2015 Cross Country Roster
Ryan Shields
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Rossford, Ohio
- High School:
- St. John's Jesuit
Track & Field Personal Bests (as of June 2015)
Indoor-
800: 1:57.10
1,000: 2:34.67
Outdoor-
800: 1:56.68
1,500: 4:07.78
Steeplechase:Â 10:00.57
2014-15:
All-BIG EAST Conference (Outdoor DMR, 4x800 relay)
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (Jr.): Collected All-BIG EAST accolades with a pair of third-place finishes as a member of two relays at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships, running the opening leg on the DMR team that recorded the No. 9 mark all-time at MU with a time of 9:58.99 and running the second leg on the 4x800-meter relay team (7:42.39).
Outdoor (Jr.): Recorded a top-10 finish at BIG EAST Outdoors in the 1,500 with a time of 3:54.82 ... Collected a trio of top-three during the regular season, including a second-place finish in the 1,500 at the SIU Bill Cornell Spring Classic.
Cross Country (So.): Competed in one meet, finishing 19th at the Bradley 'Pink' Classic with a time of 27:05.6.
2013-14:
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (So.): Ran 800 meters and 1,000 meters during the 2013-2014 indoor campaign ... Recorded a personal-best time of 1:57.10 seconds running 800 meters at the Grand Valley State University meet (Feb. 14) ... Placed sixth running 1,000 meters with a time of 2:36.44 seconds at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (Jan. 25).
Outdoor (So.): Competed in 800 meters, 1,500 meters and steeplechase events in outdoor campaign ... Finished ninth with a personal-best time of 1:56.68 seconds at the Benedictine Twilight (April 25) ... Finished 10th competing in the Steeplechase at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (March 25).
2012-13:
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (Fr.): Competed in the 800 meters and the 1,000 meters during the 2012-13 indoor campaign...Recorded a personal-best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.76 at the Bill Bergan Invite (Jan. 26) ... 2013 Indoor Performance List.
Outdoor (Fr.): Competed in the 800 meters at four meets during the 2013 outdoor campaign... Recorded a new personal-best at the Benedictine Twilight (April 26) in the 800 meters with a time of 1:58.19 ... 2013 Outdoor Performance List.
Cross Country: Did not compete
High School: Shields was a four year letter winner in track and field, and a three year letter winner in cross country (sophomore, junior, senior) at St. John's Jesuit High School ... Named captain of the men's track and field, and cross country team as a senior ... Two-time all-league in track and field ... Named to the Three Rivers Athletic Conference All-Academic team.
Personal: Son of Thomas and Brigid Shields ... Has one sister, Colleen ... Majors in criminology and legal studies.
Championship History
BIG EAST Indoor Championship
2015-
4x800-meter Relay: 3rd (7:42.39, ran first leg w/Aric Miller, Sajdak, Alec Miller)
Distance Medley Relay: 3rd (9:58.99, ran first leg w/Halloway, Sajdak, Haberkorn)
2014-
4x800-meter Relay:Â 7th (7:56.47, ran second leg w/ Corr, Sajdak, Zambrano)
Distance Medley Relay:Â 7th (10:12.41, ran third leg w/ Zambrano, Meinholz, Hennessy)
BIG EAST Outdoor Championship
2015-
1,500-meter Run: 10th (3:54.82)
2014-
4x800-meter relay:Â 4th (7:41.50, ran first leg w/ Rice, Franz, Norland)
