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Ryan Hurd |
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AS A JUNIOR: One of the most improved student-athletes on the team over the past three seasons ... has developed into a dependable force in the sprint lane for the Irish ... continues to push for all-BIG EAST honors in both the indoor and outdoor 200 meters ... broke through for his first career all-BIG EAST honor as a member of the men's 4x400 relay team at the league indoor meet ... helped teammates Ryan Postel, Trevor McClain-Duer and Mark Barber finish second in 3:15.85 ... followed up at the outdoor meet with his second all-BIG EAST honor, this time as a member of the 4x100 team ... squad of Hurd, Postel, Barber and Selim Nurudeen finished third in 41.31 ... capable of running well across the short-sprint distances ... shaved time off his 60-meter career best during the 2003 indoor season, eventually running 7.05 in the preliminaries of the Meyo Invitational ... qualified for the BIG EAST indoor meet in the 60 meters for the first time in his career, finishing 22nd in the prelims ... ran well in all 200-meter races during the indoor season, winning his section competions at the Meyo Invitational (21.77) and Alex Wilson Invitational (21.66) ... his 21.66 effort at the Alex Wilson marked the second-straight year he capped the indoor season with a career-best 200-meter effort ... finished fifth in the preliminaries (21.96) and sixth in the finals (22.03) of the 200 meters at the BIG EAST indoor meet, posting his best conference finish of his indoor career ... focused on the 200 meters for the outdoor season, eventually posting another sixth-place finish at the BIG EAST meet ... broke off a solid effort in the 100 meters at the Indy Relays, finishing fifth in 11.03 ... matched his career-best in the outdoor 200 meters twice in 2003 (21.59 at the Tom Botts Invitational - third-place finish - and in the BIG EAST prelims) ... ran both the 200 and 400 meters at the Tom Botts Invitational ... made the trip to the Baldy Castillo meet to begin the outdoor season, finishing 11th in the 100 meters (11.14) ... also qualified for the BIG EAST outdoor meet in the 100 meters, finishing 15th in the prelims with a time of 11.10.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Continued to work hard and develop into one of the best sprinters on the Irish roster ... began the indoor season with a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters (22.79) at the Purdue Open ... ended up with two top-five finishes in the Tri-Meet against Michigan State and Ball State, taking fourth in the 60 meters (7.12) and third in the 200 meters (22.11) ... earned his first collegiate victory against Michigan State, finishing first in the 200 meters (22.18) ... also finished fourth in the 60 meters against MSU ... posted a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters at the Meyo Invitational (21.97) ... competed in the 60 meters at the Windsor Invitational ... finished eighth in the preliminaries and eighth in the finals of the 200 meters at the 2002 BIG EAST Indoor Championship (running 22.04 in the prelims) ... also ran the 200 meters in the Alex Wilson Invitational (21.70) ... began the outdoor season at the Arizona State Invitational, competing in the 200 meters (22.43) ... was in the 200-meter field at the Purdue Invitational ... finished fourth in the 100 (11.21) and 200 (22.04) meters at the Spring Opener ... stepped up at the Tom Botts Invitational, winning the 200 meters (21.78) and taking second in the 100 meters (11.21) ... shaved more time off his career-best in the 200 meters at the Butler Invitational, finishing third in 22.03 ... ended the outdoor season at the BIG EAST outdoor meet, finishing 10th in the 200 meters.
AS A FRESHMAN: An unknown on the Irish track and field team who qualified for the 2001 BIG EAST Outdoor Championship ... finished fifth in the 200 meters vs. Michigan State to begin the indoor season ... placed eighth in the 200 meters at the Alex Wilson Invitational ... competed in both the 200 and 400 meters during the outdoor season, steadily improving his times ... finished third in the 200 meters at the Tom Botts Invitational ... continued to impress with a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters at the Woodland Mortgage Relays ... took third place in heat three of the 200 meters at the BIG EAST outdoor meet.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: A three-year letterwinner in track and field at White Station High School in Memphis, Tenn. ... competed in the city championships while at White Station ... son of former Irish track great William Hurd ... member of the National Honor Society ... born Dec. 12, 1981 in Memphis, Tenn. ... enrolled in the College of Engineering.
