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Ryan Whiting

Player Profile
Class:
RS Sophomore

Hometown:
Harrisburg, Pa.

High School:
Central Dauphin HS

Height:
6-3

Event:
Throws

Arizona State: Returning All-American after earning the national honor in the shot put at both the indoor and outdoor meets... school record holder in the indoor shot put at 20.01m (65-07.75), beating Jim Camp's 1986 record of 19.77m (64-10.50)... second all-time on the outdoor shot put list with a toss of 20.35m (66-09.25)... also stands fifth in the discus at 57.48m (188-07)... 2007 Outdoor: Earned his second All-America honor of the year by finishing fourth in the shot put with a toss of 19.38m (63-07.00) at the NCAA Championships... placed second in the West Region and third in the Pac-10 Championships... earned Pac-10 Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors (April 22) after winning the Sun Angel Classic with a national-leading toss of 20.07m (65-10.25) and winning the discus (57.48m)... also won the shot put at the Triton Invitational and Double Dual... his Double Dual winning toss of 20.35m (66-09.25) ranks second all-time at ASU... nearly scored in the discus at the conference level, finishing ninth... placed 15th at the USA Championships in the shot put (18.53m)... selected to the Academic All-Pac-10 Second Team... 2007 Indoor: Garnered his first All-America honor by placing third in the shot put with a school-record toss of 20.01m (65-07.75) at the NCAA Championships... won three shot put titles on the year, including the MPSF Championship for his first league title... broke Jim Camp's 21-year-old school record in the shot put with his toss of 19.89m (65-03.25) to win the Mountain `T' Invitational... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic and Academic All-MPSF honors... 2006 Track: Redshirted... away from Arizona State, competed in several events unattached, winning two indoor shot put events (Lumberjack Invitational in Flagstaff and the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind.)... placed eighth in the shot put at the USA Indoor Championships with a then-personal best indoor mark of 19.36m (63-06.25)... won three events outdoors, including the Wildcat Invitational (Tucson) and the Baldy Castillo and ASU Invitational in Tempe... record a then-personal best toss of 19.75m (64-11.75) while placing third at the Arizona International in Tucson... also competed several times in the discus, winning the event at the Baldy Castillo Invitational and the Sun Angel Classic... recorded a PR of 59.44m (195-00) at an event in Chula Vista, Calif., on June 16... one of only several individuals to qualify for the shot put and discus at the USA Outdoor Championships where he placed 13th in the discus and 18th in the shot put... ended the 2006 season ranked No. 65 in shot put and No. 89 in the discus according to the IAAF World Ranking lists.

High School: A 2005 graduate of Central Dauphin High School (Harrisburg, Pa.)...selected as the 2005 Gatorade National Male Track and Field Athlete of the Year... competed at the 2005 USATF Junior National Championships, won the shot put with a meet record throw of 19.74m (64-9.25) and finished second in the discus with a toss of 55.56m (182-03)...advanced to the 2005 Pan-American games where he won both events...won shot put gold with a throw of 19.75m (64-9.50)...followed that with victory in the discus with a meet-record mark of 61.40m...Golden West Athlete of the Meet...first-team all-state four times...fourth on the all-time indoor shot put list in Pennsylvania...10-times selected All-American...holds records in shot put and discus at the school, Mid-Penn, district and state levels...2005 indoor national champion in the shot put...Track and Field News ranked him the top throwing recruit in the nation...lettered in track and field four times and was named team captain his final three years.

Personal: Majoring in civil engineering...parents are Kent and Jill Whiting...brothers Ross and Evan...born November 24, 1986...hobbies include knitting, Origami and exploring tunnels...full name is Ryan Keith Whiting.

Personal Bests - Shot Put: 66-09.25, Discus: 195-00

IN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS (* = All-America honor earned)
Meet Event Time/Mark Place
2007 Outdoor T&F Shot Put (f) 63-07.00 4th *
2007 Indoor T&F Shot Put (f) 65-07.75 3rd *

 
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