2019-20 Women's Indoor Track & Field Roster
Roster
Solomon, Melissa

Melissa Solomon
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Boston, Mass.
- High School:
- Lexington
Bio
PERSONAL BESTS | ||
Event | Time | Date |
60m | 8.33 | Yale Season Opener (12/10/16) |
200m | 25.73 | Valentine Invitational (2/10/17) |
400m | 58.02 | BU Last Chance Qualifier (2/28/20) |
- Opened the season with three top-ten finishes at the Yale Season Opener - took fifth place in the 4x400m relay (4:06.68), second place in the 400m (58.42) and eighth in the 200m (26.53)
- Tallied a fifth place finish at the URI Sorlien Invitational in the 400m (1:00.03)
- Took third place in the 4x400m relay (3:52.11) at the New England Championships
- Finished in seventh place at the MAAC Championships in the 400m (58.98) and first place in the 4x400m relay (3:51.13)
- Notched a sixth place finish at the ECAC Championships in the 4x400m (3:46.57)
- Competed in the 60m, 200m, 400m events
- Placed ninth in the 200m (26.29) at the Yale Season Opener
- Placed sixth in the 400m (58.70) at the MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
- Finished in sixth place in the 400 meters at the MAAC Championships with a 58.84 in the finals (2/18).
- Helped the 4x400 relay team to a second-place finish with a 3:51.15 at MAACs
- Finished 19th in the 200 at the New England Championships with a 26.37 (2/3)
- Came in 12th at the Gotham Cup in the 400 with a 59.44 (1/19)
- Ran a season-best 26.30 at the Great Dane Classic (1/13) in the 200
- Competed in all three sprint events (60m, 200m, 400m) across the season
- Landed the sixth-fastest 400m (58.15) and eighth-fastest 200m (25.73) times in program history
- Helped lead the Bobcats to fourth place in the 4x400m relay (3:56.84) while also taking 11th in the 200m (26.27) to begin the season at the Yale Season Opener (12/10)
- Came back to lead the Bobcats to a second place finish in the 4x400m relay (4:05.14) at the URI Sorlein Invitational (1/21)
- Placed 34th out of 103 sprinters in the 400m dash at the Terrier Invitational (1/27) as she crossed the line in 58.72
- Came up with a 29th place finish in the 400m dash (58.86) at the Armory Track Invite (2/3)
- Took 39th place out of 159 sprinters in the 400m dash at the Valentine Invitational (2/10) with a time of 58.15 and also claimed 39th out of 212 sprinters in the 200m with a time of 25.73
- Finished in 11th place at the New England Championships (2/24) in the 400m dash as she crossed the line in 58.40
- Graduated from Lexington High School in Massachusetts
- Participated and achieved personal bests in four different events including the 200m (25.66), 300m (40.70), 400m (57.38) and 600m (1:39.66)
- Finished her high school career with the Lexington High School record in the 300m, 400m, 4x200m indoor and outdoor relay and the 4x400m indoor relay
- Named Middlesex League All-Star
- Honored as the John D. Auerbach Freshman Sophomore Meet Most Outstanding Performer in 2012
- Helped lead her team to the 2013 indoor track Division I Championship in Massachusetts
- Daughter of Griffith Solomon and Gloria Bailey-Solomon
- Born on the Caribbean island of Antigua
- Majoring in health science at Quinnipiac
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