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2016-17 Track & Field Roster

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TJ Burnett

TJ Burnett

  • Position:
    Sprints/Hurdles

Summary

Biography

Grand Valley State Bests

2015-16: USTFCCCA All-Region (Outdoor/400m Hurdles) … Competed in the 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, and 4x400m Relay during the outdoor season … Posted a season-best time in the 110m Hurdles during the Oakland University Invite (15.38) … Posted a season-best time in the 400m Hurdles at the NCAA Championships (51.48) … Posted a season-best time in the 4x400m Relay during the GVSU Second to Last Chance Meet (3:11.57) … Competed in the 60m, 400m, and 4x400m Relay … Posted a season-best time in the 60m during the GVSU Holiday Open (7.28) … Posted a season-best time in the 400m at the GVSU Open (49.25) … Posted a season-best time in the 4x400m Relay during the GVSU Big Meet Invite (3:15.59)
 
2014-15: Competed at every event on the indoor and outdoor schedule for the Lakers … Earned USTFCCCA Indoor All-America honors with a fifth-place finish as a member of the Distance Medley Relay team at the 2015 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships (9:53.74) … Set a school and GLIAC record as a member of the distance medley relay team at the 2015 GLIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (1st, 9:51.05) … Also earned GLIAC honors with a third-place finish as a member of the 4x400m relay team (3:13.13) … Earned USTFCCCA Indoor All-Midwest Region honors in the 4x400 Relay and the DMR … Placed first as a member of the DMR team at the GVSU Saturday Big Meet (9:54.59) … Running in the 400m, Burnett recorded third-place finishes at the GVSU Laker Early Bird (49.35), the 2015 Gladstein Invitational (49.46), and the GVSU Tune-Up (49.13) … Ran in every major event for Grand Valley State during the outdoor season … Competed in the 400 Hurdles and as a member of the 4x400m relay at the 2015 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, finishing ninth in both events … Named Second Team All-GLIAC at the 2015 GLIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships as a member of the 4x400m relay team (2nd, 3:12.62) and Third Team All-GLIAC in the 400 Hurdles (3rd, 52.26) … Received USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Midwest Region honors in the 400 Hurdles … Qualified for the 2015 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 400 Hurdles (9th, 52.97) and as a member of the 4x400 relay (9th, 3:13.11) … Placed first in the 400 Hurdles (53.59) and the 4x400 relay (3:16.85) at the Al Owens Classic.

2013-14: Did not place outside the top 10 in any event during the indoor season … Earned USTFCCCA All-America honors at the 2014 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships with a fifth-place finish in the distance medley relay (9:57.28), while also helping the 4x400 meter team to a sixth-place finish (3:15.78) … He assisted the 4x400 meter team to wins in the GVSU Holiday Open (3:18.52) and the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open (3:21.36) … Also assisted the 4x400 meter team to second place finishes at the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open (3:18.00) and the Hillsdale Classic (3:19.23), and a win against Saginaw Valley State (3:22.68) … Individually, he set personal bests in the 60 meter hurdles against Saginaw Valley State (8.57) and in the 400-meter run at the GVSU 5-Way (49.01) … During the outdoor season, recorded seven top-five finishes as a member of the 4x300 meter and 4x400 meter teams, including first place finishes against Saginaw Valley State with the 4x300 team (2:19.24), and at the Hillsdale Classic (3:10.49) with the 4x400 team … Individually, recorded nine top 10 finishes in the 400 and 110 meter hurdles … Placed first in the 400 hurdles at the Hillsdale Relays (52.89), and third at the 2014 GLIAC Outdoor Championships with a personal best mark of 52.37. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2015-16Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2016-17Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles