2025 Track & Field Roster
Rankin, Riyon
Riyon Rankin
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Brunswick, Ga.
- High School:
- Brunswick
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
Bio
2024 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2024 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2025 SEC Outdoor Champion (High Jump)
2025 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (High Jump)
2025: Outdoor – Earned the SEC outdoor high jump title with his season-best mark of 2.29 meters/7 feet, 6 inches…Qualified for Nationals with his mark of 2.15m/7-0.50 to tie for eighth at the NCAA East Regional…Named a Second Team All-American in the high jump, clearing 2.10m/6-10.75 to place 16th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships as he battled through a leg injury…Placed third at the Florida Relays with a mark of 2.20m/7-2.50…Victorious at the Tiger Track Classic with a clearance of 2.27m/7-5.25 to earn SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honors.
Indoor – NCAA runner-up in the high jump, clearing 2.19m/7-2.25 to bring home a silver medal…Placed 10th at the SEC Championships with a mark of 2.16m/7-1…Cleared a season-best 2.22m/7-3.25 to win the high jump at the Tiger Paw Invite.
2024: Outdoor – Won the first high jump of his collegiate career at the Battle on the Bayou, clearing a height of 2.20 meters/7 feet, 2.50 inches…Posted his best high jump of the season at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (2.21m/7-3) to secure a runner-up finish in the high jump invite…Runner-up at the LSU Invitational with a mark of 2.20m/7-2.50…Earned a share of the NCAA East Regional title with his jump of 2.17m/7-1.50…Also cleared 2.17m/7-1.50 at the NCAA Championships to secure seventh place.
Indoor – Won the high jump in his collegiate debut at the Clemson Invite, clearing a height of 2.21 meters/7 feet, 3 inches to tie for seventh all-time in the Georgia record books...Named SEC Men’s Freshman of the Week for his performance at Clemson…Runner-up at the Track at New Balance Collegiate Showdown with a mark of 2.15m/7-0.50…Tied for third at the Tiger Paw Invite, clearing a height of 2.15m/7.0.50…Placed 10th at the SEC Championships with a mark of 2.11m/6-11…Placed seventh and scored at the NCAA Championships with his second-best mark of the season (2.18m/7-1.75).
High School: Competed in track & field and basketball in high school…Set a Georgia state high jump record with a mark of 2.22 meters/7 feet, 3 ¾ inches to take the crown at the GHSA 6A state meet as a senior…Went on to earn the high jump title at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in his final year…Secured Region 2 titles in the high jump and triple jump to help Brunswick win the region title in his final season…Won the state title in the high jump as a junior…Finished third in the high jump at the state track & field meet as a sophomore…Personal best of 2.22m/7-3.75 (high jump).
Personal: Born March 16, 2005...Son of Tironza Holsey...One of three siblings...Intending to major in Accounting.
2024 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2025 SEC Outdoor Champion (High Jump)
2025 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (High Jump)
2025: Outdoor – Earned the SEC outdoor high jump title with his season-best mark of 2.29 meters/7 feet, 6 inches…Qualified for Nationals with his mark of 2.15m/7-0.50 to tie for eighth at the NCAA East Regional…Named a Second Team All-American in the high jump, clearing 2.10m/6-10.75 to place 16th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships as he battled through a leg injury…Placed third at the Florida Relays with a mark of 2.20m/7-2.50…Victorious at the Tiger Track Classic with a clearance of 2.27m/7-5.25 to earn SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honors.
Indoor – NCAA runner-up in the high jump, clearing 2.19m/7-2.25 to bring home a silver medal…Placed 10th at the SEC Championships with a mark of 2.16m/7-1…Cleared a season-best 2.22m/7-3.25 to win the high jump at the Tiger Paw Invite.
2024: Outdoor – Won the first high jump of his collegiate career at the Battle on the Bayou, clearing a height of 2.20 meters/7 feet, 2.50 inches…Posted his best high jump of the season at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (2.21m/7-3) to secure a runner-up finish in the high jump invite…Runner-up at the LSU Invitational with a mark of 2.20m/7-2.50…Earned a share of the NCAA East Regional title with his jump of 2.17m/7-1.50…Also cleared 2.17m/7-1.50 at the NCAA Championships to secure seventh place.
Indoor – Won the high jump in his collegiate debut at the Clemson Invite, clearing a height of 2.21 meters/7 feet, 3 inches to tie for seventh all-time in the Georgia record books...Named SEC Men’s Freshman of the Week for his performance at Clemson…Runner-up at the Track at New Balance Collegiate Showdown with a mark of 2.15m/7-0.50…Tied for third at the Tiger Paw Invite, clearing a height of 2.15m/7.0.50…Placed 10th at the SEC Championships with a mark of 2.11m/6-11…Placed seventh and scored at the NCAA Championships with his second-best mark of the season (2.18m/7-1.75).
High School: Competed in track & field and basketball in high school…Set a Georgia state high jump record with a mark of 2.22 meters/7 feet, 3 ¾ inches to take the crown at the GHSA 6A state meet as a senior…Went on to earn the high jump title at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in his final year…Secured Region 2 titles in the high jump and triple jump to help Brunswick win the region title in his final season…Won the state title in the high jump as a junior…Finished third in the high jump at the state track & field meet as a sophomore…Personal best of 2.22m/7-3.75 (high jump).
Personal: Born March 16, 2005...Son of Tironza Holsey...One of three siblings...Intending to major in Accounting.
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