2018 Track:
Indoor: Turned in a season-best mark of 7.49 meters at the ACC Championships in the long jump to finish sixth and receive all-ACC honors … also recorded a season-best triple jump of 13.38 meters to finish fifth at the Commodore Invitational … finished third in the long jump at Bob Pollock (7.38 meters). Outdoor: Fell just .10 meters shy of his long jump PR when he hit a leap of 7.50 meters at the Tiger Track Classic – ranking ninth in the ACC … also turned in a mark of 7.03 meters to finish 12th at ACC Championships before a 7.04-meter mark at NCAA East Prelims … finished first at the North Florida Invitational with a leap of 7.20 meters … also leapt to a mark of 14.60 meters in his lone triple jump attempt at the ACC Championships … ran two 200m this season, topped by a wind-aided 22.49 at the Tiger Track Classic.
2017 Track:
Indoor: Recorded a career-best leap in the long jump (7.60m) at the ACC Indoor Championships … also turned in a long jump mark of 7.55 meters in the Music City Challenge … competed in one triple jump event where he posted a leap of 14.01 meters at the Commodore Invitational. Outdoor: Turned in a personal-best mark of 15.46 meters in the triple jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships … also leapt to a mark of 14.82 meters in the NCAA East Preliminaries … recorded a leap of 7.55 meters in the long jump at the Tom Jones Memorial … also turned in a mark of 7.42 meters in the long jump at the Tennessee Relays … recorded a time of 22.49 in the 200m dash at the Florida State Relays while also running the 5000 meters in 14:24.79 at the ACC Outdoor Championships.
2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished third in the long jump at the Commodore Invitational with a personal-best leap of 7.35m (24-1.5) … Finished 13th in the long jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a leap of 6.96m (22-10) … Finished 15th in the long jump at the ACC Indoor Championships with a leap of 6.68m (21-11) … Finished 16th in the triple jump at the ACC Indoor Championships with a mark of 13.66m (44-9.75). Outdoor: Finished seventh in the triple jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a personal-best leap of 15.27m (50-1.25) … Finished 13th in the long jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 7.13m (23-4.75) … Had five combined top-10 finishes in jumping events during the outdoor season … Finished 33rd in the triple jump at the NCAA East Preliminary with a leap of 15.11m (49-7).
2015 Track:
Indoor: Finished eighth in the long jump with a leap of 6.77 meters (22-2.5) at the Auburn Invite … Placed sixth with a personal-best leap of 6.89 meters (22-7.25) at the Samford University Invitational. Outdoor: Placed 10th with a season-best long jump of 6.93m (22-9) at the Georgia Tech Invite.
High School:
Lettered four seasons in track under Head Coach Jackie Robinson at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. … Team was league champions four years in a row … Named team MVP two consecutive years … Member of honor roll and National Society of High School Scholars.
Personal:
Full name is William Anthony Solomon … Son of John and Joanne Solomon … Born June 24, 1996 in Fontana, Calif. … Brother to Rachel, Jonathan and Michael … Dad John ran track and field at the University of Houston from 1976-1977 … Chose Georgia Tech because of the education, the coaching staff and the competitive team … Majoring in chemistry.
