The Rice Owls women’s and men’s cross country teams placed second and third, respectively, at Saturday’s Rim Rock Farm Classic hosted by the University of Kansas.

Rice redshirt sophomore cross country runner Abigail Cartwright was awarded the Conference USA Female Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday morning.

The Rice Owls women's cross country team won their second meet in as many tries this season by capturing first place at Saturday's 17-team, 6k race at the Texas A&M Invitational.

Rice redshirt sophomore Abigail Cartwright was selected the Conference USA Female Cross Country Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.

The Rice Owls women’s cross country squad picked up where they left off last year by winning the season-opening Rice Invitational Friday evening at the Intramural Fields.

Rice cross country launches the start of their 2016 season this Friday, Sept. 9 when they host the Justin Cooper Rice Invitational at the Rice Intramural Fields.

The Rice University women’s cross country team has been picked by the league coaches to repeat in 2016 according to the inaugural C-USA Preseason Poll while the men have been tabbed to finish fourth, the league office announced on Tuesday.

For the ninth time in the past 11 years, Rice University student-athletes earned the Conference USA Institutional Excellence Award in 2015-16 by combining for an annual GPA of 3.211, the league office announced on Tuesday.

Rice Athletics and the R Association honored 17 student-athletes who were named the top academic performers in their respective sports at the 30th annual Rice Scholar-Athlete reception Sunday evening in the R Room.

The Rice University men’s and women’s cross country teams earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, the association announced Friday afternoon.