Tia Strackman

Photo by: Stephen Slade

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Hallandale High
Hometown:
Pembroke Pines, Fla.

Personal Bests: 200 Meter Dash - 25.83 | 400 Meter Dash - 59.11 | 60 Meter Hurdles - 8.61 | 100 Meter Hurdles - 14.14 | 400 Meter Hurdles - 1:00.92

AS A JUNIOR (2018-2019)

Indoor: Competed at seven meets in 60MH, 200, and 4x400...Notched five top-20 finishes...At conference championships, finished 11th overall in 60MH at 8.86...At IC4A/ECAC championships, finished same event at 8.91 to finish in the top-20...Took silver and bronze in the 60MH at Scarlet and White Invitational and Valentine Invitational...Bests: 60MH - 8.61 at Valentine Invitational, 200 - 26.00 at Scarlet and White Invitational, and 4x400 - 4:03.41 at Nittany Lion Challenge.

Outdoor: Competed at five meets in 400MH, 4x100, 100MH, and 4x400...Consistently finished in the top-10 with six top-5 finishes...Bests: 400MH - 1:00.92 at Florida Relays, 4x100 - 46.77 at Larry Ellis Invitational where the relay team finished fifth overall, 100MH - 14.14 at same meet where she finished third overall, and 4x400 - 3:42.14 at Florida Relays.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-2018)

Indoor: Competed at seven meets in 60MH and 200...Took silver in 60MH at Valentine Invitational with best time of 8.61...Best 200 - 26.29 at Vanderbilt Invitational.

Outdoor: Competed at several meets in 100MH, 400MH, and 4x100...Bests: 100MH - 14.22, twice, at Florida Relays and UCF Black and Gold Challenge, 400MH - 1:03.64 at Florida Relays, and 4x100 - 50.55 at same meet.

AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17)

Indoor: Top-20 finishes in 4x4, 60m hurdles and 400m at Wagner Invite and Columbia East-West Challenge...Placed 14th in 60m hurdles (8.98) at David Hemery Valentine Invitational..Finished eighth in 60m hurdles at American Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Outdoor: Finished sixth in 4x400 at UCF Black and Gold Challenge...Top-20 finishes in 4x400, 100m hurdles and 400m at Miami Hurricane Collegiate Invitational...Top-10 finishes in 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles at Sam Howell Invitational...Bronze medal in 400m (1:03.69) hurdles at UConn Northeast Challenge...Ninth-place finishes in 4x400 and 400m hurdles at Larry Ellis Invitational...Clocked in at 61.42 in the 400m hurdles at the Penn Relays..Earned seventh in 400m hurdles at American Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a PR of 61.40...Turned in a time of 14.00 in the 100m hurdles preliminary at the American Track and Field Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity runner at Hallandale High School ... team captain in 2016 ... earned second place in the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles at the Florida State Championships ... helped her team win the 2015 State Championship ... played two years of varsity volleyball ... member of the National Honor Society ... graduated in the Top 10 percent of her class.

PERSONAL: Tia Imani Strackman ... daughter of Rolf and Mary Strackman ... has one sister Tatiana ... majoring in business.

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