Blue dragon cross country staff
Justin Riggs
Head Coach
Justin Riggs became the Blue Dragons’ head cross country coach in May 2015. He is
just the fifth men’s head coach and only the fourth women’s head coach in program
history.
Riggs is no stranger to Blue Dragon cross country after serving three years as the
assistant coach with both the Blue Dragon cross country and track teams. Riggs is a
former Blue Dragon runner.
Last season, Riggs helped guide the HCC cross country men’s and women’s teams
both place third in the Region VI Championships.
During track and field season as an assistant, Riggs coached the middle and longdistance runners. In the last three years, he has coached 14 Jayhawk Conference
top 3 finishes – including one region champion in the women’s 10,000 meters – 11
national qualifying performances, 21 of the school’s Top 10 List performers, and two
top-eight national finishes in the women’s steeplechase and men’s 10,000 meters.
He also assisted the men’s track team in winning the Outdoor Region VI Title and a
fourth-place national finish in 2013.
As a former Blue Dragon athlete, Riggs was one of the top runners of legendary
coach Terry Masterson’s cross country squad during the 2007 cross country season,
finishing the season with All-Conference, All-Region and Academic All-American
honors.
Years at HCC......... 1st as HC/4th overall
E-mail....................... [email protected]
Office phone.................. (620) 665-3370
Riggs was also a multiple event national qualifier in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, 10,000 meter run, and 4x800 meter
relay in the 2007 and 2008 track and field seasons. Riggs earned All-America honors as a member of the 4x800 meter
relay team that ran – at that time – the ninth fastest time in school history of 7:49.45.
In addition to coaching, he also teaches GED and Essential Principles of Mathematics classes at Hutchinson Community
College.
Riggs graduated from Kansas State University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree and is currently working on his
master’s degree in sports management from Missouri Baptist University. Riggs has USATF Level 1 coaching certification.
He lives in Hutchinson with his wife Darcie and twin children, Atlas and Iris.
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