Bryce Richards
2017 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Placed 10th at the Bob Timmons Dual Classic (9/2) after finishing the 6K in 19:35.5 … Posted an 8K time of 26:05.2 which was good for 17th place at the Rim Rock Farm Collegiate Classic (9/30) … Competed in the Pre-National Invitational (10/14) where he finished the 8K loop in 26:56.4, which landed him in 278th place … Was the Jayhawks’ top finisher at the Big 12 Cross Country Championship (10/28) where he placed 40th with a career-best 8K time of 25:03.5 … Ran in the NCAA Division I Midwest Region Cross Country Championships where he completed the 10K in 31:11.0 which was good for 123rd place.
2017 OUTDOOR (So.)
Recorded a time of 3:56.74 in the 1,500-meter run at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28), good for a first-place finish … Also finished first in the 1,500 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22), clocking 3:53.57 … Joined the 4×800-meter relay team to finish third at the Texas Relays (3/29-4/1) with a time of 7:29.96.
2017 INDOOR (So.)
Finished second as a member of the distance medley relay at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with a time of 9:47.44 … Claimed a sixth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship in the mile, clocking 4:18.80 … Competed at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/12) and finished third in the mile with a time of 4:16.70.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (RS-Fr.)
Opened his season with a runner-up finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) by way of his 6K time of 19:31.6 … Notched a 67th-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) after he completed the 8K loop in 27:53.9 … Turned in an 8K time of 25:33.3 at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1), good for a 27th-place finish.
2016 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Placed 16th in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with a personal-best time of 14:57.91 … Claimed 11th in the 1,500 meters and 13th in the 800 meters in the preliminary round of the Big 12 Championship with times of 3:49.87 and 1:52.39, respectively … Took fifth in the 1,500 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) after clocking a time of 3:56.38 … Finished fifth at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/7) after he ran the 800 meters in 1:51.54 … Helped the 4×800-meter relay team to a win in 7:35.33 at the Kansas Relays (4/23).
2016 INDOOR (Fr.)
Won the 1,000 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a personal-best time of 2:31.80 … Placed third in his first collegiate meet, finishing the 3,000-meter race in 8:51.53 at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) … Member of the victorious distance medley relay team, helping them finish in 10:34.44 at the Bob Timmons Challenge … Took fourth in the mile after clocking a personal-best time of 4:21.67 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) … Assisted the distance medley relay team to a second-place finish in 10:23.88 at the Jayhawk Classic … Claimed fourth at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) with a mile time of 4:24.47.
2015 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
Utilized redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Eight-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Mundelein HS … Ran to a runner-up finish in the 800 meters as a sophomore at the 3A Illinois State Championships … Three time conference winner … Ran to all-state honors twice … Held school records in the 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 1,600 meters and the mile … Named his team’s MVP five times.
PERSONAL
Son of Scott and Jacque Richards … Has one sister … Aspires to become a professional distance runner after graduation … Undecided on a major.