2026 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Ryder James
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Paxton, Illinois
- High School:
- Paxton High School
TFRRS
2026 Outdoor - Competing for Mizzou... Ran a personal best in the 1500m with a time of 3:47.10 at the LSU Battle on the Bayou... Ran a personal best in the 800m with a time of 2:03.97 at the Big Red Classic, where he finished seventh... Ran a personal best in the 5000m with a time of 14:45.47 at the 116th Drake Relays, where he finished ninth... Appeared in four events.
2026 Indoor - Competing for Mizzou... Ran a personal best time in the mile with a time of 4:04.33 and finished fourth at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational... Ran a personal best in the 3000m with a time of 8:00.51 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational... Competed at the SEC Indoor Championships in the 3000m... Appeared in three events.
2025 (XC) - Competing for Mizzou... Ran unattached at the Mizzou XC Opener, but his 5k time of 14:55.0 would have placed 4th had he been in the MU lineup … was 5th at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational where the Tigers placed second with a 8k time of 24:27.2 … ran 23:52.4 at the Gans Creek Classic (8k) …
2025 Indoor - Competing for Mizzou... Won the mile run at the Show-Me Showdown with a personal-best time of 4:06.60.
2024 (XC) - Competing for Mizzou... Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (5.2 Mile), 18th place, 25:31.2 … Gans Creek Classic (8k),11th place, 23:24.8 … Alabama Crimson Classic (8k), 8th place, 23:36.8 … SEC Championship (8k), 23:23.0 (PR), 26th place … NCAA Midwest Regional Championship (10k), 30:15.68 (PR), 30th place.
2024 Outdoor - Competing for Mizzou... Ran the 5000m in 14:47.21 at the KT Woodman Classic ... placed first in 3000m with a time of 8:29.82 at the John McDonnell Invitational ... closed out his debut outdoor campaign with an eighth-place finish in the 5000m at the Rock Chalk Classic, crossing the line in 15:08.04.
2023 (XC) - Competing for Mizzou... Placed fourth with a 18:18.6 6k time (PR) at the Mizzou XC Opener ... finished 18th at the Gans Creek Invitational in the 8k, running a 24:37.3 ... secured a sixth-place finish at the XC23 College & Open, running the 8k in 24:36.7 ... finished among the top 50 at the SEC Championships, crossing the line at 24:45 in the 8k ... closed out the campaign with a 32:53.4 10k at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships.
Personal - Born November 18, 2003 … son of Jennifer and Mark … has one brother, Peyton … transferred from Mizzou.
