Keene State College

Talented junior runner looking forward to her third season with the Owl cross country and track program…expected to shine on the trails as well as the track in distance races and steeplechase.

2012-13 Cross Country: Posted a PR time of 20:02 at the LEC Championships…placed 19th (20:36) at KSC Invitational…was the Owls fourth runner (23:24) at the New England Regional race….Track:  Placed fourth in the 5K at the LEC Championships (19:33.45)….top 3K time of 11:19.74 was run at Brandeis….best 10K outdoor mark (43:13.68) came at Conn. College…placed eighth in 3,000-steplechase at LEC meet (12:52.67).

2011-12:  Cross Country: Clocked a season best time of 19:36, placing 13th at LEC Championships…Outdoor Track: Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:23.26) at LEC Championships.

Before KSC: Comes to Keene State following a strong scholastic career at Burnt Hills Ballston Lake (N.Y.) High…Cross Country:  earned multiple state and Suburban league honors…raced three-times in N.Y. state championship meet, helping the Spartans claim the 2008 and 2009 state title…scored on both Spartan team that placed fifth (2008) and ninth (2009) respectively at Nike cross country nationals in Portland, Oregon…Track:  named to indoor All-America team in the 4xmile as a junior with her teams’ second-place finish (21:47.28) at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships….recorded a career best (18:17) in the 5K at the Saratoga State park meet and a 10:42 in the 3K at the Armory in New York…top time in the steeplechase (7:36) came at the sectional championships…Spartan team won Sectional titles in 2010 and 2011.

Personal: A member of a running family, brother Bryce ran cross country and the steeplechase event at William and Mary while Chance ran at George Mason before transferring to Keene State where he is a junior…A member of the LEC All-Academic team, Riley is an elementary education major at Keene State.