2024 Track & Field Roster
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Ronan McMahon-Staggs
- Position:
- Mid-Distances
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly
- Prev School:
- UCLA
Bio
2025 All-America First Team (Mile)
2024 All-America Second Team (DMR)
2023 All-America Second Team (Mile)
Joined the Huskies in the fall of 2023 after three years at UCLA, where he set the UCLA school record in the mile and earned Second Team All-America honors.
2025 Track:ย Earned his first First Team All-America honor with a sixth-place finish in the mile run at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach ... at NCAA Indoors, went 3:55.52 in the final to score three team points for the men ... ran a huge mile PR to open the track season at the Mile City meet in the Dempsey, going 3:51.85 to go to No. 3 in school history and qualify for nationals โฆ ran the opening 1,200m leg on the Husky DMR that broke the world record at the Husky Classic, running a time of 9:14.10 โฆ took sixth in the mile final at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in 4:05.48.
2024 Cross Country: Raced at every meet and scored for the Dawgs at the NCAA Championships โฆ at NCAA Cross Country, was the No. 5 Husky finisher in 164th-place overall as the team finished 16th โฆ finished 36th overall and sixth on the squad at NCAA West Regionals as the Huskies captured the team title โฆ was the seventh Husky across the line at the Big Ten Championships, finishing in 37th-place as the team took second โฆ was the top Husky runner at the Pre-Nationals Meet in Wisconsin, placing 82nd overall โฆ opened the season finishing 91st overall and sixth on the team at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite.
2024 Track: Part of the elite miler group in his first year as a Dawg on the track, lowering his mile PR indoors to 3:54.61 at the UW Invitational going to No. 8 in school history โฆ earned Second Team All-America on the distance medley relay, running the 800m leg at nationals in Boston as the Huskies finished ninth โฆ outdoors, took fifth-place in the Pac-12 Championship 1,500-meters as the Huskies defended their team title โฆ ran at NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500m, finishing 31st in the first round โฆ ran 3:41.80 for 1,500m at the Payton Jordan Invite, taking seventh โฆ indoors, went to ninth in school history in the 800-meters with a run of 1:49.09 at the Arkansas Qualifier โฆ also went to No. 4 all-time in the 1,000-meters indoors with a PR of 2:21.66 at the UW Preview
2023 Cross Country: Ran two times during the fall โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships was 31st overall in 23:54 and was the eighth Dawg across the line โฆ was the No. 6 Husky finisher at the Wisconsin Invitational, 259th-place overall.
2023 Track At UCLA: Competed three times outdoors, setting a 1,500-meters PR of 3:39.32 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in his final race of the season on Apr. 14 โฆ indoors, earned All-America Second Team honors, qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile and finishing 12th in the semis โฆ made it to nationals by virtue of a stellar 3:54.93 mile PR at the Arkansas Qualifier where he took the victory โฆ also ran two more sub-four miles, going 3:57.81 at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge in January, then going 3:56.41 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite on Feb. 11 โฆ posted an 800m PR of 1:48.31 at the UW Ken Shannon Last Chance Meet in the Dempsey
2022 Cross Country At UCLA: Earned All-West Region honors with a 21st-place finish at the Regional Championships, the top Bruin finisher, finishing in 28:55 for 10k โฆ placed 28th at the Pac-12 Championships in 23:45 for 8k โฆ was eighth at Oregonโs Bill Dellinger Invitational on Sept. 23.
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2022 Track At UCLA: Competed at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 12th in the steeplechase in 9:00.76, and 13th in the 5,000-meters in 14:07.58 โฆ steeplechase PR of 8:58.52 at the Bryan Clay Invite โฆ indoors, posted a season-best mile time of 4:01.43 at the Pac-12 Invitational in Seattle โฆ set a 5k PR of 14:01.19 at the Husky Classic in the Dempsey โฆ also ran a 3,000-meters best of 8:02.89 at the UW Invitational
2021 Cross Country At UCLA: Closed out his season at West Regionals, finishing 66th overall โฆ raced at Pac-12s, finishing 47th โฆ took 54th overall at the Bill Dellinger Invitational at Oregon โฆ won season-opening Tri-Meet with UC Riverside and UCSD on Sept. 1.
