Ethan Strand

Weight:
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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Vestavia, Ala.
High School:
Vestavia Hills

2024 NCAA Cross Country All-America (8^th)
All Regional Performer (5^th)
All-ACC Performer (2^nd)

2024 XC: Finished in the top ten of every race of the 2024 season… Won the Virginia Invitational in his season debut ... Finished as the ACC Runner-up in the championship race while posting his best 8k time of the season… Ran his best 10k race of the season while earning All-America honors at the 2024 NCAA Cross Country National Championships.

2024 T&F: Indoor Season: Competed at four meets during the indoor season ... Ran the mile, 3,000m, and DMR ... Broke Tony Waldrop mile school record of 3:55 from 1974 in a 3:54.62 effort that won the mile event at the Eagle Elite ... Part of a DMR group (Andrew Regnier, Parker Wolfe, and Kyle Reinheimer) set an ACC indoor record in the DMR relay in 9:17.92 on Feb. 17 the Alex Wilson Invitational ... The DMR team won ACC Performer of the Week honors as a result ... Finished third in the mile (3:58.34) and fourth in the 3,000m (7:55.71) at the ACC Indoor Championships ... First Team All-ACC in the mile and Second Team All-ACC in the 3,000m ... Earned First Team All-America status after finishing fourth in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for Indoor Track & Field ... Outdoor Season: Competed in five meets during the outdoor season ... Ran the 1,500m and 5,000m ... Won the Wake Forest Invitational 1,500m in a personal record 13:36.57 to qualify for the Team USA Olympic Qualifiers ... It was the fastest 1,500m in school history in 40 years and took the national lead... Moved into the No. 2 spot on the UNC all-time performers list for the 1,500m ... Finished the 5000m in 13:36.57 at the Wake Forest Invitational to move into the No. 6 slot on UNC's all-time performers list in the event ... Repeated as ACC champion and first-team All-ACC in the 1500m at the ACC Outdoor Championships in Atlanta, Georgia ... Finished 5th in the 5,000m at the ACC Outdoor Championship to be named Second-Team All-ACC ... Finished eighth at NCAA East Regionals in the 1500m in 3:40.90 ...Named Second Team All-America in the 1500m, finishing 9th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 3:40.90 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for Outdoor Track & Field.

2023 XC: Earn All-ACC and All-Southeast Region honors … Finished 45^th at the NCAA Championship meet (29:57.6) … Placed sixth at the regional championships (29:02.8) … Claimed sixth place at the ACC Championship meet (23:20.4) … Finished 27^th at the Nuttycombe Invitational and 20^th at the Virginia Invitational … Captured third place at the Charlotte Opener.

2023 T&F: Won his first career conference individual title at the 2023 ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships, capturing top honors in the men's 3000 meters in record-setting fashion ... Strand's time of 7:46.48 was not only a personal best, but also set new UNC and ACC championship records ... Strand, who led four Heels in scoring position in the event, ended the 2023 campaign ranked No. 19 in the NCAA in the event ... First-team All-ACC in 3000m ... Strand was the first Tar Heel to win the ACC 3000 meters since 2014 ... Part of the first-team All-America distance medley relay team that finished sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championship (with Jared Williams, Kyle Reinheimer and Jesse Hunt) ... That same DMR group set an ACC indoor record in the 4000-meter distance medley relay in 9:19.99 on Feb. 18 the Alex Wilson Invitational ... The DMR team won ACC Performer of the Week honors as a result ... Ran a personal-best mile in 3:59.83 at the Hokie Invitational ... 2023 Outdoor Season: Finished the 5000m in 13:46.81 at the Wake Forest Invitational to vault into the No. 9 slot on UNC's all-time performers list in the event ... Second-team All-America in the 1500m, finishing 12th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 3:47.01 ... ACC champion and first-team All-ACC in the 1500m, winning the event at the ACC outdoor meet in a personal-best time of 3:38.13 ... Finished fourth at NCAA regionals in the 1500m in 3:49.40 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for Outdoor Track & Field.

2022 XC: Ran five races for Carolina ... Began the year with a second-place finish at the 5K Charlotte Opener in 14:59.7 ... Best 8K finish was 21st at the Paul Short Run in 23:27.0 ... Was 29th at the ACC Championship, finishing the 8K run in 23:36.0 ... Was 62nd at the NCAA Championships in 29:51.8.