Just two days removed from a C-USA Indoor title in the pole vault, Rice senior Chris Pillow continued his stellar season by placing second at the USATF Indoor Championships Saturday afternoon at the Reggie Lewis Center.

The Rice Owls men's track and field team racked up 99.5 points to finish fourth at Thursday's C-USA Indoor Championships at the CrossPlex facility, the highest finish by the Owls since the 2010 season.

The Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships are set to take place on Thursday at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama.

Rice All-American senior vaulter Chris Pillow won his third pole vault event of the indoor season, and sixth of his career, with a personal-best vault of 5.56m (18-02.75) at the Virginia Tech Challenge Saturday afternoon.

Rice senior vaulter Chris Pillow won his second consecutive Conference USA Male Field Athlete of the Week award, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.

Rice senior vaulter Chris Pillow improved upon his career-best vault at last week's Texas A&M Invitational with a Houston Tune-Up record-breaking mark of 18-01.25 (5.52m) to win Friday's pole vault competition.