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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2018-19 Women's Track and Field

Imani Solan

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Suffern
  • Hometown Montebello, N.Y.

Biography

PERSONAL RECORDS
60m: 7.57
100m: 12.26/11.99w
200m: 23.80/23.87w
400m: 55.52

CAREER ACCOLADES
2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Outdoor Heps Champion (4x100m relay)
2019 Outdoor First-Team All-Ivy (4x100m relay)
2019 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2017 Indoor Second-Team All-Ivy (200m)
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2016 Indoor Second-Team All-Ivy (200m)
2016 Team Freshman MVP
2016 Academic All-Ivy
First all-time at Penn in the indoor 200m (23.80)
Second all-time at Penn in the outdoor 4x100m relay (45.27)
Third all-time at Penn in the outdoor 4x200m relay (1:38.89)
Third all-time at Penn in the outdoor 100m (11.80)
Third all-time at Penn in the indoor 4x400m relay (3:46.26)
Third all-time at Penn in the indoor 60m (7.57)
Fifth all-time at Penn in the outdoor 200m (24.10)
Sixth all-time at Penn in the outdoor 4x400m relay (3:37.94)
Sixth all-time at Penn in the outdoor 4x100m relay (45.85)
Eighth all-time at Penn in the indoor 400m (56.27)

OUTDOOR 2019
  • Competed in six meets during the outdoor seaosn, including the Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championship (May 5) and the 125th running of the Penn Relays (April 27).
  • Captured the Heps championship in the 4x100m relay, the first for Penn since 1988, finishing in 45.89.
  • Reached the final behind a PR in the 100m (11.80) and then placed seventh at Heps.
  • Qualified for a spot in the Penn Relays Championship of America Invitational in the 4x100m.
  • Finished second in the 4x100m relay at the Larry Ellis Invitational (April 20) in 46.04.
INDOOR 2019
  • Competed in six meets during the indoor season, including the Ivy League Indoor Heps (Feb. 24).
  • Finished ninth at Heps in the 200m in 24.92.
  • Ran the 400m in 57.03 at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 19) for a fourth-place finish.
  • Crossed the line in second at the Harvard-Penn Dual in the 60m, finishing in 7.71.
  • Won the Wesley A. Brown Invitational, finishing the 60m race in 7.73.
  • Racked up seven top-10 finishes.
OUTDOOR 2018
  • Did not compete.
INDOOR 2018
  • Competed at the New Year Invitational (Dec. 9), placing second in the 60m.
OUTDOOR 2017
  • Competed in three meets during the 2017 outdoor season before being sidelined by injury, making appearances in the 200m, 400m, and 4x100m and 4x400m relays.
  • Helped set the school record in the 4x400m relay at the Florida Relays (April 1).
  • Finished first in the 4x100m relay at both the Penn Challenge (March 25) and the Virginia Quad-Meet (April 8).
  • Tallied five top-five placements during her shortened season.
INDOOR 2017
  • Competed in six meets during the 2017 indoor season, focusing on the 60m, 200m, 400m and several relay events.
  • Placed second in the 200m at the 2017 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 26) with a school record time of 23.80.
  • Scored in the 4x400m relay, finishing third with a time of 3:47.83.
  • Recorded five top-five finishes on the year.
  • Took first in the 4x400m relay at the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge (Jan. 14).
OUTDOOR 2016
  • Placed fifth in the 200m at the 2016 Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
  • Placed seventh in the 200m at the 2016 ECAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
  • Earned first-place finishes at the Penn Challenge (March 26) in the 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay.
  • Recorded 12 top-10 finishes throughout the course of her freshman outdoor campaign.
INDOOR 2016
  • Earned third place at the 2016 ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 200m.
  • Placed second in the 200m at the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships.
  • Placed first in the 200m at the Wesley Brown Invite (Jan. 30).
  • Placed first in the 4x400m relay at the Villanova Invite (Feb. 6).
  • Recorded 15 top-10 performances during the season.

High School: Five-time All-American (2014, 2015) in the 200m, DMR and SMR ... Ranked No. 5 in the nation in the indoor 200m.

Personal: Daughter of Leslie and Joe Solan ... Younger brother, Myles, runs track at Cornell ... Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business as a marketing, operations information and decisions major. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2017-18Junior

    Sprints
  • 2018-19Senior

    Sprints