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Sunday, February 17
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C-USA Indoor Championships
MT&F: Olguin Wins 800m at C-USA Indoor Championships
2/17/2019 4:50:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
Ahmar earns all-conference honors in shot put
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Rice senior distance runner Reagan Olguin recorded his first career C-USA individual title by winning the 800m crown at Sunday's Indoor Championships. Just a day after running a leg on the winning distance medley relay team, Olguin won the 800m with a time of 1:51.66 to earn 10 points for the Owls.
Rice senior Charlie Card-Childers earned his first career C-USA Indoor All-Conference honor with a second place finish in the heptathlon, accumulating 5461 points. Card-Childers won the 60m hurdles (8.53) to begin Sunday competition and then placed second in the pole vault, clearing 4.80m (15-09.00). His 5461 points were a new PR by almost 350 points.
Also earning C-USA All-Conference honors for the Owls was freshman thrower Elian Ahmar, who established a season-best mark with a heave of 17.27m (56-08.00) to place third. Ahmar, from Glen Burnie, Md., saved his best throw for last to pick up six points for Rice.
Sophomore Alex Topini (4:12.31) and junior Matthew Murray (4:12.97) placed fourth and fifth in the mile, respectively, collecting an additional nine team points by besting their prelim times.
As a team the Owls finished fifth overall with 61 points and for the weekend garnered all-conference honors in five events while winning three titles.
Team Standings
1. Middle Tennessee - 143 pts
2. Charlotte - 111 pts
3. UTSA - 96 pts
4. Southern Miss - 85 pts
5. Rice - 61 pts
6. North Texas - 46 pts
7. Louisiana Tech - 38 pts
8. UTEP - 30 pts
9. WKU - 29 pts
10. FIU - 21 pts
(Rice Points Scorers)
800m
1. Reagan Olguin - 1:51.66 (10)
Mile
4. Alex Topini - 4:12.31 (5)
5. Matthew Murray - 4:12.97 (4)
Distance Medley Relay
1. Reagan Olguin, David Diaz, Jason Bugg, Matthew Murray - 10:05.14 (10)
Pole Vault
1. Natan Rivera - 5.18m/17-00.00 (10)
Shot Put
3. Elian Ahmar - 17.27m/56-08.00 (6)
Weight Throw
8. Nick Hicks - 16.62m/54-06.50 (1)
Heptathlon
2. Charlie Card-Childers - 5461 pts (8)
5. Corbett Fong - 4633 pts (4)
-RiceOwls.com-
Rice senior Charlie Card-Childers earned his first career C-USA Indoor All-Conference honor with a second place finish in the heptathlon, accumulating 5461 points. Card-Childers won the 60m hurdles (8.53) to begin Sunday competition and then placed second in the pole vault, clearing 4.80m (15-09.00). His 5461 points were a new PR by almost 350 points.
Also earning C-USA All-Conference honors for the Owls was freshman thrower Elian Ahmar, who established a season-best mark with a heave of 17.27m (56-08.00) to place third. Ahmar, from Glen Burnie, Md., saved his best throw for last to pick up six points for Rice.
Sophomore Alex Topini (4:12.31) and junior Matthew Murray (4:12.97) placed fourth and fifth in the mile, respectively, collecting an additional nine team points by besting their prelim times.
As a team the Owls finished fifth overall with 61 points and for the weekend garnered all-conference honors in five events while winning three titles.
Team Standings
1. Middle Tennessee - 143 pts
2. Charlotte - 111 pts
3. UTSA - 96 pts
4. Southern Miss - 85 pts
5. Rice - 61 pts
6. North Texas - 46 pts
7. Louisiana Tech - 38 pts
8. UTEP - 30 pts
9. WKU - 29 pts
10. FIU - 21 pts
(Rice Points Scorers)
800m
1. Reagan Olguin - 1:51.66 (10)
Mile
4. Alex Topini - 4:12.31 (5)
5. Matthew Murray - 4:12.97 (4)
Distance Medley Relay
1. Reagan Olguin, David Diaz, Jason Bugg, Matthew Murray - 10:05.14 (10)
Pole Vault
1. Natan Rivera - 5.18m/17-00.00 (10)
Shot Put
3. Elian Ahmar - 17.27m/56-08.00 (6)
Weight Throw
8. Nick Hicks - 16.62m/54-06.50 (1)
Heptathlon
2. Charlie Card-Childers - 5461 pts (8)
5. Corbett Fong - 4633 pts (4)
-RiceOwls.com-
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