Wake Forest Athletics
2026 Track and Field Roster

Ryan Harper
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Morristown, NJ
- High School:
- Delbarton School
Career Records
Top-10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 5 - 400m (Indoor) - 48.21
No. 7 - 200m (Indoor) - 22.16
No. 7 - 400m (Outdoor) - 47.28
Collegiate PR
60m - 7.23
100m - 11.15
200m - 21.84
300m - 35.09
400m - 47.28
2026 (Sophomore)
Outdoor - Moved into seventh all-time in program history after posting a personal-best time of 47.28 en route to winning his heat of the 400 meters at the Wake Forest Invitational… Added a pair of top-10 results in the 200 meters and the 400 meters at the Bob Davidson Team Challenge.
Indoor - Placed second in the 400 meters at the ASICS Sound Invite… Moved into seventh in program history after posting a time of 22.16 in the 200 meters at the JDL Early Bird Invitational… Logged the fifth-fastest time in program history in the 400 meters, clocking a time of 48.21.
2025 (Freshman)
Outdoor - Placed fifth in the 400m at the Webb Davidson Meet… Recorded a personal-best time of 48.11 in the 400m at the Wake Forest Invitational… Achieved personal-best times in the 100m and 200m at the Charlotte Invitational.
Indoor - Placed eighth in the 400m at the Visit Winston-Salem College Kick-off in his first collegiate meet.
High School
Team Captain … 2024 outdoor MVP Middle distance … 2023 outdoor and 2023 indoor Most Improved … 2023 indoor MVP Sprints … Placed third at DMR which placed 3rd at Penn Relays (2023 Outdoor) … Member of Morris County Relay Champs … Awarded highest honors … Music production club co-leader
Born on September 9, 2005 … Sister, Kathryn … Son of Jonathan and Kerry Harper … Jonathan Harper threw the Javelin at Middlebury College.



