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Thursday, March 27
Houston, Texas
Rice University
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Victor Lopez Classic
Owls Ready for 42nd Victor Lopez Classic
3/26/2025 4:04:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
HOUSTON – The Rice Owls men's track & field team will have the first of their two home meets of the season this weekend with the 42nd annual Victor Lopez Classic at Wendel D. Ley Track. The three-day meet will start on Thursday for the high school portion, with the college competition running Friday and Saturday.
MEET INFORMATION
Schedule | Heat Sheets | Live Results
Tickets for this year's meet will be sold at the door and will be cashless. Parking will be in West Lot 4.
In total, the Owls will have 30 athletes competing in 16 events. Colleges competing this weekend along with Rice are Arkansas, Columbia, Dallas Baptist, Houston, Houston Christian, Lamar, Louisiana, Loyola-New Orleans, McNeese State, North Texas, Stephen F. Austin, Texas Southern, Texas Wesleyan and UT-Arlington.
Last time out, Elliot Metcalf claimed the event title in the 1500m, with freshman Marcus Gaitan finishing right behind in second. William Thames had a great showing with a second-place finish in the 800m.
In the hammer throw, Cal Abdulky grabbed the title with a throw of 61 meters. Daniel Sowell and Sultan Bakare both climbed into the top 10 for the event with 53m-plus throws. Bakare also moved into ninth all-time in the shot put with a throw of 17.05m.
Over in the discus, Juan Marais finished second in his debut with a distance of 55.70m, ranking sixth all-time at Rice
Scheduled Rice competitors
110m Hurdles – Luke Ivy
400m – Reeve Tarter, Jakob Gilbreth
400m hurdles – Andrew Trinidad, Thomas Ma
800m – Kamden O'Connor, Nathan Turman, Marcus Gaitan, William Thames
1500m – Vedant Bhattacharyya, Jackson Moran, Gus Gannon, Elliot Metcalf
3000m Steeplechase – Caleb Wilson, Luke DeMahy, Gus Gannon, Andrew Murray, Brandon Martz
10,000m – Ben Tijerina, Wesley Wright
4x100 – Trinidad, Shurpalekar, Schott, Judge
4x400 – Thames, Gaitan, Schott, Trinidad
Hammer Throw – Sultan Bakare, Daniel Sowell
Shot Put – Jorge Hinojosa, Daniel Sowell, Sultan Bakare
Long Jump – Reeve Tarter, Ellis Ibizugbe
Discus – Luke Ivy, Daniel Sowell, Jorge Hinojosa, Sultan Bakare, Juan Marais
High Jump – Theodoros Katopodis
Pole Vault – Matt Kumar, William Hagemeier, Luke Ivy
Javelin – Luke Ivy, Aryan Padaruth, Jack Greaves
MEET INFORMATION
Schedule | Heat Sheets | Live Results
Tickets for this year's meet will be sold at the door and will be cashless. Parking will be in West Lot 4.
In total, the Owls will have 30 athletes competing in 16 events. Colleges competing this weekend along with Rice are Arkansas, Columbia, Dallas Baptist, Houston, Houston Christian, Lamar, Louisiana, Loyola-New Orleans, McNeese State, North Texas, Stephen F. Austin, Texas Southern, Texas Wesleyan and UT-Arlington.
Last time out, Elliot Metcalf claimed the event title in the 1500m, with freshman Marcus Gaitan finishing right behind in second. William Thames had a great showing with a second-place finish in the 800m.
In the hammer throw, Cal Abdulky grabbed the title with a throw of 61 meters. Daniel Sowell and Sultan Bakare both climbed into the top 10 for the event with 53m-plus throws. Bakare also moved into ninth all-time in the shot put with a throw of 17.05m.
Over in the discus, Juan Marais finished second in his debut with a distance of 55.70m, ranking sixth all-time at Rice
Scheduled Rice competitors
110m Hurdles – Luke Ivy
400m – Reeve Tarter, Jakob Gilbreth
400m hurdles – Andrew Trinidad, Thomas Ma
800m – Kamden O'Connor, Nathan Turman, Marcus Gaitan, William Thames
1500m – Vedant Bhattacharyya, Jackson Moran, Gus Gannon, Elliot Metcalf
3000m Steeplechase – Caleb Wilson, Luke DeMahy, Gus Gannon, Andrew Murray, Brandon Martz
10,000m – Ben Tijerina, Wesley Wright
4x100 – Trinidad, Shurpalekar, Schott, Judge
4x400 – Thames, Gaitan, Schott, Trinidad
Hammer Throw – Sultan Bakare, Daniel Sowell
Shot Put – Jorge Hinojosa, Daniel Sowell, Sultan Bakare
Long Jump – Reeve Tarter, Ellis Ibizugbe
Discus – Luke Ivy, Daniel Sowell, Jorge Hinojosa, Sultan Bakare, Juan Marais
High Jump – Theodoros Katopodis
Pole Vault – Matt Kumar, William Hagemeier, Luke Ivy
Javelin – Luke Ivy, Aryan Padaruth, Jack Greaves
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