- 2024 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (outdoor track & field)
- 2024 All-RMAC second team (outdoor track & field, 100 hurdles)
- 2024 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Jan. 28
- 2023-24 All-RMAC second team (indoor track & field, 60 hurdles)
- 2023-24 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
- 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2023 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (outdoor track & field)
- 2023 All-RMAC first team (outdoor track & field, 100 hurdles)
- 2023 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Jan. 23
- 2022-23 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
- 2022-23 All-RMAC first team (indoor track & field, 60 hurdles)
- 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2022 All-RMAC first team (outdoor track & field, 100 hurdles)
- 2022 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Jan. 31
- 2021-22 All-RMAC second team (indoor track & field, 60 hurdles)
College Bests
| INDOOR |
|
OUTDOOR |
|
| 60H |
8.76 |
100H |
14.35 (0.6) |
|
|
100 |
12.48 (1.3) |
Career: Entered the 2023-24 academic year as the program record holder in both the indoor 60-meter hurdles (8.76 seconds) and the outdoor 100 hurdles (14.35). She has broken the indoor record nine times over her first two seasons and the outdoor mark four times. Indoors, she ran the seven fastest 60-meter hurdles times in program history during her debut 2021-22 season. Outdoors, she posted the top three times in the 100 hurdles in program history as well as seven of the fastest eight. She broke the school record indoors four times and the outdoor mark three times. She was the only competitor to break 9.0 seconds in the 60 hurdles (she had done it 10 times), and had the eight fastest 100 hurdles times (one was wind-aided).
2023 Outdoor: Tied for 62nd in Division II in the 100-meter hurdles with a top time of 14.35 seconds. ... Finished third in the 100-meter hurdles at the RMAC Championships on April 30 in 14.42 seconds. ... Had a strong 14.42 time in the 100 hurdles at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 15, finishing 23rd overall and eighth among Division II competitors. ... Broke her own school record in the 100 hurdles with a seventh-place time of 14.35 seconds on April 13 at the Cal State Los Angeles Twilight. ... Second in the 100 hurdles in 14.84 at the Kit Mayer Classic on April 8. ... Finished second in the 100 hurdles (14.50) and ran a personal-best 100 of 12.48 for 15th on April 1 at the CSU Pueblo Open. ... Fourth in the 100 hurdles (14.43) on March 25 at the Spank Blasing Invitational. ... Opened the season by placing second in the 100 hurdles (14.89) and finishing sixth in her first collegiate 100 (12.93) at the March 17-18 CSU Pueblo Early Bird.
2022-23 Indoor: Tied for 47th in Division II in the 60-meter hurdles with a top time, converted for altitude, of 8.80 seconds. ... Once again broke her school record in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing second at the RMAC Championships on Feb. 25 in 8.76 seconds which, converted for altitude to 8.80, was a provisional qualifying time for NCAA Nationals. ... Won the 60 hurdles Feb. 17 at the Air Force Collegiate Open in 8.99. ... Clocked 8.95 in the 60 hurdles for 15th at the Gorilla Classic on Feb. 11. ... Won the 60 hurdles Feb. 4 at the Mines Winter Classic with a time of 8.88. ... Broke her school record in both prelims (8.86) and the final (8.77), finishing second in the 60 hurdles at the Jan. 28 Mountain Lion Open. Her 8.77, converted for altitude to 8.81, was a provisional qualifying time for NCAA Nationals. ... Smashed her school record for the second straight week in the 60 hurdles at the Jan. 21 UCCS Invitational, placing third in 8.88. ... Broke her own school record in the 60 hurdles with a seventh-place effort of 8.96 at the Potts Invitational on Jan. 14. ... Finished second in the 60 hurdles in 9.13 at the season-opening UCCS Pre-Holiday Invitational on Dec. 9.
2022 Outdoor: At the RMAC Championships on April 30 and May 1, broke her own school record in the 100-meter hurdles in preliminaries while qualifying fourth in 14.51 seconds, then broke the record again (for the third time in just over two weeks) while finishing third in the finals in 14.36. Converted for altitude to 14.40, the time was tied for 67th-best in Division II for the season. ... Set the school record in the 100 hurdles by running 14.73 for sixth place at the Cal State Los Angeles Twilight on April 14. ... Improved her 100 hurdles time to 14.87 while finishing sixth at the CU Invitational on April 9. ... Won the 100 hurdles in 14.99 and ran on the first-place 4x100 relay at the Maverick Classic on April 2. The relay's time of 48.59 put it second on MSU Denver's by-season list and was the fifth-fastest time a Roadrunners team had ever run. ... Finished sixth in 100 hurdles at the season-opening CSU-Pueblo Early Bird in 15.32, putting her second on MSU Denver's individual list in the event.
2021-22 Indoor: At the RMAC Championships on Feb. 25 and 26, qualified ninth for the 60-meter hurdles with a 9.19-second clocking in the preliminaries, then broke the school record for the fourth time with a fifth-place finish of 9.00 seconds in the final. Converted for altitude to 9.04, the time ranked tied for 96th in Division II for the season. ... Tied her 60 hurdles school record of 9.09 in the preliminaries and then won the final in 9.12 at the Mines Winter Classic on Feb. 5. ... Broke her own school record in the 60 hurdles in the preliminaries (9.13) and again in the final (9.09) while finishing second at the Mountain Lion Open on Jan. 28 and 29. ... As expected, broke the school record in the 60 hurdles in her MSU Denver debut, clocking 9.32 seconds (0.46 better than the previous mark) to finish 18th at the Air Force Invitational on Jan. 22.
High School: East High School, class of 2016. ... Denver Public Schools all-century team selection. ... 2016 Class 5A State Championships finalist in both the 100-meter hurdles (14.69 seconds) and the triple jump (35 feet, 10 3/4 inches), finishing sixth in each event. ... 2016 Denver Public Schools 100 hurdles champion, with a career-best 14.68. ... Personal bests include 14.58 in the 100 hurdles, 8.90 in the 60 hurdles and 38-6 in the triple jump. ... Coached by Steve Kiper.
Club: USATF All-American.
Personal: Born Maya Marie Ries in Yakima, Wash. ... Birthday is May 30. ... Daughter of Douglas Ries. ... Has two sisters, Chyna Ries and Raja Johnson. ... Majoring in art.
