2019-20 Women's Track and Field Roster

Jerek Wolcott
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics

Ry-Anne Riley

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School Lusher Charter
  • Hometown New Orleans, La.
  • Major Psychology / Pre-Medical

Biography

Honors
•  NAIA All-America in 2017
•  Accusplit NAIA Top Relay Team in 2017
•  All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference in 2017
•  GCAC Track Athlete of the Week

Briefly
•  Second year at XULA
•  1-year letterwinner

2018 (Sophomore)
•  Ran anchor on 400-meter relay team that produced A-qualifying times for NAIA National Championships in each of the first two meets

2017 (Freshman)
•  Earned NAIA All-America at national meet after eighth-place finish in 1,600 relay (3:56.31) at nationals . . . Quartet set school record of 3:49.76 during preliminaries
•  Scored in five events at GCAC Championships, including first place in long jump and 400 relay . . . Also third in 1,600 relay and sixth in 100 and 200
•  Helped Gold Nuggets win GCAC team championship
•  Best performances were 12.43 in the 100, 25.34 in the 200, 58.35 in the 400 and 5.44 meters/17 feet, 10 inches in the long jump
•  Earned Accusplit award after 800 relay team produced NAIA-best time of 1:42.01 at McNeese Cowboy Relays in Lake Charles, La., March 11

Club
•  Competed two years for Speed Dynamics
•  Qualified for AAU Junior Olympics in 2015 in the open 400 and the 800 relay

High School
•  Did not start running track until 10th grade but quickly became a star
•  LHSAA Class 3A state champion outdoors in the 400 and runner-up in the long jump in 2015 and 2016
•  Indoors she was a state champion in the 400 as a senior and runner-up the previous year

Personal
•  Her mother, Neisha Williams, played basketball at Long Beach State and made a then-school-record 60 3-pointers in 1992-93

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Sprints, Jumps
    5'5"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Sprints, Jumps
    5'5"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Sprints, Jumps
    5'5"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'5"