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Rice Sweeps Hammer, has Fast Start to C-USA Championships
5/12/2023 11:14:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
DENTON – The Rice men's track and field team had a great first two days to the Conference USA Outdoor Championships, with several top finishes through the first three events. Overall, the Owls sit second in the team standings.
Rice started the championships by busting out the brooms as Shaun Kerry grabbed the hammer throw title with Cal Abdulky and Nick Hicks right behind for the 1-2-3 sweep.
Grant Levesque continued his strong opening day yesterday by capping off the decathlon with a second-place finish after posting a personal best score of 7903. Corbett Fong was close behind with a fourth-place finish for the Owls.
RESULTS (Top 10 finishers)
Hammer Throw
1. Kerry – 64.21m (210-08)
2. Abdulky – 61.60m (202-01)
3. Hicks – 60.09m (197-01)
Decathlon
2. Levesque – 7903 (992 100m, 891 LJ, 678 SP, 758 HJ, 859 400m, 926 110mH, 662 DT, 957 PV, 582 JAV, 598 1500m)
4. Fong – 6990 (812 100m, 755 LJ, 624 SP, 602 HJ, 756 400m, 730 110mH, 781 DT, 603 PV, 763 JAV, 564 1500m)
Team Scores
1. Charlotte – 39
2. Rice – 37
3. UTSA – 18
4. WKU – 7
5. MTSU – 6
6. UTEP – 5
7. LA Tech – 3
8. FIU - 2
DAY THREE
Rice will be back in action tomorrow for Day 3 of the C-USA Championships.
Rice started the championships by busting out the brooms as Shaun Kerry grabbed the hammer throw title with Cal Abdulky and Nick Hicks right behind for the 1-2-3 sweep.
Grant Levesque continued his strong opening day yesterday by capping off the decathlon with a second-place finish after posting a personal best score of 7903. Corbett Fong was close behind with a fourth-place finish for the Owls.
Hammer Throw
1. Kerry – 64.21m (210-08)
2. Abdulky – 61.60m (202-01)
3. Hicks – 60.09m (197-01)
Decathlon
2. Levesque – 7903 (992 100m, 891 LJ, 678 SP, 758 HJ, 859 400m, 926 110mH, 662 DT, 957 PV, 582 JAV, 598 1500m)
4. Fong – 6990 (812 100m, 755 LJ, 624 SP, 602 HJ, 756 400m, 730 110mH, 781 DT, 603 PV, 763 JAV, 564 1500m)
Team Scores
1. Charlotte – 39
2. Rice – 37
3. UTSA – 18
4. WKU – 7
5. MTSU – 6
6. UTEP – 5
7. LA Tech – 3
8. FIU - 2
Rice will be back in action tomorrow for Day 3 of the C-USA Championships.
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