Riley Cole

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

2025-26
Outdoor: Placed second in the 10k with a time of 30:44.20 at the UMass Flagship Opener (3/28)... Finished 30th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:00.52 and 11th in the 1500-meter run with a finish of 3:56.68 at the UConn Dog Fight (4/4)... Earned second place in the 3k steeplechase with a time of 8:55.43 at the Friar Invitational (4/10)... Ran a personal best 8:46.92 in the 3k steeplechase at the Penn Relays (4/23-25)... Placed ninth in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:53.36 and 13th in the 5k with a finish of 14:14.69, both of which were personal bests, at the Larry Ellis Invitational (5/1-2)... Scored in both the 5k with a time of 14:36.45 and 3k steeplechase with a time of 8:50.49 securing sixth and fourth place at the MAC Outdoor Championships (5/14-16)... Finished 26th in the 3k steeplechase with a time of 8:51.21 at the NCAA Division I East First Round (5/27-30).
Indoor: Opened season with a fourth-place finish in the 5k with a time of 14:52.25 at the Harvard Classic (12/6)... Placed 28th in the 3k with a finish of 8:29.88 at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White meet (1/24)... Earned 13th place in the 3k with a time of 8:27.22 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/7-8)... Ran personal best times in the mile with a time of 4:20.12 taking fifth place and in the 1k with a time of 2:35.70 placing 11th at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/14)... Scored in the 3k at the MAC Indoor Championship (2/27-28) with a time of 8:21.35 taking sixth place.
Cross Country: Placed eighth in the 6k at the Ken O’Brien Invitational (8/30) with a time of 19:09.8... Secured 24th place in the 4.95 mile run with a finish of 26:12.7 at the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational (9/20)... Placed 26th in the 8k with a performance of 25:07.5 at the NEICAAA Cross Country Championships (10/10)... Finished 182nd at the Princeton Fall Classic (10/17) in the 8k with a time of 25:02.9... Placed 46th in the 8k with a performance of 25:51.5 at the MAC Cross Country Championships (11/1)... Finished 122nd in the 10k with a time of 31:28.9 at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships (11/14).

2024-25
Outdoor: Opened the season with a pair of 14th place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:04.19 and the 1500-meter run with a finish of 4:00.05 at the UMass Flagship Opener (4/5)... Earned a fifth place finish in the 3k steeplechase with a performance of 9:19.45 at the Providence College Friar Invitational (4/11)... Took runner up in the 2k steeplechase with a final time of 5:52.64 at the Jim Kavanagh Legacy Invitational (4/19)... Scored in the 3k steeplechase at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship (5/3-4) with a time of 9:10.64 earning eighth place... Rounded out season with a fifth place finish in the 3k steeplechase with a time of 9:19.30 at the NEICAAA Outdoor Track Championships (5/10).
Indoor: Finished 31st overall in the 5k at the Riverhawk Invitational (1/24-25)... Took 163rd in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:03.53 and 161st in the mile with a finish of 4:21.05 at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/31-2/1)... Earned fifth place in the mile at the Crimson Open (2/8) with a time of 4:26.37... Placed eighth in the 3k with a time of 8:35.16 at the NEICAAA Indoor Championships (3/7-8).
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.