Women's Track & Field
Charnay Ryland
- Title:
- Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- charnay@umich.edu
- Phone:
- (734) 929-8620
Charnay Ryland enters her third season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the University of Michigan track and field team in 2024-25, working primarily with the Wolverine sprinters and jumpers.
In her second season, Aasia Laurencin and Savannah Sutherland made NCAA Championships appearances in both the indoor and outdoor seasons while Dubem Amene made an NCAA Indoor Championship appearance. Sutherland won a pair of Big Ten titles in the indoor 400-meter dash and the outdoor 400-meter hurdles, defending her 400-meter hurdles title from 2023. She finished on the podium at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, earning First Team All-America honors for each performance. Sutherland's NCAA Outdoor Championship run saw her finish second and set the program and Candian national record in the semifinals (54.04) and the finals (53.26). Laurencin took home the 60-meter hurdle Big Ten title and defended her 100-meter hurdles title, earning podium finishes and First Team All-America honors at the Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Championships. In the 60-meter hurdles semi-finals at the NCAA Indoor Championships, she ran a 7.99 as just the third Wolverine to break eight seconds. Amene finished third in the 400-meter dash at the Big Ten Indoor Championships before claiming the Big Ten Outdoor Championship title in the event to cap his career at U-M, also setting the indoor (45.75) and outdoor (45.36) 400-meter dash programs records. Both the men's and women's DMR teams took home silver at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, with the men's team setting the program record (9:43.96) and advancing to the NCAA Indoor Championships. Sutherland and Amene both qualified for the 2024 Olympics, with Amene representing Nigeria in the 4x400-meter relay and Sutherland representing Canada in the 400-meter hurdles.
During her first indoor season, she helped coach the women's team to an indoor Big Ten Championship, along with assisting in leading four athletes to individual Big Ten event titles. Ryland also helped coach two athletes and one relay to NCAA All-American Honors at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The U-M Women's team also won the outdoor title, with Ryland helping lead Ziyah Holman to a record-setting performance in both the 200-meter and 400-meter while winning the 400-meter title. Holman advanced to the NCAA Championships after finishing second at the NCAA East Preliminaries, earning a sixth place finish and First Team All-America honors. Ryland also assisted in coaching Holman in her NACAC performance.
She assisted in the hurdle performances of Aasia Laurencin and Savannah Sutherland, with Sutherland winning the NCAA 400-meter hurdle title as well as the Canadian Title. Ryland coached the 4x400 indoor and outdoor relay teams, setting the program record at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in a narrow second-place finish. The 4x400 relay team of Nikki Stephens, Sophie Isom, Aurora Rynda, and Ziyah Holman punched their ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing 13th and coming just over a tenth-of-a-second behind the school record time. Dubem Amene saw success in 2023 as well, winning the indoor 400 meter Big Ten Indoor title and finishing third at the Big Ten Outdoor Championship. Amene advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championship where he finished 22nd,
Ryland by the Numbers
• Assisted in coaching one National Champion
• Assisted in coaching one World Champion finalist
• Has coached six individual NCAA All-Americans and two relay All-American relay teams at Michigan
• Has coached six conference championships and two relay championship teams at Michigan
• Has coached and assisted in coaching 11 school records at Michigan
• Has helped four individuals and two relay teams to the NCAA Preliminary round at Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship teams at Michigan
• Has coached student-athletes to a combined 46 NCAA All-America honors
• Two-time USTFCCCA South Region Men’s Indoor Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year (2018, 2022)
• USTFCCCA South Region Men’s outdoor Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year (2021)
• USTFCCCA South Region Women's Outdoor Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year (2022)
Before Michigan
Ryland came to Ann Arbor from Tennessee’s Lee University, where she most recently served as associated head coach of the track and field team. She left Lee University with an impressive track record, coaching the women’s track and field team to four Gulf South Conference (GSC) outdoor championship titles and three indoor GSC championship titles, along with an additional GSC outdoor and indoor championship title for the men’s team. She became associate head coach at Lee in May of 2020 after serving as assistant coach from 2016 to 2020. Prior to her time with Lee University, Ryland served as head track and field coach at Mount Anthony Union High School and Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Southern Vermont College simultaneously. Ryland was a National Champion, All-American, and school record-holder in the triple jump, long jump, and 4x1 while attending Montgomery Junior College (Md.). She then went on to Montreat College (N.C.) where she was an All-American and National Champion, setting a school record in the triple jump. Ryland was a multi-sport athlete playing basketball at Montgomery and Montreat.
After graduating with a degree in Communications from Montreat College in 2015, Ryland went on to earn her master's of education in higher education from Lee University in 2018. She was inducted into the Montreat College Hall of Fame in 2022.
