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Sophia Strange

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Houston, TX
  • High School Clear Lake HS

Biography

SEASON AND CAREER RESULTS

HONORS & AWARDS

2024-25 USTFCCA Second Team All-American - 10,000 (Outdoor) 
2024-25 DII Outdoor Track Championships Individual Qualifier - 10,000
2024-25 All-GAC First Team - 5,000 & 10,000 (Outdoors) 
2024-25 GAC Track Athlete of the Week - Dec. 19, 2024 & Feb. 19, 2025
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District 
2023-24 All-GAC Track First Team - 10K & 5K
2024 DII XC National Championships Individual Qualifier
2024 GAC XC Championship Individual Champion - 3-Peat
2023 NCAA XC All-America Honoree
2022-23 CSC Academic All-District 
2023 DII XC National Championships Individual Qualifier
2023 GAC XC Championship Individual Champion
2023 GAC Runner of the Week - XC (10/11)
2023 GAC Runner of the Week - XC (10/4)
2023 GAC Runner of the Week - XC (9/21)
2023 GAC Runner of the Week - XC (9/7)
2023 All-GAC Track First Team - 10k
2022 GAC XC Championship Individual Champion
2022 All-GAC Track First Team - 10k

AS A SENIOR (2024-25)
  • OUTDOOR
    • Competed in four meets 
    • Won the 5,000 (16:50.90) during the GAC Outdoor Championships (5/2) in championship record time
    • Also claimed first place in the 10,000 for the second consecutive year (37:07.79)
    • Broke OBU's 20-year record in the 10,000 at WashU's Distance Carnival (34:33.68)
    • Earned USTFCCA Second Team All-American honors in the 10,000 at the NCAA DII Championships
  • INDOOR
    • Competed in four meets 
    • Won the 3,000 at the Russ Jewett Indoor Gorilla Classic with a PR of 9:38.16
  • CROSS COUNTRY 
    • Became the first GAC woman to win three straight GAC XC Individual Championships
    • Won the 5K GAC Championship in 18:22.4
    • Also was victorious for the second consecutive at Rogers State's Distance After Dark (17:23.7)
    • Completed the Harter's Habanero 5K (9/30) with a 16:59.3 finish to become the 2nd GAC female to break the 17-minute mark
    • Earned a career-best finish (5th) at the DII Central Region Championships (20:52.2)
AS A JUNIOR (2023-24)
  • OUTDOOR
    • Competed in three meets 
    • Won the 5,000 (17:37.27) and 10,000 (36:29.22) during the GAC Outdoor Championships (5/2) 
    • Her time in the 5,000 was a GAC Championship record
    • Also claimed first in the 5,000 (17:32.90) during the OBU Invitational (3/20) 
  • INDOOR
    • Competed in five meets 
    • Earned a third-place finish in the 3,000 (9:57.09) at the Indoor Gorilla Classic (2/10)
    • Finished in fourth during the 5,000 at Boston University's Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Meet (17:00.62)
  • CROSS COUNTRY 
    • Won the GAC Cross Country Championship for the second consecutive season (17:33.8)
    • Also won the three-mile Rogers State Distance After Dark Meet with a PR of 16:59.3
    • Took runner-up honors at DBU's 5K Old Glory Gallop with a time of 17:27.5 
    • During the NCAA XC Championship, PR'd in the 6K race and finished in 32nd (20:37.0)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
  • OUTDOOR
    • Finished 2nd in the 5000 at the OBU Invite 
    • Recorded a PR in the 10000 (35:44.48) at the Bryan Clay Invitational 
    • Recorded a PR in the 800 race (2:25.91) at the John Jacobs Invitational
    • Finished 2nd and recorded a PR in the 1500 (4:45.63) at the John Jacobs Invitational
    • Saw 5 top-3 finishes 
    • Won the 5000 (17:56.84) at the GAC Track and Field Championships 
    • Won the 10000 (35:47.71) at the GAC Track and Field Championships 
  • INDOOR
    • Recorded a PR in the 3000 (10:11.85) at the Rumble in the Jungle Invitational
    • Recorded a PR in the 5000 (17:10.53) at the 8th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic 
    • Recorded a PR in the mile race (4:58.38) at the 8th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic 
  • CROSS COUNTRY 
    • Recorded a PR in the 5k (17:30.6) at the Chile Pepper XC Festival 
    • Finished 2nd in the 5k at the OBU Invitational
    • Won the 5k at the GAC Championships 
    • Recorded a PR in the 6k (21:22.8) at the NCAA DII Central Region Championships 
AS A FRESHMAN (2021-22)
  • OUTDOOR
    • Saw action in four meets
    • Recorded 5 top-5 finishes 
    • Won the 10,000 (18:07.2) at the 2022 Great American Conference Championships(36:49.97)
    • Set a new PR in the 1500 at the Sooner Invitational (4:59.99)
    • Set a new PR in the 5000 at the 2022 OBU Invite (18:03.06)
  • INDOOR
    • Competed in five meets and recorded two top-5 finishes 
    • Finished second in the 3000 at the OBU Last Chance Invitational 
PRIOR TO OBU
  • Earned four varsity letters at Clear Lake and Clear Falls High Schools near Houston, TX
  • Was a two-time team MVP at Clear Fall
  • 2019 District Champion
  • Was a regional qualifier between 2017-19
  • Also competed four years in track and field
Major: Nursing

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior