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2018-19 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Middle Distance
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Rock Springs, Wyo.
    Hometown
  • 5'11
    Height
  • Rock Springs HS
    High School
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Ricky Faure
Ricky Faure
Middle Distance
Position
Senior
Class
Rock Springs, Wyo.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

TRACK AND FIELD:

2018-19: During the outdoor season, ran the 800m twice, winning the event at the Fum McGraw Invite with a time of 1:54.90… Season best 800m time came at the Stanford Invite in 1:54.75.

2017-18: Indoors, recorded a season best in the 800 meters (1:52.08) at the Mountain West Championships preliminaries…. Finished seventh overall at the MW Championships in the 800 meters (1:52.41)… Ran the seventh-fastest mile in UW history (4:06.66) at the Powder River Dual… Placed fourth in the 4x400-meter relay at the MW Championships (3:17.19)… Outdoors, recorded his season-best time in the 800 meters (1:49.71) at the Bryan Clay Invitational… Was a part of UW’s fastest 4x400-meter relay team on the year (3:15.16), placing fourth at the MW Championships… Placed 10th in the preliminaries of the 800 meters at the MW Championships (1:54.92)… Finished 46th at the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 800 meters (1:54.79).

2016-17: Collected one all-conference award and posted two UW all-time top 10 marks (one individual, one relay) during the season…indoors, took fourth in the 800 meters at the MW championships with a time of 1:48.78, the No. 2 time on the UW all-time list…outdoors, won the 800 meters at three meets and never finished lower than third in his five 800-meter races…competed for UW’s 4x400-meter relay team that clocked the No. 4 time in program history, 3:11.81, while winning the event at the Jack Christiansen Invite…collected an All-MW award by taking third at the MW outdoor championships with a time of 1:47.93...advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 800 meters, taking 34th with a time of 1:51.97.

2015-16: Earned an All-MW award in the 800 meters indoors, taking third at the MW indoor championships with a time of 1:50.91, UW’s fastest of the indoor season…posted UW’s second-best indoor mile time of the season, winning the event at the Powder River Dual in 4:15.85…won the 800 meters at the Don Kirby Invite in 1:51.58…helped Wyoming to a sixth-place conference finish in the 4x400-meter relay at the MW indoor championships…redshirted outdoors.

2014-15: Earned two All-MW honors and ran three individual marks in Wyoming's all-time top 10 and three relay marks...indoors placed third in the 800 meters at the MW Championships in 1:50.01, the fourth-fastest time in Cowboy history...also helped Wyoming run 3:14.69 in the 4x400 relay at the event, the third-fastest time in UW history...ran 4:08.11 in the mile for ninth in school history...outdoors won the 800 meters at the conference meet in 1:48.79, the fifth-fastest time in the meet's history...ran 1:47.59 to win the 800 meters at the Cowpoke Open, the second-fastest time in Cowboy history...his flat time of 1:48.90 was also a Louis S. Madrid Complex facility record...became the first Cowboy freshman to win a MW title since 2008 ...also helped Wyoming post two all-time marks in the 4x400 relay during the outdoor season...qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 800 meters and placed 41st...was named the MW Male Track Athlete of the Week on March 24.

Personal Bests:

Indoor:
800 Meters – 1:48.78 (2017) (No. 2 UW All-Time Mark)
Mile – 4:06.66 (2018) (No. 7 UW All-Time Mark)

Outdoor:
800 Meters – 1:47.59 (2015) (No. 2 UW All-Time Mark)

CROSS COUNTRY:

2018-19: Competed in three races for the Cowboys during the season… Placed 54th overall and seventh for the Cowboys at the Mountain West Championships… Finished 93rd at the Joe Piane Invitational and 41st overall at the Wyoming Invite to start the season.

2017-18: Competed in one race during the season, finishing 51st at the CSU Duals, second among all Cowboys.

2016-17: Was a consistent contributor for the Pokes all season, finishing in the team’s top five in all six of his meets…came up big at the MW Championship meet as the Cowboys’ No. 2 runner, placing 30th with a time of 25:06…took 71st at the NCAA Mountain Regional with a time of 32:54 in the 10K race.

2015-16: Finished in Wyoming's top five in all five meets during the season...top showing was as the fourth Cowboy at the NCAA Mountain Regional...finished as fifth runner at the Colorado State Invite, Roy Griak Invite, Louisville Pre-Nationals and Mountain West Championships...highest individual finish was 28th at the MW meet.

2014-15: Redshirted...did not compete during the cross country season.

Before Wyoming: One of the top recruits in the nation and most decorated runners in the history of the state of Wyoming...as a senior ran the fastest outdoor 800 meters in the nation with a 1:48.14 at the state meet to set a state record...also had the fastest indoor 1,600 meter time in the nation at 4:10.22...won 13 individual Class 4A state titles in indoor and outdoor track, including six in the 800 meters...also won two individual state cross country titles and qualified for the 2013 Nike Cross Country National Championships...was the 2012-13 Gatorade Male Cross Country Runner of the Year for the state of Wyoming...owned personal bests of 48.0 in the 400 meters, 1:48.14 in the 800 meters and 4:07.2 in the 1,600 meters...his best 5,000 meters time in cross country was 15:10...coached by Brad Dekrey.

Personal: The son of Tom Faure and Romelia Ramos...born on Feb. 12, 1996, in Thermopolis, Wyo...has two sisters, Alexis and Mary...his aunt Francie Faure ran for the University of Oregon...is majoring in kinesiology at Wyoming...last name is pronounced four, like the number.