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Friday, January 20
Houston, TX
All Day
Rice University
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Robert Platt Invitational
Photo by: Michael Wade
Women’s T&F Back In Action At UH
1/19/2023 10:36:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
HOUSTON – The Rice Owls women's track & field team heads back to the University of Houston tomorrow for the Robert Platt Invitational at Yeoman Fieldhouse. The invitational is set to begin at 2:00 p.m.
In total, the Owls will have 32 athletes competing in 14 events. Schools aside from Rice and Houston competing are Central Arkansas, Houston Christian, Lamar, Prairie View, SFA, St. Thomas, TAMU-Kingsville, TAMU-Corpus-Christi, Texas Southern, UTRGV and UTSA.
The Owls opened the season a week ago at UH and saw several highlight performances, with Ginnie Okafor taking first place in triple jump. Tara Simpson-Sullivan and Julie Perez finished third and sixth, respectively, in weight throw while Morgan Fey finished fourth in shot put.
Rice also saw success in the running events last week as two Owls cracked the top 10 in the mile, with Caitlin Wosika and Lina Spjut finishing sixth and ninth. Kennedy Gamble also took home a seventh-place finish in the 60-meter dash.
Scheduled Rice competitors
60m – Gamble, Saniya Friendly, Gal Kadmon, Sydney Bogan
200m – Gamble, Friendly, Arayna Mickles, Kadmon, Justice Coutee-McCullum, Eva Vreeland, Lindsay Simms, Sydney Bogan, Savannah Simms
400m – Mickles, S. Simms, Darcey Lonsdale
800m – Cici Calhoun, Maggie Forbes, Liza Yusem Carstens, Hannah Rahmaan
1 mile – Alyssa Balandran, Amelie Attenborough, Ava White, Katlyn Schmeltzer
3000m – Caitlin Wosika, Ellie Schweiker, Lina Spjut, Rachel Shoemaker, Haley Allen
60m hurdles – Justice Coutee-McCullum, L. Simms, Vreeland
4000m – (A) Balandran, Bogan, Lonsdale, White, Hunter-Galvan
Field Events
High Jump – L. Simms
Pole Vault – Elena Siemens, Lauren Schmitt
Long Jump – Christelle Bonzil
Triple Jump – Ginnie Okafor, Bonzil, S. Simms
Shot Put – Morgan Fey, Erna Gunnarsdottir
Weight Throw – Tara Simpson-Sullivan, Julie Perez
In total, the Owls will have 32 athletes competing in 14 events. Schools aside from Rice and Houston competing are Central Arkansas, Houston Christian, Lamar, Prairie View, SFA, St. Thomas, TAMU-Kingsville, TAMU-Corpus-Christi, Texas Southern, UTRGV and UTSA.
The Owls opened the season a week ago at UH and saw several highlight performances, with Ginnie Okafor taking first place in triple jump. Tara Simpson-Sullivan and Julie Perez finished third and sixth, respectively, in weight throw while Morgan Fey finished fourth in shot put.
Rice also saw success in the running events last week as two Owls cracked the top 10 in the mile, with Caitlin Wosika and Lina Spjut finishing sixth and ninth. Kennedy Gamble also took home a seventh-place finish in the 60-meter dash.
Scheduled Rice competitors
60m – Gamble, Saniya Friendly, Gal Kadmon, Sydney Bogan
200m – Gamble, Friendly, Arayna Mickles, Kadmon, Justice Coutee-McCullum, Eva Vreeland, Lindsay Simms, Sydney Bogan, Savannah Simms
400m – Mickles, S. Simms, Darcey Lonsdale
800m – Cici Calhoun, Maggie Forbes, Liza Yusem Carstens, Hannah Rahmaan
1 mile – Alyssa Balandran, Amelie Attenborough, Ava White, Katlyn Schmeltzer
3000m – Caitlin Wosika, Ellie Schweiker, Lina Spjut, Rachel Shoemaker, Haley Allen
60m hurdles – Justice Coutee-McCullum, L. Simms, Vreeland
4000m – (A) Balandran, Bogan, Lonsdale, White, Hunter-Galvan
Field Events
High Jump – L. Simms
Pole Vault – Elena Siemens, Lauren Schmitt
Long Jump – Christelle Bonzil
Triple Jump – Ginnie Okafor, Bonzil, S. Simms
Shot Put – Morgan Fey, Erna Gunnarsdottir
Weight Throw – Tara Simpson-Sullivan, Julie Perez
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