Class: SO
Position: Distance
Height: 6-0
Weight: 166 pounds
Previous School: South Doyle HS
Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn.
2006-07 (Sophomore)
XC: Finished 45th in 19:04 over 5K at UTC Opener and 41st in 19:28 over 5K at FrontRunner Invitational ... Placed 62nd in 29:48.80 over 8K at Sun Belt Championships.
2005-06 (Freshman)
XC: Placed 65th in 20:44.33 on 5K course at Belmont Opener and 36th in 33:28.10 in five miles at WKU Old Timers Classic ... Came in 33rd in 33:37 on 8K course at Arkansas State Invit. ... Finished 29th in 19:55 on 5K course at UTC Invitational ... Placed 64th in 33:05.60 on 8K course at Sun Belt Championships.
Indoor: Finished third in 800-meters in 2:03.28 at MT Christmas Invitational and 16th in 2:04.68 at Kentucky Invitational ... Also member of eighth-place 4x800-meter relay at UK ... Came in sixth in 800 in 2:03.39 at Blue Raider Invitational and placed fourth in personal-best 2:01.94 at Middle Tennessee Open ... Finished eighth in 800 in 2:05.77 at MT Valentine Invitational ... Member of eighth-place distance medley relay at Sun Belt Championships.
Outdoor: Set personal-bests in both 800-meters and 1500-meters at Vanderbilt Invitational ... Posted time of 1:59.95 in 800 and 4:18.80 in 1500 ... Finished ninth in 800 at Boston Moon Classic and seventh at National City Invitational.
High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Don Madgett at South Doyle HS ... Earned All-Region honors as senior, posting time of 2:00 in 800-meters ... Voted Class Officer as freshman ... Recognized as "Who's Who Among American Students" all four years.
Personal: Ryan Patrick Hood ... Son of Donna Hood and the late Patrick Hood ... Born September 12, 1986.
