Ricky Griffith
	Class: Senior Hometown: Piedmont, Calif. High School: Piedmont Height: 5-10

Cantello on Griffith:
"Ricky's absence last season vs. Army hurt us, but he has done the work to create good cross country memories during this, his senior year."

2008:
• Saw action in five races
• Scored in four of those meets and served as a displacing scorer in the other
• Began the year with a sixth-place time out of 176 runners at the Fordham Invitational with an 8k time of 26:56.36 (9/6)
• Followed with a 16th-place finish out of 176 runners in the Navy Invitational, where he completed the course in 25:46.7 (9/13)
• Posted the team's third-best time - 47th overall out of 277 runners - at the Iona Meet of Champions with a 25:41.7 showing (9/20)
• One week later, he again produced the team's third-best performance - 113th overall - with a 26:04.9 clocking at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/27)

2007:
• Participated in six meets
• Scored in two races and displaced in two others
• Finished 24th out of 233 runners at the Fordham Invitational with an 8k time of 27:23
• Posted the team's fourth-best time on the same course two weeks later at the Iona Meet of Champions with a 26:19.2 showing
• Followed that effort with a likewise team fourth-best clocking at the Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 26:19.7

2006:
• Did not see any varsity action

Navy Track Career Bests:
• 800m - 1:57.67
• 1,000m - 2:30.39
• 1,500m - 3:56.69
• Mile - 4:14.81

High School:
• Attended Piedmont High School, where he earned four letters in cross country and track
• Selected to all-state team as a senior
• Captained the 2005 cross country squad that won the state championship
• Earned league titles in each of his four years with the cross country team

Personal:
• Son of Rich and Nancy Griffith
• Born June 10, 1988, in Berkeley, Calif.
• Majoring in systems engineering