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Track & Field

Player Bio: Ryan Hall

  Ryan Hall
Class:
RS Senior
Hometown:
Big Bear Lake, CA
High School:
Big Bear
Event:
Middle Distances
Birthdate:
10/14/1982
Honors:
Four-time All-American

Stanford: Three-time cross country All-American returns for his junior year as one of the premier distance runners in the United States.

2004 Track & Field Season (Sophomore): Ran a personal best and NCAA West Regional qualifying time of 13:45.00 in the 5000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays, the eighth-fastest time in Stanford history ... Hampered by injuries that ended his season abruptly.

2003 Track & Field Season (Freshman): Ran a season best of 3:43.37 in the 1500 meters at the Cardinal Invitational ... A Pac-10 Championship and NCAA West Regional finalist in the 1500 meters.

2002 Track & Field Season: Redshirted outdoors and indoors.

2004 Cross Country Season (Senior): The NCAA West Regional Athlete of the Year ... Finished first at the NCAA West Regional Championships ... Placed second at the Pac-10 Championships ... Led Stanford to the Pac-10 and NCAA West Regional Championship titles ... Named All-American for the third consecutive season after placing 26th at the NCAA Championships ... The individual champion at the Pre-NCAA's ... A first team All Pac-10 selection.

2003 Cross Country Season (Junior): The Pac-10 Cross Country Athlete of the Year ... Led Stanford to victory at the NCAA Championships with a runner-up finish ... Named All-American for a second consecutive year ... Placed second at the NCAA West Regional and the Pre-NCAA's ... The Stanford Invitational 4000 meter champion.

2002 Cross Country Season (Sophomore): Earned All-American honors by finishing 37th at the NCAA Championships ... Finished first at the Stanford Invitational 4000 meter race (11:49) and the Notre Dame Invitational Blue race (6000 meters, 24:10) ... Placed eighth at the Pac-10 Championships and ninth at the NCAA West Regional ... Named first team All Pac-10 and earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors.

2001 Cross Country Season (Freshman): Finished first at the Murray Keatinge Invitational in his collegiate cross country debut, leading the Cardinal to the team title ... Was third in the Stanford Invitational short course while competing as an unattached runner ... Ran at the Pac-10 Championships to help lead the Cardinal to victory and participated at the NCAA Championships.

High School: Competed at the Peregrine Systems U.S. Open at Stanford in the 1500 meters where he ran 3:42.70, the third fastest high school performance ever for the metric mile ... The California state champion in the 1600 meters during his senior season with a state record time of 4:02 ... Had the #2 high school time in the U.S. in the 1600 meters at 4:00.52 ... The National Scholastic mile champion in his junior season at 4:06 ... Also won the state title during his junior season in the two-mile at 8:55.03 ... The California state cross country champion during his junior and senior seasons at Big Bear High School ... Finished third at the Footlocker Nationals in Orlando during his senior season ... Also set the Mt. SAC Relays course record in 2000.

Cardinal Catalogue: Sociology major ... A 2002 Pac-10 All-Academic cross country selection ... Parents are Mickey and Susie Hall ... Born October 14, 1982.

Collegiate Career Bests: 1500 meters (3:43.37); 5000 meters (13:45.00)