Lauren Ryan (born 15 March 1998) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes as a long-distance runner.
[2] Competing for Florida State University she finished fourth over 3000m at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2022.
[3] Based in Baltimore, Maryland,[4] Ryan made her Australian senior team debut at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships.
[5] She was selected to represent Australia in the 5000m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023[6] and, in October 2023, Ryan represented Australia at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships held in Riga, Latvia.
In March 2024, she set a new Australian national record time over 10,000 metres, running 30:35.66 in San Juan Capistrano, California, taking two seconds from the previous record set 20 years earlier by Benita Willis.