{"id":230327,"date":"2026-04-01T14:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/230327\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:46:11","slug":"rice-set-for-texas-relays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/230327\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice Set for Texas Relays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON\u00a0\u2013 The Rice women&#8217;s track and field team will have several athletes competing this weekend at the Texas Relays, starting Thursday afternoon in Austin, Texas.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/riceowls.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/saniya-friendly\/10631\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10631\" target=\"_blank\">Saniya Friendly<\/a> is slated to compete in the 100m after winning the event last weekend at the Victor Lopez Classic with a time of 11.79s.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/riceowls.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/mikayla-wills\/10694\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10694\" target=\"_blank\">Mikayla Wills<\/a> will race in the 100m hurdles, where she was sixth last weekend with a time of 14.18s. <a href=\"https:\/\/riceowls.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/sydney-freeman\/10692\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10692\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Freeman<\/a> will race in the 400m hurdles, with a season best time of 1:00.18 to start the season at UH.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRice&#8217;s 4&#215;400 squad returns to the track after starting the season with one of the top times in the American Conference (3:41.65) last weekend.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Owls will have a full team outing at Texas A&amp;M next weekend.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEVENT LIST <br \/>\n100m \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/riceowls.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/saniya-friendly\/10631\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10631\" target=\"_blank\">Saniya Friendly<\/a><br \/>\n100mH \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/riceowls.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/mikayla-wills\/10694\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10694\" target=\"_blank\">Mikayla Wills<\/a><br \/>\n400mH \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/riceowls.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/sydney-freeman\/10692\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10692\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Freeman<\/a><br \/>\n5000m \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/riceowls.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/alex-gobran\/10634\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10634\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Gobran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/riceowls.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/heidi-nielson\/10646\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10646\" target=\"_blank\">Heidi Nielson<\/a><br \/>\n10000m \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/riceowls.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/alex-gobran\/10634\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10634\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Gobran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/riceowls.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\/roster\/heidi-nielson\/10646\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10646\" target=\"_blank\">Heidi Nielson<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n4&#215;100 \u2013 Green, Mickles, Zamzow, Friendly<br \/>\n4&#215;400 \u2013 Green, Mickles, Taylor, Malikova<br \/>\n4&#215;800 \u2013 Calhoun, Malikova, Nestor, Merrell<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON\u00a0\u2013 The Rice women&#8217;s track and field team will have several athletes competing this weekend at the 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