

10,000 Meters

3. Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi 35:15.92

100 Meter Hurdles

3. Justice Coutee-McCallum 13.93

400 Meter Hurdles

9. Savannah Simms 1:01.93

3,000 Meter Steeplechase

7. Maddie Forbes 11:24.29
8. Ellie Schweiker 11:35.14
9. Kaitlyn Schmeltzer 11:45.96

4 x 100 Relay

9. Rice 47.34

4 x 400 Relay

7. Rice 3:59.05

High Jump

4. KC Nwadei 1.74 meters (5' 8½") [81]
5. Josie Taylor 1.70 meters (5' 7")

Pole Vault

8. Elena Siemens 3.85 meters (12' 7½")
11. Audrey Ho 3.71 meters (12' 2")

Triple Jump

6. Ginnie Okafor 12.28 meters (40' 3½")
12. Christelle Bonzil 11.66 meters (38' 3¼")
13. Savannah Simms 11.54 meters (37' 10½")

Shot Put

1. Erna Gunnarsdottir 17.29 meters (56' 8¾") [10]

Discus

2. Julie Perez 50.03 meters (164' 2")
10Tara Simpson-Sullivan 42.16 meters (138' 4")

Hammer

1. Tara Simpson-Sullivan 66.95 meters (219' 8") [11]
9. Julie Perez 55.11 meters (180' 10")

Is Grace Forbes going to run anymore this spring? I saw she ran one 1500 at A&M - and while she got second with a time that a lot of people would be thrilled with, it was slower than her best times from last year. So I'm assuming she's still not 100 percent. And then the high jumper from New Zealand must be hurt?

Without those two, it looks like the two throwers and then perhaps a few others (Perez in discus, Balandran in 800, and Okafor in TJ - maybe 1 or 2 I'm missing?) will be our best bets at conference. But that's not going to amount for a ton of points compared to past years.

Comparatively speaking, the men seem to be having a better outdoor season than the women.

Grace is back...she will be running the 10,000 at the Penn Relays on Thursday night and then teaming with sisters Maddie and Maggie along with Taigen to run the 4x800 on Saturday at Penn. She will be leaving early in the week for Philadelphia and she wanted to finish up some classwork over the weekend.

Jodie will be back in time for the high jump at the C-USA meet...she's just nrusing a minor injury (as I understand).

There were some really good performances by men and women this weekend...looking for to the C-USA meet at UTSA.

KPRC is doing a segment on the Forbes sisters running the 4x800 at the Penn Relays.

Interesting Note on the Track meet:

There are two men who have both run under 10.00 seconds for the 100M and jumped over 28 feet in the long jump...Carl Lewis and Kareem Street-Thompson...both were in attendance at the meet.

Here is the lineup for Thursday night's 10,000 meters at Penn (8:30 p.m. CDT):

College Women's 10,000m

EVENT 209THURSDAY 9:20 PM

Records
NR Iowa State 31:18.07 2010 Lisa Koll
PR Villanova 32:22.96 1992 Carole Zajac

START LIST

ID SCHOOL/AFFILIATION ATHLETE (LIFETIME BEST)

1 Miami (Ohio) Ava Nuttall (33:38.00)
3 Rice Grace Forbes (32:24.38)
5 Texas Monica Hebner (33:41.09)
6 Providence Laura Mooney (34:19.60)
8 Providence Orla O'Connor (34:37.21)
10 Penn State Alison Willingmyre (NT) - (16:24.75 in 5K)
12 Texas Ava Peeples (NT) - (16:47.42 in 5K)
13 Stony Brook Fiona McLoughlin (NT) - (16:38.01 in 5K)
14 Xavier Rachel Butler (NT) - (16:19.82 in 5K)
15 Kennesaw State Katie Meyer (35:02.45)
16 Indiana Ana Barrott (35:24.51)
17 Texas Alexa Rodriguez (34:59.95)
19 Ohio State Daniella Santos (35:37.42)
20 Ohio State Andrea Kuhn (35:38.77)
21 Siena Regina Rosati (NT) - (16:54.64 in 5K)
22 Rice Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi (35:15.92)
24 Georgia Tech Kenzie Walls (35:53.73)
25 Georgia Tech Katy Earwood (35:55.68)
26 Haverford Angelina Petrichenko (NT) - (17:25.40 in 5K)
27 Dartmouth Isabella Chao (NT) - (17:16.96 in 5K)
28 Penn Zoe Shetty (NT) (17:10.95 in 5K)
29 Johns Hopkins Bridgid Selfors (36:31.36)
30 Johns Hopkins Sydney Fridel (NT) - (17:24.86 in 5K)
31 Pittsburgh Mary Borkoski (NT) - (17:38.28 in 5K)
32 South Carolina Kira Jenkins (NT) - (17:53.14 in 5K)
33 Georgia Tech Clay McKnight (36:23.22)

