2015 Track and Field Roster
Riley Cooks
- Position:
- Heptathlon
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Film and Electronic Arts
- Hometown:
- Coarsegold, Calif.
- High School:
- Yosemite HS
- Prev School:
- Cuesta College
Riley Cooks -- Season and Career Statistics
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER -- Heptathlon (5,671)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Pentathlon (3,690, 2nd)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- 60m Hurdles (8.41, 3rd)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- 100m Hurdles (13.52, 4th, T)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- 4x100m Relay (45.02, 4th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- 4x100m Relay (45.13, 5th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Outdoor Long Jump (20-1, 5th, T)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- 4x100m Relay (45.28, 6th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- 4x100m Relay (45.35, 7th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Indoor Long Jump (18-11 1/4, 7th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Outdoor 200m (24.01, 9th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Javelin Throw (146-6, 10th)
2017 Honorable Mention All-American (Heptathlon)
2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier (Heptathlon)
2017 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (100m Hurdles, Long Jump)
2017 Big West Women's Field Athlete of the Year
2017 Big West Championships's Athlete of the Meet
2017 Big West Individual Champion (Heptathlon)
2017 Big West Individual Champion (Long Jump)
2016 Honorable Mention All-American (Heptathlon)
2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier (Heptathlon)
2016 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (100m Hurdles)
2016 Big West Women's Field Athlete of the Year
2016 Big West Championships's Athlete of the Meet
2016 Big West Individual Champion (Heptathlon)
2016 All-Big West Performer (100m Hurdles)
2016 All-Big West Performer (200m)
2017 (Senior)
Outdoor: Earned honorable mention All-America honors in the heptathlon by finishing 15th at the NCAA Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 100m hurdles and long jump ... Repeated as Big West Champion in the heptathlon and Big West Championships' Athlete of the Meet ... Named Big West Women's Athlete of the Meet ... Reset the school record in the heptathlon with 5,671 points, the second-most in Big West Championships history ... Won the 100m hurdles, 200m, and long jump ... Came in second in every other event with the exception of the 800m where she placed 11th ... Reset her career-best in the long jump with a leap of 20-1 ... Won the Big West title in the long jump, finished fourth on the 4x100m relay team, fifth in the 100m hurdles, and seventh in the javelin ... Reset career-bests in the 100m hurdles (13.52, Big West Challenge Cup), and high jump (5-8, Steve Scott Invitational) ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Finished sixth in the pentathlon (winning the 60m hurdles) at the MPSF Championships with 3,592 points ... Won the 60m hurdles, finished second in the 4x440y relay, and eighth in the shot put at the Air Force Team Challenge ... Was 14th in the 60m hurdles (8.59) and 16th in the long jump (18-10) ... Selected to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2016 (Junior)
Outdoor: Earned honorable mention All-America honors in the heptathlon by finishing 20th in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships ... Set season-bests in the 100m hurdles (13.59), high jump (5-6 1/2) and shot put (41-5 1/4) at nationals ... NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 100 hurdles ... Named the Big West Women's Field Athlete of the Year and the Big West Women's Athlete of the Meet ... Scored 31 points at the conference championships ... Won the heptathlon while claiming runner-up honors in the 100H and 200m ... Added a fourth-place finish in the long jump with a career-best 19-4 3/4 ... Broke a 25-year old school record with a personal-best 5,569 points to win the heptathlon at the UCR Spring Track Classic ... Also notched marks that rank among the program's all-time top-10 in the 100 hurdles (3rd, 13.59), 200m (7th, 24.01) and javelin (8th, 146-6) ... Ran on the 4x100 relay team that clocked in with the second-fastest time in school history (45.28) ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Set two indoor school records at the MPSF Championships ... Registered the fastest 60m hurdle time at 8.41 and topped the list in the pentathlon (ninth) with 3,690 points ... Finished sixth in the 60m hurdles, 14th in the long jump, and 32nd in the shot put at the Husky Classic ... Was 10th in the 200m, 15th in the long jump, 21st in the high jump, and 24th in the shot put at the UW Invitational .... Selected to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2015 (Redshirt)
Outdoor: Redshirted the outdoor season.
Indoor: Competed in the pentathlon at the MPSF Championships ... Finished ninth with 3,533 points ... Took second in the shot put (37-7 1/4) and tied for fourth in the high jump (5-4 1/4) ... Was seventh in the 4x400m relay and ninth in the shot put at the Lumberjack Team Challenge.
Prior to LBSU: Competed two years on the track and field team at Cuesta College ... Won the heptathlon with a school record 5,110 points at the 2014 CCCAA Track and Field Championships ... Named the Western State Conference co-MVP after claiming the league title in the 200m and 100m hurdles ... The state runner-up as a freshman ... Set school records in the heptathlon, 100m hurdles (14.33) and long jump (18-10) ... Also played volleyball, earning team MVP and first-team all-league honors both years ... Tabbed Cuesta College's 2013-14 Female Athlete of the Year.
High School: Three-sport athlete at Yosemite High School ... Earned North Sequoia League MVP and all-county honors in volleyball and soccer as a senior ... Also earned team MVP honors in track in 2010 ... Valedictorian at Yosemite HS.
Personal: Brother, Roosevelt Cooks, Jr., played two years of football at Nevada ... Majoring in film and electronic arts.
