Day 2 begins shortly with event 5 of the Heptathlon (60 meter hurdles). After that, they'll move to the pole vault.

Another disaster for Rice in the Heptathlon, as Charlie Card-Childers apparently goes down after hitting a hurdle. He finished, but got just 1 point. Scott Filip was the fastest at 8.34 seconds, worth 898 points.

1. Filip, Rice 4212
2. Riley, UTSA 4006
3. Hollis, Char. 3506
4. McDaniel, UTSA 3497
5. Jeffers, Char. 3478
6. Okori, La Tech 3234
7. Schulz, Rice 3177
8. Yardley, Char. 3173
9. Patrick, La Tech 3163
10. Card-Childers 2871

Colton Torrance, who no-heighted in the high jump yesterday, withdrew. I'm wondering if Card-Childers will do the same since there's no chance of scoring.

Scott Filip clears 4.30 meters (14' 1¼") in the Heptathlon pole vault for 702 points. Naturally, both Schulz and Card-Childers no-height.

That mark by Scott is disappointing, in that he has cleared 4.90 in this indoor vault.

1. Filip, Rice 4914
2. Riley, UTSA 4708
3. Hollis, Char. 4237

The final event is the 1,000 meters.

Scott Filip with the fastest time in the 1,000 meters (2:45.73).

Final standings

1. Filip 5725
2. Riley 5332
3. Hollis 4904

Congratulations to Scott, and he'll be in College Station in 3 weeks to challenge for the NCAA title.

Uche Ugwunze won the men's shot put with a PR on his final throw to move from 4th place to 1st place.

Men's Shot Put

Finals
1 #300 Uche Ugwunze SR Rice 17.11m 56-01.75 10
FOUL FOUL 5.72m 16.65m FOUL 17.11m
2 #423 Kelsey Benoit SR UTSA 16.84m 55-03.00 8
16.53m 16.84m 16.41m FOUL 16.57m FOUL
3 #29 Terrell Adams SO Charlotte 16.78m 55-00.75 6
15.33m 16.78m FOUL 16.15m 16.42m FOUL
4 #36 Sasha Dajia SR Charlotte 16.74m 54-11.25 5
FOUL 16.51m 16.59m 16.74m FOUL FOUL
5 #432 Derek Fenton JR UTSA 16.27m 53-04.50 4
14.93m 15.42m 14.90m FOUL 16.27m FOUL
6 #41 Tyler Hoag SO Charlotte 15.56m 51-00.75 3
14.91m 15.20m 15.34m 15.20m 15.56m FOUL
7 #90 Allen Wiggins SO FIU 15.43m 50-07.50 2
15.43m FOUL 15.11m FOUL 15.34m FOUL
8 #446 Steven Thomas JR UTSA 15.33m 50-03.50 1
15.33m 14.61m 14.51m FOUL FOUL 14.69m
9 #301 Michael Yow SO Rice 15.22m 49-11.25

Looks like no live stream. This is one of the effects of being in a fifth-rate conference.

Finally got it to work.

Women's Mile:

Finals
1 #368 Lilian Koech SR UTEP 4:53.15 10
2 #179 Agnes Abu SR Middle Tennessee 4:53.33 8
3 #226 Susannah Lynch SR North Texas 4:54.38 6
4 #223 Rea Iseli JR North Texas 4:57.04 5
5 #315 Kate Mattox FR Southern Miss 4:58.87 4
6 #366 Linda Cheruiyot SO UTEP 4:59.57 3
7 #269 Khayla Patel SO Rice 5:00.48 2
8 #316 Regen McGee SO Southern Miss 5:03.71 1

Coming up next is the men's mile. There was no prelim - we have two Owls - Matthew Murray, who ran a great anchor on the victorious DMR last night and Alex Topini. Koech (UTEP) and Chemadi (Middle Tennessee) should be 1-2 but Murray has a chance for the podium.

I thought I had the stream but all they have is the archive from this morning. Jackasses.

