Lehigh University Athletics
2016-2017 Women's Track and Field Roster
Soraya Theard
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Finance
- Hometown:
- Suffern, N.Y.
PERSONAL RECORDS
2017 OUTDOORS: Part of second-place 4x400 relay team at the Muhlenberg Invitational…Member of the third-place 4x400 relay team at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational…Finished 13th in the 200m (26.70) out 44 runners at the Lehigh Games.
2017 INDOORS: Finished eighth in the 400m (1:03.04) in a field of 48 runners at the John Covert Classic…Set season-bests in the 200m (27.84) and the 500m (1:24.07) at the Lehigh Fast Times Before Finals…Member of sixth-place 4x400 relay team at the Lehigh Fast Times Before Finals.
2016 OUTDOORS: Competed in three events at the Greyhound Invitational and the Lehigh Games.
2016 INDOORS: Ran a season-best time in the 500m dash at the Lehigh Fast Times meet...Turned in a season-best mark in the 400m dash (1:01.35) at the Villanova Open and competed at the Armory Track Invitational.
2015 OUTDOORS: Competed in two events at the Philadelphia College Classic.
2015 INDOORS: Competed in the 200 and 400 meter dashes, as well as the 4x400 meter relay, at the Patriot League Championships.
GETTING TO KNOW SORAYA
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE LEHIGH: “Friends who go here tell me they like it.”
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT LEHIGH: “The view, the track team, and the massage chairs in Health and Wellness.”
MAJOR: Integrated Business and Engineering
FAVORITE PLACE ON CAMPUS: Health and Wellness Center
FAVORITE FOOD: French fries
FAVORITE COLOR: yellow
FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTIST: Blink 182
FAVORITE MOVIE: Ratatouille
FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Walking Dead
FAVORITE WEBSITE: Sporcle.com
FAVORITE SPORTS BROADCASTER: Chet Youbetcha
FAVORITE PRO TEAM: Patriots
FAVORITE ATHLETE IN ANOTHER SPORT: Apollo Ohno
HOBBIES: sleeping, singing, cooking, dancing, being on my phone, eating, daydreaming
MAGAZINE COVER I’D LIKE TO BE ON: Vogue
PLACE I’D LIKE TO VISIT: Australia
TALENT I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE: rhythmic gymnastics skills
DREAM JOB: Head Chef of a restaurant in France
IF I DIDN’T RUN TRACK I WOULD PLAY: speed skating
IF I HAD $1 BILLION, I WOULD: “Tell no one I’m rich so no one would ask me for money and buy a nice house in the hills of Bora Bora with at least 10 dogs. Occasionally send my mom some cash.”
2017 OUTDOORS: Part of second-place 4x400 relay team at the Muhlenberg Invitational…Member of the third-place 4x400 relay team at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational…Finished 13th in the 200m (26.70) out 44 runners at the Lehigh Games.
2017 INDOORS: Finished eighth in the 400m (1:03.04) in a field of 48 runners at the John Covert Classic…Set season-bests in the 200m (27.84) and the 500m (1:24.07) at the Lehigh Fast Times Before Finals…Member of sixth-place 4x400 relay team at the Lehigh Fast Times Before Finals.
2016 OUTDOORS: Competed in three events at the Greyhound Invitational and the Lehigh Games.
2016 INDOORS: Ran a season-best time in the 500m dash at the Lehigh Fast Times meet...Turned in a season-best mark in the 400m dash (1:01.35) at the Villanova Open and competed at the Armory Track Invitational.
2015 OUTDOORS: Competed in two events at the Philadelphia College Classic.
2015 INDOORS: Competed in the 200 and 400 meter dashes, as well as the 4x400 meter relay, at the Patriot League Championships.
GETTING TO KNOW SORAYA
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE LEHIGH: “Friends who go here tell me they like it.”
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT LEHIGH: “The view, the track team, and the massage chairs in Health and Wellness.”
MAJOR: Integrated Business and Engineering
FAVORITE PLACE ON CAMPUS: Health and Wellness Center
FAVORITE FOOD: French fries
FAVORITE COLOR: yellow
FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTIST: Blink 182
FAVORITE MOVIE: Ratatouille
FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Walking Dead
FAVORITE WEBSITE: Sporcle.com
FAVORITE SPORTS BROADCASTER: Chet Youbetcha
FAVORITE PRO TEAM: Patriots
FAVORITE ATHLETE IN ANOTHER SPORT: Apollo Ohno
HOBBIES: sleeping, singing, cooking, dancing, being on my phone, eating, daydreaming
MAGAZINE COVER I’D LIKE TO BE ON: Vogue
PLACE I’D LIKE TO VISIT: Australia
TALENT I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE: rhythmic gymnastics skills
DREAM JOB: Head Chef of a restaurant in France
IF I DIDN’T RUN TRACK I WOULD PLAY: speed skating
IF I HAD $1 BILLION, I WOULD: “Tell no one I’m rich so no one would ask me for money and buy a nice house in the hills of Bora Bora with at least 10 dogs. Occasionally send my mom some cash.”
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Saturday, May 16
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