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Riley Kelly (photo by Don Liebig, UCLA Photography)
Photo by: UCLA Athletics
Riley Kelly

Riley Kelly

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    null
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Brisbane, Australia
  • High School:
    St. Joseph's College

2020 (Track & Field)
Competed in six meets this past indoor season โ€ฆ Indoor: Was the runner-up in the 800m at the MPSF Indoor Championships, clocking a time of 1:49.98 โ€ฆ Helped the menโ€™s DMR squad to a time of 9:32.14 at the Alex Wilson Invitational, the third-fastest time in UCLA indoor history โ€ฆ Notched an indoor-best time of 1:49.25 at the Husky Classic, good for a fourth-place finish โ€ฆ Tripled at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge, competing in the 800m (1:51.74), 4x400m relay (3:14.10), and DMR (9:54.11) โ€ฆ 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 Masterโ€™s University Invite, finishing 23rd overall at 25:49.9.

2019 (Track & Field)
Competed in 10 meets on the year โ€ฆ Indoor: PRโ€™ed in the 600m (1:19.99) at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational to finish fifth โ€ฆ Helped UCLAโ€™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 โ€ฆ Took sixth in the 800m (1:50.01) and 10th in the DMR (10:25.93) at the MPSF Indoor Championships โ€ฆ Outdoor: PRโ€™ed in the 800m at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 1:49.01 to place ninth โ€ฆ Earned second in the 800m (1:51.49) at USC โ€ฆ 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 โ€ฆ Competed in the 800m run at the NCAA West Regionals, finishing 33rd in the prelims (1:51.03) โ€ฆ UCLA Top-10 Record Books: Indoor: 4th โ€“ Distance Medley Relay (9:34.64) โ€ฆ Honors: Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.

2018 (XC)
Redshirted the 2018 season.ย 

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 ...ย 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. 19ย ...ย Named to the 2018 MPSF Indoor Track All-Academic Team.ย 

2017 (XC)
Competed in the 8k at the Bronco Invitational, finishing in 56th place with a time of 24:50.2 โ€ฆ Opened his season at the George Kyte Classic (4.5mi), running 28:25.2 to finish 42nd overallย โ€ฆ Pac-12ย All-Academic second-team selection.

2017 (Track and Field)
Competed in the middle distances in five meets for the Bruins โ€ฆ Set an outdoor best in the 800m at the Jim Bush Collegiate, running 1:52.71 to finish sixth overall โ€ฆ Won the 1,500m competition at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival with a personal-best time of 3:55.51 โ€ฆ Competed in the 800m at the MPSF Indoor Championships, running a lifetime-best time of 1:52.11 to finish tenth overall โ€ฆ 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. Josephโ€™s College, Gregory Terrace in Brisbane, Queensland โ€ฆ Earned varsity letters in track, cross country and swimming โ€ฆ Placed fourth in the 800m and 1,500m at the Australian School Track and Field Championship โ€ฆ GPS 1,500m champion from 2013-15 โ€ฆ 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. Josephโ€™s high school champion in track and cross country โ€ฆ Was named the captain of the track team at St. Josephโ€™s College โ€ฆ 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 โ€ฆ Has two brothers named Jack and Griffin and a sister named Lauren โ€ฆ Enjoys surfing, photography, listening to music, eating, hiking, and watching the AFL.

Sight and Sounds: Cross Country
Friday, September 07
UCLA Bruin App
Wednesday, August 29
Morrison Plaza Ceremony
Friday, April 21
XC NCAA 2016 Preview
Thursday, November 17