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Thursday, March 26
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Victor Lopez Classic
Owls Ready for Victor Lopez Classic
3/26/2026 6:22:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
HOUSTON – The Rice men's track and field team is set for their first home meet of the season with the 43rd annual Victor Lopez Classic, with the collegiate portion of the meet running Friday through Saturday.
Several athletes are set to make their season debuts, while others look to build upon a successful first week of action last week.
The 2024 American javelin champion and Second Team All-American, Ty Hampton, is set to make his return to action this weekend.
Hampton with be joined by another Second Team All-American honoree from last year, Jack Greaves, who will also make his season debut.
On the distance side, Andrew Murray and Jackson Moran will both make their returns to the track in various events.
Drayden Dickmann will have his first showing of the year after a sixth-place showing last time out in the 100m at the American Outdoor Championships.
EVENT LIST
100m – Soga Adeyiga, Christos Economides, Luke Ivy
200m – Soga Adeyiga, Christos Economides
400m – Jakob Gilbreth, Connor McGrath
400mH – Max Bacon, Edward Bocock, Dominik Skorjanc
800m – Vedant Bhattacharyya, Jordan Edmondson, Marcus Gaitan, Vincent Nnanna, Kamden O'Connor, William Thames
1500m – Bhattacharyya, Matthew Gaitan, Brandon Martz, Jackson Moran, Andrew Murray
3000mS – Riley Kuhlman, Brandon Martz, Andrew Murray
5000m – Filippo Aldrovandi, Will McDermott, Ben Tijerina,
4x100 – Dickmann, Gilbreth, Adeyiga, Edgar
4x400 – Edgar, Bocock, McGrath, Dickmann
Discus – Juan Marais
Hammer Throw – Sultan Bakare, Daniel Sowell
High Jump – Patrick Elizondo
Pole Vault – William Hagemeier, Chizitere Okolie
Long Jump – Luke Ivy
Shot Put – Sultan Bakare, Daniel Sowell
Javelin – Jack Greaves, Ty Hampton, Luke Ivy
Several athletes are set to make their season debuts, while others look to build upon a successful first week of action last week.
The 2024 American javelin champion and Second Team All-American, Ty Hampton, is set to make his return to action this weekend.
Hampton with be joined by another Second Team All-American honoree from last year, Jack Greaves, who will also make his season debut.
On the distance side, Andrew Murray and Jackson Moran will both make their returns to the track in various events.
Drayden Dickmann will have his first showing of the year after a sixth-place showing last time out in the 100m at the American Outdoor Championships.
EVENT LIST
100m – Soga Adeyiga, Christos Economides, Luke Ivy
200m – Soga Adeyiga, Christos Economides
400m – Jakob Gilbreth, Connor McGrath
400mH – Max Bacon, Edward Bocock, Dominik Skorjanc
800m – Vedant Bhattacharyya, Jordan Edmondson, Marcus Gaitan, Vincent Nnanna, Kamden O'Connor, William Thames
1500m – Bhattacharyya, Matthew Gaitan, Brandon Martz, Jackson Moran, Andrew Murray
3000mS – Riley Kuhlman, Brandon Martz, Andrew Murray
5000m – Filippo Aldrovandi, Will McDermott, Ben Tijerina,
4x100 – Dickmann, Gilbreth, Adeyiga, Edgar
4x400 – Edgar, Bocock, McGrath, Dickmann
Discus – Juan Marais
Hammer Throw – Sultan Bakare, Daniel Sowell
High Jump – Patrick Elizondo
Pole Vault – William Hagemeier, Chizitere Okolie
Long Jump – Luke Ivy
Shot Put – Sultan Bakare, Daniel Sowell
Javelin – Jack Greaves, Ty Hampton, Luke Ivy
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