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2017-18 Track & Field / XC Roster
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Strother, Nathan
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Nathan Strother
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Norcross, Ga.
- High School:
- Norcross
Bio
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- 200m 21.57 (2016)
- 300m 33.16 (2017)
- 400m 45.56 (2018) - SCHOOL RECORD
Outdoor Track
- 200m 20.76 (2018)
- 400m 44.34 (2018) - SCHOOL RECORD
- 110mH 14.95 (H.S.)
- 300mH 38.31 (H.S.)
- Long Jump 23-9.50 (7.25) (2015)
- Triple Jump 44-0 (H.S.)
SEC Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2015 - 400m - 18th - 47.45
- 2015 - 4x400mR - 8th - 3:13.13
- 2016 - 400m - 10th - 46.85
- 2016 - 4x400mR - 2nd - 3:07.07
- 2017 - 400m - 17th - 47.18
- 2017 - 4x400mR - 8th - 3:09.57
Outdoor Track
- 2015 - 400m - 12th - 47.06
- 2016 - 400m - 6th - 45.61
- 2016 - 4x100mR - 4th - 45.61
- 2016 - 4x400mR - 3rd - 3:04.24
- 2017 - 400m - 16th - 46.65
- 2017 - 4x400mR - 9th - 3:06.66
- 2018 - 400m - 2nd - 44.34
NCAA Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2016 - 400m - 2nd - 46.28
- 2016 - 4x400mR - 5th - 3:06.29
Outdoor Track
- 2015 - 400m - 22nd - 47.22
- 2016 - 400m - 5th - 45.72
- 2017 - 400m - 9th - 45.53
- 2018 - 400m - 12th - 45.72
HONORS
- 2018 USTFCCCA Men's First Team All-American for the 400 meter relay (Outdoor)
- 2018 USTFCCCA Men's Honorable Mention All-American for the 4x400 meter relay (Outdoor)
- 2018 All-SEC Second Team
- 2017 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 USTFCCCA Men's Honorable Mention All-American for the 4x100 meter relay (Outdoor)
- 2016 USTFCCCA Men's First Team All-American for the 400 meters (Indoor)
- 2016 USTFCCCA Men's First Team All-American for the 4x400 meter relay (Indoor)
INTERNATIONAL
- Finished 11th in the semifinals of the 400m dash as he posted a time of 45.25 at the 2017 USATF Outdoor Championship. He posted a time of 45.17 in the first round to make the semifinals.
- Represented Tennesse at 2016 U.S. Trials competing in men's 400m running 46.36 in the First Round
2018 TRACK AND FIELD
Indoor- Broke Gary Kikaya's 2003 Tennessee school record in the 400m at Clemson's Tiger Paw Invite (2/9), running a PR 45.56
- Won 400m with time of 46.39 at Clemson's Bob Pollock Invitational (1/26)
- Won 400m and set a meet record with time of 46.45 at Indiana-Tennessee Dual (1/6)
- Set new PR in the 300m at the Hoosier Open (12/8), finishing second in 33.16
- At the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/6), finished 12th in the 400m with a time of 45.72
- Set a school record in the 400m at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11), coming in second with a time of 44.34
- Set a personal best in the 200m at the National Relays (4/27), finishing third with a 20.76 mark
- Captured three consecutive wins in the 400m at the Florida Relays (3/30), Mt. SAC Relays (4/20) and National Relays (4/27) with times of 45.46, 45.88 and 45.01, respectively
2017 TRACK AND FIELD
Indoor- Finished in fourth place at the Tiger Paw Invitational as he ran the 400m race in 46.46
- Took home first place in the 400m as he finished with a time of 47.60 at the VT "Doc Hale" Elite Meet
- Ran the third fastest 400m in the nation as he finished in 47.67 and took first place at the Indiana-Tennessee Dual while also taking third place in the 200m with a time of 21.82
- Recorded the eighth fastest 300m mark in school history as he ran a 33.64 to open the Indoor season with a second place finish at the Hoosier Open.
