The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2019-20 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
John Rice
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Xavier
- Major:
- Health Promotion & Behavioral Science
• Two-time USTFCCCA All-American
• One-time Big 12 Champion
• Two-time All-Big 12 Cross Country
• No. 6 performer in UT history – Outdoor 5000m (2018)
• No. 7 performer in UT history – Indoor 3000m (2019)
• No. 8 performer in UT history – Outdoor 3000m Steeplechase (2019)
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2019 All-Big 12 Cross Country
• 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American – Steeplechase (Hon. Mention)
• 2019 NACAC U23 Silver Medalist – Steeplechase
• 2018 All-Big 12 Cross Country
• 2018 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American – Steeplechase (Second Team)
• 2018 Big 12 Men’s Outdoor Champion – Steeplechase
COLLEGIATE BESTS & RESULTS VIA TFRRS
2019-20 (Senior)
OUTDOOR: 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
INDOOR: Did not compete.
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in six meets … opened with a third-place finish at the Bear Twilight … took 32nd overall at the Bill Dellinger Invitational … finished 13th overall at the Chile Pepper Festival … earned All-Big 12 honors with a seventh-place finish at the Big 12 Championships … placed second overall behind a personal-best 10K at the NCAA South Central Regional … finished 83rd overall at the NCAA Championships.
2018-19 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Helped Texas win the DMR and finished fifth in the steeplechase at the Texas Relays … was the silver medalist in the steeplechase and helped UT win the 4x1500m at the National Relay Championships … clocked a personal-best 8:38.29 in the steeplechase at the NCAA West Preliminaries … earned honorable mention All-America honors with an 18th-place steeplechase finish at the NCAA Championships … collected a silver medal in the steeplechase at the NACAC U23 Championships, finishing 1-2 with teammate Alex Rogers.
INDOOR: Finished sixth in the mile at the Clemson Invitational … ran a personal-best in the 3000m at the UW Invitational.
CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-Big 12 honors with a 14th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships … finished sixth at the NCAA South Central Regional … ran at the NCAA Championships.
2017-18 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Finished 12th at the NCAA Championships in the steeplechase to earn second-team All-America honors … won the Big 12 title in the steeplechase … ran a personal-best steeplechase at the Texas Relays … competed with Texas’ 4x1500m team at the National Relay Championships … won the 1500m at the Texas Invitational … ran the 5000m at the Mt. SAC Relays and Big 12 Championships.
INDOOR: Won the 3000m at the Texas A&M Quadrangular … also won the event at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic … clocked a personal-best 3000m to finish fourth at the Big 12 Championships … took fifth in the 5000m at the Big 12 Championships.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six meets for Texas … finished fifth overall, helping the Longhorns win the team title … placed fifth for Texas at the Notre Dame Invitational … took third for Texas at the Pre-Nationals Invitational … crossed 10th overall at the Big 12 Championships … finished 12th overall and second for Texas at the NCAA South Central Regional … finished fourth for Texas at the NCAA Championships.
2016-17 (R-Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Finished seventh in the steeplechase at the Big 12 Championships, helping Texas win the men’s team title … ran a personal-best to finish 13th at the NCAA West Preliminaries … missed out on qualifying for the NCAA Championships by just a second … won the steeplechase at the Texas Relays.
INDOOR: Placed seventh in the 3000m at the Big 12 Championships to help Texas win the team title … also ran a leg of the DMR that placed fourth … finished third in the 3000m at the Armory Track Invitational … won the 3000m at the Texas A&M 11-Team Invitational.
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in five meets for the Longhorns … contributed to Texas winning the SFA Lumberjack SLC Preview with a fourth-place finish overall … finished in 35th place overall at the Big 12 Championships, helping UT finish third overall … competed at the NCAA Regional Championships and NCAA Championships.
2015-16 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Redshirted.
INDOOR: Redshirted.
CROSS COUNTRY: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four times in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track … received Cross Country Athlete of the Year and MVP all four years … ranked No. 1 nationally in the steeplechase as a junior … slotted No. 16 nationally in the 3200m, and No. 16 nationally in the indoor 1600m as a senior.
PERSONAL: Son of Sean and Firelei Rice … has one brother, Ethan, and one sister, Sydney … father ran for Long Island University … mother ran for St. John’s University … involved with Habitat for Humanity, Maryland Service Project and did a service trip to Ecuador.
