Friday Morning

Friday morning brought the prelims for the 1500m. Shown here on the second lap, in sixth place, Ryan eventually moved up and took second in his heat with a 4:20.57. His time placed him third seed for the finals.

Thursday

Ryan ran the prelims for the 800m, finishing first in his heat with a 2:07.07. Shown here with 250m to go, he starts his kick.

Wednesday

We arrived in Chicago Tuesday morning, and Wednesday made it out to Lisle to get a feel for the track and meet atmosphere. Ryan got a couple laps in on the track, and said it was a fast one.

Final Day of USATF Nationals

Sunday brought Virginia-like weather to Lisle, and two southern boys rocked the field in the 1500m. Ryan took second to Bailey Roth, from Atlanta. Ryan ran a smart race, taking another five seconds off his previous PR for a 4:15.78.
Final medal total was two seconds and a fifth. He dropped his 800 time six seconds, and 1500 time almost eleven seconds. He increased his TJ mark by almost a foot.
Good to be home, and congrats to Ryan.

USATF Nationals - Day3

Saturday brought the heat and the finals of the 800m. Ryan finished second, .29 seconds off the first place time. He shaved six seconds from Thursday's PR, with a new PR of 2:01.56.

USATF Nationals - Day 2

Friday was another incredible day at the Outdoor Championships. In the morning, Ryan ran the semis for the 1500m. Going in seeded 6th, Ryan placed second in his heat. His time of 4:20.57 moved him up to 3rd seed in the finals, and took over four seconds off his PR.
Friday afternoon brought the triple jump, and Ryan started as tenth seed. After prelims, he made the finals and was re-seeded as 6th. His final jump of 10.53m (~34'7" & PR) landed him on the medal podium as 5th in the nation. Ryan nailed all 6 jumps without a scratch.

USATF Outdoor Championships

Greetings from Chicago. Ryan's first day of competition was awesome, running in the semis of the 800m. Seeded third going in, Ryan finished with a PR 2:07.07 and will go into Saturday's finals seeded second.