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Indoor -- 2002: Posted his best time of the year in the 3,000-meter run at the North Carolina Elite ... Ran a 8:49.87 ... 2001: Did not compete ... 2000: Ran his first year at Charlotte after transferring from Massachusetts-Lowell ... Posted the 49ers’ second-best time of the year in the 5,000 at the Sprint Invitational with a 15:47.22 time.
Outdoor -- 2002: Finished second in the steeplechase at the Charlotte Invitational with a time of 9:32.79 ... Later placed eighth in the steeplechase at the Conference USA Championships ... 2001: Did not compete ... 2000: Competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase ... Finished fourth with a 9:51.64 time at the Charlotte Invitational, the school’s top time of the year ... Went on to finish 11th at the C-USA Championships.
Cross Country -- 2002: Clinched Charlotte’s first Conference USA title with a 28th-place finish at the league championships ... Ran a 26:10.88 there, his top 8K time of the year ... 2001: Ran in four races for the 49ers ... Finished 35th at the conference championships with a time of 25:13.9, his top time of the year ... 2000: Had his best 8K time of the season at the conference championships, running a 27:00.96 ... Finished as high as 13th, running a 27:03 at the UNC Invitational.
Prep: Won the New York state cross country championship in 1997 ... Also claimed sectional titles in the two mile as a junior and senior and in the one mile as a senior at Starpoint Central ... Finished as the state’s runner-up in the two-mile run as a senior ... Helped lead Starpoint Central to back-to-back cross country league titles ... They also won the sectional championship as a senior.
Personal: Is the son of Robert and Elizabeth Ryan ... Majoring in earth sciences ... Born Feb. 20, 1979.
