2013 Men's Track and Field Roster

Ryan Endresen

  • Position Hurdles, sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Portland, OR
  • Highschool Columbia Christian

Biography

SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC indoor for distance medley relay (2010). ... All-GNAC outdoor for 400 hurdles (2010, 2011). ... USTFCCCA All-West Region for 400 hurdles (2011).

Senior (2013): INDOOR – Competed in three meets, running the 400 twice and 60-meter hurdles twice. OUTDOOR – Placed 5th in the 110 hurdles (15.46) and 6th in the 400 hurdles (56.84) at GNAC Championships on May 11. ... Won the 400 hurdles at season-opening UPS Outdoor Preview for the third year in a row. In that same meet, led off the victorious 4x400 relay. ... Also won the 400 hurdles at the JD Shotwell Invitational on April 6 and at the Western Washington Twilight on April 26, the latter for the fourth year in a row. ... Won the 110 hurdles at the Shannon-Foreman Invitational on May 4, clocking a career-best 15.23 to make him an automatic qualifier for GNAC in that event. That was his third career-best of the season in the 110s.

Junior (2012): INDOOR – Ran on the 5th-place 4x400 relay at GNAC. ... Ran the 400 meters in two meets. OUTDOOR – Placed 7th in 400 hurdles at GNAC. ... Ran the second leg on the 6th-place 4x400 relay at GNAC. ... Won the 400 hurdles in five meets: UPS Outdoor Preview on March 3, Ralph Vernacchia Invite on March 31, Simon Fraser Invite on April 14, Saint Martin's Invite on April 28, and Western Washington Twilite on May 4.

Sophomore (2011): INDOOR – 4th in 60 hurdles, ran on 5th-place 4x400 relay at GNAC Championships. OUTDOOR – Placed second in the 400 hurdles in an NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 53.78 at GNAC Championships, his first provisional mark. ... Also ran on 4th-place 4x100 relay and 8th-place 4x400 relay at GNAC. ... Won 400 hurdles (56.00) and ran on winning 4x400 relay at UPS Outdoor Preview on March 5. ... Won 400 hurdles at four other meets: Pacific Lutheran Invitational on March 12 (55.8), JD Shotwell Invitational on April 2 (54.92), Spike Arlt Invitational on April 16 (54.82) and WWU Not-So-Twilite on April 23 (54.86). ... Tried long jump for the first time in his college career on April 2 at the JD Shotwell Invitational, and his leap of 20-8 1/2 was SPU's best of the season.

Freshman (2010): INDOOR – Placed 6th in GNAC 60-meter hurdles. ... Ran on third-place distance medley relay team at GNAC. ... Placed top 15 in 400 meters (15th) and 60 hurdles (11th) at UW Indoor Open. OUTDOOR –  2nd in 400 hurdles, ran on 7th-place 4x400 relay at GNAC Championships.

Personal: Ryan Paul Endresen. ... Born Jan. 17, 1991. ... Biology (pre-med) major.

Fun facts: Posted second- and third-place finishes in the 110 and 300 hurdles at Oregon state high school meet. Also had a second-place finish in 400 meters at state. ... Played on two state high school basketball teams at Columbia Christian, one taking third place, one taking fourth. ... Also has played soccer ... Was born in Mainz, Germany, as the beginning of Operation Desert Storm. ... Favorite junk food is chocolate chip cookies. ... Book he just couldn’t put down was any of the Harry Potter series.

INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
400:
51.35 (2011)
60 hurdles: 8.64 (2011)


OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
400:
51.20 (2011)
110 hurdles: 15.23 (2013)
400 hurdles: 53.78 (2011)
Long jump: 20-8 1/2 / 6.31m (2011)