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2016 Men's Cross Country Roster

Ryan Leahy

Ryan Leahy

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    St. Joseph, Mich.
  • High School:
    St. Joseph

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights
  • Second Team All-Horizon League (2014)
  • 3x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2014, 2015, 2016)
  • 2x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2014, 2015)
  • 2x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2015, 2016)
  • Horizon League Fall All-Academic Team (2014)

Career Best
  • 5k: 16:24 at 2013 Golden Grizzly Open
  • 6k: 19:31 at 2014 Golden Grizzly Open
  • 4-Mile: 21:41 at 2014 Running Fit - Detroit Titan Invitational
  • 8k: 25:25 at 2014 Horizon League Championships
  • 10k: 32:46 at 2014 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships

2016
  • Did not participate in any races on the year...

2015
  • Did not run in any races due to injuries

2014
  • Shared the team's Student-Athlete Award
  • Returned from a redshirt season to run in the scoring five in all seven races on the season
  • Started the year with an eighth-place finish at the Golden Grizzly Open in 19:31
  • Earned 36th at the National Catholic Championship 26:14
  • Placed 13th in 25:25 to make the All-Horizon League Second Team at the Horizon League Championship, a new career best for him by 22 seconds as he set a personal record in the 8k for the fourth-straight race
  • Was 138th in 32:46 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship, his first career 10k race

2013
  • Took part in three races before an injury ended his season
  • Started the year by placing eighth in the Golden Grizzly Open in 16:24
  • Was 46th at the 27th Annual Running Fit-Detroit Titan Invitational with a time of 23:13

High School
  • A four year letter winner in cross country and track and field for St. Joseph High School
  • In cross country, he was a four-time Division 2 state finals qualifier taking 41st in 2010 and 2011, while helping his team to four top-10 finishes, including runner-up as a junior
  • He is fifth in school history with a time of 15:44 in the 5k
  • In track and field, he qualified for the state championships in the 1600-meters and 3200m as a senior and the 3200m as a junior
  • Tabbed All-Conference in cross country and track and field on three occasions
  • Named Academic All-State four times
  • A member of the National Honor Society

Personal
  • Son of Julie and Joe Leahy
  • Has a younger brother
  • A pre-med major

Career Finishes
2014 Results

Aug. 29 - Golden Grizzly Open (Oakland University campus - Rochester Hills, MI) - 19:31 - 8th
Sept. 6 - 28th Annual Running Fit - Detroit Titan Invitational (Cass Benton Park - Northville, MI) - 21:41 – 30th
Sept. 19 - National Catholic Championships (UND Cross Country Course - South Bend, IN) - 26:14 – 36th
Oct. 4 - Greater Louisville Classic (EP "Tom" Sawyer Park - Louisville, KY) - 26:11 - 162nd
Oct. 18 - Canisius Alumni Classic (Delaware Park - Buffalo, NY) - 25:47 - 7th
Nov. 1 - Horizon League Championships (Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course - Kenosha, WI) - 25:25 - 13th
Nov. 14 - NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course - Verona, WI) - 32:46 - 138th

2013 Results
Aug. 30 - Golden Grizzly Open (Oakland University campus - Rochester Hills, MI) - 16:24 - 8th
Sept. 7 - 27th Annual Running Fit - Detroit Titan Invitational (Cass Benton Park - Northville, MI) - 23:13 – 46th
Sept. 20 - National Catholic Championships (UND Cross Country Course - South Bend, IN)  - DNF

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