University of Texas at Tyler Athletics

2017-18

INDOOR: His second career victory came at the UCO Open when he defeated the field in the 200-meters with a time of 22.59. He recorded a career-best in the same event when he finished in 22.25 seconds at the Texas A&M Twilight. Richardson also set a career-best in the 400-meters when he finished in 48.94 seconds at the same meet. His lone appearance in the 60-meter dash also resulted in a career-best performance of 7.03 in the prelims of the UCO Invite.
OUTDOOR: Richardson advanced to the NCAA Division III Championships in the 400-meters after turning in a career-best time of 47.88 seconds at the ASC Championships taking the top spot at the meet. He finished 17^th at the national meet with his preliminary time of 48.31 seconds. At the East Texas Invite, Richardson set a career-best 200-meter time when he finished in 21.87 seconds. He also won the 200-meters at the McMurry War Hawk Classic and the Missouri Southern Twilight. He also competed twice in the 4x100-meter relay and twice in the 4x400-meter relay.

2016-17

INDOOR: Specializing in sprints, Richards competed four times in both the 200 and 400-meters. His top time in the 200-meters came at the John Thomas Terrier Invite when he finished in 22.48 seconds. Richardson won the 200-meters at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invite to open the indoor season. In the 400-meters, his top performance came at the Dunamis Sports Group College Classic I when he finished in 50.37 seconds. Running in the 60-meter dash twice, Richards finished in 7.21 seconds at the Texas A&M Twilight, good enough for fourth-place.
OUTDOOR: He ran his first career sub-22 second 200-meters at the conference meet. His career-best time of 21.88 seconds was good enough for sixth-place. In the 400-meters, Richardson turned in a top performance of 49.02 seconds at the ASC Championships, finishing second. He also competed in the 100-meter dash and long jump with season-best marks of 11.11 seconds and 20’45.25”.

2015-16

INDOOR: Richardson ran at two meets as a freshman. At the Emory CrossPlex Invite, he ran in the 200-meters and 400-meters with times of 24.07 and 53.41. He also competed at the Howie Ryan Invite, Richards finished the 60-meter dash in 7.33 while also helping the 4x400-meter relay team to a finish of 3:30.77.
OUTDOOR: Richardson made his mark with the 4x400-meter relay team. Competing in the event at seven meets, he helped the relay to a time of 3:18.35 at the ASC Championships to capture the conference title. Also at the conference meet, Richardson finished second in the 400-meters and fourth in the 200-meters with season-best times of 49.08 seconds and 22.44 seconds, respectively.