Ryan Lamparek

Class: Senior Hometown: Fairfax, Iowa High School: Cedar Rapids Prairie

Event: Throws

2011 -- Indoor - led team in shot put with a season-best throw of 56-4 1/2 (17.18m) at the Razorback Invitational... posted collegiate-best weight throw (61-0 1/4, 18.60m) at Iowa Open, which ranks seventh all-time at Iowa... placed ninth in shot put (56-1 1/4, 17.10m) at Big Ten Championships... runner up in shot put and weight throw at Iowa Open (54-10 1/4, 16.72m; 61-0 1/4, 18.60m) and Iowa Invite (55-9 1/4, 17.00m; 59-7 1/2, 18.17m)... placed in the top 10 in both shot put and weight throw in seven of eight competitions... Outdoor - led team in discus, placing third at Musco Twilight XII (170-7, 52.00m)... placed 12th in shot put (53-6 1/2, 16.32m) and 20th in discus (146-1, 44.54m) at Big Ten Championships... placed seventh in discus at Sun Angel Classic (164-10 1/2, 50.23m), eighth at Drake Relays (165-5, 50.41m) and 37th at NCAA West Regional (159-4, 48.57m)... placed third in shot put at LSU Invite (54-9 1/4, 16.69m), eighth at Sun Angel Classic (53-11, 16.43m) and 18th at Drake Relays (53-5 1/2, 16.29m)... academic all-Big Ten.

2010 -- Indoor - led team in shot put with a season-best 56-10 (17.32m) seventh place finish at the Big Ten Championships...this ranks ninth all-time at Iowa...threw a collegiate-best 60-5 1/4 (18.42m) in the weight throw at Big Ten Championships...ranks seventh all-time at Iowa...won shot put at Iowa Invite (56-9 1/4, 17.30m)...placed second in shot put at Jack Johnson Invite (55-4 1/4, 16.87m) and Iowa Open (56-7 1/2, 17.26m)...Outdoor - led team in shot put (57-2 3/4, 17.44m) and discus (171-03, 52.19m)...both marks are collegiate-bests...threw collegiate-best 181-7 (55.35m) in hammer at Big Ten Championships...placed sixth at Big Ten Championships in shot put (57-2, 17.42m)...placed third in the shot put at the Sun Angel Classic (54-2 1/2, 16.52m), Musco Twilight XI (55-11 1/4, 17.05m), and Drake Relays (57-2 3/4, 17.44m)...placed third in discus at Iowa Invitational (167-6, 51.05m).

2009 -- Indoor - placed sixth in shot put with collegiate-best 56-8 3/4 at Big Ten Championships... that mark ranks 10th on Iowa's all-time best performers list... runner-up in shot put at Iowa Invite (56-0 1/2), against Illinois (55-6 1/2) and at Iowa Open (54-11 1/4), and placed third at Jack Johnson Classic (55-1 1/2)... Outdoor - placed 11th in discus (174-11) at NCAA Midwest Regional... won shot put (53-2 1/4) and placed second in discus (177-3) at Messersmith Invite... that collegiate-best discus mark ranks 10th all-time at Iowa... placed fifth in discus (167-8) and 16th in shot put (53-1) at Big Ten meet... placed 14th in discus (159-6) and 18th in shot put (53-5 3/4) at Drake Relays... placed third in shot put and discus (53-3 3/4, 168-0) at Illinois Invite... also qualified for regional meet in discus at Mesa Classic (175-4)... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2008 -- Track - redshirted... threw season bests in discus (166-6) and shot put (54-9 1/2) at Musco Twilight X while competing unattached.

High School -- state shot put champion (59-7) and discus runner-up senior year... two-time Drake Relays champion... four-time conference champion... six-time all-conference and all-metro... set school shot put record (61-1)... best discus mark was 183-2 in discus... coached by Bill Swartz and Jeff Moeller... lettered four years in track and two in football... two-time track team captain and one-time football team captain... high honor roll award winner.

Personal -- born April 24, 1989... son of Gary and Darla Lamparek... both parents competed in track at Northern Iowa... pre-chiropractic major.