Ryan Willie (born 24 June 2002) is an American track and field athlete who competes over 400m.

Early life

Willie lost his mother, Marla, to breast cancer in 2015. He attended

Bullis School Bullis School is an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school for grades K-12. The school is located in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. History Bullis was founded in Washington D.C. in 1930 by Commander Willia ...

in Potomac, Maryland, where he excelled in track and field.

Career

Running for the University of Florida, he ran a personal best time of 44.25 seconds for the 400m to finish second in the final of the NCAA Championships held in Austin, Texas in 2023. Competing at the

2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon from July 6–9, 2023. They served as USA Track & Field's (USATF) national championships in track and field for the United States. The results of the ...

, in

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, he reached the final of the 400m competition with the third fastest time. In July 2023, he competed in the 400m at the

Diamond League The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fourteen of the best invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) one-day mee ...

events in Silesia and London. He was selected for the

2023 World Athletics Championships The 2023 World Athletics Championships ( hu, 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. The city of Budapes ...

in Budapest in August 2023.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Willie, Ryan 2002 births Living people American male sprinters Florida Gators men's track and field athletes Track and field athletes from Maryland People from Potomac, Maryland Bullis School alumni World Athletics Championships winners