2017 Men's Cross Country Roster
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Collins, Riley
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Riley Collins
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bozeman, MT
- High School:
- Bozeman HS
Bio
Collins's Performance History & Personal Bests
2022-23 Season:
Cross Country (Senior): Competed in four races for the Bobcats ... Was MSU's seventh runner and eighth runner two times apiece ... Went sub-25 in the 8-kilometer race for the first time at the 2022 Big Sky Championships with a time of 24:53.3 ... Placed eighth for the Bobcats at the Weis-Crockett/Pre-Nationals Invitational with a time of 25:22.6 ... Took 11th overall and eighth for the Bobcats at the MSU Cross Country Classic ... Had a top-10 finish at the MSU Bobcat Twilight, where he covered the 5K course in 15:29.4 to place seventh.
2021-22 Season
Cross Country (Junior): Participated for Bobcats in all five possible meets ... Finished as high as sixth in Bobcats lineup in two meets ... Overall best finish individually of 15th came at the MSU Cross Country Classic.
Indoor (Junior): Competed at five indoor track meets, where he ran the mile three times and the 3,000 meter twice ... Ran his collegiate-best 3,000 meter time of 8:53.21 at the WSU Open ... Placed 17th in the mile at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Outdoor (Junior): Competed in nine outdoor track meets, including the 2022 Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... Ran his personal-best 1,500 meter time and placed 11th at the Big Sky Championships ... Also placed 33rd in his 5,000 meter season-debut at the Big Sky Championships ... Ran the 800 meters six times and the 1,500 meters five times throughout the season ... Placed fifth in his heat of the 1,500 meters at Azusa Pacific's Bryan Clay Invitational with a then-personal best time of 3:54.03.
2020-21 Season: Ran in four meets for the Bobcats … Took a season-high sixth place in the 800 at the Bobcat Qualifier on April 10 … Top time in event of season came at Cat-Griz Dual with his mark of 1:56.61 ... Named to the Big Sky Fall, Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams.
2019-20 Season
Indoor (Sophomore): Point scorer in two events for the Bobcats at the Big Sky Conference Championships … Placed seventh in the mile and eighth in the 800 at the conference meet … Time of 1:54.37 in the 800 prelims was a personal best … Completed a time of 4:14.46 to take first in the mile at the MSU Indoor Open for a personal best narrowly outside MSU’s all-time top 10 chart … Ran on multiple 4x400 relay squads over the course the year … Named to the Big Sky Conference Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams … Selected as a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
2018-19 Season
Cross Country (Sophomore): Ran in four meets over the course of the season … Finished as the Bobcats’ fifth fastest runner at the Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 29) and Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 13) … Completed best time of the year while taking 44th at the Big Sky Championship crossing in at 25:17.44 … Finished 10th overall to begin the season at the MSU Cross Country Classic.
Indoor (Sophomore): Did not compete in any events.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Did not compete in any events.
2017-18 Season
Cross Country (Freshman): Member of MSU’s scoring lineup in four of five meets during the season … Took second among Bobcat runners and placed sixth overall at opening MSU-Bozeman Running Co. Invitational (Sept. 16) … Completed top time of year (26:01.6) while finishing 40th at Big Sky Championship in Ogden.
Indoor (Freshman): Earned all-conference honors in first appearance at Big Sky Indoor Championships … Member of distance medley relay that placed third with a time of 10:14.96 … Also placed 24th overall individually in the mile at the conference meet … Finished season 11th on the Big Sky performance list in the mile (4:09.62) and 14th in the 800 (1:53.84) … Took first once in both the 4x400 and distance medley relay during the year … Finished a season-best runner-up once in the 800 … Set lifetime bests in the 800 (1:56.10) and in the mile (4:18.37) … Named to the Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team.
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in two events for the Bobcats to close out the season at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Took 16th in the 1,500 and 27th in the 5,000 … Placed second in the 1,500 at the Tom Gage Classic in Missoula on May 4 … Appeared in six total meets for MSU … Achieved personal bests in the 1,500 (3:56.10) and 5,000 (15:15.59) … Named to the Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team.
High School: Graduated from Bozeman High School in 2017 after completing a stellar prep career for the Hawks ... Had several achievements in cross country and on the track, with his greatest notoriety coming in the fall ... Member of Bozeman’s squad that finished first at the Nike Cross Nationals meet in Portland in December of 2016 ... Helped guide the school to a national championship ... Finished 56th overall at the meet and third in Bozeman’s lineup, while he also took 25th individually the meet before on the Hawks’ regional championship team ... Finished a career-best 43rd at the Nike Nationals as a junior ... Had success at the MHSA State level, serving as a member of three consecutive cross country AA State Championship teams ... Led the Hawks to the team crown as a sophomore by taking third at the Class AA meet with a time of 15:37.3 ... Again finished third as a junior (15:03.8) then placed fourth as a senior (15:11.1), a year in which he won the Sunfair Invite and Helena Meet ... Continued to shine during the spring campaign on the track and field team ... Took fourth in back-to-back years in the 800-meter run at the MHSA Class AA championships ... Placed fifth and sixth in the mile as a sophomore and junior, respectively, along with taking sixth and ninth in the 3,200 in consecutive years ... Racked up seven top-four finishes at divisionals over his high school tenure.
Personal: Son of Mark and Allison Collins ... Plans to major in statistics.
