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Jacob Ryan - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Jacob Ryan

Position Distance
Class Senior
Hometown Boerne, Texas
High School Boerne Samuel V. Champion HS
Position Distance
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Career Results

2017 Outdoor (Sr.)
Posted a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a time of 9:29.92 … Finished in third-place at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, clocking in at 9:24.80 … Claimed 13th in the 1,500-meter at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-8) with a time of 4:03.59.

2017 Indoor (Sr.)
Finished fifth in the 3,000-meter run at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) with a time of 9:02.18.

2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Sr.)
Compete in all five meets for the Jayhawks … Kicked off the season with a ninth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) after he tallied a 6K time of 19:59.7 … Finished 40th at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) with the help of an 8K time of 26:45.4 … KU’s seventh finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/11) when he tallied a 10K time of 32:40.8 to finish 124th … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2016 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Claimed third in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a personal-best time of 9:27.69 … Placed fourth at the ESU Relays (4/2) after clocking a 3,000-meter Steeplechase time of 9:48.25.

2016 INDOOR (Jr.)
Finished third in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:51.64 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8).

2015 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.) 
Ran in four meets during his first season as a Jayhawk … A member of KU’s squad at the Big 12 Championship (10/31), where he finished 58th overall in an 8K time of 26:26.1 … Opened the season with a 12th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1) by way of his 19:42.2 6K clocking … Took 31st at the Rim Rock Classic (10/3) and posted a season-best 8K mark of 25:06.8.

AT MEMPHIS (2013-15) 
Placed among team’s top-five runners in five meets in 2014 … Finished 34th (26:28) at the American Athletic Conference (ACC) Championships … Also ran in the NCAA South Regional (33:12.8, 10K) … As a freshman, posted a season-best 8K time of 26:11.90 at the 2013 AAC Championships (54th).

HIGH SCHOOL
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 & field … Won state championships in tennis singles (2011, 2012) and cross country (2011) … Three-time all-state in both cross country (2009, 2010, 2011) and tennis (2010, 2011, 2012).

PERSONAL
Son of Don and Marianne Ryan … Grandfather, Robert MacFarlane, ran track at Utah … Uncle, John Gibbons, is the manager for the MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays … Majoring in exercise science.