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2020-21 Men's Track & Field Roster

Chase Rivera

  • Class Sophomore
  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Jacksonville, Fla.
  • High School The Bolles School

Biography

Career Performance List / Cross Country Bio
 
Career Honors:
2020 Patriot League Champion
(Distance Medley Relay – Indoor)
2020 First Team All-Patriot League (Distance Medley Relay – Indoor)
2020 Second Team All-Patriot League (1-Mile – Indoor)
 
2020-21 (Sophomore Season): INDOOR: Clocked a time of 1:54.64 in the 800m at the Navy Intrasquad 2, while recording a time of 2:28.39 in the 1,000m against William & Mary … Posted a season-best time of 4:09.40 in the mile at the Navy Intrasquad three, while also participating in the mile at the Army-Navy Indoor Star Meet (4:19.95) … OUTDOOR: Registered a time of 1:59.62 in the 800m at the Navy Invitational III, while posting a time of 4:03.97 in the 1,500m at the Navy Spring Invite.
 
2019-20 (Freshman Season): HONORS: Patriot League Champion (Distance Medley Relay – Indoor) … Second Team All-Patriot League (1-Mile – Indoor) … INDOOR: Member of the distance medley relay team that won the Patriot League Championship with a combined time of 10:08.06 … Individually, finished second in the one-mile run at the Patriot League Indoor Championship to earn second-team accolades with a time of 4:17.64 … Posted a season-best time of 4:12.13 in the mile at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational … Finished first at the Army-Navy Star Meet in the 1,000m with a season-best time of 2:28.17 to win the event and help the Midshipmen win the indoor Star … Clocked a season-best time of 1:55.23 in the 800m run at the Princeton Dual … OUTDOOR: Did not compete during the outdoor season, which was shortened by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
 
High School / Personal: Participated in three sports at The Bolles School: cross country (4), track and field (4) and soccer (2) … Earned All-District, All-FHSAA 2A Region 1, All-State FHSAA 2A and team MVP honors all four years for both cross country and track and field … Finished second of 182 runners in the State Championship meet as a senior XC athlete in 2018 (ninth-2017, ninth-2016, 17th-2015 in previous state championships) … As a senior at the 2019 FHSAA State Track & Field Championship, finished first in the 800m run, second in the 4x800m relay and third in the 1,600m race … Helped lead Bolles to district and FHSAA 2A Region 1 titles in both cross country and track and field all four years, as well as the 2017 and 2018 FHSAA 2A State Championship (XC) and 2019 FHSAA 2A State Championship for TF … His 2017 and 2018 XC teams finished top-20 at the Nike Nationals; 20th (‘17) and ninth (‘18), respectively … President of the Big Heart Bulldogs Club and participated in the National and Spanish Honor Society clubs at Bolles … Born in Indiana, calls Jacksonville home … Son of Michael and Jodi … Father ran cross country and track and field at Notre Dame in 1990 and 1991 before transferring and finishing his career at Hanover College … Uncle Joe Eckerly was a member of the University of Wisconsin XC and TF programs, while his aunt Julie Griessmeyer-Eckerly did the same at Vanderbilt University … High school teammate of current Navy XC/TF runner John Bowers.
 
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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Distance
    5'9"