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2023-24 Men's Track and Field Roster

Riley Adams

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Douglassville, Pa.
  • High School Berks Catholic
  • Events Sprints/Throws
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

  • Member of indoor program record holding 4x200 & DMR teams as well as outdoor record 4x100 team

Senior Year (2023-24)

  • Competed in 14 meets for Scranton as a senior
  • Ran a leg for the Royals' 4x100 relay team that finished seventh at the Landmark Outdoor Championships (May 4-5)
  • Placed ninth in the shot put at the Bloomsburg Quad Meet (Mar. 27) with a mark of 9.66m

Junior Year (2022-23)

  • Competed in 15 meets for the Royals during his junior season
  • Recorded four top-10 finishes
  • Finished ninth in the 400 meters at both the Landmark Conference Indoor & Outdoor Championships
  • Placed eighth in the heptathlon at the SU Early Season Invite (Dec. 9-10) and set new personal-bests in the long jump, shot put, high jump, 60 meter hurdles and the 10,000 meters

Sophomore Year (2021-22)

  • Competed in both track and field events for the Royals during his first season in the program; a total of 13 meets
  • Posted three top-10 finishes
  • Member of 4x100 relay team that finished third at the Landmark Conference Outdoor Championships with a program record time of 43.89 seconds
  • Recorded personal-best times in both the 200 (23.68) and Javelin (29.78m) at the ESU All-American Meet on Apr. 23 

Personal Best Marks

Event   Meet (Date) Mark
60 Greg Page Relays (Dec. 3, 2022) 7.38
100 Paul Kaiser Classic (Apr. 30, 2022) 11.64
200 NYU Invitational (Feb. 3, 2023) 23.66
300 Greg Page Relays (Dec. 3, 2022) 37.68
400 Landmark Outdoor Championships (May 7-8, 2022) 52.52
1,000         SU Early Season Multi & Invite (Dec. 9-10, 2022) 3:10.46
60H     SU Early Season Multi & Invite (Dec. 9-10, 2022) 11.79
High Jump SU Early Season Multi & Invite (Dec. 9-10, 2022) 1.40m
Long Jump SU Early Season Multi & Invite (Dec. 9-10, 2022) 5.33m
Shot Put SU Early Season Multi & Invite (Dec. 9-10, 2022) 10.81m
Discus Coach P Invitational (Apr. 21-22, 2023)                      27.21m
Javelin Messiah Multi/Invitational (Apr. 13-15, 2023) 30.20m
Pentathlon Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 4, 2023) 1,453 PTS
Heptathlon SU Early Season Multi & Invite (Dec. 9-10, 2022) 2,866 PTS

Awards/Honors

  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)

High School/Personal

  • Transferred to Scranton from University of Pittsburgh
  • Competed in football and track & field at Berks Catholic
  • Earned All-Division honors in track as a junior
  • Helped lead Berks Catholic to as District III title in football as a sophomore
  • Member of National Honor Society
  • Son of Patrick and Jessica Adams
  • Has a younger sister, Rebecca

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints/Throws
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints/Throws
    5'11"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints/Throws
    5'11"
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