Wendel D. Ley Track and Holloway Field

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Wendel D. Ley Track and Holloway Field is a Rice University sports complex in Houston, Texas. It is used mainly for track and field and soccer by the Rice Owls. The facility sits at 6100 South Main Street and is bordered by Main Street, University Boulevard, Reckling Park, and open fields. It opened in 1950 on the site of Rice Field, Rice’s old football stadium (1913–1950). Part of the old visitor-side grandstand remains, now with about 100 permanent seats. A soccer field was added around 2000–01 after Rice started women's soccer.

Notable events at the stadium include a 2002 WUSA exhibition with Mia Hamm’s Washington Freedom (attendance over 5,000) and a 2003 exhibition; it hosted Western Athletic Conference outdoor championships in 2002 and 2004; Conference USA outdoor championships in 2007 and the 2005 Conference USA soccer tournament (won by Rice). It has also served as a practice venue for visiting teams like the U.S. national team, Everton, the Colorado Rapids, Ireland’s women’s national team, and Argentina’s men’s team. For more than 20 years, it has hosted summer all-comer track meets with athletes such as Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Joanna Hayes, and Bryan Bronson.