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Friday, April 4
Houston, Texas
Rice University
at
Tom Tellez Alumni Invite
Owls Head to UH this Weekend
4/3/2025 10:55:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
HOUSTON – The Rice Owls women's track & field team travels across the city for the Tom Tellez Invite at the University of Houston. The two-day meet will begin Friday afternoon with the women's pole vault.
Rice will have 23 athletes competing across 14 events.
Last time out, the Owls had a terrific showing at their own 42nd annual Victor Lopez Classic, claiming six event titles at the meet.
Julia Johannesdottir (100m hurdles), Daphne Mayer (5000m), Morgan Fey (shot put), Elena Siemens (pole vault), Alice Taylor (high jump) and Mckyla Van der Westhuizen (javelin) all claimed their respective event titles last weekend.
Schmeltzer's finish in the 3000m steeplechase earned her a spot in the Rice all-time top 10 list at ninth with a time of 10:49.17.
Johannesdottir's time of 13.74s in the 100m hurdles moved her into sixth all-time at Rice.
Van der Westhuizen broke the AAC record in the javelin, earning AAC Field Athlete of the Week honors with a throw of 60.29m.
Scheduled Rice competitors
100m – Alice Taylor, Lindsay Simms, Julia Johannesdottir
100mH – Eva Vreeland, Alice Taylor, Alexis Tarlue, Julia Johannesdottir, Lindsay Simms
200m – Alexis Tarlue, Alice Taylor, Julia Johannesdottir, Riana Green
400m – Petra Taylor, Candis Damtse, Riana Green
400mH – Petra Taylor, Eva Vreeland
800m – Candis Damtse, Cici Calhoun, Niamh Collins
1500m – Alhena Kerawala, Alisa Meraz-Fishbein, Cullen Merrell, Brooklyn Crow, Elle Garcia, Cici Calhoun, Heidi Nielson, Molly Humes, Daphne Mayer
3000m – Molly Humes, Katlyn Schmeltzer
4x400 – Vreeland, Friendly, Zamzow, Green
Field Events
Discus – Morgan Fey
Pole Vault – Elena Siemens, Lauren Schmitt
Shot Put – Morgan Fey, Lindsay Simms
Long Jump – Alice Taylor, Julia Johannesdottir, Alexis Tarlue
Javelin – Alice Taylor, Lindsay Simms
Rice will have 23 athletes competing across 14 events.
Last time out, the Owls had a terrific showing at their own 42nd annual Victor Lopez Classic, claiming six event titles at the meet.
Julia Johannesdottir (100m hurdles), Daphne Mayer (5000m), Morgan Fey (shot put), Elena Siemens (pole vault), Alice Taylor (high jump) and Mckyla Van der Westhuizen (javelin) all claimed their respective event titles last weekend.
Schmeltzer's finish in the 3000m steeplechase earned her a spot in the Rice all-time top 10 list at ninth with a time of 10:49.17.
Johannesdottir's time of 13.74s in the 100m hurdles moved her into sixth all-time at Rice.
Van der Westhuizen broke the AAC record in the javelin, earning AAC Field Athlete of the Week honors with a throw of 60.29m.
Scheduled Rice competitors
100m – Alice Taylor, Lindsay Simms, Julia Johannesdottir
100mH – Eva Vreeland, Alice Taylor, Alexis Tarlue, Julia Johannesdottir, Lindsay Simms
200m – Alexis Tarlue, Alice Taylor, Julia Johannesdottir, Riana Green
400m – Petra Taylor, Candis Damtse, Riana Green
400mH – Petra Taylor, Eva Vreeland
800m – Candis Damtse, Cici Calhoun, Niamh Collins
1500m – Alhena Kerawala, Alisa Meraz-Fishbein, Cullen Merrell, Brooklyn Crow, Elle Garcia, Cici Calhoun, Heidi Nielson, Molly Humes, Daphne Mayer
3000m – Molly Humes, Katlyn Schmeltzer
4x400 – Vreeland, Friendly, Zamzow, Green
Field Events
Discus – Morgan Fey
Pole Vault – Elena Siemens, Lauren Schmitt
Shot Put – Morgan Fey, Lindsay Simms
Long Jump – Alice Taylor, Julia Johannesdottir, Alexis Tarlue
Javelin – Alice Taylor, Lindsay Simms
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