2023-24 Track & Field Roster

Josh Beam

Riley McGrath

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Home school
  • Hometown Spring Branch, Texas
  • Major Finance (B.S.) / Engineering & Technology Management (M.S.)

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2023-24: Received a M.S. in engineering & technology management in May 2024 ... USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (DMR) … USTFCCCA All-Region (mile and DMR) … First-Team All-RMAC (mile) … Second-Team All-RMAC (DMR) … Mile specialist helped Mines to a podium spot in the NCAA DMR, racing in five meets overall … Set the program mile record with a 4:42.75 performance at the David Hemery Valentine Invite in Boston … Also part of Mines’ program-record DMR that ran 11:26.43 at the same meet … Was the RMAC silver medalist in the mile and helped Mines to the DMR silver medal as well … Qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile, finishing 14th … Part of Mines’ seventh-place DMR at NCAAs that ran 11:29.00. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (1500) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in six meets, running the 800m, 1,500m, and 5,000m … Qualified for NCAA Championships at both distances … Ran a career-best 16:25.19 5K at the Bryan Clay Invite … Placed eighth in the 1,500m at RMAC Championships in 4:30.07 … At NCAAs, made finals in the 1,500m and finished 12th in 4:33.03 … Was 19th in the 5K.

2022-23 (at UCCS): Earned a degree in business from UCCS ... CSC Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll ... Competed primarily in the mile but also ran the 3000m and 800m. Outdoor Track & Field - Did not compete.

2021-22 (at UCCS): CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First Team All-America in the mile and distance medley relay ... Second-Team All-RMAC in the mile ... RMAC All-Academic First Team ... NCAA Indoor qualifier in the mile and DMR ... Ran a career-best in the mile at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing fifth with a time of 4:47.55 ... Also set a personal-best in the 3000m, placing second at the Ichabod Invite with a time of 9:43.37 ... Competed in 3000m, mile and distance medley relay. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America in the 1500m ... USTFCCCA All-Region in the 1500m ... First-Team All-RMAC in the 1500m ... RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll ... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in both the 1500m and 5000m, finishing ninth in the former and 20th in the latter ... Set a school record and PR in the 1500m (4:21.57) at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Ran a personal-best 5K at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 16:36.32 ... Finished third at the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 1500m ... Competed in 800m, 1500m and 5000m.

2020-21 (at UCCS): Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-American in the mile and distance medley relay ... First-Team All-RMAC and USTFCCCA All-Region in those two events as well ... Qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile and finished sixth to earn all-America status ... Helped the Mountain Lion DMR to the podium finishing eighth ... UCCS' DMR was also the RMAC champion ... RMAC silver medalist in the mile. Outdoor Track & Field - NCAA qualifier in the 1500m ... Second-Team All-RMAC in the 1500m and 5000m ... Finished 13th in the 1500m at NCAA Outdoors in 4:29.89 ... Finished fourth at RMAC Championships in both the 1500m and 5000m ... Also ran the 800m during the season.

2019-20 (at Texas State): Ran cross country in the fall of 2019 and finished 56th at the NCAA DI South Central Regional ... Did not compete in indoor season ... Outdoor season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.