The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2008 Men's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Ryan Wilson
- Position:
- Distances
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 155
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Wichita, Kan.
- High School:
- Wichita Heights
Honors
· Two-time All-Big 12
Collegiate (or Career) Bests: 1,500 (3:58.65), 2,000-meter steeplechase (5:47.40), 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:54.77)
Scouting Wilson: Finishing his final season of track and field after walking on to the Forty Acres in Fall of 2002... NCAA regional qualifier in the 3,000-meter steeplechase... one of two Longhorns to garner Academic All-Big 12 Cross Country First Team honors.
2007-08
Cross Country (Redshirt Senior)
· Registered a 10K time of 34:00.2 at the NCAA Championships to finish 246th overall and seventh for Texas.
· Ran the Bear Invitational 6K in 19:35.9 and placed 31st overall.
· Finished 49th overall in a season-best time of 25:56 at the Blue Ridge Invitational.
· Took fourth overall and second for UT at the Appalachian State vs. Texas B 5K race (22:57).
2006-07
Outdoor (Senior)
· Scored a point with a seventh-place finish (9:01.18) at the NCAA Midwest Region Championship.
· Garnered All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish in the steeplechase (9:09.47).
· Met the NCAA regional qualifying time on four occasions.
· Ran a season-best time of 8:52.68 and finished 10th at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational.
· Runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:55.33) at the Texas Relays.
· Finished second in 8:59.55 at the Texas Twilight.
· Captured the 2000-meter steeplechase (5:48.21) at the Texas Invitational.
· Finished 24th at the Hurricane Invitational in the 800-meter run running 1:58.89.
· Ran 3:57.16 for sixth place in the 1500 meter run at the Hurricane Invitational.
Indoor (Senior)
· Took 11th place at the Big 12 Championship in the 5000-meter run clocked at 14:34.20... added a second performance, running a season best of 8:28.32 in the 3000-meter run for 20th place.
· Had the fifth fastest 3000 time of 8:33.57 at the NYC Gotham Cup and sixth fastest 5,000-meter mark (14:42.01) at the New Balance Collegiate.
Cross Country (Redshirt Senior)
· Completed the 8,000-meter course in 26:11.20 at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships.
· Took seventh for Texas and 28th overall in 31:33.80 at the NCAA South Central Region Championships.
· Was the first UT harrier and 12th overall runner to cross the finish line at the Williamette Invitational in a time of 24:45.40.
· Placed 10th at the UT Invitational, running 19:52.14 over the four-mile course.
2005-06
Outdoor (Junior)
· Claimed the 3000m steeplechase with a NCAA regional and personal-best time of 8:54.77 at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational.
· Placed eighth in the 3000m steeplechase (9:09.90) at the Big 12 Championships.
· Took sixth in a NCAA regional time of 9:03.29 at the Texas Relays.
· Placed fifth (5:47.40) in the 2000m steeplechase at the Texas Twilight and sixth (5:56.10) at the Texas Invitational.
· Took fifth place in the 1500m (3:58.65) at the Hurricane Invitational.
Indoor (Junior)
· Placed sixth in the 3000m (8:53.87) at the Houston Indoor Opener.
Cross Country (Redshirt Junior)
· Took second at the Texas State Invitational (8K) in 26:09 and placed 19th at the Blue Ridge Invitational (8K) in 25:44.
· Captured fourth at the State Farm Cross Country Open (3.5 miles) in 25:36 and took 59th place at the Big 12 Championships (8K) in 25:52.
2004-05
Outdoor (Sophomore)
· Placed 14th in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Big 12 Championships in 9:16.59.
· Clocked a personal-best time of 9:11.64 for second place at the Oregon Invitational
· Captured the event at the Texas Relays in 9:20.92.
· Participated in the Texas Invitational, placing fifth in the 2000-meter steeplechase in 6:05.46 and 19th in the 800m with a personal-best time of 2:02.62.
Indoor (Sophomore)
· Trained with the UT cross country team but did not compete in any varsity races.
Cross Country (Redshirt Sophomore)
· Took second at the Texas State Invitational (8K) in 26:09 and placed 19th at the Blue Ridge Invitational (8K) in 25:44.
· Was fourth at the State Farm Cross Country Open (3.5 miles) in 25:36.
· Took 59th place at the Big 12 Championship (8K) in 25:52.
2003-04
Outdoor (Freshman)
· Did not see action in any meets for the Longhorns.
Indoor (Freshman)
· Posted a personal-best of 8:55.14 (3,000m) at the Houston Indoor.
Cross Country (Redshirt Freshman)
· Trained with the UT cross country team but did not compete in any varsity races.
2002-03
Cross Country (Freshman)
· Opened his intercollegiate career with a fifth-place performance at the Texas State Invitational, clearing the 8K course in 27:27.
· At the next meet, the Texas State Cross Country Classic, ran 26:48 for 10th place in helping the Longhorns to the race championship.
· Competed in his final meet of the 2002 season, running 28:52 for 48th overall at the Sam Houston State Invitational.
Prior to Texas
· Two-time All-American in the 2,000m steeplechase at Wichita Heights High School in Wichita, Kan under coaches Steve Crosley and Dena Kelly... earned Greater Wichita Athletic All-League honors all four years.
· Four-time state qualifier and three-time medalist in cross country and also a three-time state qualifier in track at WHHS.
· Won two consecutive 1,600-meter Kansas state championships in his final two seasons and finished as the runner-up at the state cross country championship.
· Won the 1,600m and 3,200m at the state meet as a junior and also won the state cross country title.
· Posted top prep marks of 1:56.8 in the 800m, 4:19.3 in the 1,600 m, 9:26 in the 3,200m and 5:58 in the 2,000m steeplechase
· Also competed for the Andover Track Club under Gwen Polenz and Randy Hasenbank
· Member of the Honor Roll and Business Professionals of America
Personal
Born Nov. 16, 1984 in Wichita, Kan. ... father, Don, ran track at Wichita State in the late 1970s and grandfather, Herm Wilson, ran track at Kansas State and coached at Wichita State in the 1970s and 80s ... studying in the Professional Program in Accounting ... named to the 2005-06 Academic All-Big 12 First Team in track and field and the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Academic All-Big 12 First Teams in cross country ... named to the Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll.
