2025 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
FMU: First-year athlete at FMU....USTFCCCA Southeast All-Region Team 2025 for pole vault....All-Conference Team 2025....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2024 (fall), 2025 (spring)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2024 (fall), 2025 (spring).
PERSONAL:
- Born in Milton, VT
- Graduate of Darlington High School, where she competed under the direction of coaches Sheri Lacy and Wayne Lacy
- 2-time state champion in the pole vault
- Nickname is Ri
PERSONAL FAVORITES:
- As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Veterinarian
- How you got your nickname: From my parents
- Favorite Athlete: Toss up between Alysha Newman and Nina Kennedy
- Favorite Movie or TV Show: the Avengers movie series
- Favorite Food: Chicken or mashed potatoes
- Favorite Vacation Spot: Canada
- Favorite Musical Artist: T-pain
- Favorite Thing About FMU: The smaller campus and not too many people
- Favorite Off-Field Activity: I love to paint anything and everything
- Goals for Upcoming Season: Small goal: get 13; Big goal: make it to nationals
- Why you first chose your sport: When i was little, my dad came home and asked if i wanted to try pole vault and I said yes and I guess I just have loved it ever since
- Biggest mental challenge in your sport: Not getting into my head and letting all the negative thoughts take over
- Interesting Notes: My mom was on the Canadian Olympic team for basketball; In high school, I was a 2-time state champion in pole vault; I was the very first person at DHS to win pole vault at the state championship; I went to Grand Valley State University in Michigan for 2 years
