Riley Cole

Weight:
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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Northampton, Mass.
High School:
Northampton

2024-25
Cross Country: Saw action in four meets … Took 73rd overall (25:32.9) at the Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championships (11/2) … Claimed 295^th overall (26:14.1) at the Paul Short Run (10/5) … Earned 21^st overall (26:25) at the Ted Owen Invitational (9/21) … Was 11^th overall (19:04.04) at the Ken O’Brien Minutemen Invitational (8/31).

2023-2024
Cross Country: Placed 6th for the Minutemen and 18th overall in the 5K with a time of 15:43.3 minutes at the Shawn M. Nassaney XC Invitational (9/9)... Placed 61st in the open 8K with a time of 25:45.2 minutes at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (College) (9/30)... Placed 4th for the Minutemen and 16th overall in the 8K with a time of 26:10.5 minutes at the NEICAAA Cross Country Championships (10/7).
Indoor: Competed in 3 meets for the Minutemen. Set a new personal record in the 3000 meter run with a time of 8:42.02 minutes at the NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/1-2).
Outdoor: Placed 6th in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:53.18 minutes at the UMASS Flagship Opener (4/7)... Placed 8th in the 1500 meter run with a time of 4:07.19 minutes at the UMASS Commonwealth Invitational (4/13)... Placed 4th in the 2000 meter steeplechase and set a new personal record with a time of 6:04.43 minutes at the Holy Cross Invitational (4/20)... Placed 7th in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:21.42 minutes at the A10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/4-5)... Earned 3rd place and set a new personal record in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:14.57 minutes at the NEICAAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/10-11).

2022-23
Cross Country: Competed in two meets … Was fifth for UMass in 45^th overall with a time of 15:45.2 at the CCSU Mini Meet (10/21) … Came in eighth (26:32) in the sub varsity race at the New England Championships (10/8).
Indoor: Claimed seventh in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:53.42 at the Alden Invitational (12/3)

Before UMass: Graduated from Northampton High School in 2022 … Won eight varsity letters … Tabbed a 2022 Daily Hampshire Gazette Spring Track & Field All-Star … Named Daily Hampshire Gazette Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year in 2021 … Was an Outdoor Track & Field All-Western Mass. athlete in 2021 … Earned Western Mass. Indoor Track & Field Super 7 honors in 2021.

Personal: Born Riley Scott Cole … Son of Scott and Lisa Cole … Has two siblings, Joshua and Keira … Mother, Lisa, was a captain for the Tufts volleyball team … Grandfather, Thomas Alferes, started the cross country team at SMU (now UMass Dartmouth) and competed for both the cross country and track and field teams … Intends to major in Mechanical Engineering.