Completed Event: Cross Country versus Bob Timmons Classic on August 29, 2025 , , Men 2nd | Women 1st
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Men 2nd | Women 1st
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Ryo Higuchi
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Inazawa, Aichi Pref, Japan
- High School:
- Ichinomiya
CAREER STATS
2025 CROSS COUNTRY (R-So.)
Ran in all five meets for Kansas … Opened the season with a personal best 6K at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a time of 18:30.4 to place sixth … Followed up his 6K personal best with an 8K personal best 24:24.6 time at the Gans Creek Classic, finishing 52nd … Crossed the line in 25:11.3 to place 149th at the Missouri Pre-National Invitational … Achieved 45th place at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 24:28.1 … Closed the season with a 32:22.2 10K and 59th place at the NCAA Midwest Regional.
2025 OUTDOOR (So.)
Competed six times for the Jayhawks … Opened the season with a 26th and 13th place finish in the 800 meters (1:51.46) and 1500 meters (3:47.87) … Achieved a personal best 1500 meter run time of 3:46.49 to place sixth at the Stanford Invitational … Helped his team take gold in the 4x800m at the Kansas Relays and finished tenth in the 1500 meter run (3:52.77) … Placed fourth in the 800 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic, finishing in 1:51.24 … Achieved 27th place in the 800 meter run (1:51.59) at the Desert Heat Classic … Closed the season with 1:53.90 and 3:48.45 times in the 800 meter and 1500 meter runs at the Big 12 Championships.
2024-25 INDOOR (So.)
Ran in five meets for Kansas, mostly running the 800 meters and mile … Began the season with a second place finish in the 800 meter run (1:52.68) at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular, also placed seventh with a 4:10.88 mile … Set a personal best mile time of 4:08.05 with a fifth place finish at the Rick McGuire Invitational. Finished fifth in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:51.02 … Placed second in the 800 meter run at the Steve Miller Invitational, finishing in 1:50.21 … Achieved a personal best 800 meters time of 1:49.63 while finishing fifth at the Tyson Invitational … Broke his personal best 1000 meter run time at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships, achieving fourth place with a time of 2:21.51, also competed in the DMR to help Kansas finish fourth.
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (R-Fr.)
Ran five times for the Jayhawks … Set a 6K personal best of 19:05.8 with an 8th place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic … Placed 158th at the Gans Creek Classic with a 25:02.2 8K … Finished 103rd at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals with a 25:19.8 time … Set a new personal best 24:31.9 8K time at the Big 12 Championships, placing 68th … Achieved 95th place at the NCAA XC Midwest Regional Championships with a 31:10.6 10K time.
2024 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Competed in six meets for the Jayhawks … Opened the season in the 800 meter and 1500 meter run at the LSU Battle on the Bayou, placing 25th and 18th, respectively … Ran a 1:51.86 800 meter run to finish eighth at the Jim Click Shootout. Finished fifth in the 1500 meter run with a time of 3:56.20 and also helped Kansas take third in the 4x400 meter relay … Placed fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 1:51.45 and helped Kansas win the 4x800m at the Kansas Relays … Was the runner up in the 800 meter run at the Rock Chalk Invite, crossing the line in 1:53.26 …Achieved 11th place at the Arkansas Twilight 800 meters in 1::50.61 … Placed 17th in the 800 meter run at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a season best 1:50.09 time.
2023-24 INDOOR (Fr.)
Competed in six different events across six meets … Opened the season with three straight wins in the 3000 meter run (8:41.16) and DMR at the Bob Timmons Challenge, as well as an 800 meters (1:54.86) victory at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular … Placed third in the mile at the Black and Gold Invite with a time of 4:11.04 … Finished 13th in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:52.94 and fifth in the 4x400 meter relay at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational … Achieved 17th place in both the 4x400 meter relay and 800 meters (1.52.64) at the Tyson Invitational … Ran a 2:28.31 1000 meter run in the preliminaries at the Big 12 Championships.
2023 CROSS COUNTRY (RS.)
Ran unattached … Ran in three races … Opened the season with a 16th place 19:43.8 6K at the Bob Timmons Classic … Placed 53rd with a 25:26.01 8K at the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invitational … Closed the season with a 121st place finish at the Gans Creek Classic, finishing in 26:20.7.
HIGH SCHOOL
Holds the Owari High School record in the 800 meters and 1500 meters, running to a time of 1:50.27 and 3:53.24. Took third place in the 800 meters at the U18 National Championships.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE KU
"KU has a great middle-distance program. KU also has good training facilities and provides a lot of resources to get better."
PERSONAL
Son of Manabu and Tomomi Higuchi … has three siblings, sister Nao and brothers Shun and Rui … Big 12 Academic First Team member … plans to major in business.
Kansas Cross Country // Rim Rock Classic // 9.29.18
Monday, October 01
Kansas Cross Country // Bob Timmons Classic // 9.1.18
Saturday, September 01
Jayhawks run at NCAA Midwest Regional // Kansas Cross Country // 11.10.17
Saturday, November 11
Jayhawks run at Big 12 Championship // Kansas Cross Country // 10.28.17
Saturday, October 28
