Riley Frankel - 2024 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Riley Frankel
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Marketing
- Hometown:
- Plainfield, Ill.
- High School:
- Plainfield North HS
2024-25
Cross Country:
Wyoming Invite
5k - 20:31.6 PR - 42nd
Roy Griak Invitational
6k - 24:35.8
2023-24
Cross Country:
Mountain West Championships
6k - 22:47.9 PR
Indoor Track and Field:
Colorado Invitational
Mile - 5:24.42 PR - 16th
Air Force Indoor Last Chance
800m - 2:26.87 - 10th
Outdoor Track and Field:
Bryan Clay Invitational
1500m - 4:45.75 PR
Earned Mountain West Scholar-Athlete award for cross country in her senior year.
2022-23
Cross Country:
2022 Wyoming Invite
5k - 20:33.7 PR - 33rd
Indoor Track and Field:
Colorado Invitational
Mile - 5:30.51 - 16th
Outdoor Track and Field:
Kit Mayer Classic
1500m - 5:01.92 - 10th
Earned Mountain West Scholar-Athlete award for cross country in her junior year.
2021-22
Cross Country: Appeared in one race during the season competing at the Wyoming Invitational where she finished 72ndwith a time of 20:51.7… Excelled in the classroom as well earning Academic All-Mountain West Honors.
2020-21
Cross Country: Competed in one race during the season… Recorded a time of 26:43.3 at the CSU Dual meet.
High School: A graduate of Plainfield North High School in Plainfield, Ill., Frankel competed in cross country and track, earning six letters, multiple city championships, a regional championship in 2018 and a team state appearance. On the academic side, she was a member of NHS, an honor roll student, was awarded Southwest Prairie Conference Scholar-Athlete in 2020, a two-time Illinois State Scholar, an AP Scholar honoree and earned the President's Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.
Personal: Daughter of Kimberly and Kevin Frankel. Chose Wyoming over Appalachian State and the University of Illinois Chicago for its great cross country program and coaches. Plans to graduate in 2026 with a Master’s in communication.
Cross Country:
Wyoming Invite
5k - 20:31.6 PR - 42nd
Roy Griak Invitational
6k - 24:35.8
2023-24
Cross Country:
Mountain West Championships
6k - 22:47.9 PR
Indoor Track and Field:
Colorado Invitational
Mile - 5:24.42 PR - 16th
Air Force Indoor Last Chance
800m - 2:26.87 - 10th
Outdoor Track and Field:
Bryan Clay Invitational
1500m - 4:45.75 PR
Earned Mountain West Scholar-Athlete award for cross country in her senior year.
2022-23
Cross Country:
2022 Wyoming Invite
5k - 20:33.7 PR - 33rd
Indoor Track and Field:
Colorado Invitational
Mile - 5:30.51 - 16th
Outdoor Track and Field:
Kit Mayer Classic
1500m - 5:01.92 - 10th
Earned Mountain West Scholar-Athlete award for cross country in her junior year.
2021-22
Cross Country: Appeared in one race during the season competing at the Wyoming Invitational where she finished 72ndwith a time of 20:51.7… Excelled in the classroom as well earning Academic All-Mountain West Honors.
2020-21
Cross Country: Competed in one race during the season… Recorded a time of 26:43.3 at the CSU Dual meet.
High School: A graduate of Plainfield North High School in Plainfield, Ill., Frankel competed in cross country and track, earning six letters, multiple city championships, a regional championship in 2018 and a team state appearance. On the academic side, she was a member of NHS, an honor roll student, was awarded Southwest Prairie Conference Scholar-Athlete in 2020, a two-time Illinois State Scholar, an AP Scholar honoree and earned the President's Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.
Personal: Daughter of Kimberly and Kevin Frankel. Chose Wyoming over Appalachian State and the University of Illinois Chicago for its great cross country program and coaches. Plans to graduate in 2026 with a Master’s in communication.
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