Saturday, December 15, 2012

Jacob Riley (Sehome HS, Bellingham, WA 2007; Stanford 2011)

Jacob Riley

Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Bellingham, WA

High School:
Sehome

**Six-Time All-American**

Stanford: One of the top distance runners in the country and a threat for the individual title in 2011 ... earned All-America honors on the track in the 10k on the third consecutive season ... will team with Chris Derrick to form possibly the most formidable duo in the country this season.

2010 Season (RS Junior): Earned All-America honors for his sixth-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, covering the 10,000-meter course in 29:45 ... helped Stanford to the Pac-10 team championship as a part of the Cardinal 1-2-3 finish that included Elliott Heath and Chris Derrick ... placed third at Pre-Nationals, covering the 8,000-meter course in a season best 23:00 to help Stanford to the team title ... third-place finisher at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 23:22.

2009 Season (RS Sophomore): Placed 54th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a 10,000-meter time of 30:30.5 ... earned first team All-Pac-10 honors after placing sixth with a season-best 8,000-meter time of 23.12.71 at the conference meet ... helped Stanford to the Pre-National Invitational title after finishing 11th in the White Race with a time of 24:00.8 ... placed third at the Stanford Invitational to help the Cardinal to a sweep of the top five places.

2008 Season (RS Freshman): Placed 55th at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships and was Stanford's third runner, completing the 10,000-meter course in 30:31.4 ... earned all-region honors for his 23rd-place finish at the NCAA West Regional ... All-Pac-10 first team for his seventh-place finish at the Pac-10 championships, where he ran a season-best time of 23:44.29.

2007 Season (Freshman): Redshirted.

High School: Finished third at the Washington State 3A Cross Country Championships in 2005 ... was the 2006 2A Cross Country state champion ... member of the winning team at the 2005 Washington State Cross Country Championships ... earned All-America honors with his 14th-place finish at the 2006 FootLocker National Championships ... finished fourth in the 1,600 meters and second in the 3,200 meters at the 2007 Washington State Track and Field Championships ... member of the 2007 Washington State track and field championship team ... school record-holder in the 3,200 meters with his time of 9:00.50.

Cardinal Catalogue: Biomechanical engineering major ... parents are Ralph Riley and Kathi Peacock ... 2008 Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention in cross country ... Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention for track in 2009 and 2010 ... MPSF All-Academic for indoor track in 2009 ... honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic for cross country in 2009.

Courtesy Stanford

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