RYAN HALL

Event: Long distance/marathon
Height: 5-10
Weight: 130
PRs: 1,500m - 3:42.70 (2001); 5,000m - 13:16.03 (2005); Half-Marathon - 59:43AR (2007); Marathon 2:06:17 (2008)
Born: October 14, 1982, Big Bear Lake, Calif.
Current Residence: Mammoth Lakes, Calif.
High School: Big Bear High School (Calif.) 01
College: Stanford University '06
Coach: Terrence Mahon
Agent: Ray Flynn
Club: ASICS

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Trials - Men’s Marathon champion; 2007 U.S. Half-Marathon champion; 2006 USA Cross Country champion; 2005 NCAA 5,000m champion; 2003 NCAA Cross Country runner-up; three-time NCAA Cross Country All-American; USA 20 km and half-marathon record holder

At the 2008 Olympic Trials – Men’s Marathon, Hall tamed what had been thought of as a slow and very difficult course, breaking the Olympic Trials record with his winning time of 2:09:02. He posted the second-fastest marathon time ever by an American of 2:06.17 with his fifth place finish at the 2008 London Marathon. Hall showed signs of becoming a future Olympic marathoner when he made his marathon debut in style, finishing seventh in April at the 2007 Flora London Marathon in 2:08:24. Hall's time was the fastest ever debut marathon for an American man by 1:16.Hall has gone from high school prodigy to national record holder in the span of just a few years. Hall set a U.S. record and earned a national title on January 14, 2007, when he won the men’s U.S. Half Marathon National Championship in 59 minutes 43 seconds becoming the first American to break the one-hour barrier at that distance. His performance bettered the previous American record by Mark Curp that had stood for 21 years by 1:12.. Hall won his first major cross country title when he captured the men’s long course national crown at the 2006 USA Cross Country Championships at historic Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx, N.Y. Hall won going away with a 27-second margin over the rest of the field. "It was probably the most fun race of my life," said Hall. "It's my first 12k. I thought that I would make a move and see who would go, and maybe if I get a gap, then keep going.” Hall was the fastest American in the long course race at the 2006 World Cross Country Championships in Japan, placing 43rd. Also in 2006 Hall set an American record in the 20 km of 57:54 on October 8 at the IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Hall enjoyed a strong season in 2005 that included winning the NCAA Outdoor 5,000m title, placing third at the USA Outdoor Championships, where he set a new personal best of 13:16.03, and competing at his first World Outdoor Championships.  As a prep standout, Hall competed at the Peregrine Systems U.S. Open at Stanford in the 1500 meters where he ran 3:42.70, the third fastest high school performance ever for the metric mile ... California state champion in the 1600 meters during his senior season with a state record time of 4:02 ... had the #2 high school time in the U.S. in the 1600 meters at 4:00.52 ... The National Scholastic mile champion in his junior season at 4:06 ... Also won the state title during his junior season in the two-mile at 8:55.03 ...the California state cross country champion during his junior and senior seasons at Big Bear High School ... Finished third at the Footlocker Nationals in Orlando during his senior season. Wife Sara (Bei) Hall is also a competitive runner, who placed 26th in the 4 km race at the 2006 World Cross Country Championships. The Halls are active with charitable groups such as Team World Vision. They worked on a campaign in 2008 entitled, “More Precious than Gold,” that raised nearly a million dollars to help bring clean water wells and irrigation systems to poor communities in Zambia.

2008: 5th at London Marathon (2:06:17PR - 2nd fastest American all-time)…10th at Olympic Games marathon (2:12:33)…ranked #1 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 2:06:17.
2007: 1st at Olympic Trials – Men’s Marathon (2:09:02CR)…7th at London Marathon (2:08:24)…7th at USA Outdoor Championships 10,000m (28:51.77)…3rd at Stanford (28:07.93)…1st at USA Half-Marathon Championships in Houston (59:43AR)…ranked  #1 in marathon and #8 at 10,000m in U.S. by T&FN…bests of 2:08:24 & 28:07.93.
2006: USA Cross Country Champs long course champ (34:38)…3rd at USA Cross Country Champs 4 km (10:57)…43rd at World XC Champs (37:29)…8th at AT&T USA Outdoor Championships 5,000m (13:40.55)…ran 20 km AR (57:54) in Debrecen, Hungary…4th at adidas Classic (8:26.26)…10th at Heusden (13:38.89)…ranked #8 in U.S. at 5,000m by T&FN…bests of 13:38.89, 8:26.26.
2005: 3rd at USA Outdoor Champs 5,000m (13:16.03 PR)1st at NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (13:22.32 School Record)6th at Mt. SAC Relays 5,000 (13:31.58)2nd at PAC 10 Championships 5,000 (13:37.45)ranked #5 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 13:16.03.
2004: 1st at the NCAA West Regional Cross Country Championships2nd at PAC 10 Cross Country Championships...best of 13:45.0.
2003: Runner-up finish led Stanford to team victory at the NCAA Cross Country Championships ... 2nd at the NCAA West Cross Country Regional...best of 3:43.37
2002: 37th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships ... 1st at the Stanford Invitational 4000 meter race (11:49) and the Notre Dame Invitational Blue race (8000 meters, 24:10) ... 8th at Pac-10 Cross Country Championships...9th at the NCAA West Cross Country Regional ...track & field redshirt.
2001: 1st at the Murray Keating XC Invitational...bests of 1:51.07, 3:42.70, 8:58.6.
2000: 3rd at Foot Locker XC


6/23/09