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Multiple Honors for Daisy Ding Track and field standout Daisy Ding ’17 is Conference USA Female Field Athlete of the Year. The accolade came soon after Ding placed eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., earning her First-Team All-American honors. At the June championships, Ding’s triple jump performance included a personal best of 13.18 meters. This year, she also won CUSA titles in the indoor and outdoor seasons, competing in both triple jump and high jump. She is the first women’s outdoor track and field athlete to earn All-American DAISY DING status since 2012, when long distance runner Becky Wade ’12 earned the title. Not since 1993 have Rice triple jumpers advanced to the national championships. Cybil Obiozor ’17, who was nursing a hamstring injury, also competed in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning AllAmerican honorable mention by placing 20th with a best jump of 12.51 meters.
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Decathlete Scott Filip Earns All-American Honor Scott Filip ’17 (left), who competes in the grueling decathlon event, earned FirstTeam All-American honors after placing eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June. Filip set a personal record by totaling 7,647 points. He had previously won the decathlon at the C-USA Outdoor Championship. Decathletes compete in these events over a two-day span — a 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter dash, pole vault, hurdles, discus, javelin and 1,500-meter run.
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