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Sean 'Squirrel' Burrell Season 2024

Position
Sprints
Height
5'10
Class
Senior
Hometown
Zachary, La.
High School
Zachary HS
Experience
3L
Indoor Class
Junior

Sean Burrell’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)

2x NCAA National Champion
2x USTFCCCA First Team All-American
5x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
1x Second Team All-SEC
2022-23 The Bowerman Award Men’s Watch List
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 The Bowerman Award Men’s Watch List
2021-22 LSWA Men’s Track Athlete of the Year
2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 The Bowerman Award Men’s Semifinalist
2020-21 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
SEC Men’s Freshman of the Week 1x (04/27/21)

LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 2: Outdoor 400-Meter Hurdles (47.85, 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships)
No. 6: Outdoor 4×400-Meter Relay (3:01.00, 2021 Texas Relays)
No. 8: Indoor 400 Meters (45.57, 2021 Charlie Thomas Invitational)

2023 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
Closed the season with two Second Team All-American nods after finishing 11th in the 400-meter hurdles and 12th in the 4×400-meter relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in both the 400m hurdles and 4×400… finished fourth in the 400m hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships… also helped the 4×400 team to a fifth-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships… opened the season with a first-place finish in the 4×400 at the Hurricane Invitational… took first in the 4×400 and fourth in the 400 flat at the LSU Battle on the Bayou… finished fourth with the 4×400 team at the Texas Relays… recorded a 200 meter PR of 21.49 at the Tom Jones Memorial… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (4×400)… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (400mH.

2023 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Opened the indoor season on the 4×400-meter relay team, earning third at the Red Raider Open… finished second in the 400 with a season-best time of 46.37 seconds at the Razorback Invitational… helped the 4×400 team to a fourth-place finish at the Tyson Invitational.

2022 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Burrell continued to show he was the best 400-meter hurdler in the nation during the 2022 outdoor season, earning his second consecutive title at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 48.70 seconds in the final… the Bowerman Watch List member earned USTFCCCA First Team All-American honors for his back-to-back title win… also took ninth with the 4×400-meter relay team at the NCAA Championships… qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in both the 400-meter hurdles and 4×400… finished fifth in the 4×400 and eighth in the 400m hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships… took second in both the 400m hurdles and the 4×400 at LSU Alumni Gold… finished first in the 4×400 at the LSU Invitational… won the 4×400 race at the Texas Relays… opened the season with a third-place finish in the 4×400 at the Baldy Castillo Invitational… USTFCCCA First Team All-American (400mH)… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (4×400)… LSWA Men’s Track Athlete of the Year.

2022 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in one meet, helping the 4×400-meter relay team to fourth place finish at the Red Raider Open.

2021 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Set the U20 world record in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 47.85 at the NCAA Championships to win gold … time of 47.85 was also the fourth fastest in collegiate history and No. 2 in LSU school history … he became LSU’s third hurdler to win an NCAA title in the 400 meter hurdles … first U20 athlete in world history to crack 48 seconds in the 400 meter hurdles … started the season with a time of 50.83 in the 400 meter hurdles on April 3 and lowered that time at his next six meets concluding with his 47.85 at the NCAA Championships … claimed silver at the SEC Championships in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 48.92 … in races that were considered finals, he won five of six titles in the 400 meter hurdles only finishing second at the SEC meet … member of the 4×400 meter relay team that set the sixth fastest time in school history to place second at the Texas Relays with a time of 3:01.00 … helped the 4×400 meter relay to three titles during the season … named a semifinalist for The Bowerman.

2021 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Represented LSU in the 400 meter dash and 4×400 meter relay at the NCAA Championships with 10th place finishes in both events … took second in the 400 meters at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with a time of 45.57 for the seventh fastest time in LSU history … helped the 4×400 meter relay win gold at the Woo Pig Classic as he anchored the Tigers to a time of 3:06.64.

PRIOR TO LSU – Zachary HS
Won four state indoor titles at the LHSAA meet during the 2020 indoor season in the 60 meter hurdles (8.06), 400 meter dash (48.71), 4×200 meter relay (1:29.10), and 4×400 meter relay (3:23.06) … captured a pair of LHSAA state outdoor titles in 2019 with wins in the 200 meters (20.79) and 400 meters (46.52) … captured three outdoor LHSAA state titles in 2018 as a sophomore with wins in the 200 meters (21.18), 400 meters (45.74), and 110 meter hurdles (14.39) … 2018 LHSAA state champion in the indoor 400 meter dash (48.29) … won his first state title in 2017 as a freshman with a time of 46.29 in the outdoor 400 meter dash … brings personal bests of 20.79 (200 meters), 45.74 (400 meters), 7.98 (60 meter hurdles) and 14.04 (110 meter hurdles) to LSU … his PR of 45.74 in 2018 was the No.2 prep time that season.

PERSONAL
Born on February 23, 2002, in Zachary, LA… plans to pursue a degree in sport administration at LSU.

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