Ryan Lamparek

Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Fairfax, IA High School: Cedar Rapids Prairie

Event: Throws

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.