2014 Outdoor: At WAC Outdoor Championships, finished seventh in hammer throw with mark of 47.91 meters (157' 2") ... At Ken Shannon Invitational, finished third in hammer throw with mark of 49.19 meters (161' 5") ... Finished sixth in hammer throw at OSU High Performance Meet with school-record mark of 49.70 meters (163' 1") ... Finished fifth in hammer throw at WWU Ralph Vernacchia Meet with mark of 48.02 meters (157' 6") ... Participated in WAR VII ... Finished 10th in hammer throw at Oregon Preview with mark of 46.20 meters (151' 7").
2014 Indoor: At WAC Championships, finished ninth in weight throw with top mark of 15.01 meters (49' 3") ... At UW Husky Classic, posted mark of 14.92 meters (48' 11.5") in weight throw ... At UW Invitational, finished 14th in weight throw with mark of 14.71 meters (48' 3.25") ... At UW Indoor Preview (Jan. 18), finished 10th in weight throw with mark of 14.73 meters (48' 4").
2013 Outdoor: At Western Athletic Conference May 8-11, earned 11th in hammer throw with a toss of 47.20 meters (154-10) ... At Ken Shannon Invitational May 4, earned fifth in hammer throw with a toss of 45.02 meters (147-08) ... At 13th Annual WWU Twilight Apr. 26, finished eighth in shot put with toss of 10.77 meters (35-04.00), earned fourth in hammer throw with a toss of 46.85 meters (153-08) ... At Oregon Relays Apr. 19, took eighth in the hammer throw with a toss of 43.79 meters (143'8") ... At WAR VI Team Dual Apr. 12-13, finished 6th in the hammer throw with a toss of 47.01 meters ... At Willamette Invitational April 6, took fifth in the hammer throw with a toss of 44.03 meters (144-05.75) ... At Oregon Preview Mar. 16, took eighth in hammer throw with a toss of 43.70 meters (143-04)
2013 Indoor: At the WAC Indoor Championships Feb. 21-23, took 13th in 20 lb. weight trow with a toss of 15.06 meters (49-05.00) ... At UW Open Feb. 10, competed in weight throw with a toss of 15.04 meters (49-04.25) ... At Husky Classic Feb. 8-9, competed in weight throw with a toss of 14.67 meters (48-01.75) ... At UW Invitational Jan. 25, took 10th in shot put with toss of 11.14 meters (36-06.75), and took 4th in weight throw with a toss of 14.76 meters (48-05.25) ... At UW Indoor Preview Jan. 12, placed fourth in her flight in shot put with a toss of 11.11 meters (36-05.50) and placed third in her flight in weight throw with a toss of 13.67 meters (44-10.25)
2012 Outdoor: At Great West Conference Championships May 10-12, took fourth place in hammer throw with toss of 47.37 meters (155-05) and also notched distances of 10.52 meters (34-6.25) in shot put and 30.24 meters (99-2) in discus throw ... at WWU Twilight Meet May 4, took third in hammer throw with toss of 46.88 meters (153-9.66) and fifth in shot put with toss of 11.42 meters (37-5.6) ... at Duane Hartman Invitational April 27-28, took eighth in hammer throw with toss of 44.81 meters (147-0) and threw 11.13 meters (36-6.25) in shot put ... at Oregon Relays April 20-21, took fourth in shot put with throw of 10.84 meters (35-6.75) and threw 40.31 (132-3) meters in hammer throw ... at WAR 5 meet April 7, took seventh in shot put with throw of 11.51 meters (37-9.25) and 15th in hammer throw with toss of 39.02 meters (128-00) ... at Willamette Invitational March 30-31, took sixth in hammer throw with toss of 38.43 (125-01), threw distance of 10.37 meters (34-0.25) in shot put, and participated in discuss throw.
2012 Indoor: At Great West Conference Indoor Championships Feb. 25-26, took ninth in shot put with throw of 11.08 meters (36-4.25) and notched distance of 11.69 meters (38-4.25) in weight throw ... at UW Open Feb. 10-12, took third in weight throw flight with toss of 11.97 meters (39-3.25) and threw 10.42m (34-2.25) in shot put ... at UW Invitational Jan. 27-28, threw 11.83 meters (38-9.74) in shot put.
2011 Outdoor: Bethany Richards participated in the shot put and discus at the GWC Outdoor Championships. She launched the shot put 10.81 meters (35-5.5) and the discus 3245 meters (106-5.5). In the hammer throw trials, she tossed the hammer 35.90 meters (117-6.5)... At the PLU Invitational, she competed in the shot put with a distance of 10.16m (33-04.00) ... At the JD Shotwell Invitational, she placed sixth in the shot put with a throw of 11.08m (36-4.25) ... Finished sixth in the discus with a distance of 30.61m (100-5) ... At WAR 4 (Washington vs. Oregon/Idaho/Montana), she set a school record in the shot put with a distance of 11.70 meters (38-4.75) ... Set a school record in the hammer throw with a distance of 35.13 meters (115-3) ... Competed in the discus with a throw of 32.79 meters (107-7) ... At the WWU Twilite, she set a school record in the hammer throw with a third-place toss of 40 meters (131-3) ... Had a personal best in the discus with a toss of 33.75 meters (110-9), and finished fourth in the shot put with a distance of 11.54 meters (37-10.5) ... At the Duane hartman Invite, she set a school record in teh shot put with a distanceof 11.74 meters (38-6.25) ... Threw the discus 34.68 meters (113-9) ... Competed in the hammer throw with a distance of 38.54 meters (126-5) ... At the Ken Shannon Invite, she threw 31.96m (104-10) in the discus ... Finished seventh in the hammer throw with a distane of 34.82m (114-3) ...
2011 Indoor: At the UW Indoor Preview, Richards threw 10.49m in the shot put for 16th place ... In the weight throw, she threw 11.62m ... At the UW Invitational, she threw the weight throw 10.46m ... Threw the shot put 10.24m ... At the UW Open, she threw the shot put 10.41m ...
High School: Three year varsity letterer ... threw shot put and discus ... holds the school record for shot put (35' 6.5") and discus (109' 9") ... also played volleyball and basketball
Personal: Born Bethany Grace Richards to Dave and Sharon Richards ... siblings Becca and Nathan ... Graduated cum laude with Bachelor of Science degree in biology ... participating in Oxfam, the pre-health club, and Seattle U improv ... pursuing a career as a doctor in the neonatal ICU ... in high school was the junior class representative, pep club member, and National Honor Society member ... spent four summers in Europe (Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, UK) ...