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Arkansas State University

2023 Cross Country Roster

Ben Owens
Mark Wagner

Rylan Brown

  • Position Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Washburn Rural HS
  • Hometown Topeka, Kan.

Biography

2023 Third Team All-SBC (Cross Country)
2022 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Cross Country Newcomer of the Year
2022 Third Team All-SBC (Cross Country)


2024 OUTDOOR SEASON | JUNIOR
Placed 26th in the 5000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11) … Finished seventh with an outdoor-best 8:47.76 in the 3000 meters at the Music City Challenge (April 26) … Clocked a career-best 3:57.21 to place 12th in the 1500 meters at the Joe Walker Invitational (April 5) … Won the 3000 meters and placed second in the 1500 meters at the UAB Spring Invitational (March 29-30) … Ran a season-best 5K mark of 14:56.91 at the Rhodes Invitational (March 15).
 
2024 INDOOR SEASON | JUNIOR
Finished 10th in the 5000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships (Feb. 19) … Clocked a season-best 8:30.23 in the 3000 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 10) … Began the year at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston (Dec. 2), running a career-best 14:34.71 in the 5000 meters.
 
2023 CROSS COUNTRY SEASON | JUNIOR
Placed 38th at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships (Nov. 10), running a career-best 31:01.6 in the 10K … Third-team All-SBC after placing 11th at the conference championships (Oct. 28) … Clocked a career-best 24:25.5 in the 8K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (Oct.13), placing 66th … Placed 21st at the Chile Pepper Festival (Sept. 29).

2023 OUTDOOR SEASON | SOPHOMORE
Placed seventh in the 1500 meters at the Sun Belt Championships ... Finished second in the 5000 meters at the Joe Walker Invite, running a career-best 14:46.04 … Runner-up in the 1500 meters at the UAB Invite with a collegiate-best 3:57.54.

2023 INDOOR SEASON | SOPHOMORE
Finished seventh in the 3000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships … Ran a career-best 4:19.83 in the mile at the Washburn Open … Clocked a collegiate-best 8:25.29 in the 3000 meters at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

2022 CROSS COUNTRY SEASON | SOPHOMORE
Sun Belt Conference Men’s Newcomer of the Year … Placed 12th at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Ran a season-best 24:54.0 in the 8K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational … Placed third at the Rhodes Invitational (25:52.4) … Made his debut at the Little Rock Open, finishing third in the 5K (16:01.0).

BEFORE A-STATE
Spent the 2021-22 seasons at Emporia State in Kansas.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Washburn Rural High School where he was city runner-up in 2018 and city champion in 2019 … Helped his team win the 2019 state title.


COLLEGIATE BESTS

Cross Country
5K 16:01.0 Little Rock Open (9/1/22)
8K 24:25.5 Arturo Barrios Inv. (10/13/23)
10K 31:01.6 NCAA South Central
Regional Champ. (11/10/23)
     
Indoor
Mile 4:19.83 Washburn Open (2/4/23)
3000 meters 8:25.29 Vanderbilt Inv. (1/20/23)
5000 meters 14:34.71 Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener (12/2/23)
     
Outdoor
1500 meters 3:57.21 Joe Walker Inv. (4/5/24)
3000 meters 8:47.76 Music City Challenge (4/26/24)
5000 meters 14:46.04 Joe Walker Inv. (4/8/23)
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Sophomore

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  • 2023Junior

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