Biography
ACADEMIC AWARDS: WCC All-Academic honorable mention in 2020, 2022 and 2023 … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors in 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 … MPSF All-Academic in 2023 … Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete in 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 … Pepperdine Co-Female Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2023.
PEPPERDINE XC 2022 (SR): Competed in all six races … Had a season-best 6K of 23:11.0 at the NCAA West Regional (11/11) where she was the Waves’ #4 runner.
PEPPERDINE XC 2021 (JR): Competed in six of the seven races … Was the Waves’ #3 runner in three meets including the WCC Championships (10/29) and was the #2 runner at the NCAA West Regional (11/12) … Had a season-best in the 6K in a time of 23:04.8 at the NCAA West Regional (11/12).
PEPPERDINE XC 2020-21 (SO): Was Pepperdine’s #4 runner in the only race of the season at the WCC Championships (2/24) ... Ran the 6K course in 25:06.1.
PEPPERDINE XC 2019 (FR): Had an excellent debut season competing in all six meets and being the Waves’ top finisher in five of them ... Had a season-best 6K of 22:09.1 at the Bronco Invitational (10/19), putting her #10 on the Waves’ all-time list ... Was Pepperdine’s top finisher at both the WCC Championships and NCAA West Regional.
PEPPERDINE OUTDOOR TRACK 2023 (SR): Competed in seven of the nine meets … Mainly ran the 5,000 and 10,000 meters … Ran a season-best 5,000 meters in a time of 18:20.78 at the Oxy Distance Carnival & Spring Break Classic (3/11) … Ran a season-best 10,000 meters in a time of 38:38.47 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (3/15), which was also the sixth fastest on the Pepperdine all-time list.
PEPPERDINE INDOOR TRACK 2023 (SR): Competed in one of the three indoor meets … Ran the 5,000 meters in a time of 18:39.93 at the MPSF Indoor Championships (2/18).
PEPPERDINE OUTDOOR TRACK 2022 (JR): Competed in eight out of the 10 meets … Ran in the 3,000 meters once (at Beach Opener on 3/5), debuted and ran the 3,000 steeplechase twice, the 1,500 meters twice and the 5,000 meters twice … Had the team’s second-best time in the 3,000 meters in a time of 10:47.08 (at Beach Opener on 3/5) … Debuted in the 3,000 steeplechase collecting a time of 11:48.13, which was good for fourth on the Pepperdine all-time list (at Oxy Distance Carnival on 3/12) … Season-best 1,500 meters in a time of 4:53.07 (4/9).
PEPPERDINE INDOOR TRACK 2022 (JR): Competed in two of the three indoor meets … Competed in four events including the 3,000 meters twice … Had the team’s second-best time in the mile in a time of 5:33.01 (at Don Kirby Elite Invitational on 2/11) … Had the team’s best time in the 3,000 meters finishing in a time of 11:12.97 (at Portland on 2/5).
PEPPERDINE OUTDOOR TRACK 2021 (SO): Competed at five of the eight meets ... Focused exclusively on the 5,000 and ran the team’s fastest of the season ... Moved up to #9 all-time in the 5,000 with her 18:22.25 at Azusa Pacific (4/16).
PEPPERDINE OUTDOOR TRACK 2020 (FR): Had the team’s fastest time of the season in the 3,000 meters (10:27.18 at UCSB on 2/22) ... Ran at both outdoor meets before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PEPPERDINE INDOOR TRACK 2020 (FR): Set program records in the 3,000 meters (10:39.88 at Boise State on 2/15) and 5,000 meters (18:29.70 at Boise State on 2/7) ... Competed at all three indoor meets.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Easton (Pa.) Area High School in 2019 ... Ran four years of both varsity cross country and track ... Earned All-Eastern Pennsylvania Conference honors in cross country as a junior and in track as a senior ... School won three District XI championships in cross country and one in track ... Was class salutatorian and a National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology ... Born in Highland Park, Ill. ... Daughter of Jill Richard and Don Danley ... Her mother ran track at McDaniel College and her father played football at Towson ... Has one sibling, Kassidy ... Chose Pepperdine because it’s “a strong academic school with a beautiful campus and a really welcoming team and coach.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys going to the beach, hiking and swimming ... Favorites include Colleen Quigley (pro athlete), Pittsburgh Steelers (pro sports team), Pride and Prejudice (book), Men in Black (movie), Friends (TV show), Taylor Swift (musical artist), pancakes (food) and gymnastics (sport other than running) ... Favorite thing about running is “the feeling of finishing a challenging run. I feel like I’m dying but it makes me feel like I just accomplished something great.”
