UMass Lowell Athletics

Personal Bests
1500M:                4:45.84
Mile:                    5:02.22
3000M:                9:52.79
5000M:              17:23.48
3K (XC):           10:54.6
3.1 Mile (XC):   18:17.3
4K (XC):           15:32.0
5K (XC):           18:17.0
6K (XC):           21:18.5
3.11 Mile (XC): 18:52.9
                                        
2014-15           
 
Cross Country    
In her first event she ran a 20:44.3 in the 5K at the Pre-Conference Meet… Her time of 20:44.3 in the 5K at the Maine & UMass-Lowell Dual Meet was good enough for fifth place… She had a time of 19:25.8 in the 5K at the 2014 America East XC Championships…
 
Indoor Track       
She finished sixth in the 3,000 at the 2015 Dartmouth Relays - College/Open with a time of 10:32.03… In the mile at the Tufts Invite #1 she finished in fifth place with a time of 5:19.24… She had a personal best time in the mile at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational of 5:16.50… At her last event of the indoor season she had a personal best in the 3,000 at the NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 10:16.81…
 
Outdoor Track    
Richards finished fifth in the mile at the Brown Invitational with a time of 5:20.16… She followed that up with a second place finish in the 3,000 at the George Davis Invitational with a time of 10:30.54… She finished off the season with a personal best time in the 5,000 of 17:55.83 at the NEICAAA Track and Field Outdoor Championship…
 
Lowell High School: Captain… Two-Time Cross Country State Champs… Two-Time Honor Roll… Special Education Intern…
 
Personal: Daughter of Mark Richards of Lowell, MA and Marianne Richards of Groton, MA… Enjoys shopping… 90210 and Friday Night Lights are her favorite TV shows… The Boston Bruins are her favorite sports team… Names Jenny Simpson as one of her greatest influences… Calls breaking 10:20 in the 3k her greatest sports moment… Chose UMass Lowell because of the great education and the awesome coaching staff… Hopes to find a job helping people… Majoring in Psychology with a Minor in Disabilities and Public Health…