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Saturday, February 18
Birmingham, AL
All Day
Rice University
vs
C-USA Championships
Owls Sit in Second After Day One of C-USA Championships
2/18/2023 10:48:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
BIRMINGHAM – The Rice women's track and field team had a strong open to the Conference USA Indoor Championships, sitting in second place with multiple event title and top finishes.
Lindsay Simms got the Owls on the board first with a second-place finish in the pentathlon. Elena Siemens and Lauren Schmitt had a strong showing in the pole vault with a fourth and eighth place finish, respectively.
Tara Simpson-Sullivan continued to shine, breaking both the Rice and C-USA records in the weight throw with a distance of 72-09.25, while also winning the event. The distance medley team of Amelie Attenborough, Savannah Simms, Taigen Hunter-Galvan and Alyssa Balandran also came away on top with a time of 11:34.36.
In total, the Owls currently sit in second place with 35.5 points with six of the 17 events scored.
Post Meet Reaction - Head Coach Jim Bevan
"New school record and C-USA meet record by Tara! She is a championship meet performer! Also, Julie Perez had a strong showing and was able to grab a point in the weight throw. Big pb by Lindsay Simms and a silver medal, also a big pb by Elena in pole vault and indoor pb by Lauren Schmitt. DMR was outstanding, starting with freshman Amelie, we led after 1200, passed to sophomore, Savannah Simms, who had a great carry even with the lead to pass to a junior, Taigen, who was outstanding and passed even with the lead to our senior, Alyssa, who had a smart and kicking carry to win going away. A great group effort today!
RESULTS (Top 10 finishers)
Pentathlon
2. Lindsay Simms (60m Hurdles – 1st, HJ – 6th, SP – 10th, LJ – 3rd, 800m – 2nd)
5000m
8. Lina Spjut – 17:19.37
DMR
1. Attenborough, S. Simms, Hunter-Galvan, Balandran – 11:34.36
Pole Vault
4. Siemens – 12-06.25
8. Schmitt – 11-06.50
Weight Throw
1. Simpson-Sullivan – 72-09.25
8. Perez – 55-03.50
TEAM STANDINGS
1. FIU 52.5
2. Rice 35.5
3. Charlotte 27.5
4. MTSU 26
5. UTSA 25
6. North Texas 17
7. UAB 14.5
8. FAU 14
9. LA Tech 8
9. WKU 8
11. UTEP 6
UP NEXT
Rice will be back in action tomorrow for day two (last day) of the championships.
Lindsay Simms got the Owls on the board first with a second-place finish in the pentathlon. Elena Siemens and Lauren Schmitt had a strong showing in the pole vault with a fourth and eighth place finish, respectively.
Tara Simpson-Sullivan continued to shine, breaking both the Rice and C-USA records in the weight throw with a distance of 72-09.25, while also winning the event. The distance medley team of Amelie Attenborough, Savannah Simms, Taigen Hunter-Galvan and Alyssa Balandran also came away on top with a time of 11:34.36.
In total, the Owls currently sit in second place with 35.5 points with six of the 17 events scored.
"New school record and C-USA meet record by Tara! She is a championship meet performer! Also, Julie Perez had a strong showing and was able to grab a point in the weight throw. Big pb by Lindsay Simms and a silver medal, also a big pb by Elena in pole vault and indoor pb by Lauren Schmitt. DMR was outstanding, starting with freshman Amelie, we led after 1200, passed to sophomore, Savannah Simms, who had a great carry even with the lead to pass to a junior, Taigen, who was outstanding and passed even with the lead to our senior, Alyssa, who had a smart and kicking carry to win going away. A great group effort today!
Pentathlon
2. Lindsay Simms (60m Hurdles – 1st, HJ – 6th, SP – 10th, LJ – 3rd, 800m – 2nd)
5000m
8. Lina Spjut – 17:19.37
DMR
1. Attenborough, S. Simms, Hunter-Galvan, Balandran – 11:34.36
Pole Vault
4. Siemens – 12-06.25
8. Schmitt – 11-06.50
Weight Throw
1. Simpson-Sullivan – 72-09.25
8. Perez – 55-03.50
TEAM STANDINGS
1. FIU 52.5
2. Rice 35.5
3. Charlotte 27.5
4. MTSU 26
5. UTSA 25
6. North Texas 17
7. UAB 14.5
8. FAU 14
9. LA Tech 8
9. WKU 8
11. UTEP 6
Rice will be back in action tomorrow for day two (last day) of the championships.
Players Mentioned
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
/ Women's Track & Field
Throws
/ Women's Track & Field
Pole Vault
/ Women's Track & Field
Pole Vault
/ Women's Track & Field
Pole Vault/Multis
/ Women's Track & Field
Hurdles
/ Women's Track & Field
Throws
/ Women's Track & Field
Distance
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