Ryan Gross
Ryan Gross
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Solon, Ohio
  • High School:
    Solon
  • Major:
    Chemistry
  • Events:
    Sprint Free
Bio

2024-25: Anchor on Wooster’s fifth-place 800 free relay squad (6:58.79) at NCAC Championships … Also swam on both sixth-place relays – 200 free relay in 1:25.98 and 400 free relay in 3:11.36 … Qualified to 200 free championship finals at NCACs and placed eighth overall in 1:44.58 … Finished 17th in the 100 free consolation final in 47.87 … Won the 500 free bonus heat at conferences in 4:45.27 … Member of the fall semester AD Honor Roll.

2023-24: CSC Academic All-District selection … Swam second leg of fourth-place 800 free relay at NCAC Championships that touched the wall in 6:56.32 … Also helped Scots to fifth-place finishes in the 200 medley relay (1:34.95), 200 free relay (1:24.06) and 400 free relay (3:08.02) … Top individual showing at NCACs came in the 500 free consolation finals, placing 16th in 4:48.76 … Tied for 17th in the 100 free consolation finals with a time of 47.96 … Won the 200 free bonus heat with a time of 1:44.74 … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the fall and spring semester AD Honor Roll.

2022-23: CSC Academic All-District® selection … Key contributor to Scots’ first top-three NCAC finish since 2003 … Member of Wooster’s fourth-place 800 free relay (6:52.14), fifth-place 200 free relay (1:25.08) and sixth-place 400 free relay (3:09.37) … Went 1:45.40 to place 15th in 200 free at NCACs …Placed 17th in 100 free in time of 47.52 at conference meet … Had bonus heat finish of 23rd place in 50 free in 21.91 … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22: One of Wooster’s top newcomers … Debuted at NCAC Championships as anchor of Wooster’s all-conference 800 free relay, that took third with time of 6:56.68 … Anchored Wooster’s fourth-place 200 400 medley relays (3:27.74) at the conference championships … Led off Wooster’s fifth-place 200 free relay (1:25.85) and anchored sixth-place 400 free relay (3:09.56) at NCACs … Individually, was 12th in the 100 free (47.54), 14th in the 200 free (1:44.90), and 18th in the 50 free (21.70) at the NCAC Championships … Runner-up in the 200 free at midseason Wooster Invitational, with time rating as the eighth-fastest in program history.

Prior to Wooster: Part of three sectional championship teams and a conference championship team at Solon High School … Sectional runner-up and Lake Erie Senior Meet champion in the 50 free … Earned all-conference honors ever year and was a conference athlete of the month … Prepped for David Perchinske.

Personal: Parents are Robert and Gretchen Gross … Sister Megan ’20 was a member of the swimming & diving team … Chemistry major and political science minor … Vice president for Scot Council student government and is a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative. 

 

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Women Fourth, Men Fifth to Conclude NCAC Championships

Bream achieves B cut while Andrewjeski ups school record

February 15, 2025

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All-Conference Honor, School Record, "B" Cut Logged by Scots on Friday at Conference

Wooster earns All-NCAC honors in women's 200 freestyle relay

February 14, 2025

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400 Medley Relays, Men’s Diving Lead Way on Day 2 of NCAC Meet

Men's diving lifts Wooster to fourth-place in standings

February 13, 2025

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Women’s Relays Fourth on Opening Night of NCAC Meet

Bream lowers second-fastest 200 freestyle time in program history

February 12, 2025

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NCAC Championships Notebook: Swimming & Diving

NCAC Championships run February 12-15 at Denison

February 7, 2025

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Wooster Overpowers Ohio Wesleyan, 158-45 and 179-60

Bream, Findlan, Glover, Gross triple-winners

January 18, 2025

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Wooster Makes Quick Work of Westminster, 228-56 and 221-54

Fighting Scots win all but one event

January 11, 2025

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Women Move Into Lead at Wooster Invitational

Bream a double winner on Friday

December 6, 2024

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Scots split home meet versus Grove City

Bream leads women with four event wins

November 16, 2024

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Wooster's 33-Meet Winning Streak Concludes

Wooster's women topped by Div. II Hillsdale

November 2, 2024

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Scots Kick Off Year at Kenyon Relays

Teams place third in relay-based event

October 19, 2024

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Consistency Through Balance Wooster’s Key in 2024-25 Season

Wooster opens season on October 19

October 8, 2024