2017 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Lucas Strong
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Gig Harbor, Wash.
- High School:
- Gig Harbor
2017 Pac-12 4x400m Relay Third-Place
2015 Pac-12 4x100m Relay Third-Place
2017: Had his best season as a senior, breaking into the UW top-10 list indoors and scoring on both relays at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ ran a wind-legal 100-meters PR in his last open 100m at the Pac-12 Championships, as he finished 10th overall in 10.61 seconds โฆ made the Pac-12 podium on the 4x400-meter relay as he stepped up in distance to lead off that group, which took third at Pac-12s in a season-best 3:08.42 โฆ also ran the second leg on the 4x100m relay which was sixth in 40.93 seconds โฆ advanced to NCAA West Preliminaries with the 4x4 relay, placing 21st overall in 3:10.16 in his final race โฆ opened his outdoor season with an all-conditions best of 10.44 seconds (+2.8) at the Trojan Invitational for third โฆ also ran a 200-meters PR at the Trojan Invite of 21.67 โฆ ran on both victorious relays at the UW-WSU Dual, helping the menโs team earn the narrow win over the Cougars โฆ at the Mt. SAC Relays, ran 10.70 in the 100-meters and helped the 4x4 run a 3:08.45 for sixth in the invite section โฆ indoors, had a breakthrough 60-meters at the Husky Classic, as he ran 6.77 seconds in the prelims, lowering his PR by a full tenth of a second and moving up to a tie for fourth-place in school history, then ran 6.81 in the finals for fourth โฆ made the finals of the MPSF Championships for the first time at 60-meters, running 6.79 in the prelims and then 6.86 in the final for seventh-place โฆ was voted to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team โฆ also named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
2016: Again part of UWโs fastest 4x100m relay foursome, running on the groupโs two best times, a 40.32 in the UW-WSU Dual and a 40.37 at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invite โฆ ran his season-best 100-meters of 10.89 seconds at the UW-WSU Dual, taking fifth โฆ top 200-meter time of 22.01 at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invite โฆ indoors, ran a season-best 60-meters of 6.91 seconds to take 14th at the MPSF Championships, and ran on the 4x400m relay that was eighth in 3:14.81 โฆ made the Husky Classic semis at 60-meters, going 6.96 in the prelims and 6.97 in the semis โฆ a Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team selection.
2015: Helped the Husky 4x100-meter relay reach the NCAA West Preliminary Championships and scored on the relay at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ led off the 4x100m relay which ran a season-best 40.11 seconds at the Pac-12 meet to take third overall to earn a spot on the podium โฆ at West Prelims in Austin, the relay finished 18th overall in 40.48 seconds โฆ was 17th overall in the 100-meters at Pac-12s in 10.76 seconds โฆ set a career-best 100-meters time of 10.63 seconds at the UW-WSU Dual taking second โฆ also ran his 200m PR in the Dual meet, going 21.82 for fourth โฆ third in the 100-meters at the Pepsi Team Invite in 10.85 and part of the winning 4x100m relay in 40.33 โฆ clocked a 10.79 at the Stanford Invite for 19th in the 100-meters โฆ indoors, was 11th in the 60-meter dash at the MPSF Championships in 6.89 seconds and ran on the 4x400m relay that took ninth โฆ set a new 60m PR of 6.88 at the UW Invitational prelims, and was sixth in the final in 6.92 โฆ named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team and also earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2014: A key contributor on the 4x100m relay in his first season, scoring at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ at Pac-12s, ran the third leg of the relay which finished seventh in 41.78 seconds โฆ also ran the open 100-meters at Pac-12s, finishing 20th in 10.96 seconds into a -1.0 headwind โฆ twice ran 10.95 second season-bests at the Trojan Invite and Stanford Invite โฆ clocked a wind-aided 10.81 100-meters at the Washington Open โฆ ran a 200m best of 21.93 at the Washington Open โฆ ran part of the top 4x100m time of the year, 40.79 seconds, in the UW-WSU Dual โฆ was fifth in the 100m in the Dual Meet and seventh in the 200-meters โฆ redshirted the indoor season, competing several times unattached โฆ broke seven seconds in the 60-meters for the first time at the SPU final Qualifier, going 6.95 โฆ also ran a 200m best in the SPU meet in the Dempsey of 22.24.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Washington โฆ parents are Stephanie and Theodore Strong โฆ has one younger sister, Sheila โฆ grandfather, Roger Strong, grandmother Sheila Anderson, and aunt April Silva all attended UW as well โฆ came on strong as a senior, making the Washington 4A state finals for the first time and finishing second at 100-meters and third at 200-meters โฆ anchored the 4x100-meter relay team that won the 4A state title his junior year in 2012 โฆ won the Narrows League titles at 100m and 200m as a senior โฆ ran a PR of 22.10 for 200-meters at the 2013 Oregon Relays โฆ set his 100m best of 10.83 seconds in the Narrows League final in 2013 โฆ a 2013 Tacoma Athlete of the Year nominee.
Major Meets
2014 Pac-12 - 20th, 100m | 7th, 4x100m
2015 MPSF - 11th, 60m | 9th, 4x400m
2015 Pac-12 - 17th, 100m | 3rd, 4x100m
2015 NCAA Prelims - 18th, 4x100m
2016 MPSF - 14th, 60m | 8th, 4x400m
2017 MPSF - 7th, 60m
2017 Pac-12 - 10th, 100mย | 6th, 4x100mย | 3rd, 4x400m
2017 NCAA Prelims - 21st, 4x400m
Outdoor Bests
100mโฆโฆ.10.44w / 10.61
200mโฆโฆ.21.67
Indoor Bests
60m.......6.77
200m.......21.91
Academic Honors
2017 USTFCCCAย All-Academic Team
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
