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Women’s T&F Set for Victor Lopez Classic
3/23/2023 7:28:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
HOUSTON – The Rice Owls women's track & field team will host their first track meet of the season this weekend for the Victor Lopez Classic. The event will begin Thursday night for high school athletes and Friday for college athletes. Saturday will be a mix of both high school and college athletes.
In total, the Owls will have 32 athletes competing in 17 events. Schools aside from Rice are Houston Christian, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, Houston, Sam Houston, McNeese, Lamar, SFA, St. Thomas, Incarnate Word, North Texas and Little Rock.
Tickets for the event will be on sale outside of the gates at Holloway Field. The collegiate portion will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Friday with the hammer throw event. Running events will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Friday with the 4x100 Relays (high school), while running events for college events will begin at 7:30 p.m. with the 1,500-meter run.
Scheduled Rice competitors
100m – Gal Kadmon
100m Hurdles – Justice Coutee-McCullum, Lindsay Simms
200m – Kennedy Gamble, Kadmon, Arayna Mickles
400m – Sydney Bogan
400m Hurdles – L. Simms, Savannah Simms
800m – Amelie Attenborough, Alyssa Balandran, Cici Calhoun, Taigen Hunter-Galvan, Darcey Lonsdale, Hannah Rahmaan, Addison Saley, Grace Waterman, Ava White
1500m – Attenborough, Balandran, Calhoun, Hunter-Galvan, Lonsdale, Rahmaan, Saley, White, Caitlin Wosika
3000m Steeple – Katlyn Schmeltzer
5000m – Julianna Dickman, Rachel Shoemaker, Lina Spjut, Wosika
(Not included – 4x400 relay)
Field Events
Hammer Throw – Julie Perez, Tara Simpson-Sullivan
Pole Vault – Audrey Ho, Elena Siemens, Lauren Schmitt
Long Jump – Christelle Bonzil, Mickles
Triple Jump – Bonzil, Ginnie Okafor, S. Simms
Shot Put – Morgan Fey, Erna Gunnarsdottir
Discus –Fey, Julie Perez
Javelin – Mckyla Van der Westhuizen
In total, the Owls will have 32 athletes competing in 17 events. Schools aside from Rice are Houston Christian, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, Houston, Sam Houston, McNeese, Lamar, SFA, St. Thomas, Incarnate Word, North Texas and Little Rock.
Tickets for the event will be on sale outside of the gates at Holloway Field. The collegiate portion will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Friday with the hammer throw event. Running events will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Friday with the 4x100 Relays (high school), while running events for college events will begin at 7:30 p.m. with the 1,500-meter run.
Scheduled Rice competitors
100m – Gal Kadmon
100m Hurdles – Justice Coutee-McCullum, Lindsay Simms
200m – Kennedy Gamble, Kadmon, Arayna Mickles
400m – Sydney Bogan
400m Hurdles – L. Simms, Savannah Simms
800m – Amelie Attenborough, Alyssa Balandran, Cici Calhoun, Taigen Hunter-Galvan, Darcey Lonsdale, Hannah Rahmaan, Addison Saley, Grace Waterman, Ava White
1500m – Attenborough, Balandran, Calhoun, Hunter-Galvan, Lonsdale, Rahmaan, Saley, White, Caitlin Wosika
3000m Steeple – Katlyn Schmeltzer
5000m – Julianna Dickman, Rachel Shoemaker, Lina Spjut, Wosika
(Not included – 4x400 relay)
Field Events
Hammer Throw – Julie Perez, Tara Simpson-Sullivan
Pole Vault – Audrey Ho, Elena Siemens, Lauren Schmitt
Long Jump – Christelle Bonzil, Mickles
Triple Jump – Bonzil, Ginnie Okafor, S. Simms
Shot Put – Morgan Fey, Erna Gunnarsdottir
Discus –Fey, Julie Perez
Javelin – Mckyla Van der Westhuizen
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