Men's Track & Field Ready to Host Victor Lopez Classic
3/21/2024 12:49:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
HOUSTON, Texas - The Rice Owls men'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 Rice men's track & field team will have 40 athletes competing in 16 events. Live results will be provided via Flash Results Texas.
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 7:35 p.m. with the 1,500-meter run.
Competition on Saturday begins at 11 a.m. with the shot put. Running events will start at 1 p.m. with the 110-meter hurdles.
Scheduled Rice Competitors
110-Meter Hurdles - Vincent Arousell, Christian Edgar
400 Meters - Vincent Arousell, Luke Ivy, Connor McGrath, Kevin Schott, Sachin Shurpalekar
400-Meter Hurdles - Thomas Ma, Kamden O'Connor
800 Meters - Cadan Hanson, Brandon Martz, Ronen Oosthuizen, Reeve Tarter, Davis Thames, William Thames, Gerardo Torres
1,500 Meters - Jose Acuna, Gus Gannon, Elliot Metcalf, Jackson Moran, Andrew Murray, Davis Thames
3,000-Meter Steeplechase - Luke DeMahy, Gus Gannon, Riley Kuhlman, Brandon Martz, Grant Samara
5,000 Meters - Kaleb Cox
10,000 Meters - Tyler Strothman, Ben Tijerina, Wesley Wright
4x400-Meter Relay - Cadan Hanson, Connor McGrath, Kamden O'Connor, Ronen Oosthuizen, Kevin Schott, Sachin Shurpalekar, William Thames, Gerardo Torres
Triple Jump - Ellis Ibizugbe
High Jump - Patrick Elizondo
Pole Vault - Javier Alatorre, Matt Kumar, Alexander Slinkman
Shot Put - Vincent Arousell, Jorge Hinojosa, Luke Ivy, Christopher Rivera, Daniel Sowell, Sam Welsh
Discus - Jorge Hinojosa, Daniel Sowell
Hammer - Cal Abdulky, Shaun Kerry, Daniel Sowell
Javelin - Vincent Arousell, Luke Ivy, James McNaney, Aryan Padaruth