[3] Martin ran four seasons of track during his stay at Santa Margarita Catholic High School.

Ryan Martin is the current school record holder at 800 meters with his time of 1:53.23 set at the CIF California State Meet where he finished in second place, and is a member of the 4x800m record setting team (7:51.51) with Kary Yergler, Mark Hirschboeck, and Jon Telles[4][5] Martin was a State Runner-up, 2-time C.I.F.

Martin attended the University of California in Santa Barbara; his majors were Business Economics[8] and Art History.

His time of 1:44.77 at the 2012 Big West Conference Championship was good for first on the all-time University of California Santa Barbara 800 metres list.

The two-time All-American at UCSB was one of the youngest runners in the race and narrowly missed a berth to the London Olympic Games.