Note: for comparison, Grace's top time in the 5K is 15:50.38

Right now, 48th place on the West Regional Qualifying List is 34:29.77. Sub-34 will guarantee a spot.

College Women's 4x800 College

EVENT 581SATURDAY 5:02 PM EDT

Records
ER Penn State 8:43.70 1997 Joetta Dweh, Kim McGreevy, Tracy Pombo, Erica Bosler

START LIST

ID SCHOOL/AFFILIATION
AR Columbia
AS South Carolina
AT Georgia Tech
AU Maryland
AV Lehigh
AW Penn
AX Navy
AY Fordham
AZ Rider
BA Tennessee
BB Rice
BD George Washington
BE Middle Tennessee
BF Coppin State
BG St. Joseph's
BH Indiana Tech
BI Clemson

Note: this the "other" women's 4 x 800. The "A" section will take place at 2:47 p.m. EDT.

Here is the current list of Owls in competition for top 48 (to qualify for NCAA 1st Round) at the West Regional:

MEN

3,000 Meter Steeplechase

32. Andrew Abikhaled 8:51.71

High Jump

27. Ese Amata 2.11 meters (6' 11")

Pole Vault

19. Alex Slinkman 5.27 meters (17' 3½")
38. Grant Levesque 5.10 meters (16' 8¾")

Shot Put

33. Elian Ahmar 18.00 (59' 0¾")

Discus

24. Sam Woodley 56.48 meters (185' 4")

Hammer Throw

37. Nick Hicks 62.60 meters (205' 4")
48. Shaun Kerry 60.91 meters (199' 10")

Javelin

20. James McNaney 66.17 meters (217' 1")


WOMEN

800 Meters

49. Alyssa Balandran 2:07.02

High Jump

47. KC Nwadei 1.74 meters (5' 8½")

Triple Jump

40. Ginnie Okafor 12.60 meters (41' 4¼")

Shot Put

7. Erna Gunnarsdöttir 17.29 meters (56' 8¾")

Hammer Throw

9. Tara Simpson-Sullivan 66.95 meters (219' 8")

TOP 12 at each regional site advance to the NCAA Championships.

Note: the Decathlon and Heptathlon are decided without the 1st round competition. The top 24 nationally will be accepted automatically into the NCAA Championships. Right now, Grant Levesque is sitting at #32 with 7219 points. Currently, #24 is at 7355 points.

WRC, I really thank you for your dedication and diligence in posting the T&F information all these years. I ran track in high school and wasn't very good, but I love the sport and follow it, particularly the Rice Men and Women. Your continued postings are informative and keep me interested in the scholar/athletes participating and the programs in general.

THANK YOU!

PLACE ATHLETE RESULT

1 Grace Forbes Rice 32:59.15
2 Laura Mooney Providence 33:23.95
3 Ava Nuttall Miami (Ohio) 34:03.42
4 Rachel Butler Xavier 34:07.02
5 Andrea Kuhn Ohio State 34:09.15
6 Daniella Santos Ohio State 34:09.77
7 Fiona McLoughlin Stony Brook 34:15.36
8 Alison Willingmyre Penn State 34:33.87
9 Ana Barrott Indiana 34:34.75
10 Katie Meyer Kennesaw State 34:44.76
11 Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi Rice 34:49.32
12 Ava Peeples Texas 34:54.56
13 Alexa Rodriguez Texas 35:01.85
14 Regina Rosati Siena 35:27.06
15 Kenzie Walls Georgia Tech 35:28.15

That time places Grace at #3 in the NCAA this season. Lourdes is now #54 in the West (top 48 make the NCAA 1st round).

Wow, she won it easily. I guess she's fully healthy again. Well done!

Somewhat overlooked is that Lourdes, with the 34:49.32, moved up to #8 on the all-time Rice list in the 10,000 meters.