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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Distance
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Twin Falls, Idaho
    Hometown
  • Canyon Ridge
    High School
Ryker Holtzen 2024
Ryker Holtzen
Distance
Position
Senior
Class
Twin Falls, Idaho
Hometown

Summary

Biography

2025-26
Cross Country:

Wyoming Invite
5k -15:29.98 - 8th

2024-25
Cross Country:

Wyoming Invite
5k - 15:20.2 PR - 9th

Roy Griak Invitational

8k - 25:11.3 - 7th

Joe Piane Invitational
8k - 23:19.8 PR - 33rd

Pre Nationals
8k - 23:43.6

Mountain West Championships
8k - 24:58.5 - 18th

NCAA Mountain Regional
10k - 29:59.1 - 32nd

NCAA Championship
10k - 30:01.3 - 120th

Indoor Track and Field:
BU Season Opener
5000m - 13:41.39 - 45th PR

Husky Classic
Mile - 4:01.24 - 23rd PR
3000m - 7:55.27 - 31st PR

Outdoor Track and Field:
Jack Christiansen
1500m - 3:50.24 - 2nd PR

MW Championships
3000m Steeple - 8:38.46 - 2nd

NCAA West First Round
3000m Steeple - 8:34.95 - 8th PR

NCAA Championships
3000m Steeple - 8:38.09 - 15th

Earned second-team All-America honors in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase.

2023-24
Cross Country:

2023 Wyoming Invite
5k - 15:20.9 - 3rd

XC23 College & Open
8k - 23:41.1 PR - 23rd

NCAA Mountain Regional
10k - 30:14.7 - 39th

Indoor Track and Field: 
Husky Classic
Mile - 4:07.92 PR 
3000m - 8:06.35 PR - 25th

Outdoor Track and Field:
Stanford Invitational
3000m Steeple - 8:41.25 PR - 7th

Bryan Clay Invitational
5000m - 13:48.85 PR - 5th

Mountain West Outdoor Championships
3000m Steeple - 8:43.14 - 1st

NCAA West First Round
3000m Steeple - 8:57.84 - 22nd

2022-23
Cross Country:

NCAA Mountain Regional
10k - 29:38.7 PR

Indoor Track and Field: 
Colorado Invitational
Mile - 4:16.34 - 3rd

Mountain West Indoor Championships
DMR - 10:05.18 - 6th

Outdoor Track and Field:
Bryan Clay Invitational
1500m - 3:50.87 PR 

Doug Max Invitational 
3000m Steeple - 9:20.37 - 1st

Mountain West Outdoor Championships
3000m Steeple - 8:43.27 - 2nd

NCAA West Preliminary
3000m Steeple - 8:42.51 - 20th


2021-22
Cross Country: Competed once during the season racing unattached at the Wyoming Invitational finishing 31st with a 5k time of 15:58.8. 

Indoor Track & Field: Did not compete during the season  

Outdoor Track & Field: Did not compete during the season

High School: A graduate of Canyon Ridge in Jerome, Idaho, Holtzen ran cross country and played basketball all four years while earning Magic Valley All-Star in basketball and All-Conference and All-State honors in cross country and track. As a member of the Canyon Ridge cross country and track and field teams, he won six total conference championships and was a multiple-time state placer.

Personal:
Son of Jennifer and Scott Holtzen and brother of Trajan and Daxin. Father Scott played basketball at Blue Mountain College. Chose Wyoming because he loved the city of Laramie and the opportunity to run. Will graduate in 2026 with a degree in agriculture business.