Rice University student-athletes combined for a 3.260 grade point average to earn the 2017-2018 Conference USA Institutional Excellence Award, the 11th time in the last 13 years for the Owls to take home the league's top academic honor.

Rice junior Charlie Card-Childers finished as the fifth-leading scorer (6889 points), 12th overall, for the United States Track & Field Team at the annual Thorpe Cup Saturday, hosted by the University of Tennessee.

The Rice University men's track and field team was honored for its academic success on Thursday (July 26), as the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named the Owls an All-Academic Team.

Rice graduate Scott Filip won his second career decathlon title at the Pan American Combined Events Cup on Wednesday, representing the United States and capturing gold with 7643 points.

Rice junior Charlie Card-Childers recorded 7090 points to place ninth overall in the decathlon at the USATF Outdoor Championships Friday at Drake Stadium.

Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod named the 14 recipients of the Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship on Wednesday, which included Rice track & field graduate Scott Filip as one of the honorees

Although the spring season is in the books for the Rice Owls men's track & field team, a handful of athletes are still shining bright in summer competition.

Rice senior Scott Filip was selected the Conference USA Male Field Athlete of the Year for a second straight season, the league office announced on Thursday (June 14).

Rice senior Scott Filip put the finishing touch on a stellar career by placing fifth in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, totaling 7803 points to earn USTFCCCA First Team All-American honors for the third time in his career.

Rice senior All-American Scott Filip set a first day personal record in the decathlon by totaling 4278 points at Oregon's historic Hayward Field on day one of the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Wednesday.