Outside of her coaching career, she has served as a dental tech in the U.S. Air Force Reserve since 2020.
In her second season, Aasia Laurencin and Savannah Sutherland made NCAA Championships appearances in both the indoor and outdoor seasons while Dubem Amene made an NCAA Indoor Championship appearance. Sutherland won a pair of Big Ten titles in the indoor 400-meter dash and the outdoor 400-meter hurdles, defending her 400-meter hurdles title from 2023. She finished on the podium at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, earning First Team All-America honors for each performance. Sutherland's NCAA Outdoor Championship run saw her finish second and set the program and Candian national record in the semifinals (54.04) and the finals (53.26). Laurencin took home the 60-meter hurdle Big Ten title and defended her 100-meter hurdles title, earning podium finishes and First Team All-America honors at the Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Championships. In the 60-meter hurdles semi-finals at the NCAA Indoor Championships, she ran a 7.99 as just the third Wolverine to break eight seconds. Amene finished third in the 400-meter dash at the Big Ten Indoor Championships before claiming the Big Ten Outdoor Championship title in the event to cap his career at U-M, also setting the indoor (45.75) and outdoor (45.36) 400-meter dash programs records. Both the men's and women's DMR teams took home silver at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, with the men's team setting the program record (9:43.96) and advancing to the NCAA Indoor Championships. Sutherland and Amene both qualified for the 2024 Olympics, with Amene representing Nigeria in the 4x400-meter relay and Sutherland representing Canada in the 400-meter hurdles.
During her first indoor season, she helped coach the women's team to an indoor Big Ten Championship, along with assisting in leading four athletes to individual Big Ten event titles. Ryland also helped coach two athletes and one relay to NCAA All-American Honors at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The U-M Women's team also won the outdoor title, with Ryland helping lead Ziyah Holman to a record-setting performance in both the 200-meter and 400-meter while winning the 400-meter title. Holman advanced to the NCAA Championships after finishing second at the NCAA East Preliminaries, earning a sixth place finish and First Team All-America honors. Ryland also assisted in coaching Holman in her NACAC performance.
She assisted in the hurdle performances of Aasia Laurencin and Savannah Sutherland, with Sutherland winning the NCAA 400-meter hurdle title as well as the Canadian Title. Ryland coached the 4x400 indoor and outdoor relay teams, setting the program record at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in a narrow second-place finish. The 4x400 relay team of Nikki Stephens, Sophie Isom, Aurora Rynda, and Ziyah Holman punched their ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing 13th and coming just over a tenth-of-a-second behind the school record time. Dubem Amene saw success in 2023 as well, winning the indoor 400 meter Big Ten Indoor title and finishing third at the Big Ten Outdoor Championship. Amene advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championship where he finished 22nd,
Ryland by the Numbers
• Assisted in coaching one National Champion
• Assisted in coaching one World Champion finalist
• Has coached six individual NCAA All-Americans and two relay All-American relay teams at Michigan
• Has coached six conference championships and two relay championship teams at Michigan
• Has coached and assisted in coaching 11 school records at Michigan
• Has helped four individuals and two relay teams to the NCAA Preliminary round at Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship teams at Michigan
• Has coached student-athletes to a combined 46 NCAA All-America honors
• Two-time USTFCCCA South Region Men’s Indoor Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year (2018, 2022)
• USTFCCCA South Region Men’s outdoor Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year (2021)
• USTFCCCA South Region Women's Outdoor Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year (2022)
Before Michigan
Ryland came to Ann Arbor from Tennessee’s Lee University, where she most recently served as associated head coach of the track and field team. She left Lee University with an impressive track record, coaching the women’s track and field team to four Gulf South Conference (GSC) outdoor championship titles and three indoor GSC championship titles, along with an additional GSC outdoor and indoor championship title for the men’s team. She became associate head coach at Lee in May of 2020 after serving as assistant coach from 2016 to 2020. Prior to her time with Lee University, Ryland served as head track and field coach at Mount Anthony Union High School and Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Southern Vermont College simultaneously. Ryland was a National Champion, All-American, and school record-holder in the triple jump, long jump, and 4x1 while attending Montgomery Junior College (Md.). She then went on to Montreat College (N.C.) where she was an All-American and National Champion, setting a school record in the triple jump. Ryland was a multi-sport athlete playing basketball at Montgomery and Montreat.
After graduating with a degree in Communications from Montreat College in 2015, Ryland went on to earn her master's of education in higher education from Lee University in 2018. She was inducted into the Montreat College Hall of Fame in 2022.
Outside of her coaching career, she has served as a dental tech in the U.S. Air Force Reserve since 2020.
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