| Lauren Ryan | |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Long distance running |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1998 |
| Height: | 157cm |
| Weight: | 50kg |
| Pb: | 1500m 4:08.15 (Los Angeles, 2024) |
Lauren Ryan (born 15 March 1998) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes as a long-distance runner. She is the Australian national record holder over 10,000m.[1]
From Melbourne, Ryan attended Geelong Grammar School.[2] Competing for Florida State University she finished fourth over 3000m at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2022.[3]
Based in Baltimore, Maryland,[4] Ryan made her Australian senior team debut at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[5]
She was selected to represent Australia in the 5000m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023[6] and, in October 2023, Ryan represented Australia at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships held in Riga, Latvia. She then won the Pandora 10k in Baltimore.[7]
Ryan won the Australian title over 10,000m in Melbourne in December 2023, running 32:54.00.[8]
On 27 January 2024, competing in Boston, Massachusetts, she set a new Australian indoor 5000m record of 15.17.79. The following week, she ran a new 3000m personal best time of 8:42.31, which elevated her to the No. 2 indoor performer in her country’s history behind only Jessica Hull. [9] Ryan ran 14:57.67 for 5,000m at the oversized Dempsey Indoor Facility in Seattle on 23 February 2024.
In March 2024, she set a new Australian national record time over 10,000 metres, running 30:35.66 inSan Juan Capistrano, California, taking two seconds from the previous record set 20 years earlier by Benita Willis.[10]
In April 2024, she was selected for the Australian team for the 2024 Olympic Games.[11]