Track and Field – Strides made at Rice meet

Nine different Cougars won their respective events Saturday at the Victor Lopez Invitational.
The women’s 4×100-meter relay team won the event in 43.84 seconds, the third-best mark in the program’s history. The lineup was composed of Tai’shea Reese, Whitney Harris, Kalyn Floyd and Grecia Bolton. The 4×400-meter relay team had a similar result, winning in 3 minutes and 42 seconds with the order of Harris, Brittany Wallace, Floyd and Clarissa Payton.
Jonathan Williams won the long jump with a leap of more than 24 feet. Wesley Bray had the best mark in the javelin throw.