Riley Brandon

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Heptathlon
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Carrollton, Texas
Prev School:
Prince of Peace Christian School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
200 - 26.79
600 - 1:40.60 (Indoor)
800 - 2:15.61 (Indoor)
60H - 9.25 (Indoor)
100H - 15.04
400H - 1:08.22
LJ - 17-7.5 (5.37m)
HJ - 5-6 (1.68m) (Indoor)
PV - 8-6.25 (2.60m) (Indoor)
SP - 36-11 (11.25m) (Indoor)
JAV - 136-10 (41.71m)
PENT - 3,753 (Indoor)
HEP - 4,926

Big South Individual Titles (3)
2014 Indoor Pentathlon
2014 Outdoor Heptathlon
2015 Indoor Pentathlon

All-Big South Honors (5)
2013 Outdoor Heptathlon - 3rd
2014 Indoor Pentathlon - 1st
2014 Outdoor Heptathlon - 1st
2015 Indoor Pentathlon - 1st
2016 Outdoor Heptathlon - 2nd

Career
• At the time of her graduation, ranked among Liberty's all-time top 10 in seven events, including the pentathlon (third, 3,753), indoor high jump (tie for fifth, 5-6), heptathlon (seventh, 4,926), javelin (eighth, 136-10), indoor 800 (ninth, 2:15.61), outdoor high jump (tie for ninth, 5-5) and outdoor 4 x 800 relay (10^th, 9:18.26)

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Scored a season-best 4,906 points for second place in the Big South heptathlon, making her one of three Lady Flames to eclipse the previous meet record and earning her fifth All-Big South honor
• Big South score was aided by a 136-10 javelin mark which ranks eighth in program history
• Also finished fifth in the open javelin at the Big South meet
• Tallied 4,704 points at the Mt. SAC Relays Multi Events, closing out her heptathlon with an outdoor personal-best 2:15.95 800
• Helped the Lady Flames clock a time of 9:18.26 in the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational 4 x 800 relay, moving into Liberty's all-time top 10

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Made the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
• Placed ninth in the Drake Relays heptathlon with 4,848 points, aided by a 131-11 javelin heave

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Enjoyed a successful year in the pentathlon, defending her Big South title and finishing as the ECAC runner-up with a career-best 3,753 points (No. 3 all-time at Liberty)
• Closed out her ECAC pentathlon with a personal-best 800 clocking of 2:15.61, moving into the Lady Flames' all-time top 10 for the 800
• Big South Women's Field Athlete of the Week on March 12, after her ECAC performance
• Tied for eighth in the Big South high jump final

2014 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Captured her first Big South heptathlon title, while finishing fifth in the javelin and tying for seventh in the high jump
• Scored a personal-best 4,926 points for fourth place in the ECAC heptathlon final, moving into sixth place in Liberty annals and earning Big South Women's Field Athlete of the Week honors on May 23
• Her ECAC score (a personal best by 234 points) was aided by big personal-best marks in the long jump (17-7.5) and 800 (2:16.99).
• Bolstered her javelin personal best to 125-3 during the Liberty Collegiate Invitational heptathlon

2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Big South pentathlon champion with 3,484 points, falling just 13 tallies shy of the meet record
• Boosted her then pentathlon personal best to 3,528 points for fifth place at the ECAC meet
• High jumped a personal-best 5-6 during the Liberty Quad pentathlon

2013 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll
• Earned her first All-Big South honor with a third-place heptathlon finish and a then personal-best score of 4,535 points
• Came in 13th in the ECAC heptathlon
• Liberty Collegiate Invitational heptathlon champion
• Placed sixth in the Big South high jump for the second year in a row

2012-13 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Scored a then personal-best 3,332 points for fourth place in the Big South pentathlon, moving into Liberty's all-time top 10
• Finished ninth in her ECAC pentathlon debut, with a score of 3,260
• High jumped 5-1 to tie for sixth place in the Big South final

2012 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Made the Big South Presidential Honor Roll as a freshman
• Scored a season-best 4,250 points to place fourth in the Big South heptathlon
• Also came in sixth in the Big South high jump final (season-best 5-5) and 15th in the 400 hurdles prelims

2011-12 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Came in fourth in the pentathlon at the Big South meet, with a season-best score of 3,052

Prep
• Graduated from Prince of Peace Christian School
• Served as team captain for Prince of Peace's TAPPS Class 3A state track & field team championship as a senior in 2011
• At that meet, high jumped 5-2 to win the state title and anchored the 4 x 400 relay to first place in a meet-record time of 4:04.09
• Also ran on Prince of Peace's state championship-winning 4 x 400 relay team as a junior
• Played volleyball, helping her team reach the state semifinals as a junior and finish as the state runner-up during her senior year

Personal
• Daughter of George and Ruth Brandon
• Sister Sloan Robinson competed in volleyball and track at Concordia
• Graduated with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies in May 2015
• Currently pursuing a master's degree in life coaching
• Birthday is Feb. 4