Lauren Ryan

Lauren Ryan (born 15 March 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a long-distance runner. She is the Australian national record holder over 10,000m.

Early life
From Melbourne, Ryan attended Geelong Grammar School. Competing for Florida State University she finished fourth over 3000m at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2022.

Career
Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Ryan made her Australian senior team debut at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships.

She was selected to represent Australia in the 5000m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 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.

Ryan won the Australian title over 10,000m in Melbourne in December 2023, running 32:54.00.

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. 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 in San Juan Capistrano, California, taking two seconds from the previous record set 20 years earlier by Benita Willis.

In April 2024, she was selected for the Australian team for the 2024 Olympic Games.