Ryan Banta is a member of the Missouri Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association (MTCCCA) Hall of Fame (2021), the USTFCCCA Girl’s Coach of the Year (2022), and MTCCCA Coach of the Year (2021 & 2022). Coach Banta is also the author of the “Sprinter’s Compendium,”St. Louis Suburban Conference Coach of the Year (2022 & 2023), a past President of the MTCCCA, and has a Master’s in Positive Psychology from the University of Missouri.
Coach Banta’s athletes have achieved 138 school records (FR, JV, Varsity), 8 top-five team finishes at the state championships, team state title in 2022, 9 district championships, 7 district runner-up finishes, 10 conference team titles, 272 state semi-finalist (sectionals), 190 state qualifiers, 3 state records (3200, 4×800, and 100HH), 21 national ranked events, 169 All-state Medalists, 20 state champions, 22 runner-up performances, and 2 Gatorade athletes of the year all done in a single gender at Parkway Central High School. He was also the high school coach of Olympian Emily Sisson.