2022-23 Season:
Cross Country (Senior): Competed in four races for the Bobcats ... Was MSU's seventh runner and eighth runner two times apiece ... Went sub-25 in the 8-kilometer race for the first time at the 2022 Big Sky Championships with a time of 24:53.3 ... Placed eighth for the Bobcats at the Weis-Crockett/Pre-Nationals Invitational with a time of 25:22.6 ... Took 11th overall and eighth for the Bobcats at the MSU Cross Country Classic ... Had a top-10 finish at the MSU Bobcat Twilight, where he covered the 5K course in 15:29.4 to place seventh.
2021-22 Season
Cross Country (Junior): Participated for Bobcats in all five possible meets ... Finished as high as sixth in Bobcats lineup in two meets ... Overall best finish individually of 15th came at the MSU Cross Country Classic.
Indoor (Junior): Competed at five indoor track meets, where he ran the mile three times and the 3,000 meter twice ... Ran his collegiate-best 3,000 meter time of 8:53.21 at the WSU Open ... Placed 17th in the mile at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Outdoor (Junior): Competed in nine outdoor track meets, including the 2022 Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... Ran his personal-best 1,500 meter time and placed 11th at the Big Sky Championships ... Also placed 33rd in his 5,000 meter season-debut at the Big Sky Championships ... Ran the 800 meters six times and the 1,500 meters five times throughout the season ... Placed fifth in his heat of the 1,500 meters at Azusa Pacific's Bryan Clay Invitational with a then-personal best time of 3:54.03.
2020-21 Season: Ran in four meets for the Bobcats … Took a season-high sixth place in the 800 at the Bobcat Qualifier on April 10 … Top time in event of season came at Cat-Griz Dual with his mark of 1:56.61 ... Named to the Big Sky Fall, Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams.
2019-20 Season
Indoor (Sophomore): Point scorer in two events for the Bobcats at the Big Sky Conference Championships … Placed seventh in the mile and eighth in the 800 at the conference meet … Time of 1:54.37 in the 800 prelims was a personal best … Completed a time of 4:14.46 to take first in the mile at the MSU Indoor Open for a personal best narrowly outside MSU’s all-time top 10 chart … Ran on multiple 4x400 relay squads over the course the year … Named to the Big Sky Conference Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams … Selected as a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
2018-19 Season
Cross Country (Sophomore): Ran in four meets over the course of the season … Finished as the Bobcats’ fifth fastest runner at the Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 29) and Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 13) … Completed best time of the year while taking 44th at the Big Sky Championship crossing in at 25:17.44 … Finished 10th overall to begin the season at the MSU Cross Country Classic.
Indoor (Sophomore): Did not compete in any events.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Did not compete in any events.
2017-18 Season
Cross Country (Freshman): Member of MSU’s scoring lineup in four of five meets during the season … Took second among Bobcat runners and placed sixth overall at opening MSU-Bozeman Running Co. Invitational (Sept. 16) … Completed top time of year (26:01.6) while finishing 40th at Big Sky Championship in Ogden.
Indoor (Freshman): Earned all-conference honors in first appearance at Big Sky Indoor Championships … Member of distance medley relay that placed third with a time of 10:14.96 … Also placed 24th overall individually in the mile at the conference meet … Finished season 11th on the Big Sky performance list in the mile (4:09.62) and 14th in the 800 (1:53.84) … Took first once in both the 4x400 and distance medley relay during the year … Finished a season-best runner-up once in the 800 … Set lifetime bests in the 800 (1:56.10) and in the mile (4:18.37) … Named to the Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team.
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in two events for the Bobcats to close out the season at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Took 16th in the 1,500 and 27th in the 5,000 … Placed second in the 1,500 at the Tom Gage Classic in Missoula on May 4 … Appeared in six total meets for MSU … Achieved personal bests in the 1,500 (3:56.10) and 5,000 (15:15.59) … Named to the Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team.
High School: Graduated from Bozeman High School in 2017 after completing a stellar prep career for the Hawks ... Had several achievements in cross country and on the track, with his greatest notoriety coming in the fall ... Member of Bozeman’s squad that finished first at the Nike Cross Nationals meet in Portland in December of 2016 ... Helped guide the school to a national championship ... Finished 56th overall at the meet and third in Bozeman’s lineup, while he also took 25th individually the meet before on the Hawks’ regional championship team ... Finished a career-best 43rd at the Nike Nationals as a junior ... Had success at the MHSA State level, serving as a member of three consecutive cross country AA State Championship teams ... Led the Hawks to the team crown as a sophomore by taking third at the Class AA meet with a time of 15:37.3 ... Again finished third as a junior (15:03.8) then placed fourth as a senior (15:11.1), a year in which he won the Sunfair Invite and Helena Meet ... Continued to shine during the spring campaign on the track and field team ... Took fourth in back-to-back years in the 800-meter run at the MHSA Class AA championships ... Placed fifth and sixth in the mile as a sophomore and junior, respectively, along with taking sixth and ninth in the 3,200 in consecutive years ... Racked up seven top-four finishes at divisionals over his high school tenure.
Personal: Son of Mark and Allison Collins ... Plans to major in statistics.
Big Sky Cross Country Championship
Sunday, October 31
Big Sky Cross Country Championship Preview | Men's Team
Friday, October 27
Dale Kennedy - Media Day | Nov. 12, 2013
Wednesday, November 13
Cristian Soratos - Media Day | Oct. 22, 2013
Wednesday, October 23
