Cougar Athletics
28 NAIA National Championships
93 GSAC Championships
...and counting

THIS YEAR: Rocky Richardson is an outstanding newcomer who could prove to be one of the top freshmen in the GSAC ... Has great speed but is also quite strong ... Figures to be consistently among the Cougars’ top 7 ... Could push for postseason honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran 2 seasons of cross country and 4 years of track & field for head coach Rich Parris at Madera (Calif.) High ... As a senior, finished 19th at the Division I state cross country championship meet with a 15:40 over the 5K course and was third in the CIF central section finals with a 16:01 ... Finished 16th out of nearly 500 runners at the 2006 Nike Team National in Portland, Ore. ... In track & field was a 2-time CIF central section 800-meter champion ... Set the school 800-meter record with a 1:52.24, the seventh best time in CIF central section history ... As a junior, won the 2006 Arcadia Invitational 800 with a 1:54.46 and came back as a 2007 senior to finish fifth with a 1:52.95 in the invitational portion of the Arcadia Invitational ... Also clocked a 4:14.77 in the 1600 ... Named to the Fresno Bee 2007 All-Star Track & Field Team.

PERSONAL: Born Nathaniel Richardson Sept. 7, 1988, in Santa Clara, Calif., to Doreth Larmar ... Is the cousin of Lee Evans, the record-setting Olympic gold medal 400-meter sprinter of the 1968 Mexico City games.