2022-23 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster

KimSmith

Jacob Ranker

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Marysville, Ohio
  • High School Marysville
  • Prev School Louisville

Biography

2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Took third in 400m hurdles (52.45) at MAC Outdoor Championships
  • Part of second-place 4x100m relay (41.05) and fourth-place 4x400m relay (3:15.96) at MAC Outdoor Championships
  • Set PR in prelims of 100m at MAC Outdoor Championships (10.85)
  • Finished 400m in personal-best time of 49.10 at Raleigh Relays (outdoor)
  • Named MAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week (5/10) after setting PR in 400m hurdles (52.20) at Billy Hayes Invitational (outdoor)
  • Earned pair of first-place finishes (400m hurdles, 4x400 relay) at RedHawk Invitational
  • Second Team All-MAC selection (outdoor)
  • Academic All-MAC honoree (outdoor)
  • Set personal best (6.97) in 60m at Gladstein Invitational (indoor)
  • Took first place in 200m at PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic (indoor) with PR time of 22.02
2021-22 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Named MAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week after winning 100m (11.01 PR) and 400H at Miami’s Blizzard Buster (outdoor)
  • Took sixth in 400 hurdles at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (54.51)
  • Finished 60m hurdles in a personal-best time of 8.18 at Indiana University Relays (indoor)
  • Set PR in 60m (6.97) at Jim Green Track & Field Invitational (indoor)
  • Named Academic All-MAC (track)
 2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Placed third in 400m hurdles at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (52.83), setting a PR in the process
  • Took fifth place in 110m hurdles at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 14.44
  • Took first place in 400m hurdles at Blizzard Buster (outdoor) with a time of 55.16
  • Earned Academic All-MAC honors (track)
 PRIOR TO MIAMI
  • Lettered four times in track and field
  • Set school records in both the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles
  • Earned all-state honors in 2019 in 300m hurdles and qualified for state championship in 110m hurdles
  • Won conference titles in both 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles, adding a district crown in 300m hurdles
  • Graduated in top five percent of his class
 PERSONAL
  • Son of Kristine and Darin Ranker
  • Majoring in Finance
  • Has a June birthday

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Hurdles
  • 2022-23Senior

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