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2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

Molli Kaptein

Ryan Thompson

Ryan Thompson

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Major:
    Physical Education
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Anaheim Hills, Calif.
  • High School:
    Canyon
  • Previous School:
    Canyon HS

Summary

Biography

2019
• Earned second place at the Biola Invitational with his best 8k time of the season (25:21)
• Helped the Eagles to their second-straight PacWest Conference title
• Named First Team All-PacWest with a third-place finish at the conference championship meet (25:53)
• Earned a top-100 finish in NCAA Regionals and a top-150 finish in NCAA Nationals
• Appeared in six meets for the Eagles
• Helped Biola to NCAA Division II/USTFCCCA All-Academic honors

2018
• Did not compete in any events

2017
• Earned NCCAA All-American honors with a fifth-place finish at the NCCAA National Championship (25:44)
• Helped the team to a team national title at that meet
• Earned All-PacWest honors with a 15th-place finish at the PacWest Championship meet (26:04)
• Named NCCAA Male Runner of the Week on Sept. 11
• Appeared in five meets for the Eagles
• Logged a season-best 25:16 at the Biola Invitational

2016
• Earned All-GSAC honors for the second year in a row with an eighth-place finish at the conference championship (25:03)
• Appeared in six races for the Eagles, posting the team's best time twice
• He ran a 24:51 during the season-opening Biola Invitational, which turned out to be the fastest time of the season by any Biola runner
• Finished inside of the Eagles' top-3 in each race he competed in

2015
• Earned All-GSAC status with a 6th-place finish at the conference meet (26:19)
• Appeared in six meets for the Eagles
• Finished with the second-best time on the team four different times
• Ran his season-best 8k at the Santa Clara Bronco Invite (25:37)
• Finished 224th overall at the NAIA National Championship meet (27:06)

HIGH SCHOOL
• Prepped four varsity seasons at Canyon HS in Anaheim Hills, Calif., graduating in 2015
• A part of the school's first boy's cross country team to advance to state
• Led his team to back-to-back 4th-place finishes at the state meet
• Led the Comanches to a second-place league finish
• Earned all-league, team MVP, coach's award, Comanche Award, leadershop award and rookie of the year honors
• Was a scholar-athlete

PERSONAL
• Born Aug. 7, 1996 to Greg and Lilli Thompson
• Has two older siblings (Katie and Emily)
• Enjoys running, hiking, biking, reading and building
• Majoring in kinesiology, with hopes of a career as a firefighter, coach or pastor
• Favorite Bible Verse: Jeremiah 29:11/1 Peter 4:10-11
• Why I Chose Biola: "I felt a strong draw to the community and people I have met at Biola. I strongly value Biola's foundation of faith, and I feel God guided me to my new home."

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