- Earned two Second Team All-America honors as he finished ninth in the 400m race with a time of 44.53 and followed that up by running the anchor leg for the 4x400m team which took 14th place with a time of 3:06.00
- Qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 400m as he posted a time of 45.07 and then followed it up with a 44.31 split on the 4x400m team as he moved from fifth to second on the final leg at the NCAA East Prelims
- Took 16th place at the SEC Championship with a 400m time of 46.65
- Won the 400m competition with a time of 46.22 at the USC Open while placing sixth in the 200m race
- Notched a second place finish in the 400m race at the Florida Relays with a mark of 45.58
- Took second place with a time of 21.32 in the 200m dash at the Tennessee Rust Buster
2016 TRACK AND FIELD
Indoor- A member of the 4x400m relay team that placed fifth (3:06.29) at the NCAA Championships
- Finished second in the 400 meters (46.28) at the NCAA Championships
- A member of the 4x400m relay team that placed third (3:04.24) at the SEC Championships
- Placed tenth in the 400 meters (3:04.24) at the SEC Indoor Championships
- Established new personal records in the 200 meters (21.57) and the 400 meters (46.25) at the Tyson Invitational on Feb. 12 and 13. His 400 meter time was the second best in program history
- Recorded a win in his first 400 meter run of the season with a time of 47.57 at the Indiana-Tennessee Dual on Jan. 9
- Opened the season with a win in the 300 meters at the Hoosier Open (33.67)
- Finished fifth in the 400 meters in a time of 45.72 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Also ran a prelim time of 45.07, the second fastest 400 meter time in program history
- Was anchor of the 4x400 meter relay team that placed third at the SEC Outdoor Championships
- Placed fourth at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the 400 meters with a time of 45.61
- Member of Tennessee's 4x100 meter relay team that placed fourth at the SEC Outdoor Championships
- Part of the first-place 4x400 meter relay (3:06.74) at the Seminole Invitational
- Set a PR in the 200 meters (21.27) at the Seminole Invitational, placing 15th
- Placed fifth in his opening 400 meter run of the season at the Pepsi Florida Relays in a time of 46.18
2015 TRACK AND FIELD
Indoor- A member of the 4x400m relay team that placed eighth (3:13.13) at the SEC Championships
- Established a new career mark in the 400 meters with a fourth-place finish and time of 47.87 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet
- Set new personal best in 300m with a time of 34.11 seconds, placing first at Hokie Invitational. Contributed to 4x400m relay team that took third (3:15.7)
- Posted a personal best time in the 200 meters (21.86) at the Auburn Invitational on Jan. 17
- Recorded a new personal best in the 400 meters (47.39) at the Tyson Invitational on Feb. 13
- Earned honorable mention All-America honors, finishing 22nd in the 400-meter dash in a time of 47.22 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
- Qualified to the NCAA Championships with a big PR of 45.76 in the 400-meter quarterfinal at the NCAA East Preliminary Round
- 45.76 marked the fastest freshman time in the country during 2015
- Finished second and recorded a new personal best in the 400 meters (47.17) at the Alabama Relays
- Helped the men's SMR to a fourth place finish with a converted time of 3:20.43 at the Florida Relays
- Recorded a new PR in the long jump at the Tennessee Relays, placing 7th overall at 23-9.50 (7.25)
- Set a new career-best in the 200-meter dash after placing seventh in the invitational of the Tennessee Relays with a 21.64
- Finished first in the 400m (47.00) and seventh in the 200m (21.70) at the War Eagle Invitational
- Helped an all-freshman Tennessee team finish fourth place in the SMR at the Penn Relays (3:24.65)
- Earned a runner-up finish at the Tennessee Challenge in the 400-meter dash, recording a new PR of 46.60. Also finished seventh in the 200-meter dash at 21.78
- Ran the second leg of UT's best 4x400-meter relay performance of the season, helping the Vols to a 9th-place finish in a time of 3:12.44 at the SEC Championships
- Placed 12th in the prelims of the 400 meters at the SEC Championships in a time of 47.06
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Georgia Class 6A state champion in the 400m
- Placed fourth in 300mH and long jump at the state championship
PERSONAL
- Recipient of the Aura D. Branson Athletic Scholarship Endowment
- Recipient of the Ed Murphey Men's Track/Cross Country Athletic Endowed Scholarship
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