Owls Make Strides at Duckett Twilight Meet

Saturday, April 25

Houston, Texas

Rice University

J. Fred Duckett Twilight

Owls Make Strides at Duckett Twilight Meet

4/26/2026 8:56:00 AM | Men's Track & Field

By: Anthony Roberts (ar186@rice.edu)

HOUSTON – The Rice men's track and field team had a successful day of competition at their final home meet of the season Saturday at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight Meet.

Rice honored its 10 seniors during the meet: Cal Abdulky, Patrick Elizondo, Ty Hampton, Riley Kuhlman, Will McDermott, Connor McGrath, Jackson Moran, Andrew Murray, Dominik Skorjanc, Nathan Turman.

Juan Marais claimed the discus off his opening mark of the competition with a throw of 56.47m.

The Rice 4x400m relay team of Edward Bocock, Drayden Dickmann, Jordan Edmondson and Connor McGrath had a season-best time of 3:12.70 to win the event.

Jack Greaves led all the collegiate throwers with a 70-meter mark in the javelin, finishing second overall.

Ben Tijerina had a great race in the 5000m, finishing second with a time of 14:44.58

Sultan Bakare had a pair of third-place finishes with marks of 17.74m in the shot put and 59.88m in the hammer throw.

Post Meet Reaction - Head Coach Jon Warren
"Really happy with the performances throughout the day. Jack had a great showing with another 70-meter throw in the javelin. Sultan also had a solid showing in the hammer and the shot, and Juan rounded out the throwers, winning the discus. Our 4x400 team was awesome to watch; all four of them ran extremely well, started by a great first leg by Edward. Andrew Murray had another great steeplechase in some rough conditions. Ben had a good race in the 5000m. We had a great turnout with the alums this year and between the dinners and meet, this is always a fun weekend for all and great for the program. Recognizing our seniors and honorees in front of the home crowd and their families is really special to be part of."

RESULTS (Top Finishers)
100m
7. Alexander Männel – 10.95

400m
4. Connor McGrath – 47.91

400m Hurdles
3. Edward Bocock – 51.98
8. Dominik Skorjanc – 55.29

800m
4. Jordan Edmondson – 1:50.15

1500m
5. Jackson Moran – 3:50.78
6. Matthew Gaitan – 3:51.39

3000m Steeplechase
1. Andrew Murray – 9:02.93
5. Riley Kuhlman – 9:33.23

5000m
2. Ben Tijerina – 14:44.58
10. Will McDermott – 15:23.64

4x400m
1. Bocock, Dickmann, Edmondson, McGrath – 3:12.70

High Jump
10. Patrick Elizondo – 1.92m / 6-3.50

Pole Vault
10. William Hagemeier – 4.60m / 15-1

Long Jump
7. Luke Ivy – 7.25m / 23-9.5

Shot Put
3. Sultan Bakare – 17.74m / 58-2.5
10. Daniel Sowell – 15.71m / 51-6.5

Discus
1. Juan Marais – 56.47m / 185-3

Hammer Throw
3. Sultan Bakare – 59.88m / 196-5
6. Daniel Sowell – 56.54m / 185-6

Javelin
2. Jack Greaves – 70.13m / 230-1

UP NEXT
The Owls have their last week of competition before conference next weekend at UH at Texas A&M.