Ryan Root
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Hometown: Champaign, IL
Place of Birth: Riverside, CA Date of Birth: 10.30.91 High School: Centennial Alma Mater: North Central College Graduation Date: March, 2015 Major: Journalism College Coach: Al Carius |
Collegiate Personal Bests
3,000 m (indoor) - 8:26:19 3,000 m Steeplechase - 9:03.64 5,000 m (indoor track) - 14:34.76 8K XC - 24:05 Post-collegiate Personal Bests 5,000 m - 14:37.62 5K (road) - 15:04 10K (road) 30:48 15K - 47:32 Half Marathon - 1:07:03 Marathon - 2:23:32 Honors & Highlights NCAA DIII All American in 3000m Steeplechase 5th @ 2015 NCAA DIII Championships in 3000m Steeplechase 10th @ 2014 NCAA DIII Indoor Championships in 5,000 |
Ryan Root joined the program after a year as a volunteer coach at the University of Illinois. The graduate of North Central College (IL) and a member of their outstanding distance program, had goals of improving his performance in the marathon. After a lower leg injury hindered his training in the fall of 2016, Ryan had a stellar 2017 campaign. He began with a runner-up finish in the big Greenville New Run Downtown 5K, before running a personal best Columbia, SC's MCG Long Run 15K (47:32) in finishing second. In his next race he placed second for the third consecutive race with a huge personal best of 1:07:03 in the GHS Half Marathon in Greenville. In a rare track appearance he just missed his collegiate PB in the 5,000 meters as he ran 14:37.62 to place third in the 49er Classic at Charlotte University. He then ran a personal best for a road 10K with an excellent 30:48 performance for (you guessed it) second place in the TD Bank Reedy River Run over a hilly route. After placing 19th in the USA 25K Championships in Grand Rapid, MI, Ryan ran a personal best of 2:23:32 to place 22nd in the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, MN. That knocked over three minutes from his previous PB. Ryan opted out of his contract at the end of June to accept a graduate assistant coaching position at the University of Tulsa. Ryan has continued to develop and now boasts a marathon PB of 2:16:45.
Performances
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01.21.17
02.04.17 02.25.17 03.17.17 04.07.17 04.22.17 05.13.17 06.17.17 |
Greenville News Run Downtown, Greenville, SC
MGC Long Run, Colulmbia, SC GHS Half Marathon, Greenville, SC 49er Classic, Charlotte, NC Tennessee Relays, Knoxville, TN TD Bank Reedy River Run, Greenville, SC USATF 25K Championships, Grand Rapids, MI Grandma's Marathon, Duluth, MN |
5K (road)
15K (road) 13.1 Miles 5,000m 5,000m 10K (road) 25K (road) Marathon |
15:04
47:32 1:07:03 14:37.62 14:49.13 30:48 1:23:08 2:23:32 |
2nd
2nd 2nd 3rd 21st 2nd 19th 22nd |
