Rylan Engels

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
San Clemente, Calif.

Career Records

Awards
2025 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)

Top-10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 2 - Mile (Indoor) - 4:40.21
No. 3 - 1000m (Indoor) - 2:47.74
No. 3 - 1500m (Outdoor) - 4:14.67
No. 8 - 800m (Outdoor) - 2:07.26
No. 9 - DMR (Indoor) - 11:22.61

Collegiate PR
600m - 1:36.97
800m - 2:07.01
1000m - 2:47.74
1500m - 4:14.67
Mile - 4:40.21

2025 (Graduate)
Outdoor - Earned Second Team All-ACC honors after placing sixth at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 4:14.67, the third-fastest time in program history… Placed third in the 800m at the Duke Invitational… Qualified for the NCAA East Region First Round in the 1500m.

Indoor - Placed 11th in the mile during the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships, posting the second-fastest time in school history at 4:40.21… Finished second in the 1000m at the JDL Early Bird Invitational with a personal-best time of 2:47.74… Added second place finishes in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational, and in the DMR at the Gamecock Challenge.

Prior to Wake Forest (TCU)

Awards, honors and records
2024 Big 12 ITF 1000m Medalist (6th)

TCU's All-Time Top 10 List
No. 2 Indoor 1000m (2:47.78)
No. 5 Indoor 800m (2:11.94)
No. 6 Outdoor 800m (2:09.84)

Awards, honors and records
School Record Holder – 4x800 Relay (8:31.94)
School Record Holder – DMR (10:53.34)
2024 Big 12 ITF 1000m Medalist (6th)

TCU's All-Time Top 10 List
No. 1 Outdoor 4x800 (8:31.94)
No. 1 Outdoor DMR (10:53.34)
No. 2 Indoor 1000m (2:47.78)
No. 5 Indoor 800m (2:11.94)
No. 5 Outdoor 800m (2:07.80)

2024 Outdoor
Raced in seven meets for TCU … Represented TCU in the 800m at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (May 9-11) … Ran on the school-record DMR team that clocked a 10:53.34 at the Penn Relays (April 25-27) … Took fourth in the 1500m at the Michael Johnson Invitational with her time of 4:29.75 (April 19-20) … Ran a personal-best 2:07.80 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, good for the fifth-fastest time in outdoor history (April 11-13) … Won gold in the 4x800 with the new school-record time of 8:31.94 at the Texas Relays (March 27-30) … Won the 1500m with her time of 4:25.15, the sixth-fastest time in program history, at the Texas A&M Invite (March 23) … Placed third with her time of 4:34.14 in the 1500m at the TCU Alumni Invitational (March 15-16).

2023-24 Indoor
Competed in four meets for TCU… Started off the season with a win in the 800m (2:11.68) at the McFerrin 12-Degree Invite (Jan. 13)... Placed third at the Jarvis Scott Open (Feb. 9-10) in the 1000m (2:56.89)... Finished sixth in the 1000m (2:49.73) at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 23-24).

2023 Outdoor
Ran in a total of six meets for TCU … Placed fifth in both 1500m and 4x400 events with times of 4:53.68 and 3:55.44, respectively, at the TCU Alumni Invitational (March 17-18) … Took first in the 4x400 at the Sooner Invitational & Multis (April 14-15) with a time of 3:47.79 … Ran in the 800m with a time of 2:15.41 and placed third overall at the Oliver Jackson Twilight (April 27) … Placed 16th in the 800m with her time of 2:14.96 at the Big 12 OTF Championships (May 12-14).

2022-23 Indoor
Competed in three meets for the Horned Frogs … ran a personal-best time of 3:06.35 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 20-21) … part of the fourth-place 4x400 team at the ISU Classic (Feb. 4).

2022 Outdoor
Ran in six meets for TCU … kicked off the season with back-to-back second-place finishes in the 800m at the Longhorn Invitational and the TCU Invitational … ran a personal-best time of 4:39.37 in the 800m at the Jim Click Shootout … notched a new best time of 2:09.84 in the 800m at the Tom Jones Memorial … placed fifth in the 800m at the Alumni Muster.

2021-22 Indoor
Ran in five meets for TCU … Ran a personal-best time of 1:36.97 in the 600m at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic … Finished third overall in the 800m with a time of 2:14.67.