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Friday, January 12
Houston, TX
Rice University
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Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational
Women’s T&F Opens 2024 Indoor Season at UH Friday
1/11/2024 3:16:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
HOUSTON – The Rice Owls women's track & field team begins the 2024 season at the University of Houston tomorrow for the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational. The field events will begin at 9:00 a.m., while the track events will start at 12:00 p.m.
In total, the Owls will have 27 athletes competing in 13 events. Schools aside from Rice and Houston competing are Houston Christian, Lamar, Minnesota, North Texas, Sam Houston, SMU, Texas Southern and Texas State.
The Owls finished second a season ago at the C-USA Indoor Championships. Tara Simpson-Sullivan and Erna Gunnarsdottir both advanced to the NCAA Indoor Championships, where Gunnarsdottir placed seventh and Simpson-Sullivan finished 14th.
Scheduled Rice competitors
60m – Kennedy Gamble, Saniya Friendly, Gal Kadmon, Sydney Bogan
60m hurdles – Eliza Kraule, Lindsay Simms, Eva Vreeland
Mile – Sutton Walsh, Alisa Meraz-Fishbein, Katlyn Schmeltzer, Alex Gobran, Cici Calhoun, Ellie Schweiker, Ava White, Taigen Hunter-Galvan
200m – Riana Green, Vreeland, Bogan, Kadmon, Friendly, Arayna Mickles, Gamble
400m – Green
800m – White, Caroline Thames, Hunter-Galvan, Calhoun, Meraz-Fishbein
4x400 – Bogan, Kadmon, Hunter-Galvan, Calhoun – Green, Savannah Simms, L. Simms, Mickles
Field Events
High Jump – Josie Taylor, Alice Taylor
Pole Vault – Elena Siemens, Lauren Schmitt
Long Jump – Christelle Bonzil, L. Simms, Kraule
Triple Jump – Ginnie Okafor, Bonzil, S. Simms
Shot Put – Morgan Fey
Weight Throw – Tara Simpson-Sullivan
In total, the Owls will have 27 athletes competing in 13 events. Schools aside from Rice and Houston competing are Houston Christian, Lamar, Minnesota, North Texas, Sam Houston, SMU, Texas Southern and Texas State.
The Owls finished second a season ago at the C-USA Indoor Championships. Tara Simpson-Sullivan and Erna Gunnarsdottir both advanced to the NCAA Indoor Championships, where Gunnarsdottir placed seventh and Simpson-Sullivan finished 14th.
Scheduled Rice competitors
60m – Kennedy Gamble, Saniya Friendly, Gal Kadmon, Sydney Bogan
60m hurdles – Eliza Kraule, Lindsay Simms, Eva Vreeland
Mile – Sutton Walsh, Alisa Meraz-Fishbein, Katlyn Schmeltzer, Alex Gobran, Cici Calhoun, Ellie Schweiker, Ava White, Taigen Hunter-Galvan
200m – Riana Green, Vreeland, Bogan, Kadmon, Friendly, Arayna Mickles, Gamble
400m – Green
800m – White, Caroline Thames, Hunter-Galvan, Calhoun, Meraz-Fishbein
4x400 – Bogan, Kadmon, Hunter-Galvan, Calhoun – Green, Savannah Simms, L. Simms, Mickles
Field Events
High Jump – Josie Taylor, Alice Taylor
Pole Vault – Elena Siemens, Lauren Schmitt
Long Jump – Christelle Bonzil, L. Simms, Kraule
Triple Jump – Ginnie Okafor, Bonzil, S. Simms
Shot Put – Morgan Fey
Weight Throw – Tara Simpson-Sullivan
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