For a second straight year, Rice junior thrower Evan Karakolis was named to the CoSIDA All-Academic District 7 team, the organization announced on Friday.

Entrants for the 2015 NCAA West Preliminary Championships were finalized Thursday and the Rice University track and field program will send nine members to compete in eight different events the at the University of Texas, May 28-30.

The Rice Owls men's track and field team totaled 96.5 points as a team to place fourth at the C-USA Outdoor Championships, which concluded Sunday evening at Kidd Field on the campus of UTEP.

Evan Karakolis placed fourth in the javelin and Griffin Lee later also finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase to highlight the third day of the C-USA Outdoor Championships for the Rice men's track and field squad.

Rice sophomore Scott Filip won his first career title in the decathlon while graduate student Duncan Dickerson became the first Owl to ever win a conference title in the hammer throw Friday on day two of the C-USA Outdoor Championships.

Rice sophomore decathlete Scott Filip took a big step towards a potential C-USA Outdoor Championship decathlon title by finishing first in four of five events on day one at the Larry K. Durham Track and Kidd Field on the campus of UTEP.