Ryan Watson Season 2022

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 1000m – 2:27.66, Mile – 4:04.83, 3000m – 8:04.85, 5000m – 14:26.01, 6K (XC) – 17:48.5, 8K (XC) – 24:37.1, 10K (XC) – 30:19.7
 
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
 
AWARDS
1x Big Ten Athlete of the Week (’23 XC)
 
2023 Cross Country
Season: Ran in six meets for the Nittany Lions, finishing in the top three on the Penn State men’s team in all but one meet…Capped off his first cross country season with a 26^th-place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships.
 
Dolan Duals (9/1):  Made his cross country debut, winning the Dolan Duals with a 17:48.5 in the 6K race…Won the Big Ten Cross Country Athlete of the Week for his efforts. Lehigh Paul Short Run (9/30): Posted a 24:37.1, setting his 8K PR, to finish 36^th overall and third on the Nittany Lions, helping his team to a fifth-place finish. Big Ten Championships (10/27): In his first conference meet, Watson clocked a 25:43.7 to place 35^th in the Big Ten. Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (11/10): Finished 26^th in the region in his first NCAA meet, stopping the clock in 30:19.7…Finished third on the team in the 10K race, helping the Nittany Lions secure fourth in the region.
 
2023 Outdoor
Season: Made his collegiate debut in the 5K.
 
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Ran a 14:26.01 in the 5K to finish 13^th overall in his first collegiate competition.
 
2023 Indoor
Season: Did not compete.
 
2022 Cross Country
Season: Did not compete.
 
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 800m - 1:57*, 1000m - 2:30*, 1600m - 4:16*, 3200m - 9:06*, 5k - 15:30*
*indicates school record

Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field at Justice High School...Named track team captain three times 2019-22 and cross country captain twice 2020-22...Chosen cross country and track team MVP twice each 2020-22...Named to Virginia All-State team three times in cross country 2020-22...Received Virginia All-State honors for indoor 1600m and 3200m three times 2020-22 and twice in outdoor in the same events 2020-21...Chosen indoor district track athlete of the year three times 2020-22...Placed runner up in the state 1600m race in 2022...Accumulated five top-seven finishes in the state across indoor and outdoor 1600m and 3200m and cross country events in high school career. 

PERSONAL
Parents are Stacey and Agnus Watson...Has one brother: Dylan...Intends to major in business...Born in Virginia.