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Girls Cross Country - Kansas

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Ryin Miller

Runner
SEAMAN HS
TOPEKA, KANSAS
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

3rd - 16:44.6

NXN Heartland Regional

2nd

KSHSAA Class 5A state meet

1st - 16:32.7

Joe Schrag Invitational
“Ryin Miller moved to the head of the class in the state’s all-time cross-country annals. Her excellence also crossed state lines this past season as the Sunflower State’s top performer in regional and national postseason competitions. She’s a rising star on the nationwide landscape.”
Rich Gonzalez
PrepCalTrack
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7 junior was the state’s top finisher at the Nike Cross Heartland Regional this past season, placing third with a time of 16:44.6. Miller took second at the KSHSAA Class 5A state meet, leading the Vikings to sixth place as a team. She also broke the tape and clocked the state’s fastest girls 5K in state history at the Joe Schrag Invitational with a time of 16:32.7. The state’s reigning Gatorade Player of the Year for Track and Field, she capped her 2024 campaign with a top-40 finish at the Nike Cross Nationals Final in Oregon.

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Academic Achievement

Miller has maintained a weighted 4.15 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the school’s Key Club, Miller has volunteered locally by helping to organize the preschool’s Easter Egg Hunt and she’s donated her time as a reader and pen pal at local elementary schools. She’s also served as a youth basketball and soccer coach and has organized strength and conditioning courses at local sports camps.