Ethan Strand

Ethan Strand running in the 1,500m during the NCAA Championships

Senior Ethan Strand strides to the finish line as he runs the second-fastest 1500m time In NCAA history (3:33.22) during the Duke Twilight meet at Morris Williams Track & Field Stadium Sunday evening.

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Ethan Strand 2nd-fastest 1500m Duke Twilight 2025

Senior Ethan Strand celebrates his NCAA record 3:48.32 mile time during the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University's Track & Tennis Center Saturday.

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Ethan Strand, 2023 NCAA Outdoors 1500m prelim

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Ethan Strand wins ACC Outdoor 1500m 2023

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2023 All-Americas Indoor Jared Williams, Kyle Reinheimer, Ehtan Strand, Jesse Hunt,

Ethan Strand, Music City Challenge 2023 mile run

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Position:
Distance
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Vestavia, Ala.
High School:
Vestavia Hills

2025 NCAA Champion: 3,000m
2x NCAA Record Holder: Mile & 3,000m
2x NCAA Runner-up: DMR & 1,500m
National Indoor Men’s Track Athlete of the Year
ACC Men’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year
USTFCCCA Southeast Regional Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
2025 T&F: INDOOR SEASON: Named the USTFCCCA Men's Indoor Track & Field National Track Athlete of the Year… Won the NCAA Championship in the 3,000m and was the part of the national runner-up DMR squad that set the unratified American record… Became the first student-athlete to set the NCAA record in the mile (3:48.32) and 3000m (7:30.15) in the same season…Named to Bowerman watchlist… Won the 5,000m ACC Championship (13:26.60) while setting the meet record… Named the ACC Indoor Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year… Won ACC and National Track Athlete of the Week twice. 2025 T&F: OUTDOOR SEASON: Ran second fastest 1500m time (3:33.22) in NCAA history at Duke Twilight winning national athlete of the week… Three-peated in the 1500m at the ACC Championships (3:44.78)… Followed up the title with a second-place finish in the 5,000m as Carolina finished one and two… Qualified for the national championship in the 5,000m and the 1,5000m… NCAA Runner-up in the 1,500m earning First Team All-America honors.

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.