2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Ryan Croson
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bothell, Wash.
- High School:
- Bothell
2018 MPSFย 4x400mย Relay Champion
2017 Pac-12 4x400m Relay Third-Place
2018: Helped both Husky relays qualify for the NCAA West Preliminaries outdoors while indoors he broke into the UW top-10 list in the 400-meters and anchored UW to an MPSF 4x4 title โฆ outdoors, anchored the 4x400m relay to a fourth-place Pac-12 Championship finish in a season-best 3:08.81 and ran on 4x100m relay that placed sixth in 41.25 โฆ at West Prelims, 4x400m took 21st in 3:08.91 and 4x100m relay was 14th in 40.50, just missing an NCAA final site spot by two places โฆ was third leg on 4x100m relay that ran season-best 40.16 to win the UW-WSU Dual and qualify for West Prelims โฆ second in the UW-WSU Dual 400-meters in 47.58 โฆ a wind-aided 200m best of 21.33 at the Trojan Invitational โฆ a wind-legal 200m PR of 21.41 at the Ken Shannon Invitational โฆ part of winning 4x400m relay at Pepsi Team Invite in 3:13.31 and third in the 400m in 48.63 โฆ indoors, had a great season capped off by anchoring the 4x4 to the MPSF title in 3:09.57, the sixth-fastest time in school history โฆ took fourth in the MPSF 400-meters in a lifetime-best of 46.84, going to No. 5 in school history โฆ also anchored 4x4 to a win at the Don Kirby Invite in 3:09.68, No. 7 in school history โฆ ran a 46.97 at the Don Kirby, converted for altitude to 47.08 โฆ won the UW Invitational 400-meters in 47.29 seconds.
2017: Posted the top 400-meter times on the team indoors and out and helped the 4x400m relay squad advance to NCAA West Preliminaries โฆ lowered his PR in the 400-meters to 47.54 at the Beach Invitational, taking the victory โฆ had one of the most memorable moments of the season as he anchored the 4x400-meter relay which edged Washington State in the Dual Meet to clinch the team victory in Seattle โฆ anchored the 4x4 relay at the Pac-12 Championships which finished third in a season-best time of 3:08.42 โฆ placed 12th in the open 400m at Pac-12s in a time of 48.06 โฆ opened the outdoor season with a second-place finish at the Trojan Invite in a 400m time of 48.02 โฆ also won the 400m in the UW-WSU Dual in 48.26 seconds โฆ anchored the relay at NCAA West Preliminaries in Austin which finished 21st overall in 3:10.16 โฆ set a 200m PR of 21.90 at the Ken Shannon Invitational โฆ indoors, took 13th in the MPSF Championships with a new indoor PR of 48.01 seconds and ran on the 4x4 that finished seventh in 3:12.85 โฆ also ran the 400m leg on the top DMR of the indoor season, which was fifth at MPSFs in 9:50.99 โฆ took eighth in the 400m at the Husky Classic in 48.30.
2016: A very promising freshman season, as he made the Pac-12 final at 400-meters and ran on the 4x400m relay which qualified for NCAA West Prelims โฆ at his first Pac-12 meet, ran a PR of 47.66 seconds in the prelims to advance to the final, where he finished eighth overall in 48.26 โฆ ran on the teamโs top 4x4 relay which was 19th at the West Preliminary meet in Kansas running 3:09.70 โฆ also ran on the 4x4 relay at Pac-12s, taking seventh in 3:12.89 โฆ won the 400-meters at the Ken Shannon Invite in 48.01 seconds โฆ also took second in the 400m at the UW-WSU Dual in 48.24 โฆ part of the top 4x400m relay time of the year, as the group ran 3:09.59 at the Pepsi Team Invitational for second โฆ indoors, helped the 4x4 relay take eighth at the MPSF Championships in 3:14.81, and was 27th in the open 400m in 50.32 โฆ season-best indoor 400m time of 49.33 at the Husky Classic.
High School and Personal: Born in Spokane, Washington โฆ parents are Andrea and Christopher Croson โฆ has one younger sister, Katie โฆ one of the top quarter-milers in the state over the past two years โฆ won the 400-meters 4A state title in 2014 and was the runner-up in 2015 โฆ set a 400-meters PR as a senior at the Shoreline Invitational, going 48.28 โฆ won the KingCo title as a senior in both the 200m and 400m, running a 200-meters PR of 22.10 and winning the 400m in 48.62 seconds โฆ helped the 4x100m relay take third at state in 2015 โฆ won the 2014 state 400m title, running a then-PR time of 48.61 seconds in the final โฆ ran the third leg on Bothellโs state champion 4x100m relay in 2013 โฆ graduated with a 3.67 GPA โฆ interested in studying physical therapy.
Major Meets
2016 MPSF - 27th, 400m | 8th, 4x400m
2016 Pac-12 - 7th, 400m | 7th, 4x400m
2016 NCAA Prelims - 19th, 4x400m
2017 MPSF - 13th, 400mย | 7th, 4x400m | 5th, DMR
2017 Pac-12 - 12th, 400mย | 3rd, 4x400m
2018 MPSFย - 4th, 400mย | 1st, 4x400m (MPSF Champion)
2018 Pac-12 - 15th, 400mย | 6th, 4x100mย | 4th, 4x400m
2018 NCAA Prelims - 14th, 4x100mย | 21st, 4x400m
Outdoor Bests
200m.......21.33w / 21.41
400m.......47.54
Indoor Bests
60m.......7.20
200mโฆโฆ.21.61
400mโฆโฆ.46.84
