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2014-15 Track & Field Roster

Tyler Rippel

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Biography

2014-15 

Indoor: Captured All-MVC in the 800-meter dash…Earned his personal best 600-meter dash at the Indiana Relays with a clocked time of 1:20.18…competed in the mile run at the EIU Early Bird where he captured a time of 4:25.55…earned second at the EIU John Craft Invite in the 800-meter dash with a time of 1:56.07…at the Meyo Invitational clocked a time of 1:51.81…captured a time of 1:51.57 at the GVSU Big Meet…at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships clocked a final time of 1:54.28 placing third…participated in the 4 x 400 at the Meyo Invitational with a clocked time of 3:15.94…at the GVSU Big Meet earned a time of 3:22.01…at the Indiana Relays competed in the 4 x 800 where the team earned second place with a time of 7:37.25…competed in the distance medley relay at the EIU Early Bird earning first place with a time of 10:36.50.

Outdoor: Earned second place at the Redbird Invite in the 800-meter with a clocked time of 1:53.74…at the Illinois Twilight recorded a time of 1:53.67 in the 800...competed in the 400-meter…at the Big Blue Classic earned a time of 50.98…matched that time at the Wisconsin Open…participated in the 4 x 400 meter relay…at the Lenny Lyles clocked a time of 3:26.00 and earned fourth place…earned a time of 3:17.42 at the Sun Angel Classic…at the Illinois Twilight the team clocked a time of 3:20.76…at the Drake Relays competed in the 4 x 800 and earned a time of 7:36.18.

2012-13 

Indoor: Won the Meyo Invitational with a 500-meter personal-besttime of 1:04.11 ... Boilermaker Invitational 600-meter winner with a personal-best time of 1:20.46 ... named to the all-conference team with a personal-best 800-meter time of 1:53.46.

Outdoor: Placed third at the Drake Relays with an 800-meter time of 1:52.58 ... Won the Wisconsin Elite with a personal-best 400-meter time of 48.79 ... Finished second to CJ Hamilton in the 800-meter race at the Valley meet with a time of 1:52.20.

2011-12 

Indoor: Took fourth at the Indiana State Dual (Jan. 14) in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:00.41 ... finished third in the 800-meter run at the Wisconsin Invitational (Jan. 20) with a time of 2:00.81 ... ran a personal-best 1:56.32 800-meter run at the Big Meet (Feb. 10), finishing 15th ... ran a leg on the sixth-place finishing distance medley relay team at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 25).

Outdoor: Ran a personal-best 1:55.25 in the 800-meter run at the EIU Big Blue Classic (March 29) ... finished fourth at the ISU vs. SIU Dual (April 7) in the 800-meter run, posting a time of 1:56.86 ... finished fourth at the Lenny Lyles Invitational (April 20) in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:56.09 ... ran a leg on the fifth-place finishing 4X400-meter relay team at the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 11).

PRIOR TO ISU

Prairie Ridge High School: Participated in basketball, football, track and cross country ... rookie of the year in track ... set personal-bests his senior year on the track in the 800-meter run and 400-meter dash with times of 2:01 and 50.8, respectively.

Personal: Born 4/26/1993 ... son of Daniel and Anne Rippel ... siblings are Kaitlin and Ben ... plans to major in organismal biology with aspirations of being a botanist.