SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER
DECATHLON - 5,688 POINTS
PERSONAL BESTS
| 60m Hurdles (Indoor) |
Niswonger Invitational (1/31/09) |
9.12 |
| 60m (Indoor) |
Hokie Invitational (1/23/10) |
7.59 |
| 100m (Outdoor) |
49er Classic (3/21/09) |
11.87 |
| 110m Hurdles (Outdoor) |
Duke Invitational (4/3/10) |
12.15 |
| 400m (Outdoor) |
49er Classic (3/21/09) |
52.84 |
| 1500m (Outdoor) |
Duke Invitational (4/3/10) |
4:39.54 |
| High Jump (Outdoor) |
CCU Invitational (3/13/09) |
6'0.75" (1.84m) |
| Long Jump (Indoor) |
Hokie Invitational (1/23/10) |
18'10" (5.74m) |
| Shot Put (Outdoor) |
CCU Invitational (3/13/10) |
33'5.75" (10.20m) |
| Decathlon (Outdoor) |
BSC Championships (4/17/10) |
5,688 points* |
| Heptathlon (Indoor) |
Liberty Kick Off (12/2/09) |
4,302 points |
2009-10 HIGHLIGHTS
INDOOR
Gathered 4,258 points in the heptathlon at the Big South Championships (Feb. 28) to finish sixth and also placed ninth in the high jump with a leap of 5’10.75” (1.80m) … Garnered a 14th-place showing at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 13) in the heptathlon with 3,834 points … Collected 4,302 points to finish fourth at the season-opening Liberty Kick Off (Dec. 2).
OUTDOOR
Recorded four Top-20 performances … Set the school record in the decathlon with 5,688 points at the Big South Championships (Apr. 17), placing eighth … Tossed the discus 103’2” (31.46m) and ran the 400m in 53.07 at the Lou Onesty Invite (Apr. 10) to place 18th and 15th, respectively … At the Duke Invitational (Apr. 3), ran a 12.15 in the 110-meter hurdles to finish 18th.
2008-09 HIGHLIGHTS
INDOOR
Competed in the 60m and heptathlon … Opened with a season-best score of 4,198 in the heptathlon at the Liberty Kick Off … Clocked in at 9.50 in the 60m hurdles and finished 15th at the Liberty Open … Notched a season-best of 9.12 in the 60m hurdles at the Niswonger Invitational.
OUTDOOR
Hit a season-best height of 6’00.75” in the high jump at the Coastal Carolina Invitational … Ran two new season-best times in the 100 (11.87) and 400 (52.84) at the 49er Classic … Recorded a personal best distance of 18’07.25” in the long jump and season-best mark of 30’04.25” in the shot put at the 49er Classic … Notched a school record 5,351 points in the decathlon at the Winthrop Invitational … Eclipsed his previous decathlon school-record by scoring 5,630 points at the Big South Championship … Placed seventh in the high jump with a height of 6’0.50” at the Liberty Twilight.
2007-08 HIGHLIGHTS
OUTDOOR
Finished with 5,377 points in the decathlon at the Big South Championships, posting a new school record … Posted a season-best in the 110m hurdles with a time of 16.65 at the Lou Onesty Invitational … Reached a height of 5’10.75” in the high jump and a distance of 17’11.5” in the long jump.
HIGH SCHOOL
Member of the 2007 VHSL AA State Championship 4x400-meter relay team … All-state in the 4x400 and 4x800-meter relay teams … Four-sport athlete in track, cross country, football and basketball while at Potomac Falls.
PERSONAL / ACADEMICS
Born on January 18, 1989 … Son of Dave and Amy Richards … Has an older brother Tim and younger sister Jennifer … Majoring in math.