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2020 Cross Country At UCLA: Competed twice during the pandemic-delayed cross country season, finishing 55th overall at the Pac-12 Championships on Mar. 5 โฆ was the runner-up at the Arizona Invitational on Feb. 5 โฆ did not compete on the track during the spring of 2021.
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High School and Personal: Born in Long Beach, Calif., to parents Tonia McMahon and John Staggs โฆ picked up three cross country victories his senior season, including a win at the Moore League Finals with a three-mile time of 15:00.0 โฆ placed 11th at the 2019 CIF State Meet with a 5k time of 15:13.7, rising from 47th as a junior โฆ missed senior track season due to pandemic โฆ as a junior on the track took second in the 1600m at the Moore League Finals in 2019, clocking a time of 4:19.79 โฆ eighth in the mile at the 2019 Arcadia Invite in 4:21.95 โฆ a PR in the 3200m at the Nike Redondo Invitational, going 9:18.90 โฆ helped squad win the DMR title at the 2019 Texas Relays.
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Major Meets
2020-21 Pac-12 XC โ 55th (8th UCLA)
2021 Pac-12 XC โ 47th (3rd UCLA)
2021 Regional XC โ 66th (3rd UCLA)
2022 Pac-12 TF โ 13th, 5000m | 12th, Steeplechase
2022 Pac-12 XC โ 28th (3rd UCLA)
2022 Regional XC โ 21st (1st UCLA)
2023 NCAA Indoors โ 12th, Mile (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 XC - 31st (8th UW)
2024 NCAA Indoors - 9th, DMR (All-America Second Team)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 12th, 800m | 5th, 1500m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF - 31st, 1500m
2024 Big Ten XC - 37th (7th UW)
2024 Regional XC - 36th (6th UW)
2024 NCAA XC - 164th (5th UW)
2025 Big Ten Indoor TF - 6th, Mile
2025 NCAA Indoors - 6th, Mile (All-America First Team)
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Outdoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.1:50.33
1500mโฆโฆ.3:39.32
5000mโฆโฆ.14:07.58
3000m Steeplechaseโฆโฆ.8:58.52
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Indoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.1:48.31
1000m.......2:21.66
Mileโฆโฆ.3:51.85
3000mโฆโฆ.8:02.89
5000mโฆโฆ.14:01.19
2024 All-America Second Team (DMR)
2023 All-America Second Team (Mile)
Joined the Huskies in the fall of 2023 after three years at UCLA, where he set the UCLA school record in the mile and earned Second Team All-America honors.
2025 Track:ย Earned his first First Team All-America honor with a sixth-place finish in the mile run at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach ... at NCAA Indoors, went 3:55.52 in the final to score three team points for the men ... ran a huge mile PR to open the track season at the Mile City meet in the Dempsey, going 3:51.85 to go to No. 3 in school history and qualify for nationals โฆ ran the opening 1,200m leg on the Husky DMR that broke the world record at the Husky Classic, running a time of 9:14.10 โฆ took sixth in the mile final at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in 4:05.48.
2024 Cross Country: Raced at every meet and scored for the Dawgs at the NCAA Championships โฆ at NCAA Cross Country, was the No. 5 Husky finisher in 164th-place overall as the team finished 16th โฆ finished 36th overall and sixth on the squad at NCAA West Regionals as the Huskies captured the team title โฆ was the seventh Husky across the line at the Big Ten Championships, finishing in 37th-place as the team took second โฆ was the top Husky runner at the Pre-Nationals Meet in Wisconsin, placing 82nd overall โฆ opened the season finishing 91st overall and sixth on the team at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite.
2024 Track: Part of the elite miler group in his first year as a Dawg on the track, lowering his mile PR indoors to 3:54.61 at the UW Invitational going to No. 8 in school history โฆ earned Second Team All-America on the distance medley relay, running the 800m leg at nationals in Boston as the Huskies finished ninth โฆ outdoors, took fifth-place in the Pac-12 Championship 1,500-meters as the Huskies defended their team title โฆ ran at NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500m, finishing 31st in the first round โฆ ran 3:41.80 for 1,500m at the Payton Jordan Invite, taking seventh โฆ indoors, went to ninth in school history in the 800-meters with a run of 1:49.09 at the Arkansas Qualifier โฆ also went to No. 4 all-time in the 1,000-meters indoors with a PR of 2:21.66 at the UW Preview
2023 Cross Country: Ran two times during the fall โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships was 31st overall in 23:54 and was the eighth Dawg across the line โฆ was the No. 6 Husky finisher at the Wisconsin Invitational, 259th-place overall.
