2021-22 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Talbot, Ryan

Ryan Talbot
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Alto, Mich.
- High School:
- Forest Hills Central
- Position:
- Multi-Event
Bio
Collegiate Bests:
2023:
NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American
NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier
Academic All-Big Ten
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
USTFCAA All-Academic Athlete
INDOOR: Placed third in the shot put at the GVSU Holiday Open with a throw of 13.80m … Took home ninth in the heptathlon at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational Indoor, scoring 4601 points … Finished off the season 11th in the heptathlon at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, scoring 4555 points.
OUTDOOR: Posted two PRs at the Clyde Hart Classic: a 14.74 100H, placing ninth; and a 50.06m discus throw, placing seventh … Placed second in the decathlon at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, scoring 7786 points and posting PR of 58.18m in the javelin throw, placing second … Scored 7488 points in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, placing 15th and posting a PR of 4:40.73 in the 1500m, good for eighth.Â
2022:
NCAA Outdoor All-American Honorable Mention
Big Ten Outdoor Decathlon Champion
INDOOR: Finished fourth in the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships heptathlon, posting a PR of 5660 points along with a PR in the 60m, with a time of 6.87 to take home first … Took home first in the pole vault at the GVSU Holiday Open with a 5.02m, also ran a 8.45 in the 60H to take home 10th and threw a 14.17m in shot put to place third …Placed 2nd in the heptathlon at the 2022 Rod McCravy Memorial Track & Field Meet, scoring 5599 points, posting a PR in two events- a 6.95m long jump, placing second, and a 2:44.75 1000m.
OUTDOOR: Posted a decathlon PR of 8064 points at the Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships to take home first; also notching two other PRs at the meet: a 10.60 100m, placing first and a 1.91m high jump, placing fourth … Placed 20th in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, scoring 6863 points and running a 400m PR of 47.52, placing fifth … Took home first place in the decathlon at the Jim Click Shootout, scoring 7677, and taking home first in with a PR pole vault of 5.20m … Posted a shot put PR of 14.53m at the Jack Shaw Invite, placing fourth, along with taking home third in the 110H with a time of 165.08 and taking home fourth in the long jump with a jump of 6.55m.
2021:
Academic All-Big Ten
USTFCCCA All-Academic
INDOOR: Competed in his first heptathlon at the B1G Indoor Invitational, placing fifth with 5319 points and running the second-best 60m hurdle time at a PR of 8.22 … Finished sixth in the pole vault at the Big Ten Championships at a then-PR of 5.05m … Earned sixth place in the Big Ten Championships’ heptathlon, tallying 5332 points and winning the pole vault section with a 4.85m mark.
OUTDOOR: Placed ninth in the B1G North Florida Invitational with a 4.91m height in the pole vault … Posted a 12th-place finish in the discus (41.82m) in the Billy Hayes Invite.
2019-20:
Did not compete.
- 60m - 6.87
- 100m - 10.60
- 400m - 47.52
- 1000m - 2:44.75
- 1500m - 4:40.73
- 60H - 8.22
- 110H - 14.74
- HJ - 1.91m
- PV - 5.20m
- LJ - 6.95m
- SP - 14.53m
- DT - 50.06m
- JT - 58.18m
- HEP - 5660
- DEC - 8064
2023:
NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American
NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier
Academic All-Big Ten
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
USTFCAA All-Academic Athlete
INDOOR: Placed third in the shot put at the GVSU Holiday Open with a throw of 13.80m … Took home ninth in the heptathlon at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational Indoor, scoring 4601 points … Finished off the season 11th in the heptathlon at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, scoring 4555 points.
OUTDOOR: Posted two PRs at the Clyde Hart Classic: a 14.74 100H, placing ninth; and a 50.06m discus throw, placing seventh … Placed second in the decathlon at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, scoring 7786 points and posting PR of 58.18m in the javelin throw, placing second … Scored 7488 points in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, placing 15th and posting a PR of 4:40.73 in the 1500m, good for eighth.Â
2022:
NCAA Outdoor All-American Honorable Mention
Big Ten Outdoor Decathlon Champion
INDOOR: Finished fourth in the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships heptathlon, posting a PR of 5660 points along with a PR in the 60m, with a time of 6.87 to take home first … Took home first in the pole vault at the GVSU Holiday Open with a 5.02m, also ran a 8.45 in the 60H to take home 10th and threw a 14.17m in shot put to place third …Placed 2nd in the heptathlon at the 2022 Rod McCravy Memorial Track & Field Meet, scoring 5599 points, posting a PR in two events- a 6.95m long jump, placing second, and a 2:44.75 1000m.
OUTDOOR: Posted a decathlon PR of 8064 points at the Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships to take home first; also notching two other PRs at the meet: a 10.60 100m, placing first and a 1.91m high jump, placing fourth … Placed 20th in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, scoring 6863 points and running a 400m PR of 47.52, placing fifth … Took home first place in the decathlon at the Jim Click Shootout, scoring 7677, and taking home first in with a PR pole vault of 5.20m … Posted a shot put PR of 14.53m at the Jack Shaw Invite, placing fourth, along with taking home third in the 110H with a time of 165.08 and taking home fourth in the long jump with a jump of 6.55m.
2021:
Academic All-Big Ten
USTFCCCA All-Academic
INDOOR: Competed in his first heptathlon at the B1G Indoor Invitational, placing fifth with 5319 points and running the second-best 60m hurdle time at a PR of 8.22 … Finished sixth in the pole vault at the Big Ten Championships at a then-PR of 5.05m … Earned sixth place in the Big Ten Championships’ heptathlon, tallying 5332 points and winning the pole vault section with a 4.85m mark.
OUTDOOR: Placed ninth in the B1G North Florida Invitational with a 4.91m height in the pole vault … Posted a 12th-place finish in the discus (41.82m) in the Billy Hayes Invite.
2019-20:
Did not compete.
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