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2016 Men's Cross Country Roster

Reid Rivers

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Juneau, Alaska
  • Highschool Richlands (N.C.) HS

Biography

2016-17 (Senior): Southland Conference All-Academic and member of its Commissioner's Honor Roll ... CROSS COUNTRY – Competed at all five meets including the Southland Conference Championships where he placed 61st in 26:35.6 on the 8K course … Ran best 8K of 26:06 at Incarnate Word … Clocked a four-mile time of 22:08.5 at North Texas … INDOORS – Fourth-place with ACU’s DMR (10:04.70) at the Southland Conference Championship … Clocked a 3K PR of 8:36.61 to place fourth at the Dunamis Sports Group College Classic … OUTDOORS – Scored seventh-place points for the Wildcats in the 1500m with a PR of 3:50.90 … Recorded additional PRs in the 5K (15:59.18) at Southlands and 3K steeplechase (10.20.88) at ACU’s Wes Kittley Invitational … 1500m runner-up (3:59.19) at ACU’s Oliver Jackson Twilight Meet and was third at the Baylor Invitational (3:58.23).
 
2015-16 (Junior): Southland Conference All-Academic and member of its Commissioner's Honor Roll... CROSS COUNTRY – Competed at all six meets, including the Southland Conference Championships where he finished 71st with an 8K time of 28:23.4 ... Fastest 8K time of 26:16.6 earned him 28th place at Arkansas-Little Rock ... Placed 13th at Texas Tech dual with 6K mark of 21:17.14 … INDOORS – Set a mile PR of 4:19.27 to place 14th at the Southland Conference Championships … Part of a DMR that placed fourth in 10:21.83 at the Houston Invitational … OUTDOORS – 5K champion at ACU’s Oliver Jackson Twilight Invitational with time of 16:47.20 … Set 800m PR of 1:55.09 at Texas State and placed fourth in the 1500m with a mark of 3:57.46.
 
2014-15 (Sophomore): Southland Conference All-Academic and member of its Commissioner's Honor Roll ... CROSS COUNTRY – Competed at all competitions including the Southland Conference Championships where he placed 84th overall and seventh on ACU with an 8K time of 28:20.0 … Highest overall finish was 13th at the West Texas College Open (30:55) … Fastest 8K of 27:14.62 was recorded at the Red Raider Open at Texas Tech … INDOORS – 1000m runner-up with PR of 2:32.09 at Texas Tech Indoor Red Raider Open ... OUTDOORS –  800m season best of 1:57.69 at Bobcat Invitational and hit 1500m season best of 4:01.23 during Southland Conference preliminaries ... Third-place finisher in the 1500m at ACU's Wes Kittley Invitational (4:08.17).
 
2013-14 (Freshman): Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll... CROSS COUNTRY – Wildcats' No. 5 runner (76th overall) at the Southland Conference Championships, finishing the 8K race in 29:19.4 ... Competed at four-regular season meets hosted by McMurry, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Incarnate Word ... Ran a season-best 8K of 29:09.03 at the Cowboy Jamboree … INDOORS – Recorded season bests of 2:04.60 in the 800m and 4:38.42 in the indoor mile at the Texas Tech Red Raider Open … OUTDOORS – Clocked a 4:13.37 1500m to place third at Oklahoma’s John Jacobs Invitational.
 
High School: Graduated in 2013 from Richlands (N.C.) High School ... Varsity letterwinner for cross country and track ... Part of a team that won a XC conference championship in 2009 and regional title in 2012 ... Member of three runner-up teams at the county and regional level ... All-conference, county and region honoree ... Top times include a 4:36 in the 1600m, 10:37 in the 3200m and a 1:59 split on leg of 4x800m relay ... Placed 11th in the 1600m and 14th in the 3200m at the 2013 NC 2A state meet.
 
Personal: Given name is Reid Townsend Rivers ... Born 10 July 1995 in Fort Worth, Texas ... Son of Ray and Paula Rivers ... Resides in Juneau, Alaska ... Vocational ministry major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2014Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2015Junior

    6'0"
  • 2016Senior

    6'0"