COLLEGE PR: 800m – 2:16, 5k – 18:40, 8k – 29:27, 10k – 39:48
2009: Finished in 19:54 for the 5k at the USC Gamecock Invitational, earning 34th place ... Ran a 33:29 to finish 38th at the Asics/Winthrop Invitational ... Finished 22nd at the Blue Hose Invitational with a time of 32:30 ... Ran a 32:59 at the 2009 Big South Conference Championship in High Point, N.C. in the last race of the season.
2008: Ran an 18:40 5k at the USC Gamecock Invitational finishing 19th ... Was 66th at the Eye Opener with a time of 32:29 ... Claimed 74th at the Asics/Winthrop Invitational in a time of 29:42 ... Was second for the team and 30th overall at the Citadel Invitational, running a 31:25 ... Finished second on the team again at the Blue Hose Invitational, running 29:48 and finishing 8th overall ... Ran 30:57 and finished 84th at the Furman Invitational ... Competed at the Big South Championships in Lynchburg, Va. finishing in 31:18.
2007: Finished 70th at Appalachian State’s Covered Bridge Open in a time of 32:07 ... Ran 30:54 at the Eye Opener, earning 30th place ... Was 41st at the Asic/Winthrop Invitational with a time of 31:58 ... Had a season’s best time of 30:21 at the Limestone Invitational and finished 27th ... Claimed 50th place at The Citadel Invitational, crossing in 30:34 ... Finished the 5 mile course at the Furman Invitational in a time of 31:17, good enough for 99th place ... Competed in the Big South Championships in Asheville, N.C. finishing in a time of 31:14 ... Ran a 2:23 indoor 800 at the USC Gamecock Indoor Open ... Had an outdoor 800 time of 2:16 at the Asic/Winthrop Outdoor Invitational ... Ran a 10k PR of 39:48 at The Cooper River Bridge in April 2008.
2006: Finished 98th at the Eye Opener with a time of 31:56 ... Claimed 30th at the Asics/Winthrop Invitational with a time of 32:10 while the team earned second place for the first of four straight races ... Team finished second place at the Limestone Invitational where he ran 31:39 and finished 34th overall ... Was 31st at the Blue Hose Invitational, running a 29:27 while helping PC finish second for a third time ... Ran his season’s best at the Erskine Invitational finishing 24th with a time of 29:27 helping the team win its final runners-up award on the season ... Finished 36th at the SAC Championships with a time of 30:10 ... Completed The Cooper River Bridge run in a time of 41:42, finishing 40th in his age group.
High School: Ran for Ben Hale at Woodberry Forest H.S. ...
Personal: Richard Hunter Barnhardt ... Was born on June 23, 1987 in Charlotte, N.C. ... Son of Neely and Rick Barnhardt ... Majoring in English.