2020-2021 Track and Field Roster
Ryan McCann
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Lynchburg, Va.
- Prev School:
- Liberty Christian Academy
Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
PV - 16-5.25 (5.01m)
All-ASUN Honors (1)
2021 Outdoor Pole Vault - 2nd
All-Big South Honors (1)
2018 Outdoor Pole Vault - 3rd
2019-20
• Was not part of the Liberty track & field program
2018 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Claimed his first Big South medal with a third-place pole vault finish
• Cleared a personal-best 16-5.25 in the Mount Olive Final Qualifier pole vault, four days after the conference meet. That earned him a spot in Liberty's all-time top 10 and just missed qualifying for the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet.
• Won the open section of the Virginia Challenge pole vault at 15-9.25
• Joined the 16-foot club with a 16-1.75 clearance during the Liberty Twilight Qualifier
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)
• Took sixth place in the Big South pole vault competition
• Competing unattached, pole vaulted a season-best 15-7 during the Liberty Elite Invitational
2017 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Finished seventh in the Big South pole vault final
• Broke through for a 15-5 pole vault clearance at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational, before improving to 15-6.5 at the Virginia Grand Prix
2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
• Competing unattached, pole vaulted a season-best 14-9 for 11th place at the Liberty Elite Invitational
Prep
• Graduated from Liberty Christian Academy
• Pole vaulted 14-9 as a senior, after only picking up the event the previous year
• 2016 Virginia 4A outdoor state champion in the pole vault and runner-up in the 4 x 400 relay
• At the 2016 Virginia 4A indoor state meet, placed second in the pole vault, fifth in the 4 x 200 and sixth in the 4 x 400
• Helped his team win Virginia 4A state championships in boys' indoor and outdoor track & field in 2016, their first year as a VHSL member
Personal
• Son of James and Cheryl McCann
• Birthday is Feb. 21
• Business administration and exercise science major
