2021-22 Men's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Abdulky, Cal
Cal Abdulky
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Trophy Club, Texas
- High School:
- Byron Nelson HS
Bio
Abdulky's TFRRS Results
Rice All-Time Ranking (as of July 2025)
No. 2 in Weight Throw (68-6.5; 20.89m)
No. 3 in Hammer Throw (215-7; 65.72m)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2024 AAC Outdoor Hammer Throw
2024 AAC Indoor Weight Throw
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2025 AAC Outdoor (Hammer Throw - 3rd)
2025 AAC Indoor (Weight Throw - 2nd)
2024 AAC Outdoor (Hammer Throw - 1st)
2024 AAC Indoor (Weight Throw - 1st)
2023 C-USA Outdoor (Hammer Throw - 2nd)
2022 C-USA Outdoor (Hammer Throw-3rd)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2025 NCAA West Prelims - 34th, Hammer Throw, 61.14m (200-7)
2025 AAC Outdoor - 3rd, Hammer Throw, 61.53m (201-10)
2025 AAC Indoor - 2nd, Weight Throw, 19.90m (65-3.5)
2024 NCAA West Prelims - 21st, Hammer Throw, 64.36m (211-2)
2024 AAC Outdoor - 1st, Hammer Throw, 65.65m (215-5)
2024 AAC Indoor - 1st, Weight Throw, 21.03m (69-0)
2023 NCAA West Prelims - 27th, Hammer Throw, 61.21m (200-10)
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 2nd, Hammer Throw, 61.60m (202-1)
2022 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 3rd, Hammer Throw, 56.28m (184-8)
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships - 5th, Weight Throw, 18.08m (59-4)
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships - 7th, Weight Throw, 16.15m (53-0)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 American All-Academic Team
2024-25 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023-24 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2024 Rice Honor Athlete
2022-23 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
SUPERLATIVES
AAC Field Athlete of the Week - 1/14/25
AAC Field Athlete of the Week - 1/16/24
2024-25
Indoors: Competed at four meets...Was the runner-up for the weight throw at the AAC Indoor Championships...Outdoor: Threw at seven meets...Reach the podium for fourth-consecutive year after a third-place finish in the hammer throw at the AAC Outdoor meet...Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims, finishing 34th.
2023-24
Indoor: Threw at five meets...Claimed four event titles out of the five meets...Won the weight throw title at the AAC Championships...Outdoor: Competed at eight meets...Claimed his second AAC title of the season after winning the hammer throw title...Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims, where he finished 21st.
2022-23
Outdoor: Threw at eight meets...Set a season-best mark with a throw of 63.67m at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight, finishing second at the meet...Placed second at the C-USA Championships in hammer throw while qualifying for the NCAA West Prelims.
2021-22
Indoor: Competed at five meets...placed fifth at the C-USA Championships with a throw of 18.08m in the weight throw...placed second in weight throw at Fastrak Collegiate Challenge. Outdoor: Saw action at seven meets...earned first career C-USA All-Conference honor with third place result (56.28m) in hammer throw, a season-best mark...also placed third in hammer throw at UTSA Invitational.
2020-21
Indoor: Placed seventh in the weight throw in his collegiate debut at the C-USA Championships with a throw of 16.15m (53-0).
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Byron Nelson High School (Trophy Club, Texas) where he competed for the Bobcats under coach Brett Rusche...also played football for head coach Travis Pride...graduated with a 3.6 GPA and was a AP Scholar his final two years.
PERSONAL
Parents: David and Stephanie Abdulky...Major: Business...Rice College: Jones.
Rice All-Time Ranking (as of July 2025)
No. 2 in Weight Throw (68-6.5; 20.89m)
No. 3 in Hammer Throw (215-7; 65.72m)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2024 AAC Outdoor Hammer Throw
2024 AAC Indoor Weight Throw
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2025 AAC Outdoor (Hammer Throw - 3rd)
2025 AAC Indoor (Weight Throw - 2nd)
2024 AAC Outdoor (Hammer Throw - 1st)
2024 AAC Indoor (Weight Throw - 1st)
2023 C-USA Outdoor (Hammer Throw - 2nd)
2022 C-USA Outdoor (Hammer Throw-3rd)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2025 NCAA West Prelims - 34th, Hammer Throw, 61.14m (200-7)
2025 AAC Outdoor - 3rd, Hammer Throw, 61.53m (201-10)
2025 AAC Indoor - 2nd, Weight Throw, 19.90m (65-3.5)
2024 NCAA West Prelims - 21st, Hammer Throw, 64.36m (211-2)
2024 AAC Outdoor - 1st, Hammer Throw, 65.65m (215-5)
2024 AAC Indoor - 1st, Weight Throw, 21.03m (69-0)
2023 NCAA West Prelims - 27th, Hammer Throw, 61.21m (200-10)
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 2nd, Hammer Throw, 61.60m (202-1)
2022 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 3rd, Hammer Throw, 56.28m (184-8)
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships - 5th, Weight Throw, 18.08m (59-4)
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships - 7th, Weight Throw, 16.15m (53-0)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 American All-Academic Team
2024-25 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023-24 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2024 Rice Honor Athlete
2022-23 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
SUPERLATIVES
AAC Field Athlete of the Week - 1/14/25
AAC Field Athlete of the Week - 1/16/24
2024-25
Indoors: Competed at four meets...Was the runner-up for the weight throw at the AAC Indoor Championships...Outdoor: Threw at seven meets...Reach the podium for fourth-consecutive year after a third-place finish in the hammer throw at the AAC Outdoor meet...Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims, finishing 34th.
2023-24
Indoor: Threw at five meets...Claimed four event titles out of the five meets...Won the weight throw title at the AAC Championships...Outdoor: Competed at eight meets...Claimed his second AAC title of the season after winning the hammer throw title...Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims, where he finished 21st.
2022-23
Outdoor: Threw at eight meets...Set a season-best mark with a throw of 63.67m at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight, finishing second at the meet...Placed second at the C-USA Championships in hammer throw while qualifying for the NCAA West Prelims.
2021-22
Indoor: Competed at five meets...placed fifth at the C-USA Championships with a throw of 18.08m in the weight throw...placed second in weight throw at Fastrak Collegiate Challenge. Outdoor: Saw action at seven meets...earned first career C-USA All-Conference honor with third place result (56.28m) in hammer throw, a season-best mark...also placed third in hammer throw at UTSA Invitational.
2020-21
Indoor: Placed seventh in the weight throw in his collegiate debut at the C-USA Championships with a throw of 16.15m (53-0).
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Byron Nelson High School (Trophy Club, Texas) where he competed for the Bobcats under coach Brett Rusche...also played football for head coach Travis Pride...graduated with a 3.6 GPA and was a AP Scholar his final two years.
PERSONAL
Parents: David and Stephanie Abdulky...Major: Business...Rice College: Jones.

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