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2022 Men's Cross Country Roster

Aidan Richter

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mount Pleasant, S.C.
  • Highschool Bishop England

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
Dean's List (Spring 2020)
Southern Conference Honor Roll (2019-20)


CROSS COUNTRY BIO

CAREER MARKS (TFRRS)

5K   18:55.1 Carolina Challenge (9/3/2016)
6K   21:58.8 adidas XC Challence (9/20/2019)
8K   27:34.0 Queens Royals Challenge (10/8/2021)






JUNIOR (2021): Ran in three 8K meets... Completed best time of 27:34.00 at Queens Royals Challenge on Oct. 8...  Ran 28:41.3 at USC Beaufort on Oct. 16... Finished season running 30:27.1 at SoCon Championships at VMI on Oct. 30.

FRESHMAN (2019): Competed in four meets … Turned in a time of 18:55.1 in the 5K at the Carolina Challenge (Aug. 31) … Raced his way to a time of 21:58.8 in the 6K at the adidas XC Challenge (Sept. 20) … Posted an 8K time of 29:31.0 at the Queen City Invite (Sept. 27) … Rounded out his season with an 8K time of 29:48.8 at the Disney Cross Country Classic (Oct. 12).

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-time letterwinner and member of four South Carolina state championships … A five-time USATF All-American … Ran a personal record of 16:40 in the 5K, 1:57.1 in the 800-meter race and 4:32 in the 1,600-meter run … As a senior, finished second in the state in the AAA 800m and was a member of the South Carolina state cross country champions … As a junior, claimed the state crown in the 800-meter race and was a member of the 4x800-meter relay team, which won the AAA state championship and the national championship … Earned all-american status with a fourth-place finish in the 2,000-meter steeplechase as a junior … Member of the 4x800-meter relay team that won the AAA state championship during his sophomore year … As a freshman, was a member of the 4x800-meter relay team that won the AA South Carolina state championship … Finished second at the USATF Nationals in the 2,000-meter steeplechase … Team claimed the overall AA South Carolina state track championship … Earned the O’Brien Ring Character Award.

PERSONAL: Full name is Aidan Joseph Richter … Son of Kirk and Carylon Richter … Father, Kirk, ran track and cross country at Moorpark Community College (1977-79) and Fresno Sate (1979-1982) … Grandfather, George Groble, played football at Notre Dame (1955) … Major is intelligence and security studies.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2020Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2021Junior

    6'0"
  • 2022Senior

    6'0"

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