Seniors Shine at Twilight Meet

Saturday, April 25

Houston, Texas

Rice University

J. Fred Duckett Twilight

4/26/2026 10:07:00 AM | Women's Track & Field

By: Anthony Roberts (ar186@rice.edu)

HOUSTON – The Rice women's track and field team was led by strong outings by the seniors in the final home meet Saturday at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight Meet.

The Owls honored their 13 seniors during the meet: Amelie Attenborough, Cici Calhoun, Saniya Friendly, Elle Garcia, Heidi Nielson, Lauren Schmitt, Elena Schwegman, Alice Taylor, Caroline Thames, Kate Twede, Mckyla Van der Westhuizen, Eva Vreeland and Sutton Walsh.

Josie Taylor had a phenomenal showing in the high jump, with a personal best clearance of 1.87m to win the event. The mark ranks first in the American and fifth in the NCAA West Region.

Julia Johannesdottir shined once again in the 100m hurdles, winning the event with a time of 13.38.

Elena Schwegman had a massive personal best in the javelin, winning the event with a throw of 48.86m, putting her in regional contention. Emily Harbach was right behind in second with a throw of 48.11m.

Post Meet Reaction - Head Coach Jim Bevan
"What a great weekend of competition for us. You have to start with Elena Schwegman with a monster personal best to put her into prelims in the javelin. I am so proud of the progress she has made over the years. Josie Taylor had a personal best on one of the best jumps she's taken in a while, really proud of her. Miranda was tremendous in the steeplechase, her first race for that event. Although she didn't compete here, Mckyla had a great showing up at the Drake Relays. I am really excited to see how we continue to build on this over the next few weeks leading to conference."

RESULTS (Top finishers)
100m
5. Lucella Kennybrew – 12.52

100m Hurdles
1. Julia Johannesdottir – 13.38
3. Sydney Freeman – 14.09
6. Mikayla Wills – 14.55

200m
5. Addison Zamzow – 24.86

400m Hurdles
8. Eva Vreeland – 1:06.20

800m
3. Cullen Merrell – 2:13.59
4. Cici Calhoun – 2:15.28
8. Niamh Collins – 2:18.01

1500m
7. Heidi Nielson – 4:31.86

4x400
2. Freeman, Zamzow, Merrell, Taylor – 3:46.93

High Jump
1. Josie Taylor – 1.87m / 6-1.5
6. Marsibil Hafsteinsdottir – 1.61m / 5-3.25

Pole Vault
3. Lauren Schmitt – 3.80m / 12-5.5
6. Sydney Rothman – 3.80m / 12-5.5

Long Jump
1. Alice Taylor – 5.80m / 19-0.5
2. Julia Johannesdottir – 5.80m / 19-0.5
5. Alexis Tarlue – 5.60m / 18-4.5

Triple Jump
9. Araoluwa Odelowo – 10.57m / 34-8.25
10. Alexis Tarlue – 10.47m / 34-4.25

Hammer Throw
2. Alexandra Toney – 50.20m / 164-8

Javelin
1. Elena Schwegman – 48.86m / 160-4
2. Emily Harbach – 48.11m / 157-10
6. Addison Zamzow – 42.48m / 139-4

UP NEXT
Rice heads to UH and Texas A&M next weekend before the conference championship in three weeks.