2023 Track At UCLA: Competed three times outdoors, setting a 1,500-meters PR of 3:39.32 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in his final race of the season on Apr. 14 โฆ indoors, earned All-America Second Team honors, qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile and finishing 12th in the semis โฆ made it to nationals by virtue of a stellar 3:54.93 mile PR at the Arkansas Qualifier where he took the victory โฆ also ran two more sub-four miles, going 3:57.81 at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge in January, then going 3:56.41 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite on Feb. 11 โฆ posted an 800m PR of 1:48.31 at the UW Ken Shannon Last Chance Meet in the Dempsey
2022 Cross Country At UCLA: Earned All-West Region honors with a 21st-place finish at the Regional Championships, the top Bruin finisher, finishing in 28:55 for 10k โฆ placed 28th at the Pac-12 Championships in 23:45 for 8k โฆ was eighth at Oregonโs Bill Dellinger Invitational on Sept. 23.
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2022 Track At UCLA: Competed at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 12th in the steeplechase in 9:00.76, and 13th in the 5,000-meters in 14:07.58 โฆ steeplechase PR of 8:58.52 at the Bryan Clay Invite โฆ indoors, posted a season-best mile time of 4:01.43 at the Pac-12 Invitational in Seattle โฆ set a 5k PR of 14:01.19 at the Husky Classic in the Dempsey โฆ also ran a 3,000-meters best of 8:02.89 at the UW Invitational
2021 Cross Country At UCLA: Closed out his season at West Regionals, finishing 66th overall โฆ raced at Pac-12s, finishing 47th โฆ took 54th overall at the Bill Dellinger Invitational at Oregon โฆ won season-opening Tri-Meet with UC Riverside and UCSD on Sept. 1.
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2020 Cross Country At UCLA: Competed twice during the pandemic-delayed cross country season, finishing 55th overall at the Pac-12 Championships on Mar. 5 โฆ was the runner-up at the Arizona Invitational on Feb. 5 โฆ did not compete on the track during the spring of 2021.
ย
High School and Personal: Born in Long Beach, Calif., to parents Tonia McMahon and John Staggs โฆ picked up three cross country victories his senior season, including a win at the Moore League Finals with a three-mile time of 15:00.0 โฆ placed 11th at the 2019 CIF State Meet with a 5k time of 15:13.7, rising from 47th as a junior โฆ missed senior track season due to pandemic โฆ as a junior on the track took second in the 1600m at the Moore League Finals in 2019, clocking a time of 4:19.79 โฆ eighth in the mile at the 2019 Arcadia Invite in 4:21.95 โฆ a PR in the 3200m at the Nike Redondo Invitational, going 9:18.90 โฆ helped squad win the DMR title at the 2019 Texas Relays.
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Major Meets
2020-21 Pac-12 XC โ 55th (8th UCLA)
2021 Pac-12 XC โ 47th (3rd UCLA)
2021 Regional XC โ 66th (3rd UCLA)
2022 Pac-12 TF โ 13th, 5000m | 12th, Steeplechase
2022 Pac-12 XC โ 28th (3rd UCLA)
2022 Regional XC โ 21st (1st UCLA)
2023 NCAA Indoors โ 12th, Mile (All-America Second Team)
2023 Pac-12 XC - 31st (8th UW)
2024 NCAA Indoors - 9th, DMR (All-America Second Team)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 12th, 800m | 5th, 1500m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF - 31st, 1500m
2024 Big Ten XC - 37th (7th UW)
2024 Regional XC - 36th (6th UW)
2024 NCAA XC - 164th (5th UW)
2025 Big Ten Indoor TF - 6th, Mile
2025 NCAA Indoors - 6th, Mile (All-America First Team)
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Outdoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.1:50.33
1500mโฆโฆ.3:39.32
5000mโฆโฆ.14:07.58
3000m Steeplechaseโฆโฆ.8:58.52
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Indoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.1:48.31
1000m.......2:21.66
Mileโฆโฆ.3:51.85
3000mโฆโฆ.8:02.89
5000mโฆโฆ.14:01.19
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13