Sean 'Squirrel' Burrell Season 2023
2022 NCAA Champion in 400H
2022 First-Team All-America (400H)
2022 Second-Team All-America (4×400 Relay)
2021 NCAA Champion – 400m Hurdles – 47.85
World U20 Record Holder – 400m Hurdles (47.85)
2021 Semifinalist for The Bowerman
2021 All-American (400m Hurdles)
2021 Freshman All-SEC Team (Outdoors)
2021 All-SEC Second Team (Outdoors)
2020-21 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2x Louisiana Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2019, 2020)
6x LHSSA 5A State Outdoor Champion
5x LHSSA D1 State Indoor Champion
2018 USATF Junior Olympic Champion – 200 Meters
2018 USATF Junior Olympic Champion – 400 Meters
Top 10 LSU Marks
No. 2 – 400m Hurdles – 47.85
No. 6 – 4x400m Relay (Outdoors) – 3:01.00
No. 7 – 400 Meters (Indoors) – 45.57
2022 Outdoor (SOPHOMORE)
One of the elite 400-meter athletes in all of college track, capturing first place in the 400 meter hurdles at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (48.70) … finished eighth in the 400H at the SEC Outdoor Championships (51.57)… helped 4×400 meter relay team to first place at the 94th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relay (3:04.78), LSU Invitational (3:02.97), Hurricane Invitational (3:06.00) and LSU Battle for the Bayou (3:06.30) … placed second in the 400 meter hurdle at the LSU Alumni Gold (51.62) … finished second in the 400 meter dash at the Razorback Invitational (46.37) … helped the 4×400 meter relay team to second place at the LSU Alumni Gold (3:02.97) …helped the 4×400 meter relay team to third place at the Baldy Castillo Open (3:05.90) and TTU Red Raider Open (3:07.17) … placed third in the 400 meter hurdle at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (50.37) … placed third in the 100 meter dash at the LSU Battle for the Bayou (47.82).
2022 Indoor (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in one event with the 4×400 meter relay team … helped the 4×400 meter relay team to fourth place finish at the Red Raider Open (3:08.41).
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 Wooo Pig Classic as he anchored the Tigers to a time of 3:06.64.
Prior to LSU – Zachary High School
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.