Rice redshirt senior and All-American thrower Claire Uke won the discus on Wednesday at the 11th All-African Games.

Junior sprinter Collin Heard moved out of the dorms and wanted to learn how to cook properly so North Texas Chef Jodi Duryea recently put together a dish to learn.

Blessing Okagbare, a four time national champion at UTEP, dashed to an eighth-place finish in the 100m dash finals on Monday in Beijing at the IAAF World Championships.

Former UTEP sprinter and jumper, Blessing Okagbare, will represent the country of Nigeria at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing from Aug. 22-30.

Louisiana Tech student-athlete Noah Riché (pronounced REE-SHAY), a javelin thrower on the track and field team, passed away Friday afternoon.

The Mean Green men’s and women’s track and field team will be holding open team tryouts on Thursday, August 27 at 3:30pm at Fouts Field Outdoor Track Stadium.