Decathlon (1st day)

1 4075 Jack Turner UTSA
2 4003 Joel McFarlane UTSA
3 3895 Grant Levesque Rice
4 3866 Gus Henry Rice
5 3688 Jalen Cadet UTEP
6 3345 Thomas Olesen Charlotte
7 3278 Keegan O'Connor Rice
8 3179 Jason Rotger FIU

Corbett Fong did not start

Women's Heptathlon

Eliza Kraule did not start

Decathlon through 7 events. The 8th event (pole vault) is where Grant should make BIG points in comparison to the rest of the field.


1 5580 Jack Turner UTSA
2 5369 Gus Henry Rice
3 5238 Grant Levesque Rice
4 4648 Joel McFarlane UTSA
5 4567 Keegan O'Connor Rice
6 4527 Jason Rotger FIU
7 4502 Thomas Olesen Charlotte
8 4338 Jalen Cadet UTEP

Men's Hammer Throw - FINAL RESULTS

1 Nick Hicks Rice 63.87m (209' 6")
2 Jurcek Korpic Lesjak Charlotte 60.25m (197' 8")
3 Cal Abdulky Rice 56.28m (184' 8")
4 Chris Samaniego North Texas 55.81m (183' 1")
5 Aleks Hristov UTEP 55.34m (181' 7")
6 Joel Dittoe Western Kentucky 55.06m (180' 8")
7 Wardell Glaspie North Texas 53.83m (176' 7")
8 Will Malone Louisiana Tech 52.98m (173' 10")
9 Kaya Ludgood Southern Miss. 52.95m (173' 8")
10 Shaun Kerry Rice 51.51m (169' 0")

Congratulations to Nick and Cal!

There will be 2 running finals tonight - men's and women's 10,000 meters.

In the men's 10K, we have one runner - Travis Dowd, who is unlikely to score in a very deep and talented field.

In the women's 10K, Grace Forbes should win without a problem. I think that Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi could get as high as 6th in a deep group of runners. 5 of the top 6 finishers from last year's C-USA championships have returned.

LIVE RESULTS

Grace wins the women's 10K;Lourdes finishes 6th.

Travis Dowd with a surprisingly good 8th in the men's 10K.

Tara Simpson-Sullivan wins the hammer with a new C-USA meet record. Julie Pérez was 4th.

Decathlon - FINAL

1 7487 Jack Turner UTSA
2 7261 Grant Levesque Rice
3 6918 Gus Henry Rice
4 6344 Joel McFarlane UTSA
5 6302 Keegan O'Connor Rice
6 6271 Thomas Olesen Charlotte
7 6072 Jason Rotger FIU
8 5811 Jalen Cadet UTEP

Today, at 1:00, we'll have men's discus, with Sam Woodley expected to finish among the top 3. Jorge Hinojosa should score points. The winner of the hammer throw, Nick Hicks, has an outside chance to score.

Not a great time for Grace, ~34.2 min,) but looks like she only wanted to win the race.

(05-14-2022 01:41 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  Grace wins the women's 10K;Lourdes finishes 6th.

Travis Dowd with a surprisingly good 8th in the men's 10K.

Tara Simpson-Sullivan wins the hammer with a new C-USA meet record. Julie Pérez was 4th.

(05-14-2022 12:14 PM)Texasowl Wrote:  Not a great time for Grace, ~34.2 min,) but looks like she only wanted to win the race.

(05-14-2022 01:41 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  Grace wins the women's 10K;Lourdes finishes 6th.

Travis Dowd with a surprisingly good 8th in the men's 10K.

Tara Simpson-Sullivan wins the hammer with a new C-USA meet record. Julie Pérez was 4th.

She knew she could "jog" this one, since she still has the 1500 and 5000. Plus, she'll be racing another 10K at the NCAA West Regional at Arkansas in a couple of weeks.

Sean Fresch with a surprisingly good 8th in the men's long jump.

After 5 events (out of 21) for the men:

1 Rice 56
2 Charlotte 43
3 UTSA 27
4 UTEP 26
5 North Texas 16
6 Mid. Tenn. State 10
7 FIU 8
8 Louisiana Tech 6
9 Western Kentucky 3

Reminder: we will have relatively few points in the running finals on Sunday.

Grace isn't listed in the 1500 on the heat sheets - it's also probably brutally hot so no need to overdo it. We must have a lot of people hurt as we're only running 20 athletes total (10 men, 10 women) in the 7 running prelims today. Or maybe they're limiting the number of entries?

