
Preview: T&F Heads to C-USA Championships
5/8/2019 10:36:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
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May 9-12 at Charlotte
HOUSTON - Rice Track and Field heads to Charlotte this weekend for the 2019 Conference USA Outdoor Championship, which will run Thursday through Sunday at the Irwin Belk Track and Field Center, hosted by Charlotte.
The women's team placed fourth at the C-USA Indoor Championships while the men finished in fifth place.
Championship action begins Thursday, May 9, with the combined events starting at 1:45 p.m. CT. The heptathlon gets the meet underway, while the decathlon starts thirty minutes later.
Field events start Friday at 1 p.m. CT and the second day of heptathlon and decathlon action takes place. The day's activities wrap-up with the 10,000m finals for both the men and women. Women's discus opens the competition Saturday, beginning at 12 p.m.CT, with the track events going off at 2:30 p.m. CT. The women's 1500m preliminaries is first up, while the men's 3000m steeplechase will end day three.
Championship Sunday begins at 12 p.m. CT starting with the women's shot put and concluding with the men's 4x400 relay at 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will all be streamed free on CUSA.tv.
Scheduled Rice Women's Competitors (all times CT)
Finals (Fri. 1 p.m.) - Hammer - Julie Perez (55.78m-4th C-USA), Dheryl Batts (53.00m-9th C-USA)
Finals (Fri. 7 p.m.) - 10,000m - Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi (NT)
Finals (Fri./Sat.) - Heptathlon - Giulia Sportoletti (5062 pts.-1st C-USA), Zinedine Russell (5041 pts.-2nd C-USA)
Finals (Sat. 12 p.m.) - Discus - Julie Perez (45.80m-8th C-USA), Erna Gunnarsdottir (42.57m)
Finals (Sat. 12:30 p.m.) - Pole Vault - Kylie Swiekatowski (3.86m-5th C-USA), Emily Harrison (3.57m-T-10th C-USA), Ali Goodson (NH)
Finals (Sat. 2:30 p.m.) - Long Jump - Michelle Fokam (6.35m-1st C-USA), Teesa Mpagi (5.53m)
Prelims (Sat. 2:30 p.m.) - 1500m - Alyssa Balandran (4:39.99), Mary Claire Neal (4:40.35), Caitlin Wosika (4:44.33), Sarah Glover (4:46.07), Ruby Watson (4:47.83), Ashley Messineo (NT)
Prelims (Sat. 3 p.m.) - 100m Hurdles - Zinedine Russell (14.34)
Prelims (Sat. 4:05 p.m.) - 100m - Hannah Jackson (11.54-3rd C-USA)
Prelims (Sat. 4:30 p.m.) - 800m - Hannah Bablak (2:14.40), Nicole Mitchell (2:16.73)
Prelims (Sat. 5:25 p.m.) - 200m - Hannah Jackson (23.42-2nd C-USA)
Finals (Sat. 6 p.m.) - 3000m Steeplechase - Ryann Helmers (11:12.72-10th C-USA), Natalie Goddard (11:28.84), Loren Goddard (11:39.81), Sage McAdams (11:43.43)
Finals (Sun. 12 p.m.) - Shot Put - Erna Gunnarsdottir (16.13m-1st C-USA)
Finals (Sun. 1:30 p.m.) - Javelin - Giulia Sportoletti (40.41m)
Finals (Sun. 2:30 p.m.) - Triple Jump - Michelle Fokam (13.27m-2nd C-USA)
Finals (Sun. 3 p.m.) - 4x100 Relay - 46.33 (9th C-USA)
Finals (Sun. 3:30 p.m.) - High Jump - Zinedine Russell (1.70m-T-7th C-USA), Giulia Sportoletti (1.70m-T-7th C-USA), KC Nwadei (1.65m)
