Brek Christensen

Biography

2024 USTFCCCA South Central Assistant Coach of the Year Brek Christensen enters his 12th season with the Rice Owls track and field program. In August 2024, Christensen was promoted to the Associate Head Coach for the men's track and field team. In 2018-2019, Christensen began coaching both the men’s and women’s throws. With the Owls, Christensen has continued to exceed expectations with the Rice throwers, consistently competing at the conference and national stages. Since Christensen has been on staff, his throwers have set six school records, won 34 conference individual championships, qualified 50 athletes to the NCAA West Preliminary Round, and earned 23 NCAA All-American honors at the NCAA Championships. In 2025, the Owls continued to find success in the throws, with Mckyla Van der Westhuizen leading the way with a seventh-place finish in the javelin at the NCAA Championships, earning back-to-back First Team All-American honors. She also claimed her second consecutive AAC title for javelin and was named the 2025 Joyce Pounds Hardy Award winner. Red-shirt freshman Jack Greaves also shined, earning a trip to the NCAA Championships where he finished 16th to earn Second Team All-American honors in just his fourth meet competing with the Owls. Another freshman, Juan Marais, finished second at the AAC Championships in discus and qualified for the NCAA West Prelims. Cal Abdulky closed his outdoor career also at the NCAA West Prelims and finished third in the hammer throw at the