2021-22 Men's Track & Field Roster

Riley LaRiviere

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Telford, Pa.
  • Highschool Pennridge
  • Prev School Lehigh

Biography

Enrolled at Villanova for the Spring 2022 semester as a graduate transfer from Lehigh … Competed for the Wildcats in the throwing events during the 2022 indoor and outdoor seasons, making a big impact in just one year on the team … Set a school record in the hammer and broke the previous mark which had stood for nearly 20 years … At the end of the 2022 season was the school record holder in the hammer and ranked fourth on the program’s all-time performance list in the weight throw … Held the #1, #4 and #6 overall marks in the hammer in the Villanova record book … Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the shot put indoors and was a five-time BIG EAST scorer spanning the indoor and outdoor seasons … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team for the 2021-22 academic year and landed on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Spring 2022 semester.
 
 
SCHOOL RECORD
Hammer 57.46 Meters April 15, 2022 Princeton, N.J. (Larry Ellis Invitational)
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
Shot Put 14.93 Meters BIG EAST Championships (2.26.2022)
Weight Throw 16.75 Meters Rutgers Open (2.11.2022)
Discus 47.02 Meters Patriot League Championships (5.1.2021)
Hammer 57.46 Meters Larry Ellis Invitational (4.15.2022)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST Shot Put
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2021-22
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring 2022
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2022 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Mark Place
May 13 Hammer 56.03m 6th
May 14 Shot Put 14.38m 5th
May 14 Discus 44.31m 5th
2022 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | TRACK & FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Mark Place
February 25 Weight Throw 16.64m 5th
February 26 Shot Put 14.93m 3rd
 
 
INDOOR

2022 (Villanova): Garnered All-BIG EAST honors in the shot put and also scored individually at the conference championships in the weight throw … Established personal best marks in both events during the year and rose to fourth place on the all-time Villanova performance list in the weight throw … Competed at four meets overall during the indoor campaign, throwing the shot put and the weight three times each; Penn 10-Team Select (1/15): Debuted for the Wildcats at the first meet of the season and came in eighth in the shot put with a mark of 14.19 meters; Villanova Invitational (1/22): In a home meet in Staten Island came in third in the weight throw with a distance of 16.65 meters and placed sixth in the shot put with a mark of 14.26 meters; Rutgers Open (2/11): Runner-up in the weight throw with a measurement of 16.75 meters … The mark represented the longest throw by a Villanova athlete since the school record was set nearly 10 years earlier … Moved into fourth place on the team’s all-time performance list in the weight throw with his performance; BIG EAST Championships (2/25-2/26): Competed in both the shot put and the weight throw at the conference meet … Registered a lifetime best throw of 14.93 meters in the shot put on the second day of the championships to finish in third place and earn All-BIG EAST honors … Only the fifth Villanova athlete to finish on the podium in the shot put at the indoor BIG EAST Championships … One day earlier came in fifth in the weight throw at the meet with a distance of 16.64 meters.

2019-20 (Lehigh): Competed eight times during the indoor season and threw the shot put at the conference championships … Registered then-personal best marks in both the shot put and the weight throw during the year; Fast Times Before Finals (12/7): Opened the season by finishing second in the weight throw with a distance of 15.69 meters to go along with an 11th place finish with a throw of 13.12 meters in the shot put; Angry Birds Challenge (1/11): Came in fifth in the weight throw with a mark of 16.03 meters and finished 11th in the shot put (13.47m) at a Lehigh home meet; Penn 8-Team Select (1/18): Posted marks of 15.86 meters in the weight throw and 13.03 meters in the shot put; Lafayette Dual (1/25): Recorded a then-personal best mark of 16.51 meters to finish second in the weight throw against Lafayette … Also came in third in the shot put at the dual meet with a mark of 14.61 meters; Villanova Invitational (2/1): Came in eighth in the shot put (13.88m) and ninth in the weight throw (15.18m) in a meet hosted by the Wildcats; Monmouth Winter Collegiate Invitational (2/15): Recorded a then-personal best distance of 14.983 meters to finish sixth in the shot put at Monmouth … Also came in ninth in the weight throw (15.45m) at the meet; Bucknell Tune-Up (2/21): Came in seventh in the weight throw with a measurement of 16.49 meters and had a mark of 13.77 meters in the shot put; Patriot League Championships (3/1): Came in 12th in the shot put with a mark of 13.88 meters at the Patriot League meet.

