Abdulky Leads Rice at Day One of American Indoor

BIRMINGHAM – The Rice men's track and field team opened the American Indoor Championships with two podium visits accompanied by several personal bests and advancements to tomorrow's final day of competition.

Cal Abdulky claimed Rice's lone event title on the day, winning the weight throw with a personal best mark of 21.96m.

Sultan Bakare added a podium visit for the Owls, also using a personal best mark of 21.53m to finish second in the weight throw. Daniel Sowell continued the string of personal bests with a mark of 18.71m to finish sixth in the event.

William Hagemeier (sixth) and Chizitere Okolie (seventh) opened Rice's scoring off of personal best clearances of 4.85m in the pole vault.

Rice's DMR team of Andrew Murray, Edward Bocock, William Thames and Jackson Moran closed the night with a strong fourth-place finish.

In the prelims, Christian Edgar advanced to tomorrow's finals in the 60m hurdles after finishing second with a time of 7.94s.

A trio of Owls, Jackson Moran, Matthew Gaitan and Andrew Murray, all advanced to the finals in the mile.

With six of 17 events scored, Rice sits in third with 31 team points.

Post Meet Reaction - Head Coach Jon Warren
"Today there was a lot about Cal. He had four of the best five throws of his career today, which is saying something because he had really good career with us. Sultan and Daniel were impressive today, both with personal bests. Sultan obviously had an impressive silver medal showing, and Daniel had a massive PR in a great competition. Our young pole vaulters came through with personal bests to finish sixth and seventh in what turned out to be a great competition. The DMR squad closed out the day with a strong showing across all four legs, finishing fourth. Looking forward to tomorrow to see Christian, the mile and shot put to see how we finish."

RESULTS (Top Finishers)
PB = Personal Best, SB = Season Best

60m Hurdles Prelims
2. Christian Edgar – 7.94s – advances

800m Prelims
9. Jordan Edmondson – 1:51.83 – PB
10. Marcus Gaitan – 1:52.14

Mile Prelims
5. Jackson Moran – 4:06.08 – advances
8. Matthew Gaitan – 4:06.19 – advances
9. Andrew Murray – 4:06.20 – advances

Pole Vault
6. William Hagemeier – 4.85m – PB +3
7. Chizitere Okolie – 4.85m – PB +2

Weight Throw
1. Cal Abdulky – 21.96m / 72-00.75 – PB +10
2. Sultan Bakare – 21.53m / 70-07.75 – PB +8
6. Daniel Sowell – 18.71m / 61-04.75 – PB +3

DMR
Murray, Bocock, Thames, Moran – 9:54.56 +5

TEAM SCORES
1. Wichita State – 61
2. South Florida – 37.5
3. Rice – 31
4. Charlotte – 30
4. Tulsa – 30
6. North Texas – 16.5
7. UTSA – 15
8. Memphis – 8
9. ECU - 5

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Day two of the American Indoor Championships resumes tomorrow.

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