Finals (Sun. 5:05 p.m.) - 5000m - Ryann Helmers (17:34.90-10th C-USA), Ruby Watson (18:34.68), Mary Claire Neal (NT), Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi (NT), Alyssa Balandran (NT), Sarah Glover (NT), Ashley Messineo (NT)
Finals (Sun. 5:50 p.m.) - 4x400 Relay - 3:55.57
Scheduled Rice Men's Competitors (all times CT)
Finals (Fri. 3:30 p.m.) - Hammer - Michael Yow (60.52m-3rd C-USA), Nicks Hicks (59.25m-5th C-USA), Austin Weber (49.07m-10th C-USA)
Finals (Fri., 8 p.m.) - 10,000m - Hociel Landa (29:56.69-4th C-USA), Clay Musial (30:44.15-6th C-USA), Alex Dunbar (32:50.40-8th C-USA)
Finals (Fri./Sat.) - Decathlon - Charlie Card-Childers (7529 pts.-1st C-USA), Corbett Fong (6317 pts.-3rd C-USA), Keegan O'Connor (NT)
Finals (Sat. 2:30 p.m.) - Discus - Nick Hicks (50.44m-3rd C-USA)
Prelims (Sat. 2:45 p.m.) - 1500m - Reagan Olguin (3:48.03-1st C-USA), Alex Topini (3:49.93-2nd C-USA)
Prelims (Sat. 4:40 p.m.) - 800m - Reagan Olguin (1:49.96-1st C-USA), Jason Bugg (1:52.59), Mike Otoo (1:56.91)
Prelims (Sat. 5:10 p.m.) - 400m Hurdles - Ken Berger (1:01.08)
Finals (Sat. 6:15 p.m.) - 3000m Steeplechase - Adolfo Carvalho (9:12.75-6th C-USA), Andrew Abikhaled (9:15.71-7th C-USA), Keaton Blazer (9:40.44), Connor Meaux (9:41.50)
Finals (Sun. 12 p.m.) - Triple Jump - Patrick McCoy (14.24m)
Finals (Sun. 12:30 p.m.) - Pole Vault - Natan Rivera (5.35m-1st C-USA), Thomas Pratt (4.95m-8th C-USA), Charlie Card-Childers (4.90m-9th C-USA)
Finals (Sun. 2:30 p.m.) - Shot Put - Michael Yow (14.88m)
Finals (Sun. 3:05 p.m.) - 4x100 Relay - NT
Finals (Sun. 4 p.m.) - Javelin - Charlie Card-Childers (63.71m-2nd C-USA), Dane Stolsig (63.66m-3rd C-USA), Corbett Fong (55.38m-9th C-USA), Brandon Cua (54.34m)
Finals (Sun. 5:25 p.m.) - 5000m - Clay Musial (14:45.89-9th C-USA), Hociel Landa (15:19.45), Alex Dunbar (15:42.14), Adolfo Carvalho (NT), Alex Topini (NT), Connor Meaux (NT), Keaton Blazer (NT), Andrew Abikhaled (NT)
Finals (Sun. 6 p.m.) - 4x400 Relay - 3:22.37 (7th-C-USA)
The women's team placed fourth at the C-USA Indoor Championships while the men finished in fifth place.
Championship action begins Thursday, May 9, with the combined events starting at 1:45 p.m. CT. The heptathlon gets the meet underway, while the decathlon starts thirty minutes later.
Field events start Friday at 1 p.m. CT and the second day of heptathlon and decathlon action takes place. The day's activities wrap-up with the 10,000m finals for both the men and women. Women's discus opens the competition Saturday, beginning at 12 p.m.CT, with the track events going off at 2:30 p.m. CT. The women's 1500m preliminaries is first up, while the men's 3000m steeplechase will end day three.
Championship Sunday begins at 12 p.m. CT starting with the women's shot put and concluding with the men's 4x400 relay at 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will all be streamed free on CUSA.tv.
