Friday, October 17
College Station, TX
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Rice University
at
Arturo Barrios Invitational
Owls Have Stellar Race in College Station
10/17/2025 6:03:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
COLLEGE STATION - The Rice women's cross country team had a tremendous showing at Texas A&M's Arturo Barrios Invite Friday morning, placing sixth out the of 38 schools, with three Owls finishing in the top 50.
Post-Meet Reaction: Head Coach Jim Bevan
"I was very happy with our overall performance today. We ran better than our previous outing at Arkansas. We got Heidi Nielson back in the lineup and she performed very well for her first race of year. Alex Gobran gave another outstanding performance, and she continues to get better. Oliwia Kopeć in her second race this season ran exceedingly well. Miranda Schriver and Daphne Mayer moved up throughout the race and had great finishes. At the 2k were 15th as a team and we ended sixth. Molly Humes and Amelie Attenborough keep getting better each week. We ran the right race for us today and we beat some schools we haven't beaten in quite a while. We are headed in the right direction and are in a great pace for conference. I look forward to the rest of the season."
Gobran paced the Owls in 23rd with a time of 20:21.0 for the team's first 6k race of the season. Kopec finished in 43rd with a time of 20:46.3 while Nielson was just two spots behind in her season debut.
Schriver (56 – 21:03.6) and Mayer (21:09.1) rounded out Rice's top five finishers.
Rice is back in action on Nov. 1 in Charlotte, N.C. for the American Conference Cross Country Championships.
Rice Performers (out of 337)
23. Alex Gobran – 20:21.0
43. Oliwia Kopeć – 20:46.3
45. Heidi Nielson – 20:49.5
56. Miranda Schriver – 21:03.6
61. Daphne Mayer – 21:09.1
77. Amelie Attenborough – 21:24.0
86. Molly Humes – 21:33.0
123. Niamh Collins – 22:05.9
167. Brooklyn Crow – 22:32.6
226. Cici Calhoun – 23:27.9
255. Sutton Walsh – 24:11.4
260. Cullen Merrell – 24:27.3
268. Kate Twede – 24:49.0
279. Emma Young – 25:38.4
Team Scores (out of 38)
1. Wake Forest – 78
2. LSU – 88
3. Texas A&M – 113
4. SMU – 185
5. SFA – 198
6. Rice – 218
8. Oklahoma – 222
9. Tulsa – 241
10. Ohio State – 246
12. Texas Tech – 353
13. Houston – 400
16. Baylor – 455
17. TCU – 471
23. North Texas – 726
33. UTSA - 962
Post-Meet Reaction: Head Coach Jim Bevan
"I was very happy with our overall performance today. We ran better than our previous outing at Arkansas. We got Heidi Nielson back in the lineup and she performed very well for her first race of year. Alex Gobran gave another outstanding performance, and she continues to get better. Oliwia Kopeć in her second race this season ran exceedingly well. Miranda Schriver and Daphne Mayer moved up throughout the race and had great finishes. At the 2k were 15th as a team and we ended sixth. Molly Humes and Amelie Attenborough keep getting better each week. We ran the right race for us today and we beat some schools we haven't beaten in quite a while. We are headed in the right direction and are in a great pace for conference. I look forward to the rest of the season."
Gobran paced the Owls in 23rd with a time of 20:21.0 for the team's first 6k race of the season. Kopec finished in 43rd with a time of 20:46.3 while Nielson was just two spots behind in her season debut.
Schriver (56 – 21:03.6) and Mayer (21:09.1) rounded out Rice's top five finishers.
Rice is back in action on Nov. 1 in Charlotte, N.C. for the American Conference Cross Country Championships.
Rice Performers (out of 337)
23. Alex Gobran – 20:21.0
43. Oliwia Kopeć – 20:46.3
45. Heidi Nielson – 20:49.5
56. Miranda Schriver – 21:03.6
61. Daphne Mayer – 21:09.1
77. Amelie Attenborough – 21:24.0
86. Molly Humes – 21:33.0
123. Niamh Collins – 22:05.9
167. Brooklyn Crow – 22:32.6
226. Cici Calhoun – 23:27.9
255. Sutton Walsh – 24:11.4
260. Cullen Merrell – 24:27.3
268. Kate Twede – 24:49.0
279. Emma Young – 25:38.4
Team Scores (out of 38)
1. Wake Forest – 78
2. LSU – 88
3. Texas A&M – 113
4. SMU – 185
5. SFA – 198
6. Rice – 218
8. Oklahoma – 222
9. Tulsa – 241
10. Ohio State – 246
12. Texas Tech – 353
13. Houston – 400
16. Baylor – 455
17. TCU – 471
23. North Texas – 726
33. UTSA - 962
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