2018-19 (Lehigh): Appeared at eight meets during the indoor campaign and competed in both the shot put and the weight throw at the Patriot League Championships; Lehigh Season Opener (12/1): In the indoor season opener was the runner-up in the weight throw with a distance of 15.57 meters and came in third in the shot put with a mark of 13.19 meters; Fast Times Before Finals (12/8): Came in seventh in the weight throw (15.60m); Angry Birds Challenge (1/12): Came in fifth in the weight throw (15.30m) and 11th in the shot put (12.64m); vs. Lafayette (1/19): Posted marks of 13.07 meters in the shot put and 15.63 meters in the weight throw in the annual home dual meet against the Leopards; Navy Invitational (1/26): Recorded a season- and then-personal best distance of 16.02 meters and finished fifth in the weight throw at the site of the next month’s Patriot League meet … Also competed in the shot put and recorded a mark of 11.28 meters; Villanova Invitational (2/2): Placed fifth in the weight throw (15.86m) and 12th in the shot put (12.93m); Bucknell Tune-Up (2/8): Recorded a season-best mark of 13.48 meters in the shot put and tallied a 10th place finish in the weight throw (15.53m); Patriot League Championships (2/16-2/17): Finished 13th in the weight throw with a mark of 15.87 meters on the first day of the conference championships and placed 18th in the shot put with a throw of 12.01 meters one day later.

2017-18 (Lehigh): Competed in seven meets during his first season of collegiate competition … Recorded a season-best mark in the weight throw at the Patriot League Championships and also threw the shot put at the conference meet; Fast Times Before Finals (12/9): Made his collegiate debut by finishing seventh in the weight throw with a distance of 14.27 meters to go along with posting a mark of 11.89 meters in the shot put; Wagner Invite (1/5): Registered throws of 12.24 meters in the shot put and 13.15 meters in the weight throw; Angry Birds Challenge (1/13): Finished sixth in the weight throw with a mark of 14.93 meters and recorded a distance of 12.33 meters in the shot put at a Lehigh home meet; vs. Lafayette (1/20): Came in third in the weight throw with a measurement of 15.04 meters in a home dual meet against the Leopards; John Covert Classic (1/27): Placed seventh in the weight throw (15.12m); Bucknell Tune-Up (2/9): Tallied top-eight finishes in each of his events at the final meet before the conference championships … Finished seventh in the shot put with a season-best throw of 13.73 meters and came in eighth in the weight throw (14.40m); Patriot League Championships (2/17-2/18): Recorded a season-best throw of 15.78 meters in the weight throw to record a 12th place finish at the conference championships … Came in 15th in the shot put with a mark of 13.40 meters.
 
OUTDOOR

2022 (Villanova): Broke a school record in the hammer which had stood for nearly 20 years in his second outing of the season … By the end of the year had gone on to registered the #1, #4 and #6 all-time marks in school history in the hammer … Was an individual BIG EAST scorer in the shot put, the discus and the hammer … Competed at five meets in all; Penn Challenge (3/19): Competed in three events on the day, with his fourth place finish in the hammer after a throw of 55.45 meters accounting for his best result … Also placed ninth in the shot put with a distance of 13.72 meters and 10th in the discus with a throw of 43.68 meters; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/15): Broke the Villanova record in the hammer with a lifetime best throw of 57.46 meters at Princeton … Finished in fourth place at the meet and eclipsed the previous Wildcats standard of 57.36 meters which had stood since May 13, 2002; Virginia Challenge (4/21-4/22): Posted marks of 44.08 meters in the discus and 52.24 meters in the hammer; Penn Relays (4/28): Was selected to compete in the championship section of the hammer and he came in ninth with a throw of 56.55 meters which ranked #4 in Villanova history as of the end of the season; BIG EAST Championships (5/13-5/14): Scored in all three of his events at the conference championships … Placed fifth in both the shot put and the discus as well as sixth in the hammer … His hammer throw of 56.03 meters ranked #6 in the Wildcats record book … Posted season-best marks of 14.38 meters in the shot put and 44.31 meters in the discus on the final day of the meet.