Scheduled Rice Women's Competitors (all times CT)
Finals (Fri. 1 p.m.) - Hammer - Julie Perez (55.78m-4th C-USA), Dheryl Batts (53.00m-9th C-USA)
Finals (Fri. 7 p.m.) - 10,000m - Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi (NT)
Finals (Fri./Sat.) - Heptathlon - Giulia Sportoletti (5062 pts.-1st C-USA), Zinedine Russell (5041 pts.-2nd C-USA)
Finals (Sat. 12 p.m.) - Discus - Julie Perez (45.80m-8th C-USA), Erna Gunnarsdottir (42.57m)
Finals (Sat. 12:30 p.m.) - Pole Vault - Kylie Swiekatowski (3.86m-5th C-USA), Emily Harrison (3.57m-T-10th C-USA), Ali Goodson (NH)
Finals (Sat. 2:30 p.m.) - Long Jump - Michelle Fokam (6.35m-1st C-USA), Teesa Mpagi (5.53m)
Prelims (Sat. 2:30 p.m.) - 1500m - Alyssa Balandran (4:39.99), Mary Claire Neal (4:40.35), Caitlin Wosika (4:44.33), Sarah Glover (4:46.07), Ruby Watson (4:47.83), Ashley Messineo (NT)
Prelims (Sat. 3 p.m.) - 100m Hurdles - Zinedine Russell (14.34)
Prelims (Sat. 4:05 p.m.) - 100m - Hannah Jackson (11.54-3rd C-USA)
Prelims (Sat. 4:30 p.m.) - 800m - Hannah Bablak (2:14.40), Nicole Mitchell (2:16.73)
Prelims (Sat. 5:25 p.m.) - 200m - Hannah Jackson (23.42-2nd C-USA)
Finals (Sat. 6 p.m.) - 3000m Steeplechase - Ryann Helmers (11:12.72-10th C-USA), Natalie Goddard (11:28.84), Loren Goddard (11:39.81), Sage McAdams (11:43.43)
Finals (Sun. 12 p.m.) - Shot Put - Erna Gunnarsdottir (16.13m-1st C-USA)
Finals (Sun. 1:30 p.m.) - Javelin - Giulia Sportoletti (40.41m)
Finals (Sun. 2:30 p.m.) - Triple Jump - Michelle Fokam (13.27m-2nd C-USA)
Finals (Sun. 3 p.m.) - 4x100 Relay - 46.33 (9th C-USA)
Finals (Sun. 3:30 p.m.) - High Jump - Zinedine Russell (1.70m-T-7th C-USA), Giulia Sportoletti (1.70m-T-7th C-USA), KC Nwadei (1.65m)
Finals (Sun. 5:05 p.m.) - 5000m - Ryann Helmers (17:34.90-10th C-USA), Ruby Watson (18:34.68), Mary Claire Neal (NT), Lourdes Vivas de Lorenzi (NT), Alyssa Balandran (NT), Sarah Glover (NT), Ashley Messineo (NT)
Finals (Sun. 5:50 p.m.) - 4x400 Relay - 3:55.57
Scheduled Rice Men's Competitors (all times CT)
Finals (Fri. 3:30 p.m.) - Hammer - Michael Yow (60.52m-3rd C-USA), Nicks Hicks (59.25m-5th C-USA), Austin Weber (49.07m-10th C-USA)
Finals (Fri., 8 p.m.) - 10,000m - Hociel Landa (29:56.69-4th C-USA), Clay Musial (30:44.15-6th C-USA), Alex Dunbar (32:50.40-8th C-USA)
Finals (Fri./Sat.) - Decathlon - Charlie Card-Childers (7529 pts.-1st C-USA), Corbett Fong (6317 pts.-3rd C-USA), Keegan O'Connor (NT)
Finals (Sat. 2:30 p.m.) - Discus - Nick Hicks (50.44m-3rd C-USA)
Prelims (Sat. 2:45 p.m.) - 1500m - Reagan Olguin (3:48.03-1st C-USA), Alex Topini (3:49.93-2nd C-USA)
Prelims (Sat. 4:40 p.m.) - 800m - Reagan Olguin (1:49.96-1st C-USA), Jason Bugg (1:52.59), Mike Otoo (1:56.91)
Prelims (Sat. 5:10 p.m.) - 400m Hurdles - Ken Berger (1:01.08)
Finals (Sat. 6:15 p.m.) - 3000m Steeplechase - Adolfo Carvalho (9:12.75-6th C-USA), Andrew Abikhaled (9:15.71-7th C-USA), Keaton Blazer (9:40.44), Connor Meaux (9:41.50)
Finals (Sun. 12 p.m.) - Triple Jump - Patrick McCoy (14.24m)
Finals (Sun. 12:30 p.m.) - Pole Vault - Natan Rivera (5.35m-1st C-USA), Thomas Pratt (4.95m-8th C-USA), Charlie Card-Childers (4.90m-9th C-USA)
Finals (Sun. 2:30 p.m.) - Shot Put - Michael Yow (14.88m)
Finals (Sun. 3:05 p.m.) - 4x100 Relay - NT
Finals (Sun. 4 p.m.) - Javelin - Charlie Card-Childers (63.71m-2nd C-USA), Dane Stolsig (63.66m-3rd C-USA), Corbett Fong (55.38m-9th C-USA), Brandon Cua (54.34m)
Finals (Sun. 5:25 p.m.) - 5000m - Clay Musial (14:45.89-9th C-USA), Hociel Landa (15:19.45), Alex Dunbar (15:42.14), Adolfo Carvalho (NT), Alex Topini (NT), Connor Meaux (NT), Keaton Blazer (NT), Andrew Abikhaled (NT)
Finals (Sun. 6 p.m.) - 4x400 Relay - 3:22.37 (7th-C-USA)
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