Robert Solari
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Hometown:
- East Bridgewater, Mass.
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- East Bridgewater
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- Major:
- Criminal Justice
Bio
• Also a member of Suffolk's cross counrty and outdoor track & field team.
SOPHOMORE • 2019-20
Two-time GNAC Champion in the 400 and high jump, respectively ... Member of the GNAC Champion 4x400 Relay Team ... Three-time All-GNAC honoree (400, high jump, 4x400 Relay Team) ... Captain ... Clocked in a 1:11.60 500, good for 11th, at the Emmanuel Invitational (Dec. 7) ... Ran the 500 in 1:08.61 at Northeastern's Joe Donahue Games (Dec. 14) ... Notched a 24.15 200 and cleared 1.80 meters in the high jump at Tufts Invitaitonal (Jan. 18) ... Logged a personal-best 51.11 400 at Boston University's John Thomas Terrier Invitational (Jan. 25) ... Named GNAC Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 27) ... Competed in three events - 200 (24.70), 400 (52.25) and long jump (5.89) - at Tufts' Branwen Smith-King Invitational (Feb. 1) ... Apart of the first-place 4x400 relay team and jumped 5.83 meters in the long jump at Plymouth State's Panther Invitational (Feb. 8) ... Won the 400 (50:98) and high jump (1.75), was the runner-up in the long jump with a 6.18-meter jump at the GNAC Champion and was a member of the winning 4x400 Relay Team (Feb. 16) ... Member of both the Distance Medley Relay and 4x400 Relay at the NCAA DIII New England Championships (Feb. 28).
FRESHMAN • 2018-19
Made his collegiate debut in the 200 M Dash and the high jump at the 2018 UMass Boston Winter Open (Dec. 1) ... Placed 18th in the 400 M Dash with a time of 57.70 and took fifth in the high jump at the RIC Invitational (Dec. 8) ... Participated in the 400 M Dash (54.51) and the high jump (1.80 M) at Tufts' Branwen Smith-King Invitational (Jan. 26) ... Took second in the high jump (1.80 M) and seventh in the 400 M Dash (54.41) at Plymouth State's Panther Invitational (Feb. 2) ... Finished second in the 400 M dah (53.80) and was a member of the 4x400 M Relay at the Thomas College Small School Open (Feb. 9) ... Took part in the 400 M dash (51.36) and high jump at the 2019 USTAF New England Championships (Feb. 17).
ACADEMICS
GNAC All-Academic Team honoree in 2019-20 ... Three-time AD Honor Roll selection (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020).
BEFORE SUFFOLK • EAST BRIDGEWATER
Letterwinner in track & field at East Bridgewater and captained the team as a senior … Two-year All-Star selection ... Named team MVP in 2018 ... Also lettered in basketball and football.
News mentions
Suffolk men’s indoor track & field sent its largest contingent of student-athletes in program history to Springfield’s Field House over the weekend to compete at the NCAA Division III New England Championships.
Suffolk men’s indoor track & field ships student-athletes to Springfield, Massachusetts, for the New England Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend. The eight Rams will compete over four events over the two days.
Suffolk men’s track & field had a down to the wire finish to capture the first-ever GNAC Indoor Track & Field title Sunday afternoon at Boston University’s Track & Tennis Center.
Suffolk men’s indoor track & field has been predicted to take home the first-ever title at the inaugural GNAC Championships this weekend in a vote by the league’s six head coaches.
For the first time in program history, Suffolk indoor track & field has a chance to compete for a conference title as the Rams head to the inaugural GNAC Championship Sunday, Feb. 16. The day-long event will be held at Boston University’s Track & Tennis Center with field events starting at 11 a.m.
Michael Balestra and Connor Baston of the Suffolk men’s indoor track and field team continued their streak of conference weekly accolades as the pair three-peated in their respective categories. Balestra was named GNAC Field Athlete of the Week, while Baston took home GNAC Rookie of the Week status.
Suffolk men’s indoor track & field took its talents to the Granite State Saturday to compete at Plymouth State’s Panther Invitational. The Rams finished 10th in a field of 11 with 17 points, which featured five GNAC programs.
Suffolk’s indoor track & field teams make the trip to Plymouth, New Hampshire, Saturday, Feb. 8 for the Panther Invitational.
Suffolk indoor track & field swept all six weekly awards presented by the GNAC with both teams topping each of the three categories after their effort at Tufts’ Branwen Smith-King Invitational Saturday, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
Suffolk indoor track & field heads to Tufts’ Gantcher Field House Saturday, Feb. 1 for the Branwen-Smith King Invitational. Coemption is set to commence at 10 a.m.
For the second time this season and first time since the conference handed out three different weekly accolades, Suffolk men’s indoor track & field took home all the honors. Robert Solari was tabbed GNAC Track Athlete of the Week, Michael Balestra earned GNAC Field Athlete of the Week and Connor Baston was named GNAC Rookie of the Week.
Over the weekend, Suffolk men’s indoor track & field compete at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational at Boston University.
Suffolk men’s indoor track & field took opened their second semester schedule with a seventh-place performance at the Tufts Invitational Saturday at the Gantcher Center.
Suffolk track & field opens its second semester schedule this Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Tufts Invitational.
Suffolk men’s indoor track & field capped of its first semester schedule Saturday night at Northeastern’s Joe Donahue Games at the Reggie Lewis Center.
Suffolk indoor track & field will compete one final time in 2019 before breaking for finals and the holidays as it is set to compete at Northeastern’s Joe Donahue Games Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Reggie Lewis Center.
Suffolk men’s indoor track & field lifted the lid on its 2019-20 campaign at the Emmanuel Invitational Saturday.
On the eve of its 2019-20 season debut, Suffolk men’s indoor track & field head coach Will Feldman unveiled that a quartet of sophomores will share leadership responsibilities with Michael Balestra, Matyas Csiki-Fejer, Robert Solari and Hunter Toyoda each earning the role of captain.
Suffolk men’s and women’s indoor track & field will be divided between two local meets for its 2019-20 debut, the Emmanuel Invitational at the Reggie Lewis Track & Field Center and Boston University’s Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.
Suffolk men’s and women’s indoor track & field will be divided between two local meets for its 2019-20 debut, the Emmanuel Invitational at the Reggie Lewis Track & Field Center and Boston University’s Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.
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