Collegiate Results
Senior (2018): Competed in four meets...Garnered season-best 8,000-meter time of 30:52.8 at Hillsdale Invitational.
Junior (2017): Competed in five meets, running a cross country 10,000-meter personal best of 37:07.4 at the 2017 NCAA Division II Midwest Region Cross Country Championships...Ran a season-best 8,000-meter time of 29:38.0 at the 2017 GLIAC Cross Country Championships.
Sophomore (2016): Competed in six meets...ran season-best time of 29:04.0 in 8,000 meters at GRCC Raider XC Invitational...Finished 27th at Upper Peninsula Cross Country Championships with time of 29:11.5.
Freshman (2015): Competed in six meets...Ran personal bests at 6,000 meters (21:25.4, Upper Peninsula Cross Country Championships) and 8,000 meters (28:38.7, 2015 GLIAC Cross Country Championships).
XC Personal Bests:
6,000 meters - 21:25.4 (Upper Peninsula Cross Country Championships, 2015)
8,000 meters - 28:38.7 (2015 GLIAC Cross Country Championships)
High School: Was a 2014 all-state honoree in cross country at Bendle High in Burton, Mich....Coached by Marsha Bowser and Dave Wolbert...Graduated in 2015...A three-time All-Genesse Area Conference pick in track and received all-conference cross country honors twice...Selected a 2015 track team's Most Valuable Athlete...Recorded personal-best 2015-season times of 2:09.1 in the 800-meter run, 4:37.4 in the one-mile run, 4:37.54 in the 1,600-meter run, and 9:53.12 in the 3,200-meter run.
Personal: Son of Bruce and Valerie Richards...Born in Grand Blanc, Mich....Has three older sisters and an older brother...Enjoys fishing and biking...Electrical Engineering Technology major.
