Girls’ Track & Field

Chris Richards is an assistant coach for our track and field team that has captured three consecutive New England Division III Girls Team Championships and an Independent School League Individual Event Championship - boys shot put (two athletes), Girls SP (3 times), boys high jump (meet record), boys discus (two athletes), boys javelin and boys pole vault. He has coached athletes that have broken the school records in the girls shot put, girls discus (2x), girls javelin, boys 200m, boys high jump, boys 4x100m and boys pole vault. Coach Richards has also been an official for RI State Championship Meet Field Events. Prior to coaching at SG, Richards was the Rogers High School Boys Outdoor Track Head Coach from 1998-2007 and was named the RITCA Boys Coach of the Year four times and nominated for the USA Today National Coach of the Year in 1999. As the Rogers High Boys Indoor Track Head Coach from 1998-2007, his programs won the Eastern/Southern Division Champions twice and placed 2nd three other times. Richards notched a 37-22-1 dual meet record; including two undefeated seasons. As the Middletown High School Boys Indoor Track Head Coach from 1997-1998, he led the program in multiple state qualifiers in the shot put, sprints, high hurdles, high jump and relay.