Rice junior track and field athlete Scott Filip placed 10th overall in the decathlon at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, highlighted by a fifth place finish in the 1500m Sunday afternoon at Hayward Field.

Rice junior track and field athlete Scott Filip will enter Sunday in sixth place in the decathlon at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials after racking up 4,180 points Saturday in his first career Olympic Trials.

The U.S. Olympic Team Trials returns to the University of Oregon's Hayward Field this week from June 30-July 10 where current and former Owls will be vying for Team USA selections for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.

Rice senior thrower Evan Karakolis was selected to the 2016 Academic All-America Division I Track & Field/Cross Country First Team for a second straight year.

Rice junior All-American Scott Filip racked up a career-best 7726 points while representing the United States to capture gold and win the decathlon at the Pan American Combined Events Cup Saturday at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility.

Rice junior Scott Filip was one of three athletes chosen to represent the United States in the 2016 Pan Am Cup, which will be held June 17-18 at the Terry Fox Athletics Facility at Mooney’s Bay in Ottawa.

Senior thrower Evan Karakolis closed out a sensational Rice career on Wednesday with a fifth place finish in the javelin at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning USTFCCCA First-Team All-American honors at Oregon's historic Hayward Field.

Four Owls will be representing Rice track and field this week as they travel to Eugene, Oregon for the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, June 8-11 at historic Hayward Field.

Thursday's Rice All-Comer's Meet has been canceled due to inclement weather.

Rice senior Evan Karakolis and sophomore Austin Riddle each punched their ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon (June 8-11) by finishing in the top 12 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round on day two of the meet held at Rock Chalk Park.