Lamar University Athletics

2015 Outdoor Season
• Competed in the 800- and 1500-meter runs, three times in each event.
• Ran both at the Louisiana Classic, marked 2:00.53 in the in the 800 (21st) and 3:58.32 in the 1500 (6th).
• Eighth at the Texas Relays on a season-best time of 3:56.20 in the 1500.
• Season-best time 1:52.33 at the Victor Lopez Classic in the 800, and took seventh.
• Ran the 1500 at the J. Fred Duckett-Rice Twilight and crossed at 3:59.20.
• Placed 22nd at the Longhorn Invitational on a 1:55.06 time.
 
2015 Indoor Season
• Fourth place in the mile run at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships with a 4:12.68 mark. Qualified for the finals with a 4:17.94 prelim time.
• Finished sixth in the mile at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational on a 4:19.72 run.
• Ran the 3000-meter at the UAB Vulcan Invite (8:27.85, 3rd) and SLC Indoor Championships (8:43.01, 16th).
• A part of the distance medley relay team that finished third at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational (10:30.97) and second at the Houston Indoor Opener (10:53.83). 
 
2014 Cross Country
• Locked up 21st at the Southland Conference Championships on a mark of 25:01.3.
• Ran the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (25:38.5) and Wisconsin Adidas Festival (26:19.0), both 8Ks.
• Finished the Texas A&M Invitational in 19:14.1 and took 24th.
 
High School
• Placed fifth in the 1,500 meter run at U23 German national championships in 2013
•Also came in second in the southern Germany event in both the 800 and 1,500
•Holds career best times of 1:51.17, 3:49.33 and 8:24.50 in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs, respectively.
 
Personal:
• Born Nicolai Tobias Riker on February 19, 1991, in Wiesbaden, Germany
•Son of Martin and Gabriele Riker.