Event: 400H (52.59)
2011
Recorded a seasonal-best time of 53.71 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles at both the LSU Alumni Gold and Cole-Lancon Invitational during the outdoor season … Finished runner-up in the event at the Cole-Lancon Invitational and fourth place at the LSU Alumni Gold … Opened the 2011 outdoor season with back-to-back 10th-place finishes at the LSU Tiger Relays (55.36) and LSU Invitational (54.14) … Was the 43rd-place finisher in the 400 hurdles at the Texas Relays with a time of 55.36 in the qualifying round … Clocked 48.10 in his only appearance in the 400-meter dash in a fifth-place finish at the Louisiana Classics … Ran the leadoff leg on LSU’s B team in the 4×400-meter relay that took sixth place at the LSU Tiger Relays with a time of 3 minutes, 12.62 seconds … Made one start in the 800-meter run during the indoor season at the LSU NCAA Indoor Qualifier … Received his second selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the 2011 season.
2010
One of the top 400-meter hurdlers in the Southeastern Conference during the 2010 season … Scored two points for the Tigers with a seventh-place finish in the 400 hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Clocked a time of 53.36 in the conference final … Advanced to the final with a seasonal-best time of 53.00 in the conference semifinal … His seasonal-best time of 53.00 ranked No. 7 on the SEC performance list at the end of the season … Finished runner-up in the B section of the 400 hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold (53.10) … Also competed in the event at the Miami Elite Invitational (53.12) and Penn Relays (54.78) … Opened up the outdoor season by running the 400-meter dash at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette, where he earned a sixth-place finish with a time of 48.91 … Ran on LSU’s 4×400-meter relay indoors at the Purple Tiger Invitational … Honored for his academic performance with a selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the season.
PRIOR TO LSU
Came to LSU after competing as a freshman at the University of Buffalo … A 400-meter hurdler who earned a sixth-place finish in the event at the Mid American Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2009 … Clocked a time of 54.50 seconds in the conference final … Finished his freshman campaign with a seasonal-best time of 53.22 to rank second on the Buffalo squad … Boasts a PR of 52.59 in the 400-meter hurdles … Recorded his personal best in the event in a fourth-place finish at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in 2008 … Won a bronze medal with a third-place finish in the 400 hurdles at the New York state meet as a junior in 2007 … Coached in high school by Curtis Merrick at Cicero North Syracuse High School and by Sandy Burns at Paul V. Moore High School.
PERSONAL
Full name is James Patrick Thurn … Born on April 19, 1990 … Parents are John and Susan Thurn … Has one sister, Jennell, and one brother, John Thurn II … Was an honor student at Cicero North Syracuse High School … Majoring in information systems and decision sciences.