Ryan won the gold medal on every event at the 2016 Irish Championships, except for the uneven bars where she won the silver medal. She then competed at the European Championships where she finished fifty-third in the all-around during the qualification round. In 2017, Ryan once again won the junior all-around at the Irish Championships. She then competed at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival with Jane Heffernan and Emma Slevin, and they finished eighteenth in the team competition. Individually, Ryan finished thirty-third in the all-around.