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  Ryan Fritz

Ryan Fritz

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Parkesburg, Pa.

High School:
Octorara

Event:
High Jump

Experience:
JR

FRITZ'S NITTANY LION RESUME...

Personal Bests
Indoor
- High Jump: 7-3.25 (2.22)

Outdoor
- High Jump: 7-2.50 (2.20)

* Two-Time NCAA All-American
* Two-Time Big Ten Champion
* Three-Time All-Big Ten Selection
* 2007 NCAA East Regional Champion
* NCAA East Region Record Holder
* 2007 Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year (Indoor)
* 2006 World Junior Championships Qualifier
* 2006 USATF Junior Nationals - Second Place
* Two-Time Big Ten Athlete of the Week
* 2006 IC4A High Jump Champion

On the National Stage ...
|| 2007 Outdoors || Earned All-America honors after finishing in a ninth-place tie at the NCAA Championships, clearing 7-1.50 (2.17) ... Captured the victory as well as an automatic NCAA bid at the NCAA East Regional, clearing 7-2.25 (2.19), which also ties the East Region record. || 2007 Indoors || Soared over a career-best 7-3.25 (2.22) to take fifth at the NCAA Championships and earn his first-career All-America certificate ... Named Mid-Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year following his outstanding indoor season. || 2006 Outdoors || Placed second at USATF Junior Nationals with a jump of 7-0 1/2 (2.17m), securing a spot at the World Junior Championships in Beijing.

At the Big Ten Championships ...
|| 2007 Outdoors || Won his second-straight conference title with a clearance of 7-1.75 (2.18). || 2007 Indoors || Won his first-career conference crown with a provisional-qualifying leap of 7-3 (2.21). || 2006 Indoors || Finished second in the high jump (7-0 1/4, 2.14m), good for All-Big Ten honors.

In the Field ...
|| 2007 Outdoors || Season included victories at the George Mason Spring Classic, and runner-up finishes at the Auburn Tiger Classic, Sea Ray Relays, and Penn Relays. || 2007 Indoors || Cleared 7-1 (2.16) at the New Balance Collegiate to finish as the runner-up ... Posted a clearance of 7-2 1/2 (2.20) at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup, good for first place ... Recorded a first-place effort at the Penn State Relays. || 2006 Outdoors || Notched wins at the Jim Thorpe Invite and Penn Invitational before finishing fourth in the invitational section at Sea Ray Relays. || 2006 Indoors || Took top honors at the IC4A Championships in Boston, clearing 6-10 1/4 (2.09m) ... Recorded victories at the Penn State Relays and Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup ... cleared a provisional-qualifying 7-1 1/5 (2.17) at the Penn State, Princeton, UConn Tri-Meet. || High School || Pa. State Champion in the high jump ... the second-ranked prep in the event in 2005 with then personal-best clearance of 7-0.25 ... 2005 Nike Outdoor National Champion in the high jump (6-10.25) ... finished fourth at Nike Indoor Nationals as a senior ... also played soccer in high school. || Personal || Son of Deb and Chet Fritz ... Born May 4, 1987 ... Majoring in Business.



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