Men’s Track Set for Busy Weekend

Friday, February 13

Houston, TX

Rice University

Howie Ryan Invite

Photo by: ©Juan DeLeon Creative

2/12/2026 3:13:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

By: Anthony Roberts (ar186@rice.edu)

HOUSTON – The Rice men's track and field team will split between two meets this weekend, with athletes competing at the Tyson Invite at Arkansas and the Howie Ryan Invite at Houston.

Several Owls ranking within the top 10 of the conference will compete this weekend against top-level competition.

The conference leader in the weight throw and shot put, Sultan Bakare is set to compete at Arkansas. Cal Abdulky is close behind in the weight throw in second while Daniel Sowell sits fifth in the American,

After breaking the school record last weekend, Christian Edgar will compete in the 60m hurdles at Arkansas, sitting fourth in the conference.

Marcus Gaitan is ranked fifth in the American for the 800m following last weekend's performance.

William Hagemeier and Chizitere Okolie will vault at Houston, both sitting in seventh for the conference. Patrick Elizondo will also jump at Houston in the high jump, with the ninth-best clearance in the American.

EVENT LIST

Houston
60m – Soga Adeyiga
200m – Soga Adeyiga
800m – Jordan Edmondson, Nathan Turman
High Jump – Patrick Elizondo
Pole Vault – William Hagemeier, Chizitere Okolie

Arkansas
60m Hurdles – Christian Edgar, Vincent Nnanna
400m – Connor McGrath
800m – Marcus Gaitan, William Thames
Mile – Matthew Gaitan, Jackson Moran, Andrew Murray
3000m – Brandon Martz, Andrew Murray, Ben Tijerina

Shot Put – Sultan Bakare, Daniel Sowell
Weight Throw – Cal Abdulky, Sultan Bakare, Daniel Sowell