Ryan Hall (runner)
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Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982 in Big Bear Lake, California) is is an American track and cross-country athlete.
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[edit] Achievement Chronology
- 2003 - 2nd-place at NCAA Cross-Country Championships
- 2005 - NCAA 5,000 m champion
- 2005 - 3rd-place at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
- 2006 - USATF 12 km cross-country champion
- 2006 - U.S. Half Marathon Champion
- 2006 - U.S. 20K Record Holder (57:54). Inaugural IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
- 2007 - U.S. Half Marathon Record Holder (59:43). Aramco Houston Half Marathon in Houston, Texas.
[edit] Personal Best Times
- 5,000 m - 13:16.03 (2005)
- Half Marathon - 59:43 (2007 - Houston; American Record)
[edit] High school
Hall appeared on the running scene as a high school junior. He graduated from high school in the same year as Dathan Ritzenhein and Alan Webb, behind whom he finished in the 2000 Footlocker Cross-Country Championships.
High School: 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 ... In track, the National Scholastic mile champion in his junior season at 4:06 ... The California state champion in the 1600 meters during his senior season with a state record time of 4:02 ... Also won the state title during his junior season in the two-mile at 8:55.0 ... Competed at the Peregrine Systems U.S. Open at Stanford in the 1500 meters (3:42.70) ... Also competed at the 2001 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
[edit] College
His college years at Stanford University were initially marred by injury and inconsistent performances, but Hall emerged in 2003 to lead the Cardinal to the NCAA Cross-Country championship by finishing a close second place in the individual results. His final year saw him win the individual 5,000 m crown on the track from teammate Ian Dobson.
2003 Cross Country Season (Junior): The Pac-10 Cross Country Athlete of the Year ... Led Stanford to victory at the NCAA Championship 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.
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.
[edit] Post-collegiate/professional
In 2006 he won his first national title in the 12k cross-country championships, winning by 27 seconds.
On September 16, 2006, Hall won the Great Cow Harbor 10 km Run in Northport, New York, setting a new course record of 28:22. Hall's road-running success continued when he broke the U.S. 20-kilometer record on October 8, 2006, running 57:54, 48 seconds faster than the previous record run by Abdi Abdirahman in 2005.
On January 14, 2007, Hall won the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon in a time of 59:43, both the 15th best performance of all time at the distance and the 9th best performance on a legal course. The performance also broke the previous American record of 1:00:55, set by Mark Curp on September 15, 1985, in Philadelphia.
[edit] Trivia
Hall married his college girlfriend Sara Bei in September 2005.
Hall's younger brother Chad won the 2006 Footlocker National Cross Country Championships, the de facto national championship for high school cross country runners.
