Class of 2026

RYAN HILL
HICKORY HIGH SCHOOL

Second North Carolina boy to win Foot Locker South (only 3 have ever done it)

- Foot Locker All-American

- 7-time NCHSAA state champion 

- 3-time 3A cross country champion (2005, 2006, 2007) 

- 4-time 3A outdoor track champion (3200 in 2006, 2007, 2008; 1600 in 2007)
 

3-time All-Charlotte Observer Runner of the Year (encompassed more than 110 schools in the newspaper’s coverage area, spanning North Carolina and South Carolina)
 
- Inducted into the Catawba County Sports Hall of Fame, 2024

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AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
- World Championships Silver medalist (indoor)
 

- 6-time U.S. World Championships team member

         
- 8-time medalist U.S. Championships (indoor track, outdoor track, road, see below)

- Ran professionally for Nike and Bowerman Track Club (2013-2020)

- Ran professionally for Hoka and NAZ Elite (2020)

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IN COLLEGE (NC STATE):
10-time NCAA All-American in track & cross country

- 2009 U.S. Junior (now U-20) World Cross Country team

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POST-COLLEGIATE:
3 top-10 finishes at World Championships

Indoor: Silver medal, 3,000 meters, 2016

Outdoor: 10th place, 5,000 meters, 2013; 7th place, 5,000 meters, 2015
 

Made 2015 Diamond League final, 5,000 meters

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​Outdoor (US & World Championships)
U.S. Outdoor Gold Medalist, 5,000 meters
 

4-time U.S. Outdoor Championships medalists (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

4-time U.S. World Outdoor Championships team member (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)

2013 bronze medal, U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Championships, 5,000 meters

2015 gold medal, U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Championships, 5,000 meters

2017 bronze medal, U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Championships, 5,000 meters

2017 World Outdoor Championships (made final of 5,000 meters, but had to withdraw because of norovirus, which affected several on the U.S. team)
 

2018 Silver, U.S. Outdoor Championships, 5,000 meters

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Indoor
World Championships medalist (Silver, 3,000 meters)

3-time medalist U.S. Indoor Championships (2 gold, 1 bronze)

U.S. World Outdoor Championships team member (2016)

2014 bronze medal, U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships, 3,000 meters

2015 gold medal, U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships, 2-mile

2016 gold medal, U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships, 3,000 meters

2016 silver medal, World Indoor Championships, 3,000 meters

2016 Millrose Games champion, 3,000 meters (7:38.82)

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- Ranked top-10 in U.S. 7 straight years in 5,000 meters by Track & Field News:
2012 (8th), 2013 (4th), 2014 (9th), 2015 (3rd), 2016 (5th), 2017 (4th) & 2018 (4th)

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​Other Accomplishments:
- 2016 U.S. Champion, gold medal, USATF 5K Road Championships
 

- 2016 made Diamond League meeting final, Paris, 3,000 meters (4th, 7:30.93, at the time No. 4 all-time in U.S. history)

- Ran U.S. all-time No. 3 3,000-meter indoor time (7:34.87) in 2014 (now No. 7)

- Ran U.S. all-time No. 4 3,000 meters outdoor time (7:30.93) in 2017…Now No. 6

- Ran U.S. all-time No. 4 2-mile time indoor time (8:11.56) in 2017…(now No. 6)
- Ran U.S. all-time No. 7 overall 2-mile time (8:11.56) 2017 (No. 10)