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2023-24 Men's Track & Field Roster

Will Ray

  • Class Senior
  • Position Distance
  • Hometown Okinawa, Japan
  • High School Kadena

Biography

CROSS COUNTRY BIO


SOPHOMORE (2022):
INDOOR: Completed the mile for a season high of 4:40.47 at the Champion College Team Challenge on Feb. 10… Ran the mile at the U of SC Indoor Open on Feb. 18… Registered 4:41.93…
 
OUTDOOR: Personal best in the 1500 meters with 4:10.16 at the Gamecock Invitational on April 16… Placed fifth… Competed in the 1500 meters in both the Weems Baskin Relays on March 25-26 and the CSU Distance/Throws Carnival on March 11…

HIGH SCHOOL: Spent final two years at Kadena High School in Ukuda, Okinawa, Japan where he was named the team's Most Valuable Runner … Set the DODEA Pacific 5K record with a time of 16:03 … As a junior, was named to the St. Louis Track Club 2019 All-Metro Cross Country First Team, and set a season-best time of 14:59.91 in the 3-mile IHSA 3A State Meet in Illinois.

PERSONAL: Full name is William Forrest Ray, Jr. … Son of Bill and Susan Minor Ray … Has three cousins who graduated from The Citadel, including Jay Minor, '20, Stockton Blanchard, '19, and Bo Minor, '11 … Major is mechanical engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Distance
    5'9"

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