Summer Thorpe 2018-19 Track and Field Roster

TFRRS

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 2018 All-ACC Second Team, Indoor 60-Meter Hurdles

AS A SENIOR:

• Earned silver in the 60m hurdles at the ACC Championships with a career-best time of 8.19
• Placed third in the 60m hurdles at the Power Five Invitational with a time of 8.43
• Crossed the line with a time of 8.34 to win the 60m hurdles at the Notre Dame Invitational 
• Won the 60m hurdles at the GVSU Bill Clinger Classic with a time of 8.51
• Placed first in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.44 to open the season at the Blue & Gold Invitational

AS A JUNIOR:

• Finished 22nd in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a 12th-place finish in the 100m hurdles at the East Region Prelims
• Finished fourth in the ACC Championship 100m hurdle prelims for a spot in the final
• Raced to the event win in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.44 at the Jesse Owens Classic
• Runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles (13.20) at the Virginia Challenge
• Event winner in the 100-meter hurdles with a PR of 13.14, adding a runner-up result with the 4×100-meter relay (45.88) at the Louisville Invitational
• Runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles (13.46) and added a PR in the 200-meter dash (24.70) at the UNF Invitational
• Opened the outdoor season with a first-place result in the 100-meter hurdles (13.63) at the Victor Lopez Classic
• Established a PR in the 60-meter hurdles (8.27) at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Winner in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.49 at the Hoosier Hills
• Raced to an event victory in the 60-meter hurdles (8.38) at the Meyo Invitational
• Claimed first place in the 60-meter hurdles (8.56) at the Indiana University Relays

AS A SOPHOMORE:

• Runner-up in the 4×100-meter relay (46.06) and the 100-meter hurdles (13.40) at the Michael Johnson
• Took fourth with the 4×100-meter relay (45.29) at the Sun Angel Classic
• Placed second in the 4×400-meter relay (3:40.33) and third in the 100-meter hurdles (13.41) at the Stanford Invitational
• Runner-up in the 4×100-meter relay (45.38) and the 4×400-meter relay (3:40.86) at the Miami Hurricane Invitational
• Claimed All-ACC Second-Team honors in the 60-meter hurdles with a fourth-place time of 8.32 at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Double-winner with the 4×400-meter relay (3:41.09) and the 60-meter hurdles (8.35) at the Spire NCAA D-I Indoor Track & Field Classic
• Claimed third in the 4×400-meter relay (3:44.61) and fourth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.47) at the Meyo Invitational
• Placed third in the 4×400-meter relay (3:46.13) and fourth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.57) at the Notre Dame Invitational
• Finished third in the 60-meter hurdles (8.66) to open the indoor season at the Blue and Gold Invitational

AS A FRESHMAN:

• Her time of 13.69 in the 100m hurdles at the Penn Relays places her sixth all-time in the event in the record book
• Set a PR in the 60m hurdles at the Black & Gold Premier with a time of 8.56, the top time of all Irish hurdlers in 2017 (indoor)

PREP AND PERSONAL: 

• Graduated from Sewickley Academy in May 2016
• Played at the varsity level in basketball, cross country, soccer and track and field
• Was named MVP twice
• Won the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles as a senior
• Was the state champion in the 100 hurdles in 2016
• Received the Sewickley Academy Best Female Athlete Award in her senior year
• Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Jerry Thorpe and Anna Hollis
• Has one brother, Kyros, and one sister, Aja