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2017 Men's Outdoor Track Roster

Ryan Thompson

  • Event Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Slippery Rock, Pa.
  • High School Slippery Rock

Biography

TFRRS Performance List

Personal: Son of Dee and Raymond Thompson … Majoring in Safety Management.

2017 (Outdoor): Competed in five meets ... Had five top-five finishes (with two first place finishes) ... Placed second in the 1500m with a time of 3:53.18 at the PSAC Championships ... Placed second in the 800m with a time of 1:52.04 at the PSAC Championships ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2016-17 (Indoor): Competed in five meets ... Had seven top five finishes (with two first place finishes) ... Helped SRU place second in the DMR with a time of 10:14.81 at the PSAC Championships ... Placed third in the 3000m with a time of 8:33.94 at the PSAC Championships ... Placed first in the Mile with a time of 4:11.40 at the PSAC Championships ... Recorded a time of 4:14.50 in the Mile at the NCAA DII Championships ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2016 (Outdoor): All-Region Team … Qualified for the PSAC Outdoor Championships in the 800-meter run and the 1,500-meter run … Placed third in the 800 with a career-best time of 1:52.91 and third in the 1,500 with a time of 3:57.80 … Also part of the fifth place 4x800-meter relay team at the PSAC Championships (7:54.10) … Placed second in the 800 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a time of 1:56.10 … Ran a career-best time in the 1,500 at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 3:52.13.

2015-16 (Indoor): Competed in seven meets … Qualified for the PSAC Indoor Championships in the 800-meter run and the mile … Part of the PSAC Runner-Up distance medley relay team that broke the nine-year old program record with a time of 10:08.19 … Was Runner-Up in the mile at the PSAC Indoor Championships with a time of 4:21.11, while he was 12th in the 800m (1:57.84) … Ran a career-best time of 4:15.81 to win the mile at the SPIRE Midwest Indoor Open … Won the 800-meter run at the Youngstown State National Invited with a season-best time of 1:53.87 … Had eight top-10 finishes.

2015 (Outdoor): Placed first at the Dave Labor Invitational in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:55.16 ... Set a personal-best in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:57.46.

2014-15 (Indoor): Earned All-Region honor after running the leadoff leg (1,200m) of the PSAC championship distance medley relay that posted a time of 10:26.95 ... Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the 800-meter run placing 11th (1:58.73), helped the 4x800-meter relay to a fifth place finish (8:05.60), and earned All-PSAC honor while helping the distance medley relay to a first place finish (10:26.95) ... finished fifth in the 800m at the Kent State Tune-Up with a season best time of 1:55.89 ... Ran a season-best time in the mile at the SPIRE Midwest Indoor T&F Open (4:21.33) ... Had seven top ten finishes.

2014 (Outdoor): Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the 3000m steeple chase placing 14th (10:20.68) and helped the 4x800m relay get 4th (7:56.70) ... Reached a personal best in the 3000m steeple chase at Costal Carolina Invitational (9:43.39) and a personal best in the 800m and a PSAC qualifying time at the SRU Open (1:57.00).

2013-14 (Indoor): Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the mile and placed 10th (4:22.75) and helped the 4x800m relay time place 2nd (7:51.29) ... Had five top ten finishes ... Reached a personal best in the mile (4:21.19).

2013 (XC):  Competed in all seven meets ... Helped SRU place fifth at Regionals (82nd place 33:45) ... Helped men place 5th at PSAC Championships (60th place 27:37) ... Finished 4th at the SRU Invitational (27:19) ... Finished 15th at the Mack Cooper Classic (27:05).

Track (2012-13): Did not compete.

2012 (XC): Competed in five races ... Finished 71st in his first PSAC Championships race (27:56) ... Finished 23rd at the SRU Invitational (28:16) ... Finished in the top five for SRU runners and 16th overall at the Daniel Walker Invite (27:45).

High School: A three sport athlete at Slippery Rock High School … Lettered four times in both track and field and cross country, as well as lettering three times in basketball … Was all-district in the 1,600m and 800m his senior year … Set school record in 800m and the 4x800m relay … Placed eighth at the AAA state championships in 2012 … Was a state qualifier and First Team All-District in cross country his senior year.  

 
Ryan Thompson's Personal Bests
Event Indoor Outdoor
800m 1:53.87 1:52.04
1,500m - 3:46.34
Mile 4:05.72 -
3,000m 8:27.92
3,000S - 9:43.39

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

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  • 2014Junior

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  • 2015Junior

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  • 2016Senior

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  • 2017Senior

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