2015 Men's Cross Country Roster

Ryan Kromer

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Hudson, Wis.
  • High School Hudson
  • Height 5-9

Biography

Eligibility (Cross Country): Redshirt Junior
Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor Track): Redshirt Junior/Redshirt Junior

Notables
• 2014 Academic All-Big Ten for Cross Country

2014-15 Season

2015 Indoor: Placed 36th in the 5000 meters at the ISU Classic (2/13-14) with a time of 14:31.77

2014 Cross Country: Finished 99th overall and third for UW with a time of 31:31.2 (10K) at the NCAA Championship (11/22) ... at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/14), in his first career 10-kilometer race, finished 21st overall and sixth for UW with a time of 30:41 (10K) ... placed 20th overall and sixth for UW in 24:14.0 (8K) at the Big Ten Championship (11/2) ... at the Wisconsin adidas Inviational (10/17), finished 89th overall and sixth for Wisconsin in 24:34 (8K) ... finished 17th overall and fourth for Wisconsin at the Greater Louisville Classic (10/4) with a personal record of 24:30.60 (8K) ... placed ninth overall and second for UW with a time of 25:17.54 (8K) at the Iowa Big Ten Preview (9/20)

2013-14 Season

2013 Cross Country: At the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/19), making his collegiate debut competing unattached in the "b" race, finished 11th overall and first for UW with a time of 24:43 (8K)

High School

Wisconsin Division I cross country state champion as a senior ... placed in the top 10 at both the 2013 Nike Cross Nationals Finals and the National Foot Locker Cross Country Championships ... named Gatorade Wisconsin Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year ... placed third at the Roy Griak Invitational ... was fifth at the Nike Cross Nationals Heartland regional championships ... finished second in the 3200 meters and sixth in the 1600 meters as a junior at the state meet ... high school coach: Don Krupa

Personal

Parents are John and Jamie Kromer ... has two brothers, Joel and Dan ... major is chemical engineering

Why Wisconsin?

"The combination of athletics and academics cannot be beat!"

Personal Bests

Indoor Outdoor
5000 Meters 14:31.77 2-13-15
Cross Country
8 Kilometers 24:14.0 11-2-14
10 Kilometers 30:41 11-14-14


At the NCAA Championship 
2014 - Cross Country 
99th: 31:31.2 (10K)

At the NCAA Regional (Cross Country)
2015 NCAA Great Lakes Regional
21st: 30:41.0 (10K)

At the Big Ten Championships
2014 - Cross Country
20th: 24:14.0 (8K)

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2014Redshirt Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2015Sophomore

    5'9"