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Saturday, April 20
Houston, Texas
Rice University
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J. Fred Duckett Twilight
Owls Ready for Twilight Meet on Saturday
4/19/2024 1:58:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
HOUSTON – The Rice Owls women's track & field team returns to Wendel D. Ley track for the final home meet of the year for the 20th J. Fred Duckett Twilight Meet on Saturday. The meet will being at 10 a.m. with women's hammer throw and men's javelin.
The meet will also be Senior Day for Rice track and field, with the ceremony taking place at 5:30 p.m.
In total, the Owls will have 26 athletes competing across 16 events. Along with Rice, schools competing are Dallas Baptist, Hill College, Houston, Huston-Tillotson, Jarvis Christian, LeTourneau, McNeese State, Nicholls State, North American, Our Lady of the Lake, Prairie View, Sam Houston, St. Edward's, St. Thomas (TX), TAMU-Kingsville, TAMU-Texarkana, TAMU-CC, Texas College, Texas Southern, UTRGV and Victoria College.
With less than three weeks of competition remaining until the AAC Championships, the Owls currently have several athletes in the top 50 of their respective events in the NCAA: Mckyla Van der Westhuizen (5th – javelin), Alice Taylor (6th – high jump), Josie Taylor (13th – high jump), Tara Simpson-Sullivan (14th – hammer throw) and Kennedy Gamble (26th – 100m).
Scheduled Rice competitors
100m – Kennedy Gamble, Gal Kadmon
100m Hurdles – Alice Taylor, Eva Vreeland, Eliza Kraule
200m –Taylor, Riana Green, Arayna Mickles, Gamble
400m – Sydney Bogan, Darcey Lonsdale, Green, Mickles
400m Hurdles – Green, Savannah Simms, Vreeland
800m – Kraule, Caroline Thames, Maggie Forbes, Ava White, Amelie Attenborough, Taigen Hunter-Galvan
1500m – Katlyn Schmeltzer, Sutton Walsh, Attenborough, White, Hunter-Galvan
3000m Steeplechase – Ellie Schweiker, Schmeltzer
High Jump – Josie Taylor
Pole Vault – Lauren Schmitt
Long Jump – A. Taylor, Christelle Bonzil
Triple Jump – S. Simms, Ginnie Okafor, Bonzil
Shot Put – Morgan Fey
Discus – Fey
Hammer Throw – Tara Simpson-Sullivan
Javlein – Kraule, Elena Schwegman, Mckyla Van der Westhuizen
The meet will also be Senior Day for Rice track and field, with the ceremony taking place at 5:30 p.m.
In total, the Owls will have 26 athletes competing across 16 events. Along with Rice, schools competing are Dallas Baptist, Hill College, Houston, Huston-Tillotson, Jarvis Christian, LeTourneau, McNeese State, Nicholls State, North American, Our Lady of the Lake, Prairie View, Sam Houston, St. Edward's, St. Thomas (TX), TAMU-Kingsville, TAMU-Texarkana, TAMU-CC, Texas College, Texas Southern, UTRGV and Victoria College.
With less than three weeks of competition remaining until the AAC Championships, the Owls currently have several athletes in the top 50 of their respective events in the NCAA: Mckyla Van der Westhuizen (5th – javelin), Alice Taylor (6th – high jump), Josie Taylor (13th – high jump), Tara Simpson-Sullivan (14th – hammer throw) and Kennedy Gamble (26th – 100m).
Scheduled Rice competitors
100m – Kennedy Gamble, Gal Kadmon
100m Hurdles – Alice Taylor, Eva Vreeland, Eliza Kraule
200m –Taylor, Riana Green, Arayna Mickles, Gamble
400m – Sydney Bogan, Darcey Lonsdale, Green, Mickles
400m Hurdles – Green, Savannah Simms, Vreeland
800m – Kraule, Caroline Thames, Maggie Forbes, Ava White, Amelie Attenborough, Taigen Hunter-Galvan
1500m – Katlyn Schmeltzer, Sutton Walsh, Attenborough, White, Hunter-Galvan
3000m Steeplechase – Ellie Schweiker, Schmeltzer
High Jump – Josie Taylor
Pole Vault – Lauren Schmitt
Long Jump – A. Taylor, Christelle Bonzil
Triple Jump – S. Simms, Ginnie Okafor, Bonzil
Shot Put – Morgan Fey
Discus – Fey
Hammer Throw – Tara Simpson-Sullivan
Javlein – Kraule, Elena Schwegman, Mckyla Van der Westhuizen
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