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2012-13 Track & Field Roster

Niklas Rippon

  • Height 6-7
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Lake Orion, Mich.
  • Highschool Lake Orion

Biography

Track and Field

2013 Outdoor
? Finished sixth at The Summit League Championship in 110m hurdles with a time of 14.91 (May 9)
? Member of 4x100m relay team that broke school record with a time of 42.24 at Toledo Invitational (May 2)
? Won 110m hurdles at UDM-Oakland Dual Meet (April 6) and Hillsdale Gina Relays (April 25)
? Ran season-best 14.81 in 110m hurdles at Jesse Owens Classic (April 19)
? Tallied six top-six finishes

2013 Indoor
? Finished sixth at Summit League Championships with a 8.56 in 60m hurdles (Feb. 24)
? Won three 60m hurdles events
? Ran season-best 8.26 in 60m hurdles for runner-up at YSU National Invitational (Feb. 1)
? Finished third in 200m dash at IPFW Open (Dec. 1)
? Ran season-best 200m dash at YSU National Invitational with a 23.04
? Earned third-place finish at IPFW Open in 60m dash with season-best 7.21

2012 Outdoor
? Member of the school record-setting 4x100-meter relay team with a time of 42.73 at The Summit League Championships (May 10)
? Placed third and had a season best in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.87 at the Len Paddock Invitational (May 4)
? Had two second place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.95 at the UDM-Oakland Dual Meet (April 7) and 15.30 at the Lyle Bennett Open (April 28)
? Took third place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.46 at the UDM-Oakland Dual Meet (April 7)
? Finished fifth place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.53 at the UDM-Oakland Dual Meet (April 7) and eighth with a season best time of 22.92 at the Len Paddock Invitational (May 4)

2012 Indoor:
? Finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25)
? Earned first-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.52 at the IPFW Quadrangular Meet (Jan. 28)
? Season-best time of 8.30 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Big Meet (Feb. 10)
? Finished fifth at the Mike Lints Open in the 60-meter run with a time of 8.42 (Jan. 20)
? Recorded season-best 200-meter dash time of 23.19 at Youngstown State National Invitational (Feb. 4)

2011 Outdoor:
• Was sixth in the 110-meter hurdles at The Summit League Championships (May 14)
• Had six top 10 finishes
• Third leading scorer overall with 94.75 points

2011 Indoor:
• Ran 8.24 at the Mike Lints Open (Jan. 21) to break the school record in the 60 hurdles
• Ran the third fastest 200 dash (23.21) in OU history at the Big Meet (Feb. 11)
• Had six top 10 finishes
• Fourth leading scorer with 57 points

2010 Outdoor:
• Runner-up in the 110 hurdles against Detroit (April 15)
• Scored in the 110 hurdles at the Central Collegiates (April 17)
• Had five top 10 finishes

2010 Indoor:
• Redshirt

2009 Outdoor:
• Redshirt

2009 Indoor:
• Recorded the second-best mark in school history in the 60 hurdles (8.82) at the Triangular meet (Jan. 30)
• Had four top 10 finishes

High School:
• A four-year letterwinner under head coaches Stan Ford and Mike Hatch, serving as team captain for one year
• Helped the Dragons to the league championship in 2005
• Was the league champion in the 110-meter hurdle as a senior, and placed in second in the 300 hurdles
• Placed second in the 110 hurdles at the regional and county meets
• Earned a 10th place finish at the state championship
• Holds two top-10 positions on the school[apos]s all-time marks for the 110 and 300 hurdles, respectively

Personal:
Parents:
Ron and Ankea Rippon
Siblings: Janna, Sarah and Sandra

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Freshman

    Hurdles
    6'7"
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Hurdles
    6'7"
  • 2010-11Senior

    Hurdles
    6'7"
  • 2011-12Senior

    Hurdles/Sprints
    6'7"
  • 2012-13Redshirt Senior

    Hurdles/Sprints
    6'7"