Southern Utah University Athletics

Payton Riggs had a successful career as a track and field athlete at Southern Utah University. Here is a breakdown of Riggs' top performances in various events during their time at the university:

2023 Outdoors:

• 400 Meters: Riggs achieved a time of 50.30 seconds at the 2023 Utah Tech Invitational.
• 800 Meters: Riggs recorded a time of 1:52.14 at the 2023 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships and improved to 1:51.47 at the same event. They also ran 1:58.35 at the 2023 BYU Robison Invitational and 1:51.06 at the 2023 Bryan Clay Invitational.
• 1500 Meters: Riggs posted a time of 3:45.53 at the 2023 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships and followed it with times of 3:48.95, 3:49.50, 3:52.24, and 3:52.01 at different events.
• Mile: Riggs achieved a time of 4:09.07 at the 2023 BYU Robison Invitational.
• 5000 Meters: Riggs recorded a time of 15:12.67 at the 2023 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2023 Indoors:

• 400 Meters: Riggs achieved a time of 51.66 seconds at the 2023 BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational.
• 800 Meters: Riggs recorded a time of 1:58.02 at the 2023 WAC Indoor Track and Field Championship, as well as times of 1:52.91 and 1:57.38.
• Mile: Riggs posted times of 4:12.04, 4:11.63, 4:08.46, 4:07.91, and 4:19.04 at various events.
• 3000 Meters: Riggs achieved a time of 8:54.58 at the 2023 WAC Indoor Track and Field Championship, as well as 8:42.37 at the 2023 BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational.
• 4 x 400 Relay: Riggs participated in a relay with a time of 3:39.32 at the Ron Mann Classic.

2022 Indoors:

• 600 Meters: Riggs achieved a time of 1:23.70 at the Lumberjack Team Challenge.
• 800 Meters: Riggs recorded times of 1:56.16, 1:54.55, and 1:57.31 at different events.
• Mile: Riggs posted a time of 4:11.05 at the 2022 Boston University Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener.
• Distance Medley Relay: Riggs participated in a relay with a time of 9:58.71 at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships.

2022 Outdoors:

• 800 Meters: Riggs achieved times of 1:53.43, 1:51.59, 1:54.56, 1:51.28, 1:52.98, and 1:54.64 at various events.
• 1500 Meters: Riggs posted a time of 4:02.97 at the 2022 Weber State Spring Classic.
• 4 x 400 Relay: Riggs participated in a relay with a time of 3:24.20 at the 2022 BYU Robison Invitational.

2021 Outdoors:

• 800 Meters: Riggs achieved times of 1:54.63, 1:54.83, 1:55.70, 1:58.68, 1:58.35, and 2:00.58 at various events.
• 1500 Meters: Riggs posted a time of 4:11.09 at the 2021 ISU Bengal Invitational.
• 4 x 400 Relay: Riggs participated in a relay with a time of 3:36.21 at the UNLV Spring Opener.

2021 Indoors:

• 400 Meters: Riggs achieved a time of 54.49 seconds at the Air Force Invitational.
• 800 Meters: Riggs recorded times of 2:01.25, 2:03.74, and 2:05.84 at different events.
• 4 x 400 Relay: Riggs participated in a relay with a time of 3:36.85 at the 2021 BYU Cougar Indoor #1.

2020 Indoors:

• 800 Meters: Riggs achieved times of 1:56.49, 1:55.64, and 1:54.88 at different events.
• Mile: Riggs posted a time of 4:32.59 at the 2020 Mountain States Games (College/Post-Collegiate).
• 4 x 400 Relay: Riggs participated in a relay with a time of 3:27.29 at the 2020 Mountain States Games (College/Post-Collegiate).

2019 XC:

• 6k: Riggs achieved a time of 20:33.7 at the SUU Color Country Invitational 2019.
• 8k: Riggs posted a time of 26:49.6 at the UCR 39th Annual Cross Country Invitational.

Overall, Payton Riggs had a notable career as a middle-distance runner, competing in events ranging from 400 meters to 5000 meters. He achieved competitive times and participated in various indoor and outdoor track and field championships and invitationals throughout their collegiate career at Southern Utah University.

Before SUU:

• High Jump State Champion
• Medley Relay State Champion

Personal:

• Major is biology
• Favorite show is "The Office"