Player Bio: Riley Booker - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Cross Country
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Strong redshirt freshman season in which he ran in the top-seven at every race including Pac-10's and Regionals ... the 10th-place finisher at 2008 MPSF's in the 5000-meters ... Pac-10 All-Academic first team for track and second team for cross country.
2007-08: Finished in the top-seven at every varsity race, including a season-best No. 5 finish at the Bill Dellinger Invite and 54th-place overall finish ... Dellinger time of 24:29 was also an 8K personal best ... placed 58th overall and seventh among Huskies at Pac-10's ... was sixth on the team and 64th overall at Regionals ... also placed seventh among Huskies at the Sundodger and sixth at Pre-Nationals ... ran a variety of distances both indoors and out, from the 1500 and mile to the 10K ... placed 10th in the 5000m at the MPSF Championships in 14:26.14 ... lowered his mile PR by five seconds at the UW Invitational, running 4:10.75 ... one of only two Huskies to run the 10000m, clocking 30:54.47 at the Stanford Invite ... ran a PR in the 1500 a the Ken Shannon Invite in a time of 3:57.07 ... named first team Pac-10 All-Academic in track and second team for cross country.
2006-07: Ran three times during UW's indoor track season ... placed 12th in the mile at the UW Indoor Preview with a time of 4:15.39 in his first collegiate appearance ... ran eighth in the 3000m at UW Last Chance Qualifier in 8:20.78 ... redshirted the 2006 cross country season to preserve a year of eligibility ... did not compete, attached or otherwise, in any UW meets.
High School and Personal: Parents are Cyndy and Matthew Booker ... the 2005 CIF and California State Champion ... also won CIF title in 2004, and was All-CIF as a sophomore in 2003 ... a member of the All-State team in each of his final two seasons, after making both the All-State Freshman Team and All-State Sophomore Team his first two years ... was second at state as a freshman, 16th as a sophomore and 17th as a junior ... a first-team All-West selection 2004, and a second-team honoree in 2005 ... placed 19th at the 2006 USA Jr. National Cross Country Championships in New York City ... ran seventh at the FootLocker West Regional Cross Country Championships in 2004, and was 11th in 2005 ... placed 30th at the FootLocker Nationals in 2004 ... named San Diego County Academic Team Captain for the sport of cross country ... prep teammate of current Huskies Brooke and Dayna Anderson.
Major Meets
2007 Pac-10 XC - 58th (7th UW)
2007 Regional XC - 64th (6th UW)
2008 MPSF TF - 10th, 5000m
Collegiate Best Marks
1500m.......3:57.07
Mile.......4:10.75
3000m.......8:20.78i
5000m.......14:26.14
10,000m.......30:54.47
