2020 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Riley Kelly
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brisbane, Australia
- High School:
- St. Joseph's College
2020 (Track & Field)
Competed in six meets this past indoor season … Indoor: Was the runner-up in the 800m at the MPSF Indoor Championships, clocking a time of 1:49.98 … Helped the men’s DMR squad to a time of 9:32.14 at the Alex Wilson Invitational, the third-fastest time in UCLA indoor history … Notched an indoor-best time of 1:49.25 at the Husky Classic, good for a fourth-place finish … Tripled at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge, competing in the 800m (1:51.74), 4x400m relay (3:14.10), and DMR (9:54.11) … Opened his season with a second-place finish in the 600m (1:19.89) at the UW Preview.
2019 (Cross Country)
Competed in a pair of meets in the 2019 season ... Finished in 33rd place at the Highlander Invitational, clocking an 8k time of 25:11.6 ... Opened his season at the Master’s University Invite, finishing 23rd overall at 25:49.9.
2019 (Track & Field)
Competed in 10 meets on the year … Indoor: PR’ed in the 600m (1:19.99) at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational to finish fifth … Helped UCLA’s distance medley relay team clock the fourth-fastest indoor time (9:34.64) in program history at the Last Chance College Elite Meet, as the Bruins took fourth … Took sixth in the 800m (1:50.01) and 10th in the DMR (10:25.93) at the MPSF Indoor Championships … Outdoor: PR’ed in the 800m at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 1:49.01 to place ninth … Earned second in the 800m (1:51.49) at USC … Helped the UCLA men score seven points at the Pac-12 Championships, as he finished fifth in the 800m (1:50.38) and was part of the 4x400m relay team (3:09.41) that placed sixth … Competed in the 800m run at the NCAA West Regionals, finishing 33rd in the prelims (1:51.03) … UCLA Top-10 Record Books: Indoor: 4th – Distance Medley Relay (9:34.64) … Honors: Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.
2018 (XC)
Redshirted the 2018 season.
2018 (Track & Field)
Qualified for NCAA West Regionals in the 800m ... Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ... Finished 13th in the 800m at the Pac-12 Championships, crossing the line in 1:51.90 ... Competed in five outdoor and four indoor meets ... Ran a collegiate-best mile time of 4:09.50 at the Jim Bush/Bob Larsen Invitational in his 2018 outdoor debut ... Qualified for regionals and set a new collegiate-best by running the 800m in 1:49.41 at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on Apr. 14, the best 800 time by a Bruin in 2018 ... Was named Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week for his showing at the RJ/JJK Invite ... Finished second in both the 800 (1:50.33) and 4X400 (2:24.96) in the USC Dual Meet on Apr. 29 ... At the MPSF Championships, finished first in the DMR (9:51.12) and second in the 800m (1:50.69) ... Ran a collegiate-best 1:20.40 in the 600m at the Dr. Martin Luther King Invitational on Jan. 19 ... Named to the 2018 MPSF Indoor Track All-Academic Team.
2017 (XC)
Competed in the 8k at the Bronco Invitational, finishing in 56th place with a time of 24:50.2 … Opened his season at the George Kyte Classic (4.5mi), running 28:25.2 to finish 42nd overall … Pac-12 All-Academic second-team selection.
2017 (Track and Field)
Competed in the middle distances in five meets for the Bruins … Set an outdoor best in the 800m at the Jim Bush Collegiate, running 1:52.71 to finish sixth overall … Won the 1,500m competition at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival with a personal-best time of 3:55.51 … Competed in the 800m at the MPSF Indoor Championships, running a lifetime-best time of 1:52.11 to finish tenth overall … Made his UCLA track debut at the Columbia East-West Challenge, where he finished 12th in the 800m and helped the DMR squad to a fourth-place finish.
2016 (XC)
Did not participate in races as a true freshman.
High School
Attended St. Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace in Brisbane, Queensland … Earned varsity letters in track, cross country and swimming … Placed fourth in the 800m and 1,500m at the Australian School Track and Field Championship … GPS 1,500m champion from 2013-15 … Was a silver medalist in the 800m and 1,500m at the Queensland State Championships, Bronze medalist in the 1,500m at the Australian Junior Championship in 2013, and the St. Joseph’s high school champion in track and cross country … Was named the captain of the track team at St. Joseph’s College … Holds a personal best of 1:52.1 in the 800m, 3:55.7 in the 1,500m and a 49.8 in the 400m.
Personal
Son of Declan and Sarah Kelly … Has two brothers named Jack and Griffin and a sister named Lauren … Enjoys surfing, photography, listening to music, eating, hiking, and watching the AFL.
