Jacob Ryan

Position:
Distance
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Boerne, Texas
High School:
Boerne Samuel V. Champion HS
Prev School:
Boerne Samuel V. Champion HS

2014-15 (Sophomore)
INDOOR: Competed in five meets ... Posted season-bests in the 800m, mile, 3000m and 5000m ... At the LSU High Performance Meet, recorded a season-best time of 8:36.31 and took home the title in the 3000m ... Recorded two top-10 finishes at the Tiger Invitational in the mile (9th; 4:21.71) and 800m (9th; 2:03.78) ... Set a season-best in the 5000m (2nd; 15:29.33) at the Commodore Invitational ... At the American Indoor Track and Field Championships, notched a fourth-place finish in the DMR (10:07.67) and placed 20th in the 3000 (8:40.23).

CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in all six meets ... Placed among team’s top-five runners (count in team score) in five meets ... Finished 34th (26:28) at the American Athletic Conference Championships ... Had two top-30 performances at the Rhodes College Invitational (13th; 26:30.3; 8k) and Brooks Twilight Classic (26th; 21:19.09; 4 mile) ... Posted a season-best 26:24.86 at the Commodore Classic (8k) ... Also ran in the Pre-NCAA Championships (27:24.7; 8k) and NCAA South Regional (33:12.8; 10k).

2013-14 (Freshman)
INDOOR/OUTDOOR: Did not compete.

CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in five meets ... Posted a season-best 8k time of 26:11.90 at the American Athletic Conference Championships (54th) ... Clocked a 26:37.30 (52nd) at the 8k Pre-NCAA Championships ... Recorded an 8k time of 29:19.00 (96th) at the Rhodes College Invitational ... Ran a 27:03.70 at the Commodore Classic ... Placed 45th in a time of 23:16.70 at the season-opening Brooks Twilight Classic.

PRIOR TO MEMPHIS
Competed at both Geneva School of Boerne (1A Private School, TAPPS) and Boerne Samuel V. Champion High School (4A Public School, UIL) in Boerne, Texas … At Geneva School of Boerne, ran cross country and track and field ... Also played baseball and tennis for the Geneva School Eagles … Won state championships in tennis singles (2011, 2012) and cross country (2011) … Three time all-state pick in both cross country (2009, 2010, 2011) and tennis (2010, 2011, 2012) … Lettered in cross country as a senior at Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School ... Helped lead the Greyhounds to the 2012 state championship … In his lone season at Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School, earned all-state, all-region and all-district honors.

PERSONAL
Son of Don and Marianne Ryan … Birthday is May 11 ... An exercise and sport science major.