Track & Field
Ryan Moore
Head Coach
ARC 269A
219-464-6118
Ryan.Moore@valpo.edu
Ryan Moore guides the Valparaiso University Track and Field program into the Horizon League this season after taking over the reins prior to the 2007 campaign. In his first year at the helm, Moore took the Crusaders to new heights. The women’s team matched its best finish in program history at the Mid-Continent Conference indoor meet, coming in fourth place, and surpassed its best outdoor finish with a third-place showing. Moore guided 14 All Mid-Continent Conference selections between the indoor and outdoor seasons, including the Outdoor Newcomer of the Year in Lakisha Lane. He also coached two outdoor NCAA regional qualifiers and Valpo’s second-ever All-American, as Laura Rolf earned the accolade in the mile run during the indoor campaign. Nine school records (two indoor, seven outdoor) were surpassed by Moore’s female athletes during his first season as head coach. On the men’s side, Moore led the Crusaders to fifth-place finishes in both the indoor and outdoor conference championship meets. He coached three All-Conference selections and one NCAA regional qualifier, as Steve Bartholomew competed at the regional meet in the hammer throw. Three men’s school records (two indoor, one outdoor) also fell during the 2007 season. Moore worked extensively with the throwers in his three years as an assistant with the Crusaders. His pupils enjoyed unprecedented success during the 2006 campaign, led by Bartholomew, who was named the 2006 Mid-Continent Conference Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year, the first Crusader track and field athlete to earn the league’s top honor. Three of Moore’s throwers on the men’s side placed in the top seven in the discus throw at the 2006 outdoor conference meet, and four of the top nine in the hammer throw were Crusaders. Bartholomew, who won both events, also qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional Meet. Twelve of Moore’s throwers, six men and six women, earned All-Conference honors in his three years as an assistant coach. Moore’s student-athletes have now broken 23 school records and 110 personal records. Moore arrived at Valpo from Calvin College where he ranks among the school’s top discus throwers. In 2002, Moore qualified for the NCAA Division III National Championships and won the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association title in the discus. Moore graduated from Calvin in 2002 with a degree in parks and recreation. He received his master’s degree in sports administration from Valparaiso in 2005. Moore has earned his USATF Level II Coaching Certification in the throws and the jumps.
