
Owls Conclude Regular Season at UH
5/1/2024 1:17:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
HOUSTON – The Rice men's track and field team will wrap up the regular season Friday at the Tom Tellez Invitational at the University of Houston. The meet is Rice's last before the AAC Championships in San Antonio next week.
In total, the Owls will have 26 athletes competing across 14 events. Along with Rice, schools competing are Houston, Houston Christian, Lamar, Loyola-New Orleans, Southwestern, St. Thomas, TAMU-Kingsville and Texas Lutheran.
The Owls currently have several athletes in the top 50 of their respective events in the NCAA: Sam Welsh (9th – Discus), Ty Hampton (20th – javelin), Ese Amata (33rd – high jump), Shaun Kerry (27th – hammer throw), Gus Gannon (42nd – 3000m Steeplechase) and Cal Abdulky (43rd – hammer throw).
Scheduled Rice competitors
110m Hurdles – Vincent Arousell, Christian Edgar
400m – Sachin Shurpalekar, Kevin Schott, Luke Ivy
400m Hurdles – Kamden O'Connor, Thomas Ma
800m – Jose Acune, Gerardo Torres, Nathan Turman, Ronen Oosthuizen, Cadan Hanson
1500m – Riley Kuhlman, Kaleb Cox
4x400m – O'Connor, Shurpalekar, Schott, Thames
High Jump – Ese Amata, Patrick Elizondo, Arousell
Pole Vault – Javier Alatorre, Matt Kumar, Alexander Slinkman
Long Jump –Ivy
Triple Jump – Ellis Ibizugbe
Shot Put – Christopher Rivera, Jorge Hinojosa
Discus – Hinojosa, Arousell
Hammer Throw – Cal Abdulky, Shaun Kerry
Javelin – Ivy
In total, the Owls will have 26 athletes competing across 14 events. Along with Rice, schools competing are Houston, Houston Christian, Lamar, Loyola-New Orleans, Southwestern, St. Thomas, TAMU-Kingsville and Texas Lutheran.
The Owls currently have several athletes in the top 50 of their respective events in the NCAA: Sam Welsh (9th – Discus), Ty Hampton (20th – javelin), Ese Amata (33rd – high jump), Shaun Kerry (27th – hammer throw), Gus Gannon (42nd – 3000m Steeplechase) and Cal Abdulky (43rd – hammer throw).
Scheduled Rice competitors
110m Hurdles – Vincent Arousell, Christian Edgar
400m – Sachin Shurpalekar, Kevin Schott, Luke Ivy
400m Hurdles – Kamden O'Connor, Thomas Ma
800m – Jose Acune, Gerardo Torres, Nathan Turman, Ronen Oosthuizen, Cadan Hanson
1500m – Riley Kuhlman, Kaleb Cox
4x400m – O'Connor, Shurpalekar, Schott, Thames
High Jump – Ese Amata, Patrick Elizondo, Arousell
Pole Vault – Javier Alatorre, Matt Kumar, Alexander Slinkman
Long Jump –Ivy
Triple Jump – Ellis Ibizugbe
Shot Put – Christopher Rivera, Jorge Hinojosa
Discus – Hinojosa, Arousell
Hammer Throw – Cal Abdulky, Shaun Kerry
Javelin – Ivy
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