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Friday, January 12
Houston, TX
Rice University
at
Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational
Gamble Breaks School Record in Season Opener
1/12/2024 8:58:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
HOUSTON – The Rice women's track and field team opened the 2024 indoor season with a bang, capturing three event titles and one school record at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational at the University of Houston.
Kennedy Gamble broke a 27-year-old school record in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.36, just narrowly breaking the previous record of 7.38 set by TaNisha Mills in 1997. Taigen Hunter-Galvan continued the strong track performance for Rice by capturing the Mile with a time of 4:49.74.
In the field events, Eliza Kraule won the long jump with a distance of 6.22m. Josie Taylor won the high jump with a height of 1.80m, while sister Alice Taylor finished fourth in her Rice debut with a height of 1.70m.
RESULTS (Top 10 finishers)
60m
3. Gamble – 7.36 – School Record
200m
5. Gamble – 24.29
800m
2. Cici Calhoun – 2:19..36
Mile
1. Hunter-Galvan – 4:49.74
8. Alisa Meraz-Fishbein – 5:03.75
4x400
3. Lindsay Simms, Riana Green, Arayna Mickles, Hunter-Galvan – 3:48.43
7. Eva Vreeland, Gal Kadmon, Kraule, Alice Taylor – 3:59.00
Long Jump
1. Kraule – 6.22m (20-05.00)
10. Simms – 5.36m (17-07.00)
Pole Vault
6. Elena Siemens – 3.60m (11-09.75)
9. Lauren Schmitt – 3.45m (11-03.75)
Shot Put
8. Morgan Fey – 13.98m (45-10.50)
Triple Jump
4. Ginnie Okafor – 12.13m (39-09.75)
UP NEXT
Rice will be back in action in two weeks at the Robert Platt Invitational at UH.
Kennedy Gamble broke a 27-year-old school record in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.36, just narrowly breaking the previous record of 7.38 set by TaNisha Mills in 1997. Taigen Hunter-Galvan continued the strong track performance for Rice by capturing the Mile with a time of 4:49.74.
In the field events, Eliza Kraule won the long jump with a distance of 6.22m. Josie Taylor won the high jump with a height of 1.80m, while sister Alice Taylor finished fourth in her Rice debut with a height of 1.70m.
60m
3. Gamble – 7.36 – School Record
200m
5. Gamble – 24.29
800m
2. Cici Calhoun – 2:19..36
Mile
1. Hunter-Galvan – 4:49.74
8. Alisa Meraz-Fishbein – 5:03.75
4x400
3. Lindsay Simms, Riana Green, Arayna Mickles, Hunter-Galvan – 3:48.43
7. Eva Vreeland, Gal Kadmon, Kraule, Alice Taylor – 3:59.00
Long Jump
1. Kraule – 6.22m (20-05.00)
10. Simms – 5.36m (17-07.00)
Pole Vault
6. Elena Siemens – 3.60m (11-09.75)
9. Lauren Schmitt – 3.45m (11-03.75)
Shot Put
8. Morgan Fey – 13.98m (45-10.50)
Triple Jump
4. Ginnie Okafor – 12.13m (39-09.75)
Rice will be back in action in two weeks at the Robert Platt Invitational at UH.
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