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Friday, February 28
Birmingham, Ala.
Rice University
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AAC Championships
Rice Readies for AAC Championships
2/27/2025 6:33:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
BIRMINGHAM – The Rice Owls women's track and field team looks to have another great showing at this year's AAC Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala. The two-day meet will begin Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. for the pentathlon.
In total, the Owls will have 24 athletes competing in 17 events.
Saniya Friendly returns for the 60m dash after scoring in the event at last year's meet, finishing seventh. She enters with the second-fastest mark of the season for the AAC with her school record time of 7.33s.
Amelie Attenborough enters the meet with one of the top times in the mile this season, an event where she finished as the runner-up last season.
Josie Taylor and Alice Taylor are back after finishing second and third in the high jump last season. Alice also scoring points in the pentathlon, finishing sixth.
Elena Siemens will also look to improve upon her fifth-place finish in the pole vault a season ago.
As a team, the finished second with 105 total points, just shy of first-place Charlotte.
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 – Saniya Friendly
60m hurdles –Alexis Tarlue, Julia Johannesdottir
200m – Riana Green, Saniya Friendly, Petra Taylor, Araoluwa Odelowo
400m – Riana Green, Sydney Bogan, Petra Taylor
800m – Johanna Bangala, Cici Calhoun, Ava White, Cullen Merrell
Mile – Amelie Attenborough, Oliwia Kopeć, Heidi Nielson, Brooklyn Crow
3000m – Oliwia Kopeć, Heidi Nielson, Brooklyn Crow, Daphne Mayer
5000m – Katlyn Schmeltzer, Daphne Mayer, Molly Humes
DMR
4x400
Field Events
Pole Vault – Elena Siemens
Triple Jump – Alexis Tarlue
High Jump – Josie Taylor, Alice Taylor
Shot Put – Morgan Fey
Long Jump – Alexis Tarlue, Araoluwa Odelowo
Pentathlon – Alice Taylor, Lindsay Simms, Julia Johannesdottir, Laura Duckhorn
In total, the Owls will have 24 athletes competing in 17 events.
Saniya Friendly returns for the 60m dash after scoring in the event at last year's meet, finishing seventh. She enters with the second-fastest mark of the season for the AAC with her school record time of 7.33s.
Amelie Attenborough enters the meet with one of the top times in the mile this season, an event where she finished as the runner-up last season.
Josie Taylor and Alice Taylor are back after finishing second and third in the high jump last season. Alice also scoring points in the pentathlon, finishing sixth.
Elena Siemens will also look to improve upon her fifth-place finish in the pole vault a season ago.
As a team, the finished second with 105 total points, just shy of first-place Charlotte.
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 – Saniya Friendly
60m hurdles –Alexis Tarlue, Julia Johannesdottir
200m – Riana Green, Saniya Friendly, Petra Taylor, Araoluwa Odelowo
400m – Riana Green, Sydney Bogan, Petra Taylor
800m – Johanna Bangala, Cici Calhoun, Ava White, Cullen Merrell
Mile – Amelie Attenborough, Oliwia Kopeć, Heidi Nielson, Brooklyn Crow
3000m – Oliwia Kopeć, Heidi Nielson, Brooklyn Crow, Daphne Mayer
5000m – Katlyn Schmeltzer, Daphne Mayer, Molly Humes
DMR
4x400
Field Events
Pole Vault – Elena Siemens
Triple Jump – Alexis Tarlue
High Jump – Josie Taylor, Alice Taylor
Shot Put – Morgan Fey
Long Jump – Alexis Tarlue, Araoluwa Odelowo
Pentathlon – Alice Taylor, Lindsay Simms, Julia Johannesdottir, Laura Duckhorn
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