Myles Richter - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Myles Richter

RS So./Jr. | 5-10 | Distance | Lewisville, Texas | Lewisville Hebron HS

(2023-24)
Cross Country: Competed in NCAA Championships, placing 87th with a 30:27.2 on 10k course at Panorama Farms as Arkansas placed fourth … Finished 16th in SEC Championships with a time of 23:30.2 on 8k course at South Carolina as Razorbacks claimed team title … Opened season placing fifth in OSU Cowboy Preview, covering 5k course in 15:14.3 … Finished sixth in 24:10.1 on 8k course at Chile Pepper Festival … Placed 20th in Virginia’s Pre-Nationals as Arkansas won team title, covering 8k course in 23:40.0.

(2022-23)
Outdoor: Fourth in SEC 10,000m with a 30:22.71 at LSU, also sixth in 5,000m with a 14:12.89 … Runner-up in 1,500m at LSU Invitational with a career best of 3:51.90 … Clocked 29:23.38 in 10,000m at Stanford Invitational to place 27th.

Indoor: Finished ninth in 5,000m (14:23.65) and 10th in 3,000m (8:08.50) at SEC Indoor … Opened indoor season with career best in mile with a 4:08.59 at Arkansas Invitational … Also ran 7:59.97 in 3,000m at Razorback Invitational and 13:53.09 in 5,000m at Husky Classic.

Cross Country: Second Razorback finisher during NCAA Championship at Oklahoma State, placing 139th (116th in team score) with a time of 30:31.0 over 10k course … Finished 16th in NCAA South Central Region, posting a 31:13.4 on 10k course … Placed 12th in SEC Championships hosted by Ole Miss, running 23:30.9 on 8k course … Opened season placing sixth at Cowboy Opener, hosted by OSU, clocking 15:03.9 on 5k course … Finished 19th at Chile Pepper Festival held at Agri Park, running 24:22.6 on 8k course … At Weis-Crockett Invitational, placed 28th in 24:11.8 on 8k portion of OSU course.

(2021-22)
Outdoor: Bronze medalist in SEC 10,000m with a 29:29.38 … Finished ninth in SEC 5,000m (14:02.43) … Opened outdoor season with a 29:26.28 for Stanford Invitational 10,000m … Ran 13:49.60 to place 11th in 5,000m at Bryan Clay Invitational.

Indoor: Finished fourth in SEC 5,000m with a time of 14:05.17 and placed seventh in 3,000m at 8:01.77 … Set career best times over three distances in three consecutive outings … Ran mile in 4:12.06 for ninth at Arkansas Invitational … Clocked 7:56.24 to finish 12th in 3,000m at Razorback Invitational … Then produced a 13:44.04 over 5,000m to place 12th in Husky Classic at Washington.

(2021)
Outdoor: Raced in the SEC Championships in the 5,000m (14:25.55) and 10,000m (30:10.32), placing seventh in the longer distance and 10th in the 5k … Clocked 29:04.84 in his debut effort in the 10,000m to place 16th in the Heyward Premiere … Competed in the NCAA West Preliminary round, finishing 36th in 10,000m … Also set a career best in 5,000m with a 14:12.05 to finish 12th in John McDonnell Invitational.

Indoor: Placed eighth in SEC 5,000m (14:14.65) … Debut 5k race produced a 14:11.46 to place ninth in Tyson Invitational … Also had debut race in 3,000m with an 8:17.88 at Razorback Invitational.

Sophomore (2020)
Cross Country: Finished 23rd in SEC Championships, ninth among Razorbacks, posting a time of 24:40.8 on 5 mile course in Baton Rouge … Started season placing seventh among Razorbacks and 12th overall with an 18:01.0 on 6k course at LSU’s SEC Preview … Eighth among Arkansas crew at UAB Blazer Classic as his time of 24:30.1 placed 23rd.

Freshman (2019)
Cross Country: USTFCCCA All-Academic … Raced in six meets … Top finisher on Razorback team in NCAA Championships (10k, 32:14.0), placing 132nd … 14th freshman among NCAA field … Placed 18th in SEC Championships (8k, 23:27.9), second finisher on team … Third freshman in SEC field, earned All-Freshman honor … 15th in NCAA South Central Region (10k, 30:43.0), fourth among team and fourth freshman in field … Debut race came in Coast-to-Coast in Beantown, placed 65th and was second finisher on team … Placed 30th in Chile Pepper Festival, fourth among team … In Pre-Nationals Invitational, fifth on team and 122nd overall.

High School
Placed fifth at the Texas 6A State Championship in the 3,200-meters as a senior … Placed fifth at the State Cross Country Championships in 2018 … 2018 Region I Cross Country Champion … In the post-season, placed eighth at the Nike Cross Country South Region and top-20 at the Foot Locker South Regional.

Myles Richter | Career Stats

Career Bests

Indoor

  • 3,000m | 7:56.24
  • 5,000m | 13:44.04

Outdoor

  • 5,000m | 13:49.60
  • 10,000m | 29:04.84