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2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster

Solomon Griffen

  • Height 5-10
  • Events Hurdles
  • Hometown Aurora, Colo.
  • High School Cherokee Trail
  • Indoor Yr. Freshman
  • Outdoor Yr. Fr.

Biography

Prep: 2025 graduate of Cherokee Trail High School… Earned second team all-state and First Team All-Centennial League honors in the 110-meter hurdles as both a junior and senior…- Coached by Chris Faust… Placed fourth at the 2025 state meet and won the Centennial League title for the second straight year… Set a PR of 14.36 in one of his six senior season wins… Placed third at state as a junior in 2024… Won the Colorado Junior Olympic Championship before taking second at the USATF Region 10 Junior Olympic Championships in 2024… Was a New Balance Indoor National Qualifier in the 60-meter hurdles in 2025… Has a PR of 8.20 in that event.

Personal: Is majoring in business… Envisions himself leading a team or owning his own business and values being creative and efficient as well as equity and progress… Son of Aaron and Karen Griffen… Has a younger brother named Langston… Enjoys making and cooking, self care, collaboration, working out, fashion, photography and music.

Why I Chose CMU: “I love the location, the programs and the campus. I am looking forward to being on the track team and appreciate the affordability and my credits earned in high school via CE/AP being accepted.”