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2017-18 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Riley Knebes

Riley Knebes

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Salem, Ore.
  • High School:
    North Salem High School
  • Major:
    Environmental Science

Summary

Biography


2017-18:
Outdoor: USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual…Named to the Northeast 10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Northeast 10 Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Year…Earned All-America honors with a fifth place finish in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 59.77 at the NCAA Division II National Championships…Qualified for the finals by placing second in her heat with a time of 1:00.41 in the prelims…Entered the championships as the fifth overall seed in Division II, with a school record time of 59.25 seconds, which she set while capturing the New England Championship…Earned All-East Region honors in both the 400 meter dash and 400m meter hurdles…Northeast 10 Conference champion in the 400m hurdles (1:00.99)…Competed in the finals of the 400m hurdles at the Penn Relays (1:00.99)…Won the 400m (57.25), 400m hurdles (1:03.39), and was part of the winning 4x100 relay team (50.47) at the Mark Young Invitational…Won the 400m hurdles (1:01.99) at the Stockton University Invitational.
Indoor: USTFCCCA All-Region...Winter Academic All-Conference...Received NE10 Sport Excellence Award for the Winter of 2017-18...2017-18 New Haven Women's Track and Field Team MVP...Broke the school record in the outdoor 400-meter hurdles at the Penn Relays with a time of 1:00.99 ...Qualified for NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.61 at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational...NE10 Champion in the 400-meter dash...New England Champion in the 500-meter dash.

2016-17:
CoSIDA Academic All-District in the Spring...Winter and Spring Academic All-Conference

2015-16:
Dean's List...Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll...Winter Academic All-Conference...Set personal best time of 13.50 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational…Achieved career-best mark in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.72 at the Northeast-10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships…Also competed in the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter dash.

2014-2015:
Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…NE-10 Indoor Track Rookie of the Year…2014-15 USTFCCCA Indoor All-East Region…Was part of the 4x400 relay team that competed for the Chargers at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championship, placing 10th with a time of 3:52.67…Helped set the indoor school record in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:44.73 at the New England Championships…Placed fourth in the 500-meter run at the NE-10 Indoor Championships with a time of 1:16.47…During the outdoor season, placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a 1:04.61 clocking at the NE-10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships…Set outdoor personal best times in both the 100 and 400-meter hurdles at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational with times of 15.89 and 1:04.32 respectively. 

High School:
Holds school record in 300m hurdles...Four time conference champion in 300m hurdles...State Champion in 300m hurdles...Conference "Female Track Athlete of the Year"...Also ran cross country...Honor roll student and academic all-star.

Personal
Daughter of John and Jonette Knebes. Has one brother, Carson...Majoring in English and Communications with a minor in Nutrition. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Hurdles
    5'6"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Hurdles
    5'6"
  • 2016-17Junior

    Sprints
    5'6"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Sprints
    5'6"