Jillian Strynar

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Norton
Hometown:
Norton, Mass.

2025-26
Outdoor: Secured a pair of first place finishes in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.22 and the 200-meter dash with a finish of 25.12 at the UMass Flagship Opener (3/28)... Finished fourth in the 200-meter run with a time of 24.68, 10th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.99 and eighth in the 4x100 meter relay (Strynar, DeRaedt, Guthrie, Williams) with a time of 46.86 at the UConn Dog Fight (4/4)... Ran a season-best 11.98 in the 100-meter dash to secure fourth place, also finished third in the 4x100 meter relay (DeRaedt, Guthrie, Strynar, Williams) with a time of 47.80 at the UMass Commonwealth Invite (4/11)... Placed 43rd in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.93, 40th in the 100-meter dash with a finish of 12.20 and 10th in the 4x100 meter relay (Strynar, DeRaedt, Williams, Johnson) with a time of 47.11 at the Georgia Tech Invite (4/17-18)... Secured a pair of first place finishes in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.12 and the 200-meter run with a finish of 24.56 at the UMass Ken O’Brien Pre-Championship Invite (4/25)... Placed ninth in the 100-meter dash with a finish of 12.10, fifth in the 200-meter run with a time of 24.51 and fifth in the 4x100 meter relay (Strynar, Johnson, Guthrie, DeRaedt) with a time of 46.66 at the Larry Ellis Invitational (5/1-2)... Finished fourth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.06 and second in the 4x100 meter relay (Strynar, DeRaedt, Guthrie, Johnson) with a finish of 46.24 at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship (5/8-9), setting the women’s outdoor program record... Placed 20th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.08 and ninth in the 4x100 meter relay (DeRaedt, Guthrie, Johnson , Strynar) with a time of 46.30 at the MAC Outdoor Championships (5/14-16).
Indoor: Placed seventh in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.88 and second in the 200-meter run with a finish of 25.34 at the Harvard Classic (12/6)... Placed 23rd in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.92 and 17th in the 300-meter run with a time of 41.50 at the Beantown Challenge (1/17)... Finished 16th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.89 and 20th in the 200-meter run with a finish of 25.28 at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Meet (1/24)... Finished 12th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.73 at the Harvard Invitational (1/30-31)... Finished ninth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.79 and 17th in the 200-meter run with a finish of 24.98 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships (2/7-8)... Earned a pair of first place finishes in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.75 and the 200-meter run with a time of 25.75 at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/14)... Finished 30th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.90 and 26th in the 200-meter run with a finish of 25.95 at the MAC Indoor Championships (2/27-28)... Earned second place in the 200-meter dash with a finish of 24.88 and seventh in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.78 at the NEICAAA Indoor Championship (3/6-7).

Before UMass: Competed at Trinity College... Earned two Outdoor All-Region selections from the USTFCCCA in the 100 Meter Dash and 200 Meter Dash... Earned two Indoor All-Region selections from the USTFCCCA in the 60 Meter Dash and 200 Meter Dash... Placed second in the 60m dash at the New England Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship... Finished second in the 100m dash at the New England Division Three Outdoor Track and Field Championship... Broke the school record in the 100 Meter Dash and 200 Meter Dash... Competed at Norton High School... Massachusetts Divison V 100m State Champion in 2022... 2022 Team MVP... 2021 Team Rookie of the Year... First Team All-Conference Member (2021)... Helped lead Norton to Sectional and Conference Team Championships (2021)... Graduated with High Honors and among the top 10 academically in her class... President of Mu Alpha Theta (Math honor Society)... Captain of fall cheer, winter track and spring track.