2022-23 Track and Field Roster
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Ryan, Ally
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Ally Ryan
- Position:
- Mid-Distance
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- High School:
- Jenks HS
- Hometown:
- Tulsa, Okla.
Bio
Personal Bests (Entering 2023-24): 600m - 1:33.86 ... 600y - 1:26.17 ... 800m - 2:09.06 ... 1000m - 2:49.73 ... 1500m - 4:22.09 ... Mile - 4:43.75 ... 5K - 18:38.6 ... 6K - 20:21.5
2023-24 (Grad.): Cross Country ... Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Ran a 23:03.8 at the 6K Summit League Championships ... Indoor ... Finished 14th in the mile (5:09.13) at the Summit League Indoor Championships
2022-23 (Grad.): Cross Country ... First Team All-Summit League ... Ran season-best 5K at Greeno/Dirksen Invite with time of 18:38.6, finishing 35th ... Finished 5th at Summit League Championships on Oct. 29 with time of 20:21.5 ... Finished 120th at NCAA Midwest Regional with time of 21:58.0 ... Indoor ... Won 1000m (2:49.93) at Bob Timmons Classic on Dec. 3 ... Won mile (4:48.63) at Crison & Gold Invite on Dec. 10 ... Placed 2nd in 600m (1:33.86) and mile (4:54.78) at Graduate Classic on Jan. 13-14 ... Won 800m with season-best 2:09.06 at Washburn Rust Buster on Jan. 21 ... Took 3rd in mile (4:49.59) at Husker Invite on Feb. 3-4 ... Took 25th in mile at Husky Classic with season-best 4:43.75 on Feb. 10-11 ... Won mile with time of 4:53.46 at Summit Indoor Championships on Feb. 25-26, also placing 6th in 800m (2:18.38) ... Outdoor ... Won 800m (2:11.12) at KT Woodman Classic on Apr. 7-8 ... Placed 8th in 1500m (4:26.19) at Drake Relays on Apr. 26-29 ... Won 1500m race with season-best time of 4:22.09 at Summit Outdoor Championships on May 11-13
2021-22 (Kansas): Made return from injury for indoor track, placing second at Jayhawk Classic 600-yard with 1:26.17 … Ran 800m best at Big 12 Championships with 2:12.22 … In outdoor, ran 1500m best of 4:26.79 and 800m best of 2:09.91 … Finished on podium at Big 12 Championships with 4:30.83 in the 1500m for sixth-place finish
2020-21 (Kansas): Did not participate
2019-20 (Kansas): Took gold in the season-opening Bob Timmons Classic 5K with a time of 18:49.7, leading the Jayhawks to a team victory as well … Placed first overall in the women’s 6K run at the Rim Rock Collegiate Classic with a time of 22:59.3, while leading Kansas to a team victory (31 points) … Ryan is undefeated on her home course this season, as are the Jayhawks … KU’s first finisher at the Pre-National Invitational, crossing the finish line in 21:44.3 to place 129th among a field of 252 of some of the best runners in the nation in the Women’s 6K Blue Race … The Jayhawks’ third runner to cross the finish line at the Big 12 Championship … Her 6K time of 21:57.1 placed her 36th individually, while the women’s team ran to a sixth-place finish.
2018-19 (Kansas): Indoor Academic First Team NCAA All-American … Made debut at Pre-National Invite, finishing 78th overall in the women’s 6K with a time of 21:35.06 … Earned All-Big 12 honors, finishing 12th at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 20:55.1 … Clocked a 21:28.3 at the NCAA Midwest regional to finish 41st … Made her track debut with a first place finish in the 1,000-meter run at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular clocking in with a time of 2:54.55 … Finished with a time of 2:09.98 in the 800-meter run at the ISU Classic … A member of the distance medley relay team that finished third with a combined time of 10:58.31, posting the school record and the No. 7 time in the NCAA this season at the Alex Wilson Invitational … Set personal bests in both the prelims and the finals of the 1,000-meter run, finishing third with a time of 2:49.73 in the finals for the No. 7 performance and becoming the No. 6 performer in KU history at the Big 12 Indoor Championship … Earned Second Team All-America honors as a member of the distance medley relay team that placed 11th at the NCAA Indoor Championships
High School: Earned five letters in cross country and track for Head Coach Clif Mitchell at Jenks HS … Helped Trojans to a 6A state championship in 2015 and a runner-up finish in 2016 … Set Oklahoma state record and state meet record in 800m (2:09.28) in 2017 … Beat Oklahoma state record in 1600m (4:51.55) in 2018 … Broke Jenks HS record in 800m (2:08.74) in 2018 … Named Jim Thorpe Player of the Year and Oklahoma Gatorade Athlete of the Year in 2017 & 2018 … Earned 2018 Tulsa World Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year award … Also earned letters in softball
Personal: Graduated from Kansas in 2022 with degrees in business analytics and exercise science … Earned highest distinction honors in business analytics degree … Born July 29, 1999 … Parents Lisa and Keith Ryan … Has two siblings, Bailey and twin sister Kendall … Favorite movie is Prefontaine - Without Limits … Is a self-proclaimed ‘ultimate track nerd,’ owning track magazine collections and watching/reading running movies/books
Why Kansas City?: “Clif Mitchell, my high school coach who lit my passion for the sport and helped me realize my potential in it, is the new assistant cross country coach. Familiar training styles, as well as familiarity with KC, several close friends and past teammates on the KC squad, and the data science MS program brought me here.”
