Owls Open Season with Rice Invitational Title

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HOUSTON - The Rice Owls men's cross country team captured a season-opening team win at the 47th annual Rice Invitational Friday evening. Four Owls raced to a top-5 finish, and seven in the top-20. This also marked the sixth-straight Rice Invitational team title for the men's team.

Freshman Gus Gannon secured a second place finish at the 5200m in his Rice cross country debut, running a time of 15:51.4, performing at a 3:03/K pace.

Following closely behind for the Blue and Gray were junior Elliot Metcalf (15:57.2), junior Tyler Strothman (16:05.02) and senior Grant Samara (16:07.4), who finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively. Sophomore Will McDermott (16:21.4) placed ninth, resulting in five Owls finishing in the top-10 overall.

"That was excellent," said Rice head coach Jon Warren. "We had a good showing from Gus, Elliot, Tyler and Grant, which is surprising given where we are in the year… It was a really solid performance and a good start."

The Owls will now have the rest of the month to prepare for the Chile Pepper Festival at Fayetteville, AR on Friday, Sept. 29.

Rice Performers
2. Gus Gannon - 15:51.4
3. Elliot Metcalf - 15:57.2
4. Tyler Strothman - 16:05.2
5. Grant Samara - 16:07.4
9. Will McDermott - 16.21.4
15. Andrew Murray - 16:29.4
17. Wesley Wright - 16.37.5

Team Score
1. Rice - 23
2. Stephen F. Austin - 79
3. Texas A&M-CC - 103
4. Lamar - 108
5. Houston Christian - 168
6. Texas A&M-Int'l - 173
7. Prarie View - 202
8. St. Thomas (Tex.) - 215
9. Texas Southern - 216
10. Concordia - 227
11. Texas Lutheran - 292
12. Northwestern St. - 305

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