Lewis & Clark College

TFRRS BIO PAGE: https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7888558/Lewis__Clark/Riley_Bues

2024-25 Awards 
 
2024-25 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American: First Team 
2025 First Team All-American: 5,000M Indoors (3^rd Place) 
2025 First Team All-American: 3,000M Indoors (8^th Place) 
2025 First Team All-American: 10,000M Outdoors (2^nd Place)
2025 First Team All-American: 5,000M Outdoors (3^rd Place)
2025 USTFCCCA Indoor T&F West Region Track Athlete of the Year 
2025 USTFCCCA Outdoor T&F West Region Track Athlete of the Year 
All-Region (Indoor T&F): Mile, 3K and 5K 
All-Region (Outdoor T&F): 1,500M, 5K and 10K 
All-Conference: 5K (1^st Place) and 10K (1^st Place) 
2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2025 Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Lois Smithwick (Women's Athlete of the Year) Award 
2025: Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Judy McMullen (Women's Student-Athlete of the Year) Award - Gold Medal
2024-25 USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete
2025 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete 
   
2025 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
1,500M: 4:32.52 – George Fox Final Qualifier, May 15 – 1^st in program history
5,000M: 16:30.64 – NCAA DIII Outdoor Track & Field National Championship Meet, May 24 – 1^st in program history
10,000M: 36:16.33 – Stanford Invitational, April 4 – 1^st in program history

2024-25 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
Mile: 5:00.98 – Portland Indoor #2, February 9 – 1^st  in program history  
3,000M: 9:35.08 – Husky Classic, February 14 – 1^st  in program history  
5,000M: 16:31.51 – Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, December 7 – 1^st  in program history  

NOTABLES 

• Wrapped up the best career in program history, and potentially school history, with the most successful season of her four years 
• Earned a career-high four All-American honors to set the school record with eight All-American awards for her career 
• Became only the second student-athlete in school history to earn First Team Academic All-American honors 
• Finished her career with 20 All-Region honors, 12 All-Conference accolades and nine Northwest Conference Championships 
• Named the USTFCCCA Track Athlete of the Year for the first time and did it for both indoor and outdoor track & field - she is only the second student-athlete in school history to earn the award and first to do it multiple times 
• Competed in 12 meets during her senior season 
• Opened the year with a bang, when she ran a program-record indoor 5K time of 16:31.51 at Boston University, to move into 17^th all-time in NCAA DIII history in the event
• Placed third in the 5K (16:42.08) and eighth in the 3K (9:40.06) at Indoor Nationals to earn two All-American honors at an National Championship Meet for the first time 
• Reset her own program and Northwest Conference record time in the 10K (34:16.33) at the Stanford Invitational to move up to 22^nd in NCAA DIII history in the event 
• Dominated in both the 10K (37:24.16) and 5K (16:53.90) at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet to become the first woman in conference history to complete the 5K-10K double three times and the first woman to win four NWC 5K Titles 
• Broke the 1,500M program record, that had stood for 18 years, when she crossed the line in 4:32.54 at the George Fox Final Qualifier 
• Placed second in the 10K and third in the 5K at Outdoor Nationals to break the previous school record of seven All-American honors for a career
• Her second-place finish in the 10K was the highest of her collegiate career 
• Wraps up her career as the program-record holder in eight track events and nine total (6K for cross country) 

2023-24 Awards 
 
2023-24 Academic All-American: Second Team 
2024 First Team All-American: 5,000M Indoors (7^th Place) 
2024 First Team All-American: 10,000M Outdoors (3^rd Place)
All-Region (Outdoor T&F): 5K and 10K 
All-Region (Indoor T&F): 3K and 5K 
2024 Northwest Conference Outstanding Female Track Performer of the Meet
All-Conference: 5K (1^st Place) and 10K (1^st Place) 
2023-24 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023-24 USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete   
2024 Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Lois Smithwick (Women's Athlete of the Year) Award 
2024: Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Judy McMullen (Women's Student-Athlete of the Year) Award - Silver Medal

2024 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
1,500M: 4:40.95 – L&C Larry Byerly Invite, April 12-13– 5^th in program history
5,000M: 16:34.68 – Portland Twilight, May 4 – 1^st in program history
10,000: 35:05.73 – Stanford Invitational, March 29 – 1^st in program history

2024 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
3,000M: 9:54.87 – Whitworth Indoor Invitational, February 9-10– 1^st in program history
5,000M: 16:52.68 – Ken Shannon Last Chance, February 23 – 1^st in program history

NOTABLES 

• Put together one of the best seasons in program history by earning All-American honors in both indoor and outdoor track & field and qualifying for the National Championship Meet in the 10K and 5K for outdoor track 
• Became the second student-athlete in school history to earn All-American honors in all three seasons (cross country/indoor and outdoor track) 
• Earned her first career Academic All-American honors (cross country/track & field) and became just the sixth student-athlete in program history to win the award
• Set the program record in four of the five individual events she ran and also the Distance Medley Relay at the Whitworth Indoor Invitational on February 9
• Ran the fastest time in Northwest Conference history in the Outdoor 10K on March 29 when she crossed the line in 35:05.73 at the Stanford Invitational 
• Set the NWC Championship Meet record in the 5K (16:48.14) to finish in first place by over 35 seconds 
• Ended the year ranked in the top-15 of Division III in the Indoor 5K (13^th) and Outdoor 10K (7^th) and 5K (10^th) in terms of fastest times 
• Enters her senior year as a 3x All-American, 13x All-Region honoree, 12 All-Conference award winner and 6x NWC Champion between track & field and cross country 

2022-23 Awards 
 
All-Region (Outdoor T&F): 5K and 10K 
All-Region (Indoor T&F): 3K, 5K and Distance Medley Relay
All-Conference: 5K (1^st Place) and 10K (2^nd Place) 
2023 USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete
2024 Lewis & Clark ELCYs: Lois Smithwick (Women's Athlete of the Year) Award  
 
2023 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
1,500M: 4:48.19 – L&C Larry Byerly Invite, April 15 – 11^th in program history
5,000M: 17:02.94 – Portland Twilight, May 6 – 1^st in program history
10,000M: 36:20.43 – Portland Distance Carnival, May 13 – 1^st in program history
 
2023 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
3,000M: 10:06.14 – Whitworth Invitational, February 11 – 1^st in program history
5,000M: 17:29.82 – 2023 Ken Shannon Invitational, February 25 – 1^st in program history
 
NOTABLES 

• Set the program record for indoor track (3K and 5K) and outdoor track (5K and 10K)
• Helped the Distance Medley relay team (12:39.09) reset the program record during the indoor track & field season 
• Finished the outdoor season 23^rd in the NCAA DIII in the 10K and 29^th in the 5K
• Ended the indoor season 33^rd in the 5K and 68^th in the 3K  
• Repeated as the NWC 5K Champion and finished second overall in the 10K at the NWC Championship Meet 

• Made her collegiate track & field debut on February 26 at the Seattle Pacific Final Qualifier 
• Became the second student-athlete in program history to win both the 5K and 10K at the same NWC Championship Meet
• Earned her first career Track & Field All-Region honors after running the second-fastest time in program history in the 10K (37:24.20) 
• Finished the season 50^th in NCAA Division III in the 10K and 59^th in the 5K 

At Lewis & Clark: Member of the Pre-Health Professions Club and the cross country team.

Prior to the Pios: Academic All-State First Team.

Why Lewis & Clark?: I chose Lewis & Clark for the chance to experience athletics at a collegiate level while still getting the opportunity to explore other aspects of college life.