Tessa Riley

  • Tessa
  • Riley

  • Event
    Distance
  • Class
    r-Senior
  • High School/Other
    Midlothian
  • Hometown
    Midlothian, Va.

Updated: May 30, 2017

2017 outdoor: Participated in the 1,500 at the ACC Championships, recording a season-best time of 4:31.10 for a top-20 finish ... Also competed in the 800- and 1,500-meter runs at a pair of regular-season meets.

2017 indoor: Finished seventh in the mile with a time of 4:48.09 at the ACC Championships … Also was a member of the distance medley relay team at the ACC Championships, placing eighth overall … Won the 1,000-meter race at the Virginia Tech Challenge, finishing with a career-best time of 2 minutes, 49.09 seconds … Placed ninth in the mile at the Music City Challenge … Also was a member of the distance medley relay team, finishing the race in 11:40.14 for third place ... Won the mile with a time of 4:56.01 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet ... Was sixth in the mile at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 4:51.81 … Finished fifth in the 1,000 at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 2:54.41.

2016 outdoor: Placed 12th at the ACC Championships in the 1,500 meters … Set a personal record in the 1,500 meters at the Radford Invite in 4:28.01 … Was a member of the winning DMR team at the Colonial Relays.

2016 indoor: Competed at the ACC Championships in the 800 meters and DMR … Was a member of the winning DMR at the Camel City Invite and Virginia Tech Challenge … Ran a season best 800 meters at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet in 2:12.97.

2015 outdoor: Ran unattached at the Virginia Challenge recording two personal records ... Improved her 1,500-meter time to 4:28.33 and 800-meter time to 2:10.11.

2015 indoor: Competed unattached in two events ... Ran the 800-meter distance at the Virginia Tech Challenge in 2:11.88 ... Finished the Hokie Invitational 1,000-meter race in 2:55.96.

Prior to Tech: Attended Wake Forest, where she was a member of the track and field team.

High school: Ran the middle distances at Lee's Summit North and Midlothian ... Was a four-year letterwinner ... Named the 2013 Regional Runner of the Year.

Personal: Born April 6, 1995 … Daughter of William and Shelley Riley ... Has one sister, Tara ... Majoring in art.

Riley's Track and Field Career Bests

Indoor Outdoor

600m - 1:34.11, VT Challenge (2016)

800m - 2:12.97, Doc Hale VT Elite (2016)

1,000m - 2:49.09, VT Challenge (2017)

Mile - 4:47.18, ACC Championships (prelim, 2017)

400m - 59.83, Coastal Carolina Invitational (2014)

800m - 2:10.53, Joe Hilton Invitational (2014)

1,500m - 4:28.01, Highlander Invitational (2016)

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