Ryan Teel

Position:
Distance
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Friendswood
Hometown:
Friendswood, Texas

FRESHMAN (2014): Won 3,000m steeplechase in 9:40.04 at Texas State Bobcat Classic … Runner-up twice in steeplechase in Baton Rouge, clocking 9:30.59 at LSU Alumni Gold and 9:30.74 during LSU Invitational … Ran 3:57.80 in 1,500m for eighth place in his section at Stanford Invitational … Produced a 1:57.28 over 800m for 21st at UTSA Texas Challenge.

Indoors – Placed ninth twice, clocking 4:20.00 at the Texas A&M 10-Team Invitational and 4:17.40 at Texas A&M Invitational … Finished 10th in 4:15.76 at Texas A&M Aggie Invitational … Posted a time of 8:43.53 over 3,000m to place 30th at Razorback Invitational … Anchored distance medley relay to runner-up finish in 10:13.01 at Texas A&M Triangular with LSU and Texas Tech.

Cross Country (2013) – Fifth runner on A&M squad that tied for eighth place at SEC Championships … Ran 25:35.72 on 8,000m course in Gainesville, Florida to finish 54th overall in the SEC meet … Debut race in Aggie uniform came at Greater Louisville Classic as he finished as the fifth A&M runner and placed 106th in the large field, clocking 26:06.46 on the 8,000m course in Louisville, Kentucky … Fifth runner for the Aggies during the Wisconsin Invitational in Madison, placing 233rd with a time of 25:46 … Seventh finisher among A&M squad at South Central region meet, covering the 10,000m course in 32:43.7 to place 78th in field of 149 finishers.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2013 graduate of Friendswood High School in Friendswood, Texas … Lettered four years in cross country as well as track and field … A four-time State 4A Champion … Earned All-American honor in cross country … Lettered in basketball, earning 1st team All-District honors … Claimed three State 4A titles as a junior in 2011-2012, winning cross country (15:42.35) as well as the 1,600m (4:15.69) and 3,200m (9:14.82) … His junior cross country season included placing sixth at Nike South Regional and 16th at Nike Championships … As a senior he defended his State title in cross country (15:42.40) while claiming State 4A silver in the 1,600m (4:16.33) and 3,2000m (9:22.27) … In 2013, recorded a best of 1:54.34 in the 800m, 4:13.09 in 1,600m and 9:21.72 in 3,200m … In 2012 cross country season he placed fifth at the Nike South Regional … His junior season also included a clean sweep of titles in cross country, 1,600m and 3,200m on district and region levels as he produced a best marks of 1:57.80 in the 800m … Placed third in 1,600m (4:19.45) and fifth in 3,200m (9:21.02) at State 4A meet in sophomore season as well as sixth in State cross country (15:42.63) … Finished 12th in State cross country (16:07.62) as a freshman … Member of Friendswood team that placed third in 2012 State 4A cross country meet … Friendswood won district cross country team championship in 2009, 2011 and 2012 and added region team titles in 2010, 2012 and 2013.

PERSONAL: Ryan Lawrence Teel, son of Lawrence and Lisa Teel, was born in Friendswood, Texas on September 7, 1994 … Has two sisters, Stephanie and Kaleigh … Stephanie earned her masters at Texas A&M while Kaleigh competed in the pole vault at Baylor … Started competing in track and field at age 11 … Community projects include Cross Country Helping Hands … Majoring in Chemistry.