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Friday, February 28
Birmingham, Ala.
Rice University
at
AAC Championships
Owls Set for AAC Championships
2/27/2025 6:23:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
BIRMINGHAM – The Rice Owls men's track & field team heads to Birmingham this weekend for the AAC Indoor Championships. The two-day meet will open at 11:30 a.m. Friday on the men's side with the heptathlon.
In total, the Owls will have 20 athletes competing in 13 events.
Cal Abdulky looks to defend his weight throw title from a season ago, while Matt Kumar returns in the pole vault after a second-place finish at last year's competition.
Gus Gannon is seeded within the top eight in two events (3000m and 5000m) while Christian Edgar holds the eighth-fastest time in the 60m hurdles entering the meet.
Jackson Moran enters with fifth-fastest mark in the mile.
The Owls finished sixth as a team at last year's meet, collecting 68 points.
Live stats for the meet can be found here, while the streaming link can be found here. There are no tickets for the meet as it is free to the public.
Scheduled Rice competitors
60m Hurdles – Christian Edgar
60m –Drayden Dickmann
400m – Connor McGrath, Jakob Gilbreth
800m – Jordan Edmondson, Marcus Gaitan, William Thames, Evan Ringwald
Mile – Jackson Moran
3000m – Brandon Martz, Ben Tijerina, Gus Gannon, Jackson Moran
5000m – Brandon Martz, Ben Tijerina, Gus Gannon
DMR
4x400
Weight Throw – Cal Abdulky, Daniel Sowell
Shot Put – Jorge Hinojosa, Daniel Sowell
Pole Vault – Matt Kumar, William Hagemeier
Heptathlon – Augustus Henry, Luke Ivy
In total, the Owls will have 20 athletes competing in 13 events.
Cal Abdulky looks to defend his weight throw title from a season ago, while Matt Kumar returns in the pole vault after a second-place finish at last year's competition.
Gus Gannon is seeded within the top eight in two events (3000m and 5000m) while Christian Edgar holds the eighth-fastest time in the 60m hurdles entering the meet.
Jackson Moran enters with fifth-fastest mark in the mile.
The Owls finished sixth as a team at last year's meet, collecting 68 points.
Live stats for the meet can be found here, while the streaming link can be found here. There are no tickets for the meet as it is free to the public.
Scheduled Rice competitors
60m Hurdles – Christian Edgar
60m –Drayden Dickmann
400m – Connor McGrath, Jakob Gilbreth
800m – Jordan Edmondson, Marcus Gaitan, William Thames, Evan Ringwald
Mile – Jackson Moran
3000m – Brandon Martz, Ben Tijerina, Gus Gannon, Jackson Moran
5000m – Brandon Martz, Ben Tijerina, Gus Gannon
DMR
4x400
Weight Throw – Cal Abdulky, Daniel Sowell
Shot Put – Jorge Hinojosa, Daniel Sowell
Pole Vault – Matt Kumar, William Hagemeier
Heptathlon – Augustus Henry, Luke Ivy
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