University of Miami Athletics

Solomon Strader

position

Sprints

Class

Senior

Hometown

Valencia, Calif.

High School

West Ranch

Instagram

@solostrader

Solomon Strader - Track & Field - University of Miami Athletics

2024 Indoor: Set a new program record in the men’s 300m with 33.52 at the Rod McCravy Memorial (1/12), placing fifth overall in the event.

2023 Outdoor: Started his 2023 outdoor season running 47.46 in the 400m at the Hurricane Invitational (3/18)…earned first-place at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/25) in the 400m with 46.40…ran 47.04 at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/25), good for fourth…placed fifth in the 400m prelims with 46.47 and finished third with a new personal best of 46.14 at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/13), Strader’s time of 46.14 also ranks second all-time in Miami outdoor program history.

2023 Indoor: Finished second at the Louisville Cardinal Classic (1/14) with the 4×400 relay team with 3:13.12…placed fourth at the Louisville Cardinal Classic with 47.79 in the 400m…ran 47.45 at the Texas Tech Red Raider Open (1/20) in the 400m, good for sixth…placed fifth with the 4×400 relay team at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25) with 3:11.63.

2022 Outdoor: Earned second with the 4×400 relay team at the Miami Hurricane Invitational (3/19) with 3:12.99…ran 3:08.89 at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/26) with the 4×400, good for second…part of the 4×400 relay team at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/14) which placed fourth with 3:06.78, a time that ranks second in the Miami outdoor program record book.

2022 Indoor: Earned first place with the rest of the 4×400 relay team with 3:09.48 at the Carolina Challenge (1/22)…placed third after running 47.72 in the 400m, also at the Carolina Challenge…earned silver at the Mayo Invitational (2/5) with 47.66 in the 400m…ran 46.89 in the 400m prelims at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/26), the performance at the conference championships ranks third in the Miami indoor record book, then went on to place seventh in the 400m final with 47.25…contributed team points with the rest of the 4×400 relay team after placing second with 3:10.28

2021 Outdoor: Posted the fastest collegiate time in the men’s 200m dash at the Hurricane Invitational with a time of 21.65 seconds and helped the men’s 4×400 relay finish first with a time of 3:09.51… Helped the men’s 4×400 relay win the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational with a time of 3:13.66… Finished 10th in the 400m at the Florida Relays with a time of 47.06 seconds, which ranked as the fifth-fastest time in program history… Improved his top-five mark in program history in the 400m to 46.58 after winning the Hurricane Alumni Invitational 400m… Ran the 200m in 21.78 seconds at Tom Jones Memorial… Finished sixth at the UNF Invite in the 400m with a time of 46.67 seconds… Competed in the 400m at the ACC Outdoor Championships and ran a time of 47.11 and helped Miami’s 4×400 relay team earn the silver medal with a time of 3:06.94… Improved his No. 5 time in program history again with a time of 46.49 seconds in the 400m prelims at the NCAA East Prelims and finished 19th overall running 47.06.

2021 Indoor: Broke the 12-year Miami program record in the 600-yard run with a time of 1:10.13 in his collegiate debut and helped the 4×400 relay team to a second-place finish with a time of 3:14.84… Finished in the top 10 in the men’s 400m dash at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a sixth-place finish with a time of 47.66… Helped the men’s 4×400 relay break a 25-year program record with a time of 3:08.63 and ran the 400m in 47.96 at the Tiger Paw Invite.

Personal: Was the 2019 Nike Chandler Rotary Invitational 400m Champion with a time of 47.27 and finished second in the 200m with a time of 21.61 seconds… Finished third at the 2019 Arcadia Invitational and third at the 2019 CIF State Track and Field 400m Championships with a time of 47.10… Placed second in the 2019 Brooks PR Invitational in the 400m dash and was the 2018 Mt. Sac Invitational 400m champion… Holds the high school record in both the 200m and 400m…Son of Christopher and Danielle Strader and has three siblings…majoring in broadcast journalism.