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2019-20 Furman Cross Country / Track & Field Roster

Riley Burr

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • High School Milton
  • Hometown Milton, Ga.

Biography

Riley Burr's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
2020 Southern Conference Champion Indoor Track (Distance Medley Relay)
2019 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (Second Team)
2018 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2018 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (800m, Mile)
2017 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (Second Team)
2017 Southern Conference Champion Indoor Track (Distance Medley Relay)
2017 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (800m)
2016 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (Second Team)
School Record Holder (4x800m Relay)

Senior Year (2019-2020):  Ran the 400m leg to help secure a Furman title in the distance medley relay at the SoCon indoor meet...competed on the distance medley relay team that set a program record of 11:28.98 at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational...earned second team All-SoCon honors at the 2019 SoCon Cross Country Championships, finishing 11th with a time of 18:48.3...finished tenth at the Charlotte Cross Country Opener with a time of 18:54.2.

Junior Year (2018-19):  Earned a spot on the All-SoCon first team after placing seventh with a time of 18:13.6 at the SoCon Cross Country Championships…finished second at the Eye Opener cross country meet…recorded a 5K personal best of 17:22.0 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, placing 24th…turned in a 28th-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Region Cross Country meet, posting a time of 20:50.4 on the 6K course, a personal best…finished fifth in the 1,500m at the USC Outdoor Open…took ninth place in the 1,500m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…competed on the Furman 4x800m relay team that set a program record with a time of 8:50.80 at the Tennessee Relays…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team.

Sophomore Year (2017-18):  Ran on the Paladin 4x400m relay team that established a new Furman indoor record of 3:54.56 at the Samford Invitational…earned All-SoCon second team honors for cross country after finishing ninth with a time of 17:24.1 at the league championship meet…competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships…finished second in the mile (4:53.72) and third in the 800m (2:11.51) at the SoCon Indoor Championships…recorded a personal-best time of 4:29.85 in the 1,500m at the Virginia Challenge…finished second with a personal-best time of 2:10.78 in the 800m at the Samford Indoor Invite…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2016-17):  Named to the SoCon All-Freshman team for cross country, indoor track (800m), and outdoor track (800m)…finished eighth with a time of 17:30.2 at the SoCon Cross Country Championships, earning a spot on the All-SoCon second team…placed fourth at the Eye Opener Cross Country Invitational and eighth at the Furman Cross Country Invitational…won the mile with a time of 5:00.32 at the Samford Indoor Invitational…a member of the Paladin DMR team that won the SoCon title with a time of 11:54.34 at the league indoor meet…finished second with a time of 2:16.26 in the 800m at the SoCon Indoor Championships…posted a season-best time of 2:14.37 to advance to the finals of the 800m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships, where she finished fifth with a time of 2:15.35…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

High School:

800 meters – 2:10.60

1,600 meters – 4:48.80

 

Two-time GHSA Georgia State Champion 

 

Captured GHSA state championships in the 800m and 1,600m as a senior...placed second in the 1,600m and third in the 800m at the state outdoor championships as a junior...honored as one of Atlanta''s West Striders in the spring of 2015, a program which recognizes two outstanding local runners, one male and one female, each month...holds school records in the 4x800m, 800m, 1,600m, 5,000m...niece of current Furman head women''s soccer coach Andrew Burr.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'4"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'4"