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2020-21 Track and Field

Ryan Thrush

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Brookville, Pa.
  • High School Brookville Area
  • Position Middle Distance
  • Major Environmental Science and Engineering
  • Concentration Environmental Science and Engineer
  • House Affiliation Dunster

Biography

Career Bests:
400m - 48.83
500m - 1:02.60
600m - 1:19.42
800m - 1:51.00
1000m - 2:25.65
 

2019-20
(Indoor) Competed in eight meets for the Crimson... Opened the season running a 1:20.16 in the 600, good enough for second...Placed first in the 600 at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 1:19.42, while also placing second in the 4x400 (3:14.11)... Notched a first-place performance at the BU Scarlet and White Invitational with a time of 1:03.05 in the 500... Placed second in the 4x400 (3:23.62) and collected second place with a personal best 48.83 in the 400 at H-Y-P...Recorded a career-best 500 time at the BU Valentine Invitational (1:02.60)...Took home an Ivy League Heps title in the 500 (1:03.54), along with a fourth-place finish in the 4x800 (7:44.28)...(Outdoor) Did not compete in the outdoor season due to the Ivy League and Harvard canceling the spring season. 

2018-19
Ran his first 600 and recorded a time of 1:20.28 at the Harvard vs Penn match… Achieved a career best of 1:03.68 in the 500 at the Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships.

2017-18
(Indoor) First Team All-Ivy (4x800m relay) with a time of 7:32.66 … Ran a career-best 2:25.65 in the 1000m at the Boston University Season Opener for first (Dec. 2) … Hit career-bests in three back-to-back meets with a 49.32 in the 400m at the Crimson Elite (Feb. 2), a 1:03.93 in the 500m at the Boston University Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational (Feb. 3) and a 1:51.00 in the 800m at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 9-10) ... In his collegiate debut, placed 15th in the HYP Meet (Sep. 15).

Before Harvard:
400m - 48.57
800m - 1:50.89

"Ryan is talented and hardworking; he possesses the ideal mix of athleticism and discipline. He'll arrive at Harvard with the ability to contend for important relay sports and could develop into an individual scorer as a freshman or sophomore." – Coach Saretsky

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First-Year

    Middle Distance
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2019-20Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2020-21Senior

    Middle Distance