Jacob Ranker Track and Field Roster

TFFRS

AS A SENIOR (2023-24) 

• Finished seventh with a PR and the sixth best time in program history in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 ACC Outdoor Championship (51.80)
• Competed in the 400m at the 2024 ACC Indoor Championships (48.97)
• Posted a PR in his fourth place finish in the 400m at the 2024 Meyo Invitational (48.59)
• Logged a fourth place finish with a PR in the 300m at the 2023 Blue & Gold Invitational (34.79)

AS A JUNIOR AT MIAMI (2022-23) 

• Took third in 400m hurdles (52.45) at MAC Outdoor Championships
• Part of second-place 4x100m relay (41.05) and fourth-place 4x400m relay (3:15.96) at MAC Outdoor Championships
• Set PR in prelims of 100m at MAC Outdoor Championships (10.85)
• Finished 400m in personal-best time of 49.10 at Raleigh Relays (outdoor)
• Named MAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week (5/10) after setting PR in 400m hurdles (52.20) at Billy Hayes Invitational (outdoor)
• Earned pair of first-place finishes (400m hurdles, 4×400 relay) at RedHawk Invitational
• Second Team All-MAC selection (outdoor)
• Academic All-MAC honoree (outdoor)
• Set personal best (6.97) in 60m at Gladstein Invitational (indoor)
• Took first place in 200m at PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic (indoor) with PR time of 22.02

AS A SOPHOMORE AT MIAMI (2021-22) 

• Named MAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week after winning 100m (11.01 PR) and 400H at Miami’s Blizzard Buster (outdoor)
• Took sixth in 400 hurdles at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (54.51)
• Finished 60m hurdles in a personal-best time of 8.18 at Indiana University Relays (indoor)
• Set PR in 60m (6.97) at Jim Green Track & Field Invitational (indoor)
• Named Academic All-MAC (track)

 AS A FRESHMAN AT MIAMI (2020-21)

• Placed third in 400m hurdles at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (52.83), setting a PR in the process
• Took fifth place in 110m hurdles at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 14.44
• Took first place in 400m hurdles at Blizzard Buster (outdoor) with a time of 55.16
• Earned Academic All-MAC honors (track)

PREP AND PERSONAL

• Lettered four times in track and field
• Set school records in both the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles
• Earned all-state honors in 2019 in 300m hurdles and qualified for state championship in 110m hurdles
• Won conference titles in both 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles, adding a district crown in 300m hurdles
• Graduated in top five percent of his class
• Son of Kristine and Darin Ranker
• Majoring in Finance
• Has a June birthday