2014 Cross Country Roster
Roster

Jacob Ryan
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- Boerne, Texas
- High School:
- Boerne Samuel V. Champion HS
SENIOR (2016)
Compete in all five meets for the Jayhawks … Kicked off the season with a ninth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) after he tallied a 6K time of 19:59.7 … Finished 40th at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) with the help of an 8K time of 26:45.4 … KU’s seventh finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/11) when he tallied a 10K time of 32:40.8 to finish 124th … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
JUNIOR (2015)
Ran in four meets during his first season as a Jayhawk … A member of KU’s squad at the Big 12 Championship (10/31), where he finished 58th overall in an 8K time of 26:26.1 … Opened the season with a 12th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1) by way of his 19:42.2 6K clocking … Took 31st at the Rim Rock Classic (10/3) and posted a season-best 8K mark of 25:06.8.
AT MEMPHIS (2013-15)
Placed among team’s top-five runners in five meets in 2014 … Finished 34th (26:28) at the American Athletic Conference (ACC) Championships … Also ran in the NCAA South Regional (33:12.8, 10K) … As a freshman, posted a season-best 8K time of 26:11.90 at the 2013 AAC Championships (54th).
HIGH SCHOOL
Competed at both Geneva School of Boerne (1A Private School, TAPPS) and Boerne Samuel V. Champion High School (4A Public School, UIL) in Boerne, Texas … At Geneva School of Boerne, ran cross country and track & field … Won state championships in tennis singles (2011, 2012) and cross country (2011) … Three-time all-state in both cross country (2009, 2010, 2011) and tennis (2010, 2011, 2012).
PERSONAL
Son of Don and Marianne Ryan … Grandfather, Robert MacFarlane, ran track at Utah … Uncle, John Gibbons, is the manager for the MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays … Majoring in exercise science.