Jason Thorpe at DirectAthletics
2012-13: Scored at a Big South meet for the first time during his final indoor season, when he finished eighth in the mile (4:20.78)...had PR'd in that event earlier in the campaign, doing so at the YSU Invite (4:19.06) where he finished fourth...ran on the IC4A qualifying DMR squad, which finished 12th...outdoors, finished 12th in the 1,500 at the Big South Outdoor Championships...had a personal best in that event just one meet prior to his final race, clocking in at 4:00.08 at the RU Invite...competed in all six cross country events for the first time...posted an 8K PR of 26:18 at the Blue Ridge Open...finished as VMI's #5 runner at the conference championships, placing 30th overall...was eighth at the early-season JMU Open.
2011-12: Track seasons were highlighted by a ninth-place finish in the mile at the Big South Indoor meet...posted a personal best effort in that race (4:24.30)...was seventh in the blue division of the mile at the Akron Invite...placed 19th in the 1K at the Great Dane Classic...outdoors, recorded a seasonal best 800-meters at the Fred Hardy Invite at Richmond (1:57.33), and won his heat in the process...finished in the top-20 in both the 800 and 1500 at that meet...notched a personal best 400-meter effort at the Big South Outdorr Championships (53.12)...competed in five of VMI's cross country events, recording a best 8K time of 26:48 at the Big South Championship...was 52nd at that event...finished seventh at the W&L Invite (29:03)...was 28th at Furman with a 27:46 time...went under 27 minutes at the Queens Invite, clocking in at 26:53.
2010-11: Closed out his sophomore season with a personal best in the 1,500, 4:00.30 at the Radford Highlander Invite...was ninth in the 800 at the outdoor conference championships, missing the final by six-tenths of a second...did so with a seasonal-best time...was 12th in the 1,500 at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational...finished 12th in the 800 at the Big South Indoor Championships...posted an indoor 800 personal best (1:57.46) at the Virginia Tech Invitational...ran in the majority of VMI's cross country races...broke the 27-minute barrier twice, including a 26:39 effort at the Blue Ridge Open.
2009-10: Primarily ran the 800 and 1,500-meters during his first collegiate season...posted a season-best 800-meter performance at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier, clocking in at 1:56.75...was 14th in that event at the Big South Outdoor meet...made the finals of the 1,500 at the BSC Outdoor Championships, after running a season-best 4:01.27 in the preliminaries...finished 12th in the finals...was 12th in the 800 at April's UVA Lou Onesty Invitational...recorded the same result at the Military Championships...ran on the 4X800-meter relay team at the IC4A Championships...during the indoor season, was 10th in the 800 at the Big South Indoor Championships, with a season-best clocking of 1:57.63...was 15th in the mile at Kent State's Doug Raymond Invitational.
High School/Personal: 2009 All-State in indoor 1,000-meter run.
Personal Bests -
800-meters: 1:56:75
1,500-meters: 4:00.08
Mile: 4:19.06
8K: 26:18 (2012 Blue Ridge Open)
