IRVING, Texas – University of Memphis track and field athlete Cole Riddle has been named the American Athletic Conference Male Field Athlete of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.
Riddle, a senior from Surprise, Ariz., opened the season and his career as a Tiger with a first-place pole vault win at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational on Jan. 29. He cleared 5.36m (17-7.0), which ties him for first in the conference and ranks him 14th in the nation.
A recent transfer from Arizona State University, Riddle's top indoor mark came from the 2020 New Mexico Team Open (5.