Sean 'Squirrel' Burrell Season 2025
Sean Burrell’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)
2x NCAA National Champion
4x USTFCCCA First Team All-American
6x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
1x Second Team All-SEC
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022-23 The Bowerman Award Men’s Watch List
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 NCAA Outdoor Champion (400-Meter Hurdles)
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
2021 NCAA Outdoor Champion (400-Meter Hurdles)
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. 7: Indoor 400 Meters (45.57, 2021 Charlie Thomas Invitational)
No. 9: Outdoor 4×400-Meter Relay (3:01.28, 2024 SEC Outdoor Championships)
Collegiate All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 10: Indoor 600 Yards (1:08.23, 2024 Corky Classic)
2024 OUTDOOR (SENIOR)
A two-time First Team All-American at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… closed the year taking 13th in the 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials… finished eighth in the 400-meter hurdle final at the NCAA Championships with a time of 51.17 seconds… helped the LSU 4×400-meter relay team to a seventh-place finish with a time of 3:01.57 at the NCAA Championships… recorded a SB and No. 7 time in the nation for the 400mh of 49.03 seconds in the prelims at the NCAA Championships… finished eighth in the 400mh at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 51.18… helped the 4×400 to a fifth-place finish and a time of 3:01.28 at the SEC Championships; the time ranks ninth in LSU PL history and seventh in the nation for 2024… finished first in the 400mh at the LSU Invitational with a time of 49.61 seconds… helped the LSU 4×400 to a first-place finish with a time of 3:06.81 at the LSU Alumni Gold meet… finished first with the 4×400 at the Keyth Talley Invitational with a squad time of 3:09.09… opened the season taking first with the 4×400 at the Hurricane Invitational with a time of 3:03.53… USTFCCCA First Team All-American (400h, 4×400).
2024 INDOOR (SENIOR)
Closed the indoor season helping the men’s 4×400-meter relay team to a ninth-place finish and a time of 3:05.30 at the NCAA Indoor Championships… helped the 4×400 to a fourth-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 3:05.26… recorded the No. 10 600-yard time in collegiate history of 1:08.23 at the Corky Classic to finish second… pushed the 4×400 to a time of 3:06.08 and a first-place finish at the Alex Wilson Invitational… finished third in the 4×400 and fifth in the 400 at the Razorback Invitational… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (4×400).
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.