Edgar Breaks School Record at A&M

Friday, February 6

College Station, TX

Rice University

Charlie Thomas Invite

2/7/2026 11:44:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

By: Anthony Roberts (ar186@rice.edu)

COLLEGE STATION – The Rice men's track and field team saw a 29-year school record get broken this weekend at the Charlie Thomas Invite as the Owls had a tremendous showing at the Texas A&M meet.

Christian Edgar led the way by breaking Rice's 60m hurdle record with a time of 7.77 seconds, surpassing Derras Wilmington's mark of 7.78s set in 1997. Edgar finished fourth for the event behind nationally seeded competition.

Sultan Bakare continued his dominant start to the season, finishing second in the weight throw, tying a personal best throw of 21.06m. Bakare also finished fourth in the shot put with a mark of 17.65m, the second best throw at Rice.

Cal Abdulky was right behind in the weight throw in third place, finishing with a season best mark of 20.96m.

Marcus Gaitan set a personal best in the 800m with a time of 1:50.92, finishing eighth. A trio of Owls finished in the top 10 for the mile, led by Jackson Moran in seventh (4:07.60), with Andrew Murray (eighth – 4:08.34) and Matthew Gaitan (ninth – 4:08.79) right behind.

Post Meet Reaction - Head Coach Jon Warren
"This was the best meet of the indoor season so far. The biggest accomplishment of the day was Christian Edgar breaking Derras Wilmington's 60m hurdle record from 1997, posting a time of 7.77 seconds. Other highlights include Sultan Bakare's weight and shot performances, which he ended up tying the third best weight throw mark in Rice history. Marcus Gaitan had a great showing in the 800m and our 4x400 team ran very well today. Our pole vaulters also had a good showing today. It was good to see the entire group compete so well against such good competition."

RESULTS (Top Finishers)

PB = Personal Best, SB = Season Best

60m Hurdles
4. Christian Edgar – 7.77s – PB – School Record

800m
8. Marcus Gaitan – 1:50.92 - PB

Mile
7. Jackson Moran – 4:07.60 - SB
8. Andrew Murray – 4:08.34 - SB
9. Matthew Gaitan – 4:08.79 – PB

3000m
7. Andrew Murray – 8:25.94

4x400
5. Rice – 3:11.71 - SB

Shot Put
4. Sultan Bakare – 17.65m/57-11.00 - PB

Weight Throw
2. Sultan Bakare – 21.06m/69-01.25 - PB
3. Cal Abdulky – 20.98m/68-10 - SB
8. Daniel Sowell – 17.61m/57-09.50

Pole Vault
7. William Hagemeier – 4.75m/15-7 – PB
10. Chizitere Okolie – 4.75m/15-7

UP NEXT
The Owls head to Arkansas next weekend for the Tyson Invitational.