Ryan Grenko

Ryan Grenko

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Iowa City, Iowa

High School:
City High

Event:
Sprints

Honors:
3x All-American, 3x NCAA Qualifier, 4x Regional Qualifier, 3x MVC Champion, 6x All-MVC

2008: OUTDOOR - Part of 4x400 meter relay team that finished fifth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning him his third All-America honor...Helped the 4x400 relay team to a runner-up finish at the MVC Championships...Recorded a season-best time of 47.07 at the MVC Championships, earning a fourth place finish...Finished second at the Musco Twilight with a time of 47.57.

INDOOR - Part of the MVC Championship 4x400 meter relay team...Took third place at the MVC Championships in the 400 meter dash with a time of 48.04...Recorded a career-best 47.38 in the 400 meters at the Meyo Invitational...Finished third at the Wisconsin Elite meet in the 400 with a time of 49.31...Secured a third place finish in the 800 meters at the Panther Open with a time of 1:58.81...Finished 10th in the 200 meters at the UNI Invitational with a time of 22.57.

2007: OUTDOOR - Helped set school record in the 4x400 in the NCAA Championships preliminaries with a time of 3:04.13 ... Finished sixth in the NCAA finals, earning All-America honors ... Captured Drake Relays distance medley relay title, setting a new school record (9:42.69) ... Member of 4x400 meter relay team that placed sixth at the Drake Relays ... Was part of 4x400 team that won the MVC meet and placed fourth at the NCAA Midwest Regional, earning all-Midwest Region Team honors ... Placed third in the 400-meter dash at the Musco Invite with a time of 46.97 ... Earned runner-up honors at the John Jacobs Invite, clocking in at 47.15 ... Took fifth place in the 400 at the MVC Championships (47.31).

INDOOR - Member of MVC championship relay team in the 4x400 ... Took second place in the 400 at the MVC Championships, clocking in at 47.72 ... Finished fourth in the 800 at the Northwest Open with a time of 1:56.15 ... Placed sixth in the 4x400 relay at the NCAA Indoor Championships, earning All-America honors ... Won the 4x400 at the Meyo Invite and Alex Wilson Invite, with a season-best time of 3:07.12.

2006: OUTDOOR - Earned All-MVC honors in the 400-meter dash at the Valley Championships, placing second with a time of 47.01 ... Ran a season-best time of 46.83 in the 400 prelims at the Midwest Regional and then finished sixth with a time of 47.04 in the finals ... Member of the 4x400 relay team that placed eighth at the Midwest Regional in 3:08.84 ... Claimed fifth place in the 400 at the Sun Angel Relays in 47.19 ... Placed seventh in the 200 (22.53) at the UNI Twilight.

INDOOR - Placed third in the 400 at the MVC Championships, earning All-MVC honors, with a personal-best time of 48.30 ... Finished 25th in the 400 at the last-chance qualifier meet in Ames, Iowa with a time of 48.39 ... Finished fourth at the Panther Open in the 400 in 49.44.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in track, two in football and two in basketball ... Also played baseball ... All-state in track from 2002-2004 ... Received All-America honors and second team All-MVC ... Member of the National Honors Society ... Three-time team state track champions ... Earned two Drake Relays championships in the sprint medley ... Second-team all-conference in football.

PERSONAL: Born May 21, 1986, to Mark and Jan Grenko ... Majoring in physical education with a minor in business ... Father, Mark, played football and ran track at Central College ... Mother, Jan, also ran cross country and track at Central ... Majoring in physical education.

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