The Citadel Athletics

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

TRACK AND FIELD BIO

CAREER MARKS (TFRRS)

* – Ranks 8^th in indoor program history

OUTDOOR CAREER BESTS

JUNIOR (2022)
INDOOR: Opened his season running 1:58.98 in 800 meters at Liberty Invitational Feb. 5... Placed first in the DMR (10:12.13) at USC Indoor Open Feb. 18... Finished fourth in DMR (10:14.11) at SoCon Championships Feb. 26-27.

SOPHOMORE (2021)
INDOOR: Finished fifth in 800 meters (1:59.16) at VMi Winter Relayd Jan. 29-30, while running 3:28.70 in 4x400 for second place and 2:39.61 in 1000 meters... Finished second in DMR (10:50.43) at Carolina Indoor Open Feb. 13, while finishing 1:58.58 in 800 meters... Ran 1:57.84 in 800 meters at SoCon Championships Feb. 27-28.

OUTDOOR: Set a new personal best in the 800 meters running 1:55.95 for fifth place at Weems Baskin Relays Mar. 26-27... Ran 2:04.96 at Gamecock Invitational April 10... Returned to form with a 1:58.28 time at USC Open April 17... Ran 2:05.02 in 800 at SoCon Championships May 1-2... 

FRESHMAN (2020)
INDOOR: Was a member of the freshman distance medley relay and 4x400-meter relay team that set program freshman records … Competed in all seven indoor meets … Made his collegiate track and field debut in the 800-meter run at the Gamecock Opener (1/17-18/20), turning in a time of 2:01.98 … Competed with the freshman distance medley relay team at the VMI Team Challenge (1/25/20), helping the squad to a program freshman record time of 10:36.24, finishing second … Shaved four seconds off his 800m time at the Carolina Challenge (1/31-2/1/20), turning in a time of 1:57.80 … Matched his 800m mark of 1:57.80 at the South Carolina Invitational (2/7-8/20), and posted a 400-meter dash time of 51.80 … Competed with the freshman 4x400-meter relay team at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/13/20), helping the team to set the program freshman record with a first-place finish with a time of 3:28.77, and posted a time of 2:05.80 in the 800m … Posted a season-best 400m time of 51.46 at the USC Indoor Open (2/22/20) … Rounded out his freshman campaign with a season-best 800m time of 1:56.31, placing him eighth in program history, at the 2020 SoCon Indoor Championships (2/29-3/1/20).

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.