2023-24 (Grad.): Cross Country ... Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Ran a 23:03.8 at the 6K Summit League Championships ... Indoor ... Finished 14th in the mile (5:09.13) at the Summit League Indoor Championships
2022-23 (Grad.): Cross Country ... First Team All-Summit League ... Ran season-best 5K at Greeno/Dirksen Invite with time of 18:38.6, finishing 35th ... Finished 5th at Summit League Championships on Oct. 29 with time of 20:21.5 ... Finished 120th at NCAA Midwest Regional with time of 21:58.0 ... Indoor ... Won 1000m (2:49.93) at Bob Timmons Classic on Dec. 3 ... Won mile (4:48.63) at Crison & Gold Invite on Dec. 10 ... Placed 2nd in 600m (1:33.86) and mile (4:54.78) at Graduate Classic on Jan. 13-14 ... Won 800m with season-best 2:09.06 at Washburn Rust Buster on Jan. 21 ... Took 3rd in mile (4:49.59) at Husker Invite on Feb. 3-4 ... Took 25th in mile at Husky Classic with season-best 4:43.75 on Feb. 10-11 ... Won mile with time of 4:53.46 at Summit Indoor Championships on Feb. 25-26, also placing 6th in 800m (2:18.38) ... Outdoor ... Won 800m (2:11.12) at KT Woodman Classic on Apr. 7-8 ... Placed 8th in 1500m (4:26.19) at Drake Relays on Apr. 26-29 ... Won 1500m race with season-best time of 4:22.09 at Summit Outdoor Championships on May 11-13
2021-22 (Kansas): Made return from injury for indoor track, placing second at Jayhawk Classic 600-yard with 1:26.17 … Ran 800m best at Big 12 Championships with 2:12.22 … In outdoor, ran 1500m best of 4:26.79 and 800m best of 2:09.91 … Finished on podium at Big 12 Championships with 4:30.83 in the 1500m for sixth-place finish
2020-21 (Kansas): Did not participate
2019-20 (Kansas): Took gold in the season-opening Bob Timmons Classic 5K with a time of 18:49.7, leading the Jayhawks to a team victory as well … Placed first overall in the women’s 6K run at the Rim Rock Collegiate Classic with a time of 22:59.3, while leading Kansas to a team victory (31 points) … Ryan is undefeated on her home course this season, as are the Jayhawks … KU’s first finisher at the Pre-National Invitational, crossing the finish line in 21:44.3 to place 129th among a field of 252 of some of the best runners in the nation in the Women’s 6K Blue Race … The Jayhawks’ third runner to cross the finish line at the Big 12 Championship … Her 6K time of 21:57.1 placed her 36th individually, while the women’s team ran to a sixth-place finish.
2018-19 (Kansas): Indoor Academic First Team NCAA All-American … Made debut at Pre-National Invite, finishing 78th overall in the women’s 6K with a time of 21:35.06 … Earned All-Big 12 honors, finishing 12th at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 20:55.1 … Clocked a 21:28.3 at the NCAA Midwest regional to finish 41st … Made her track debut with a first place finish in the 1,000-meter run at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular clocking in with a time of 2:54.55 … Finished with a time of 2:09.98 in the 800-meter run at the ISU Classic … A member of the distance medley relay team that finished third with a combined time of 10:58.31, posting the school record and the No. 7 time in the NCAA this season at the Alex Wilson Invitational … Set personal bests in both the prelims and the finals of the 1,000-meter run, finishing third with a time of 2:49.73 in the finals for the No. 7 performance and becoming the No. 6 performer in KU history at the Big 12 Indoor Championship … Earned Second Team All-America honors as a member of the distance medley relay team that placed 11th at the NCAA Indoor Championships
High School: Earned five letters in cross country and track for Head Coach Clif Mitchell at Jenks HS … Helped Trojans to a 6A state championship in 2015 and a runner-up finish in 2016 … Set Oklahoma state record and state meet record in 800m (2:09.28) in 2017 … Beat Oklahoma state record in 1600m (4:51.55) in 2018 … Broke Jenks HS record in 800m (2:08.74) in 2018 … Named Jim Thorpe Player of the Year and Oklahoma Gatorade Athlete of the Year in 2017 & 2018 … Earned 2018 Tulsa World Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year award … Also earned letters in softball
Personal: Graduated from Kansas in 2022 with degrees in business analytics and exercise science … Earned highest distinction honors in business analytics degree … Born July 29, 1999 … Parents Lisa and Keith Ryan … Has two siblings, Bailey and twin sister Kendall … Favorite movie is Prefontaine - Without Limits … Is a self-proclaimed ‘ultimate track nerd,’ owning track magazine collections and watching/reading running movies/books
Why Kansas City?: “Clif Mitchell, my high school coach who lit my passion for the sport and helped me realize my potential in it, is the new assistant cross country coach. Familiar training styles, as well as familiarity with KC, several close friends and past teammates on the KC squad, and the data science MS program brought me here.”
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