2025 Track & Field Roster

Ryan Lacefield

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Last School(s) Carson HS
  • Hometown Carson, Calif.

Biography

CAREER BESTS:
60m:
7.55
100m: 11.66w
200m (Out): 23.88
200m (In): 24.24
400m (Out): 53.48
400m (In): 54.36

CAREER HONORS
  • Ranks No. 2 in program indoor 400m history
  • Ranks No. 6 in program indoor 4x400m relay history
  • Ranks No. 7 in program outdoor 400m history
  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • 1x All-ACC Academic
  • 1x ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • 6x Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
 
2025: Raced in six indoor meets… ran the anchor leg of a 4x400m relay that ranks No. 6 in program history with a time of 3:43.79 at the ACC Championships, where she also ran the 400m in 55.00… at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, ran the 400m in 55.13 and the 60m in 7.68… posted a 400m time of 54.98 and a 60m time of 7.66 at the New Mexico Team Open... Indoor All-ACC Academic... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2024 (Outdoor): Appeared in nine meets for Cal… ran the 400m in 53.76 at the NCAA West Preliminary… at the Pac-12 Championships, contributed to a 4x100m relay that tied for the eighth-fastest time in program history (44.56)… posted a 400m time of 54.16 at the Mt. SAC Relays… recorded the seventh-fastest 400m time in program history (53.48) at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… ran the 400m in 54.19 at the Aztec Invitational… USTFCCCA All-Academic… Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2024 (Indoor): Competed in three meets for the Bears… posted the second-fastest indoor 400m time in program history at the Ken Shannon Invitational, crossing the finish line in 54.36… at the Don Kirby Invitational, posted a 400m time of 54.98 and set personal bests in the 60m (7.55) and the 200m (24.24)... Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection.

2023 (Outdoor): Appeared in six meets… traveled to the NCAA Outdoor Championships as a 4x100m relay alternate… ran the third leg of a 4x400m relay squad that finished in 3:40.68 at the Pac-12 Championships and also ran the 400m in 55.63… at the 128th Big Meet, posted a 400m time of 55.30… reached a personal-best 54.76 in the 400m to win the event at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… ran the 400m in 55.36 at the Stanford Invitational… Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2023 (Indoor): Appeared in one meet for Cal… finished the 400m in 57.85 and the 200m in 25.05 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational... Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection.

2022 (Outdoor): Competed in seven meets… finished the 400m dash in 56.36 at the Pac-12 Championships… set a new personal best of 56.26 in the 400m at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… at the Stanford Invitational, posted a 400m time of 56.53… ran the 200m dash in 24.72, a personal best, at the Aztec Invitational, where she also helped the 4x400m relay squad to a third-place finish with a combined time of 3:42.34.

2022 (Indoor): Competed in three meets… set personal records in the 200m dash (25.23) and the 400m dash (57.48) at the Pac-12 Invitational… finished the 200m dash in 25.51 at the WSU Open... named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Outdoor): Competed in seven meets for the Bears… was part of the winning 4x400m relay team at the Big Meet, posting a composite time of 3:43.67… also ran a personal-best 56.69 in the 400m dash that day… at the Aztec Invitational, ran the 200m dash in 25.04 and the 400m dash in 56.98… won the 400m dash at the Cal-Sac State Dual with her time of 59.16 and contributed to the winning effort of the 4x100m relay team (46.48)… named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Indoor): Appeared in two meets… participated in the 4x440y race at the Air Force Collegiate Open, in which the Golden Bears combined for a time of 3:56.80, the seventh-fastest in Division I that year… set a personal record in the 60m dash at the Air Force Invitational with a time of 7.82.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in the 60m and 150m dashes at the 2020 California Winter State Track & Field Championships… reached the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Championship finals that year with Carson High School’s 4x100m relay squad… earlier, she competed in the 200m dash and the 400m dash at the CIF State Prelimiaries after winning those races in the CIF LA City Section Finals… placed first in the 100m and 400m dashes at that year’s LA County Championships… in 2018, reached the CIF State Preliminaries in the 200m dash, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay… she won the 100m and 200m races, as well as the 4x100m and 4x400m relays, at the 2018 So Cal Frosh-Soph Championships… competed in the 300m and 4x200m relay at California Winter Track & Field Championships that year… raced in the 4x400m relay at the 2017 CIF State Preliminaries after placing second in that event at the CIF LA City Section Finals… also took first in the 400m and 4x100m relay and second in the 200m dash at the Section Finals that year… competed in the 4x400m relay at the 2017 Arcadia Invitational.

PERSONAL: Majored in psychology... daughter of Robert Lacefield and Damesha Christopher.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2022Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2023Junior

    Sprints
  • 2024Senior

    Sprints
  • 2025Graduate Student

    Sprints