2026
Outdoor: competed unattached.
Indoor: Competed in 60m hurdles and long jump at Arkansas Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL
2025 graduate of Virtual Academy and Fayetteville HS in Arkansas with honors … Coached by Andrew Yoakum … Famous alumni of Fayetteville HS include Ronnie Brewer, Wallace Spearmon, and Greg Culp … Teammates while in high school include Cooper Williams, Hannah Estes, Julia Gunnel, Trace Foreman, and Isaiah Sategna … Freshman season was member of team that claimed Arkansas 6A State Championship during indoor and outdoor seasons … As a sophomore, team finished as State runner-up indoor and outdoor … In junior year, team placed second outdoor, third indoor … Senior campaign team placed second indoor and third outdoor … Established school records indoors in 400m and 60m hurdles, added outdoor school records in 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles … Swept Arkansas 6A State titles in 60m hurdles, 100m hurdles, and 300m hurdles as a senior … Totaled four State titles as a junior with indoor titles in long jump and 60m hurdles while runner-up in 400m … Outdoors, won 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles while placing second in long jump … As a sophomore, finished second indoors at State meet in long jump and 60m hurdles, added third in 400m … Outdoors, swept Arkansas State titles in 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles … Claimed first Arkansas 6A State title indoors in 60m hurdles as a freshman, added runner-up finish in triple jump … Outdoor freshman season included State third place in 100m hurdles, sixth in 300m hurdles, and eighth in triple jump.
Career best marks: 13.90w/13.94 (100m hurdles), 19-5 (long jump)
Indoor: 8.60 (60m hurdles), 19-2.5 (long jump)
PERSONAL
Solara Java Koser was born in Columbus, Ohio, on April 30, 2007 … Daughter of Robert and Dawn Koser … Majoring in Exercise Science … Career plans include pursuing medical school and a career in cosmetic dermatology … Life ambition is to be someone who others look up to and someone who can help others in any way … Favorite athlete is Arkansas alum Taliyah Brooks … Person she most admire is her mother, who had been through a lot and raised her to be the best person that she can be with the help of her father … Hobbies include drawing, expressing her creativity through arts and crafts, spending time with family, as well as traveling and learning traditions from her mother’s Vietnamese culture … Chose Arkansas since she always wanted to stay close to home and UA was her dream school as she most familiar with the environment.
