2020-21 Track Roster
Frazier, Ryen
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Wolfpack Women's Top Moments - Track & Field
Wednesday, March 09

Ryen Frazier
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- Ravenscroft
Bio
2x NCAA East Regional Qualifier:
2x All-Region Cross Country Team (2015, 2016)
2x ACC Performer of the Week
2x USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week
Collegiate-Best Marks
2021 Outdoor Track & Field:
2020-21 Indoor Track & Field:
2020 Cross Country:
2019-20 Indoor Track & Field:
2019 Cross Country:
2019 Outdoor Track & Field:
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field:
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field:
2017 Cross Country:
2017 Outdoor Track & Field:
2016-17 Indoor Track & Field:
2016 Cross Country:
2016 Outdoor Track & Field:
2015-16 Indoor Track & Field:
2015 Cross Country:
Prep/Personal:
- 2018 - 5,000m
- 2017 - 5,000m
- 2017 Cross Country
- 2016 Cross Country
- 2015 Cross Country
- 2018 Cross Country
- 2017 Cross Country
- 2016 Cross Country
- 2017 Cross Country
- 2016-17 Track & Field
- 2016 Cross Country
2x All-Region Cross Country Team (2015, 2016)
2x ACC Performer of the Week
2x USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week
Collegiate-Best Marks
2021 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Competed in the 1500m at the ACC Championships
- Placed sixth in the 1500m at the Tobacco Road Challenge, running her best time of the season (4:26.31)
2020-21 Indoor Track & Field:
- Did not compete
2020 Cross Country:
- Represented the Wolfpack at a pair of regular-season meets, her highest placement coming at No. 26 (23:02.85) at a meet hosted by Wake Forest
2019-20 Indoor Track & Field:
- Did not compete
2019 Cross Country:
- Made her only appearance of the season in the Pack's first meet of the year. Placed ninth at the adidas XC Challenge in 17:20.9
2019 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Finished the 1500 invite in 4:55.65 at the Virginia Challenge
- Ran the 5000 at the Penn Relays, finishing in 18:06.61
2018-19 Indoor Track & Field:
- Did not compete
2018 Cross Country:
- Redshirted the season, did not compete
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field:
- Placed fourth in the 5,000m at the historic Penn Relays with a season best time of 16:28.74
- Competed in the 5,000m and the 1,500m at the ACC Championships
- Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 5,000m
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field:
- Won the 3,000m at the Pollock Invitational with a time of 9:25.76
- Runner-up in the 5,000m at the UCS Invitational, clocking a 16:57.60
- Competed in the mile and the 3,000m at the ACC Championships, placing eighth and 11th, respectively
2017 Cross Country:
- Competed six times for NC State
- Helped the Pack to its third consecutive top-10 finish at NCAA's, placing 150th with a time of 21:04.75 as NC State's fifth runner
- Placed 33rd at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships as NC State took home the regional crown
- Ran her fastest 6K of the season at the ACC Championships, claiming her third-straight all-conference nod as she placed 21st in 20:47.7
- Finished 59th at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite with a mark of 20:52.6
- Posted a season-best 5K at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite, clocking in at 17:25.7 to place 55th
- Opened the season with a 9th-place outing at the adidas XC Challenge, running a 5K in 17:26.6
2017 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Qualified for her first-career NCAA East Regional where she placed 28th overall in the women's 5K
- Earned top-10 finishes in the 5K (8th) and 1,500m (9th) at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
- Took third place in the 1,500m at the Charlotte Invitational with a personal-best time of 4:23.24
- Began outdoor season with a fourth-place finish in the 5K at the Raleigh Relays, crossing the line at 16:02.39
2016-17 Indoor Track & Field:
- Ran the final leg of the women's DMR at the ACC Championships as NC State placed sixth overall
- Posted her fastest mile of the season at the UCS Invitational with a time of 4:43.26
- Placed eighth overall in the women's 3,000m at the Iowa State Classic with a personal-best mark of 9:17.60
- Part of the women's DMR team that placed fourth overall at the UCS Invitational
- Opened the season with a second-place finish in the mile at the Hokie Invitational
2016 Cross Country:
- Competed four times for the Wolfpack.
- Kicked off her season at the Wisconsin Invitational, finishing 96th with a time of 21:23.4.
- Earned All-ACC honors at the conference championship after placing 14th with a time of 20:28.0.
- Placed 10th at the NCAA Regional, crossing in 20:42.8.
- At the NCAA Championships, tabbed a 115th place finish in 20:54.1.
2016 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Redshirted the season, did not compete
2015-16 Indoor Track & Field:
- Redshirted the season, did not compete
2015 Cross Country:
- Ran and scored in all six races during the season
- Opened her career with a course-record setting win at the adidas XC Challenge. Frazier won the meet and set the new course record by an astounding 22 seconds. She crossed the finish line in 16:06.4.
- Won her second straight race at the Notre Dame Invite, crossing the finish line in 16:28.9. Frazier defeated 2015 ACC Champion Molly Seidel, and New Mexico's top runners.
- Earned two USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week and ACC Women's Performer of the Week honors after both of her wins this season.
- Finished second on the team and 38th overall at the Wisconsin Invtie.
- Led the team to a second-place finish at the ACC Championships. Frazier finished fifth overall with a time of 20:22.4 and earn her first career All-ACC honors.
- Finished fourth on the team and 17th overall at the NCAA Southeast Regional to earn All-NCAA Southeast Region honors
- Was the team’s fifth runner on the fifth-place squad at the NCAA Championships, finishing 108th in 20:53.8.
Prep/Personal:
- 4x New Balance National Champion
- 2015 New Balance Outdoor Nationals co-MVP
- 2015 Adidas Grand Prix mile runner up
- 2014 Footlocker Nationals Runner Up
- New Balance All-American
- NCHSAA All-State
- AP Scholar
- Honor Roll