Rico Loy

Position:
Distance
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Bad Wildbad, Germany

2012-2013: OUTDOOR: Finished 29th in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Championships with a time of 14:34.68 ... ran the 800-meter run in 1:55.86 at the Big 12 Championships ... finished the 1,500-meter run in 3:46.90 at the Mt. SAC Relays. INDOOR: Finished eighth in the mile run in a time of 4:06.97 and finished 26th in the 3,000-meter run in a time of 8:29.20 at the Big 12 Championships ... clocked a time of 8:18.46 in the 3,000-meter run at the ISU Classic ... XC: Competed unattached placing 21st with a time of 26:06 at the Cyclone Classic.

Awards & Honors:
Big 12 Champion: 1,500m (2012)
All-Big 12 Track: 1,500m (2012, 2010), 1,000m (2011)
All-Big 12 Cross Country (2011)
Drake Relays Champion: 1,500m (2010)

2011-2012: OUTDOOR: Clocked a time of 14:30.68 in the 5,000-meter run at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... placed first in the 1,500-meter run at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 3:43.18 ... clocked 1:40.03 in the 5,000-meter run at the Stanford Invite ... INDOOR: Big 12 Champion in the mile run earning All-Big 12 honors ... won the 3000-meter run at the Bill Bergan Invitational in a personal best 8:07.69 ... clocked a personal best 4:02.55 in the mile at the New Balance Invitational, finishing third ... won the mile run at the NCAA Qualifier ... runner-up in the 1000-meter run at the ISU Open. XC: Named Big 12 Runner of the Week September 27 ... earned All-Region honors as Iowa State's top finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional, crossing the finish line 18th ... earned All-Big 12 honors finishing 12th at the Big 12 Championships as the top Iowa State finisher ... was the top Iowa State finisher at the Roy Griak Invitational, finishing 13th ... competed in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational ... competing unattached, finished 11th at the Iowa Intercollegiate.

2010-2011: OUTDOOR: Competed in the 1,500-meter run at the Big 12 Championships ... ran a personal best time in the 800-meter run (1:53.90) at the Beach Invitational … competed in the 1,500-meter run at the Mt. SAC Relays INDOOR: Earned All-Big 12 honors, finishing fourth in the 1,000-meter run with a personal-best time (2:25.29) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … ran a personal-best time, finishing runner-up in the 3,000-meter run (8:09.08) at the ISU Open … finished third in the 800-meter run (1:51.24) at the Bill Bergan Invitational. XC: 14th place finish (30:17.21) at the 2010 NCAA Midwest Regional, earning All-Region honors ... finished 19th at the 2010 Big 12 Cross Country Championships (24:56.21) ... competed in the 8,000-meter race (24:46.50) at the Pre-Nationals Invitational ... finished 20th at the Roy Griak Invitational on the 8,000-meter course (24:49.70).

2009-2010: OUTDOOR: Finished sixth in the 1,500-meter run (3:48.19) and 24th in the 5,000-meter run (14:48.10) at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships … third-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (3:44.15) at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Drake Relays Champion and personal record in the 1,500-meter run (3:45.27) … seventh-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (3:50.93) … competed in the 1,500-meters (3:50.67) at the Mount Sac Relays … competed in the 5,000-meters (14:34.57) at the Stanford Invitational, a personal best time. INDOOR: Placed sixth in the 1,000-meter run (2:26.91) and set a personal best in the 3,000-meter run (8:19.44) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … second place finish in the 5,000-meter run (8:26.94) at the ISU Open … finished eighth in the mile (4:09.30) at the ISU Classic, a personal best … competed in the mile (4:09.60) at the Alex Wilson Invitational. XC: Competed at the Big 12 Championships (27:07) … competed at the Roy Griak Invitational (26:17) on the 8,000-meter Les Bolstad Golf Course.

2008-2009: OUTDOOR: Running unattached, finished second in the 1,500-meter run (4:02.63) at the Kip Janvrin Open. XC: Finished 245th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (32:58) ... placed 65th out of 153 competitors at the NCAA Midwest Regional Cross Country Championships (32:57.45) ... placed 21st out of 100 competitors at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships (25:05) ...placed 98th out of 267 runners at the Pre Nationals (24:54.1) ... 19th-place finish out of 229 competitors at the Roy Griak Invitational (24:53).

Before Iowa State: Personal bests in the 800-meter race (1:51.08), 1,500-meters (3:44.64), 3,000-meters (8:03), and 5,000-meters (14:13).

Personal: Born February 21, 1986 ... son of Anita and Eduart Loy ... mechanical engineering major.