Alex Ryan

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Aurora, Colo.
High School:
Smoky Hill

2013: Competed in six meets over the course of the season...Scored for The Hall with a 27^th-overall finish at the Monmouth XC Kickoff (8/31)...Clocked in at the 18:08.54 mark (36^th) at the 4K St. John[apos]s-Hofstra Fall Festival (9/7)...Completed the 6K course at the Delaware Invitational in 27:26.45 (9/14)...Placed one spot outside the top-30 with a 5K time of 23:53.90 at the UMES Cappy Anderson Invitational (9/21)...Ranked seventh on the team with a time of 22:39.18 at the 5K Metropolitan Championships (10/11)...Registered a 6K time of 28:04.31 at the Leopard Invitational (10/19)

2012: Competed in all nine meets for the Pirates... Placed in the top-five for the team in five out of nine meets... Ran best 4K with a time of 16.39.8 at the Monmouth XC Kickoff... Ran best 5K with a time of 20.09.24 at the UMES Cappy Anderson Invitational... Ran best 6K with a time of 25.18 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships at Penn State University... Ran a BIG EAST Championship 6K time of 27.22.86 at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y.

High School/Personal: Attended Smoky Hill High School in Aurora, Colo...Lettered three times in track and field and cross country respectively and competed for four years as a member of the varsity swim team...Elected swim team captain her senior year...A state qualifier in cross country during her junior and senior seasons...Helped cross country to 11^th place finish at the state championships as a sophomore...Part of 4 x 800 team that finished first at the Centennial League Championships in 2010 and 2011 followed by a ninth place finish at the state championships in 2012...National Honor Society member...Born Jul. 1, 1994.