Everyone knew Fayetteville-Manlius' Nick Ryan during his senior year of high school. He was uncontested in New York and ended high school with 4:05/8:55 PRs.
He was the 9th SU runner across the line at PF. Ryan is a senior at 'Cuse, but he redshirted.
44 Nick RYAN JR Syracuse 25:30.7 +2:17 5:07 9
When he signed to Syracuse, Fox put it out there that he believed Ryan to be the best runner in the country.
http://blog.syracuse.com/sports/2013/07/f-ms_nick_ryan_closes_book_on.html
At the Eastern 2.5 late 2012, Ryan was 7 seconds behind Cheserek and 10 seconds behind the course record.
http://www.runnersworld.com/rt-web-exclusive/f-ms-nick-ryan-sets-his-sights-on-portland
A lot of people had given Ryan similar forecasts to those of F-M's previous stud miler Alex Hatz. But Ryan has struggled from the beginning. Injuries? Did Aris push him too early? Always like Ryan...hope dude can get it back.