Summer Thorpe

COLLEGE STATION, TX - 20210529 - NCAA Outdoor Track and Field West Prelims

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COLLEGE STATION, TX - 20210527 - NCAA Outdoor Track and Field West Prelims

Photo by: Craig Bisacre

Photo by: Errol Anderson

Position:
Sprints/Hurdles
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Sewickley Academy
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Season and Career Results
*Last Updated 7/12/21

TAMU All-Time Top-12 List
#6 Outdoor 100m Hurdles - 13.06 (5/27/21)

NCAA Championships
2021 Honorable Mention Outdoor 100m Hurdles - 13.34 (18th)

NCAA Outdoor West Regionals
2021 100m Hurdles - 13.22 (10th)

2021: Indoor - Did not compete, exhausted indoor eligibility. Outdoor - Competed in 10 meets...Clocked a wind-aided 100m hurdles time of 13.19 (w/2.3) to finish second at the Michael Johnson Invitational...Ran a then personal best wind-aided 100m hurdles time of 13.15 (w/3.4) to finish third at the Aggie Invitational...Ran 13.28 w/2.4 at the SEC Outdoor Championships finishing 18th...Ran an all-time personal best time of 13.06 the opening round of the NCAA West Regional, placed 10th in the quarterfinal round with a time of 13.22 to advance to the NCAA Championships...Placed 18th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 13.34.

2020 (Notre Dame): Indoor - Won eight 60m hurdles races...Opened the season winning the Blue & Gold Invitational 60m hurdles at 8.44...Ran 8.27 in the 60m hurdles to win the Meyo Invitational title...Clocked a personal best 60m hurdles time of 8.19 to finish second at the ACC Indoor Championships. Outdoor - Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Notre Dame): Indoor - Competed in six meets...Won the Meyo Invitational 60m hurdles at 8.38...Clocked a season best 8.27 in the 60m hurdles prelims at the ACC Indoor Championships before finishing seventh in the finals with a time of 8.30. Outdoor - Opened her season winning the Victor Lopez Classic 100m hurdles at 13.63...Recorded a season best 100m hurdles time of 13.14 to win the Louisville Invitational...Clocked 13.21 in the first round of the NCAA East Regionals and 13.30 in the second round...Ran 13.51 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships finishing 22nd in the prelims.

2018 (Notre Dame): Indoor - Ran a personal best 7.84 in the 60m at the Notre Dame Invitational...Won the Spire Indoor Track & Field Classic 60m hurdles with a time of 8.35...Clocked a season best time of 8.30 in the prelims at the ACC Indoor Championships, finished fourth in the finals at 8.32. Outdoor - Clocked a personal best 100m time of 12.24 at the Stanford Invitational...Placed second in the 100m hurdles at the Michael Johnson Invitational with a personal best time of 13.40...Qualified for the NCAA East Regionals, ran 13.17 in the first round and finished 17th in the second round at 13.63.

2017 (Notre Dame): Indoor - Made her collegiate debut at the Blue & Gold Invitational, won the 60m hurdles (8.64) and finished second in the 200m (25.57)...Ran 8.61 in the 60m hurdles prelims at the Black & Gold Premier before finishing 8.56 in the finals in second place...Clocked a season best time of 8.60 to win the Alex Wilson Invitational 60m hurdles...Made the Fighting Irish conference team, placed 26th in the 60m hurdles at 8.74. Outdoor - Ran 13.88 in the 100m hurdles at the Georgia Tech Yellow jacket Invitational...Placed sixth in the 100m hurdles (13.71) at the Michael Johnson Invitational...Recorded her season best time of 13.69 at the Penn Relays...Competed at the ACC Outdoor Championships, finished 17th in the 100m hurdles (13.86) and was a member of the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams...Placed ninth in the 100m hurdles (13.82) at the 2017 USATF Junior Championships.

High School: Lettered in basketball, cross country, soccer and track & field...Won the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles as a senior...Was the state champion in the 100m hurdles as a senior...Received the Sewickley Academy Best Female Athlete Award as a senior.

Personal: Daughter of Jerry Thorpe and Anna Hollis...Has one brother, Kyros, and one sister, Aja...Father competed in the 400m and played football at Kent State, Sister runs 100 and 100m hurdles at Yale University...Uncle Chris Thorpe played football at Penn State, cousin Chris Thorpe Jr. currently plays football at Penn State and Gia Thorpe plays basketball at Howard University.

Tidbits
Favorite TV Show: Black AF
Favorite Movie: The Game Plan
Favorite Non-Track & Field Athlete: Cousins Gia and CJ Thorpe
Favorite Quote: “Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”