“Riggs, a three-time state champion, became the first athlete from West Virginia ever to win a national cross country title and she did so in remarkable fashion, overcoming cold, windy conditions at Nike Cross Nationals to produce the No. 2 all-time mark of 16:40.9 at Glendoveer Golf Course in Oregon. She also ran the second-fastest high school girls 5K cross country race in history with her 16:02.1 effort at the Nike Southeast Regional to eclipse by 20 seconds the 2019 WakeMed course record, held by three-time Gatorade National Player of the Year Katelyn Tuohy.”

Erik Boal

editor at DyeStat.com

Athletic Excellence

A three-time Gatorade Player of the Year in cross country, the 5-foot-8 senior won the Nike Cross Nationals title this past season with a time of 16:40.9, the second-fastest girls 5K performance in history at Oregon’s Glendoveer Golf Course. That followed Riggs’ Group AAA individual state championship, which sparked the Mohigans to a state title as a team. She also broke the tape at the Nike Southeast Regional in North Carolina with a time of 16:02.1, eclipsing the WakeMed course record by 20 seconds and producing the second-fastest 5K clocking by a prep girls in U.S. history. She also triumphed at the Red, White and Blue Classic during her unbeaten campaign.

Academic Achievement

Riggs maintains a 4.22 unweighted GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at Stanford University this fall.

Exemplary Character

The Vice President of the student body at her school, Riggs has served as social media coordinator for Mohigan Idol, a Monongalia County talent competition that fundraises for WVU Children’s Hospital. Also a student council representative at Morgantown, she has donated her time as a youth coach for Club Mountaineer Aquatics and as part of the Strawberry 5K fundraiser supporting her high school.