Bryce Ruland
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| Born | 26 September 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Discus: 62.59m (Lima, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Bryce Ruland (born 26 September 2006) is an American discus thrower. He won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.[1]
Early life
[edit]He is from Waterford, Wisconsin and attended Waterford Union High School. He would take part in show skiing with the Aquaducks show skiing group, and would be the base for a human pyramid formation.[2] In November 2023, he committed to the University of Iowa.[3]
Career
[edit]Brcye, won his first National Championship at the age of 13 in 2020 at the AAU Jr Olympics in Satellite Beach Florida with a 1kg discus throw of 172' 4. He won a second AAU Championship in 2022 with the 1.6kg discus with a throw of 180' 7".
He is a two time Wisconsin Discus State Champion (2023 & 2024) and currently holds the Wisconsin State Discus Record of 212' 1"
He won the boys' discus throw at the 2023 Nike National Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[4] In 2023 and 2024 he became the WIAA Division 1 state discus champion.[5] In June 2024, he threw 59.41 metres to finish second at the USATF U20 Championships.[6]
In August 2024, competing at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the Men's discus throw in Lima, Peru, he won the gold medal with a personal best of 62.59 metres.[7][8] He launched his best throw in the first round and then his 62.44m throw in the sixth round also proved to be the second-farthest throw of the competition.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bryce Ruland". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "BRYCE RULAND - GET TO KNOW - NIKE ELITE 2023". Runnerspace. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "College Signing". Milesplit. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "WISCONSIN LEFT-HANDERS BRYCE RULAND, BEN SMITH GO 1-2 IN DISCUS AT NIKE OUTDOOR NATIONALS". Runnerspace. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Waterford's Bryce Ruland repeats as WIAA Division 1 state discus champion". jsonline.com. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Bryce Ruland 2nd Place Men's Discus Throw - USATF U20 Outdoor Championships 2024". Runnerspace. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Fayisa flies to 1500m gold for Ethiopia on day five in Lima". World Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Topic and Tumba triumph on the final day of the World U20 Championships". European Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "UNITED STATES 4X400 RELAY VICTORIES WRAP UP WORLD ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS". Runnerspace. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
World U20 Champions in men's discus throw | |
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