2021 (Lehigh): Competed at seven meets during the year and notched top-eight finishes in all three of his events at the Patriot League Championships … Registered lifetime best marks in the shot put, the discus and the hammer during the season; Lehigh Home Meet (3/21): In his first official competition since March 2020 came in second in the discus with a throw of 45.29 meters and was third in the hammer with a mark of 52.48 meters; Lafayette Invitational (3/27): Finished third in the hammer (51.89m), fifth in the shot put (14.05m) and sixth in the discus (45.21m); Happy Easter Races (4/3): Runner-up in both the discus (44.30m) and the hammer (53.39m) while placing eighth in the shot put (12.60m) in a Lehigh home meet; Bison Classic (4/11): Came in third in both the discus and the hammer with throws of 43.82 meters and 51.63 meters, respectively; Lafayette Dual (4/17): Tallied first place finishes in the shot put (14.58m) and the discus (42.55m) to go with a runner-up finish in the hammer (52.47m) in a dual against Lafayette; The Carol & John Covert Classic (4/24): Recorded personal best marks in both the shot put and the hammer at the final meet before the conference championships … Came in fifth in the shot put with a PR of 14.85 meters and was the runner-up in the hammer with a new top mark of 57.26 meters … Came in sixth in the discus (46.21m); Patriot League Championships (4/30-5/1): Scored team points with top-eight finishes in all three of his events at the conference meet … His top finish was a fifth place result in the hammer, which he threw for 55.14 meters on the first day of the championships … Came in seventh in the discus with a lifetime best throw of 47.02 meters one day later and added an eighth place finish in the shot put with a mark of 14.50 meters.

2019 (Lehigh): Appeared at seven meets during the season … Competed in the discus and the hammer at the Patriot League meet and registered a season-best mark in the former event; adidas Winthrop Invitational (3/22-3/23): Began the outdoor season by tallying marks of 12.35 meters in the shot put and 38.61 meters in the discus; Fred Hardy Invitational (3/29): Came in ninth in the shot put and tallied a season-best throw of 12.63 meters in a meet at Richmond; at Lafayette (4/6): Placed fourth in the hammer (41.21m) and fifth in the discus (39.73m) in a dual meet versus the Leopards; Coach P Invitational (4/13): Recorded marks of 12.03 meters in the shot put, 41.29 meters in the discus and 43.42 meters in the hammer; Greyhound Invitational (4/19-4/20): Came in fourth in the hammer (47.03m) and ninth in the discus (40.44m); The Carol & John Covert Classic (4/26): Runner-up in the hammer with a then-personal best throw of 50.93 meters … Came in 12th in the discus (41.08m) at the Lehigh home meet; Patriot League Championships (5/3-5/4): Finished 14th in the hammer with a throw of 50.69 meters on the first day of the conference championships and placed 17th in the shot put with a season-best throw of 41.94 meters one day later.
 
2018 (Lehigh): Competed six times during the season and threw both the discus and the hammer at the Patriot League Championships; Raleigh Relays (3/31): Opened the season by throwing the discus for 35.97 meters at North Carolina State; at Lafayette (4/8): In a dual meet against the Leopards posted season-bests of 13.35 meters in the shot put and 48.74 meters in the hammer to go along with a mark of 39.63 meters in the discus; Coach P Invitational (4/14): In the first of two straight meets at nearby Moravian recorded a season-best discus throw of 40.34 meters and added a mark of 43.49 meters in the hammer; Greyhound Invitational (4/20-4/21): Finished second in the hammer with a throw of 47.14 meters while posting marks of 12.31 meters in the shot put and 38.67 meters in the discus; Lehigh Games (4/28): Came in eighth in the hammer with a measurement of 47.61 meters and added marks of 11.63 meters in the shot put and 35.52 meters in the discus; Patriot League Championships (5/4-5/5): Came in 15th in the hammer (42.90m) and 20th in the discus (38.26m) at the conference championships.
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Pennridge High School: Two-year varsity captain of the indoor and outdoor track & field teams during his scholastic career … Was a District One Champion in 2016 … Earned All-Intelligencer first team honors in the discus and was a five-time All-Suburban One honoree … Graduated as the school record holder in the discus with a mark of 49.03 meters … Achieved Distinguished Honor Roll status academically … President of his school’s TSA Club.
 
Personal: Son of Ken and Ann Marie LaRiviere … Has two sisters, Hayley and Abby.