Men's Mile:

Finals
1 #384 Jonah Koech JR UTEP 4:10.03 10
2 #391 Michael Saruni SO UTEP 4:10.39 8
3 #204 Geoffry Cheruiyot SR Middle Tennessee 4:10.94 6
4 #292 Matthew Murray SO Rice 4:11.64 5
5 #35 Mihret Coulter JR Charlotte 4:11.94 4
6 #332 David Little SO Southern Miss 4:13.47 3
7 #205 Jacob Choge SO Middle Tennessee 4:13.64 2
8 #202 Kigen Chemadi JR Middle Tennessee 4:14.38 1
9 #245 Tim Jones SO North Texas 4:14.81
10 #252 Rick Nally SR North Texas 4:15.70
11 #298 Alex Topini FR Rice 4:16.65
12 #481 Bryce Swindell SO Western Kentucky 4:27.13

In my preview, I forgot about Saruni. That guy is incredible.

In the women's high jump, freshman KC Nwadei tied for 10th place with 1.63 meters (5' 4¼").

Here are the women's standings after the 60H (Rice had no finalists):

1) Middle Tennessee 54
2) UTEP 45
3) Southern Miss 41.50
4) Charlotte 36
5) Rice 26
6) FIU 24
6) Marshall 24
8) North Texas 16
9) Louisiana Tech 15
10) UTSA 11.50
1) Florida Atlantic 9
11) UAB 9

Rice looks like it will finish in 5th - we've got some points with Hannah Jackson in the 60 and 200 and maybe a few in the 3K, but that's about it.

Here are the men's standings after the 60H (Rice had no finalists):


1) Charlotte 88½
2) UTSA 71
3) Louisiana Tech 55
4) Rice 54½
5) Middle Tennessee 50
6) UTEP 33
6) Southern Miss 33
8) North Texas 17
9) FIU 14
10) Western Kentucky 12

With a few points in the 800 and maybe a point or two in the 3K, Rice looks destined for 5th, unless UTEP closes strongly.

What happened. Several years ago, the women won conference championships in cross country, indoor tranck, and outdoor track. Then we seem to have collapsed.

A disappointing 4th place for Hannah Jackson in the 60. Since I have no live stream, I'm guessing it was yet another poor start, since she has more top end speed than the others.

Finals
1 #187 Cecilia Francis FR Middle Tennessee 7.37 10
2 #306 Keiyana Gaskin SO Southern Miss 7.38 8
3 #5 Alex Council JR Charlotte 7.42 6
4 #264 Hannah Jackson SO Rice 7.43 5
5 #73 Jada Roberson JR FIU 7.50 4
6 #75 Sydnee Wilkerson JR FIU 7.55 3
7 #374 Tyler Ragin SR UTEP 7.61 2
8 #196 Edidiong Odiong FR Middle Tennessee 7.69 1

(02-18-2018 02:49 PM)Ranger Wrote:  What happened. Several years ago, the women won conference championships in cross country, indoor tranck, and outdoor track. Then we seem to have collapsed.

Track and field/cross country --> not a full scholarship sport. You really need a minimum of 35-40 athletes to compete for conference championships. There are 18 scholarships available. Therefore, one must split scholarships, which means families are going to have to come up with $25,000 - $50,000 per year (when getting a partial scholarship) to have their daughter come to Rice (and be academically qualified). If you go to any state school, the academic aid will add to the partial and the athlete will get virtually a full scholarship. That academic aid is not available at Rice.

So basically, Rice has to hit a home run with every athlete, and hope against hope that there are no injuries. Good luck with that.

(02-18-2018 02:26 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  In the women's high jump, freshman KC Nwadei tied for 10th place with 1.63 meters (5' 4¼").

(02-18-2018 02:49 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  A disappointing 4th place for Hannah Jackson in the 60. Since I have no live stream, I'm guessing it was yet another poor start, since she has more top end speed than the others.

Finals
1 #187 Cecilia Francis FR Middle Tennessee 7.37 10
2 #306 Keiyana Gaskin SO Southern Miss 7.38 8
3 #5 Alex Council JR Charlotte 7.42 6
4 #264 Hannah Jackson SO Rice 7.43 5
5 #73 Jada Roberson JR FIU 7.50 4
6 #75 Sydnee Wilkerson JR FIU 7.55 3
7 #374 Tyler Ragin SR UTEP 7.61 2
8 #196 Edidiong Odiong FR Middle Tennessee 7.69 1

WRC, it seems to me, that both teams have a lot of DNS or DNF or are not performing up to expectations. Do you have a guess of what is going on.