Cornell University Athletics

2024-25 | JUNIOR SEASON
Qualified for IHSA National Championship…Claimed the Cacchione Cup Champion title at Zone Championships while finishing eighth in Open Fences Individual, sixth in Open Flat Individual, and third in Open Flat Team...earned second place in both Open Fences and Open Flat at Regional Championships...dominated the Ivy Show with first-place finishes in Open Flat, Open Fences B, and Open Fences Championship...recorded multiple first-place finishes throughout the season including Open Flat victories at RIT Show II, Alfred Show I, Nazareth Show I and II, Cornell Show II, and Alfred Show II, plus Open Fences wins at Cornell Show II.

2023-24 l SOPHOMORE SEASON
Placed 6th in Intermediate Equation on the Flat at IHSA Nationals (this was her first collegiate nationals)...4th place (Intermediate Fences) and 2nd place intermediate flat at RIT I...3rd place (Intermediate Fences) and 3rd place (Intermediate Flat) at RIT II...1st place (Open Flat) and 1st place (Intermediate Fences) at Cornell Show...1st place (Intermediate Fences) and 1st place (Open Flat) at Alfred Show...3rd place (Open Fences) and 1st place (Open Flat) at Nazareth I...3rd place (Open Fences) at Nazareth II...1st place (Open Fences) at Cornell II...3rd place (Team Open Fences), 3rd place (Individual Intermediate Fences), 2nd place (Individual Intermediate Flat) and 2nd place (Team Open Flat) at Zone II Championships...1st place (Class B Open Fences) and 4th place (Open Flat) at Ivy Show.

2022-23 l FRESHMAN SEASON
Finished second and third in the Intermediate Fences and Flats at Zones (4/8) ... first-place finish in the Intermediate Flats and Fences Championships at the Ivy Show Championships (4/23) ... placed third and fourth in the Intermediate Flats and Fences, respectively, on day one of the RIT show (10/15) ... finished first on the second day of the RIT show (10/16) in the Intermediate Flats ... tallied a first-place finish in Intermediate Fences at day one of the Nazareth show (11/19) ... first-place finish in the Intermediate Fences at Alfred (2/18).

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Named National Snaffle Bit Assn 2021 Year End High Point Children’s Hunter Champion at the World Equestrian Center Ocala ... placed fourth in the World Equestrian Centers Ocala & Wilmington in 2021 NSBA year end (Children’s Hunters) ... accumulated numerous champion ribbons and top placings in Children’s Hunters, Juniors, and National Derbies on the east coast from 2014-2023

PERSONAL
Riley Paige Gerardo is the daughter of James and Jill Gerardo, and has one sister ... enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.