2011-2012 Track and Field Roster
Andrew Rigler
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Mid-distance
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Altavista, Va.
- Prev School:
- Altavista HS
2011 (So.): Placed 10th in the Big South outdoor 1,500 final … recorded personal-best outdoor times of 1:57.28 in the Radford Invitational 800 and 4:02.98 in the Liberty Collegiate Invitational 1,500 … ran the 1,200-meter leadoff leg for Liberty's distance medley relay squad, which finished as the Big South runner-up indoors … improved his mile personal best to 4:25.61 at the Liberty Quad … Cross Country: Did not race at all during the cross country season.
2010 (Fr.): Made a successful track debut, placing fourth in the mile at the Liberty Kickoff … notched a season-best 4:15.13 in the 1,500 at the Merrill Lynch Track Classic … Cross Country: Teamed up with Spencer Jackson in his first college cross country meet, the Virginia Tech Cross Country Relay … the duo placed 13th overall and third among the Liberty teams … his 8K personal-best time of 27:34.8 came at the Hagan Stone Park Classic, garnering a 17th-place finish … came in 43rd at the Big South meet … made the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
Prep: Attended Altavista High School, located just south of Lynchburg … won the Virginia Group A state 800-meter title and finished second in the 1,600 as a senior … his final cross country season at Altavista included a sixth-place finish at the state meet and a 15th-place showing in the senior race at the Foot Locker South Regional Championship.
Personal: Son of Scott and Lori Rigler … business finance major … birthday is March 30.
Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
800 – 1:57.28
1,000 – 2:33.32 (Indoor)
1,500 – 4:02.98
Mile – 4:20.79 (Indoor)
3K – 9:17.21 (Indoor)
5K – 16:48.11 (Indoor)