(05-14-2022 04:04 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Grace isn't listed in the 1500 on the heat sheets - it's also probably brutally hot so no need to overdo it. We must have a lot of people hurt as we're only running 20 athletes total (10 men, 10 women) in the 7 running prelims today. Or maybe they're limiting the number of entries?

It was my mistake listing her in the 1500.

No limit on entries. We have injuries, but mainly, we're entering those who have decent scoring opportunities.

(05-14-2022 03:37 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  Sean Fresch with a surprisingly good 8th in the men's long jump.

After 5 events (out of 21) for the men:

1 Rice 56
2 Charlotte 43
3 UTSA 27
4 UTEP 26
5 North Texas 16
6 Mid. Tenn. State 10
7 FIU 8
8 Louisiana Tech 6
9 Western Kentucky 3

Reminder: we will have relatively few points in the running finals on Sunday.

Fresch is a football player (DB) - it looks like the jump was windy but not with a ferocious wind (+2.3). 23-6 is a pretty good jump for a 5-8 cornerback. I do think he will be part of a decent secondary next year for the Owls. We may have some other position groups that will be better than we normally see. The problem though is who is the QB and will the OL protect him?

Sorry - back to track - but I thought it was worth noting Fresch is a football Owl.

Men's Pole Vault - FINAL RESULTS

1 Alexander Slinkman Rice 5.23m (17' 2")
2 Grant Levesque Rice 5.18m (17' 0")
3 Natan Rivera Rice 5.08m (16' 8")
4 Marcus Hesske Charlotte 4.98m (16' 4")
5 Kayden Cecil FIU 4.73m (15' 6¼")
6 Johnathan Barraza UTSA 4.58m (15' 0¼")
7 Chandler Ward Charlotte 4.58m (15' 0¼")
7 Ethan Riley FIU 4.58m(15' 0¼")


Men's Standings after 7 (of 21) events:

1 Rice 90
2 Charlotte 51½
3 UTSA 36
4 UTEP 35
5 Mid. Tenn. State 19
5 North Texas 19
7 FIU 13½
8 Louisiana Tech 6
9 Western Kentucky 3

Women's Discus - FINAL RESULTS

1 Krishna Jayasankar UTEP 50.02m (164' 1")
2 Julie Perez Rice 49.80m (163' 5")
3 Qua'liyyah Taylor FIU 48.97m (160' 8")


Women's Standings after 5 (of 21) events:

1 Rice 36
2 UTSA 28
3 Marshall 20
4 FIU 19
4 Mid. Tenn. State 19
6 Charlotte 17
7 Southern Miss. 16
8 UTEP 13
8 Louisiana Tech 13
10 Western Kentucky 9
11 UAB 3
12 Florida Atlantic 2

Men's High Jump - FINAL RESULTS

1 Ese Amata Rice 2.17m (7' 1½")
Won jump off
2 Omamuyowi Erhire Mid. Tenn. State 2.17m (7' 1½")
Lost jump off
3 Grant Szalek UTSA 2.14m (7' 0¼")

Here are the Owls who have qualified for Sunday's running finals:

Men

1500 Meters - Alex Topini

110 Meter Hurdles - Grant Levesque

400 Meters - None

100 Meters - None

800 Meters - None

400 Meter Hurdles - None

200 Meters - None

Women

1500 Meters - Caitlyn Wosika, Taigen Hunter-Galvan

100 Meter Hurdles - Justice Coutee-McCullum

400 Meters - None

100 Meters - None

800 Meters - Alyssa Balandran, Taigen Hunter-Galvan

400 Meter Hurdles - Savannah Simms

200 Meters - None

There still are points available tonight in the finals of the men's and women's steeplechase events.

Andrew Abikhaled has the fastest time of all entrants in the men's steeplechase, but likely will be in a battle with two Charlotte runners and one North Texas runner.

I don't think it's likely that we'll get points in the women's steeplechase, but senior Maddie Forbes has been running as well as any time at Rice, and she just might slip in for 7th or 8th.

Men's Discus Throw - FINAL RESULTS

1 Aleks Hristov UTEP 54.91m (180' 2")
2 Sam Woodley Rice 53.28m (174' 10")
3 Nick Hicks Rice 52.89m (173' 6")
4 Jorge Hinojosa Rice 52.61m (172' 7")
5 Wardell Glaspie North Texas 51.65m (169' 5")
6 Maurice Westmoreland UTEP 51.15m (167' 9")
7 Benjamin Coronado UTEP 49.48m (162' 4")
8 Elian Ahmar Rice 49.07m (161' 0")

Our throws coach, Brek Christensen, is killing it this meet.