Brionna Thomas Season 2016-17

YearJunior
HometownFort Wayne, Ind.

2018 (SENIOR)

  • First team All-American in the indoor 400-meter dash after placing fifth
  • First team All-American in the indoor 4x400-meter relay after helping the team finish runner-up
  • First team All-American in the outdoor 400-meter dash after placing third
  • First team All-American in the outdoor 4x4 after helping the team finish runner-up
  • Voted Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year indoors
  • Voted Great Lakes Region Track Athlete of the Year outdoors
  • Voted Purdue Athletics Female Athlete of the Year
  • Ran a leg of the Big Ten Conference record 4x4 relay team indoors and out
  • Ran a leg of the relay team that helped Purdue become the eighth-fastest relay school in indoor NCAA history
  • Ran the No. 2 outdoor 400-meter dash time in Big Ten history and a Purdue record after crossing the line in 50.78 seconds at the NCAA Championships
  • Ran the No. 3 indoor 400-meter dash time in Big Ten history and a Purdue record after crossing the line in 51.56 seconds at the NCAA Championships
  • Big Ten champion in the indoor 4x4
  • Big Ten champion in the outdoor 4x4
  • Big Ten champion in the outdoor 400-meter dash
  • Big Ten runner-up in the indoor 400-meter dash
  • Big Ten bronze medalist in the outdoor 200-meter dash after breaking the school record with a wind-legal time of 22.99 seconds
  • Ran a leg of the school-record 4x200-meter relay at the Drake Relays that finished in 1:32.24
  • Won the 200-meter dash, 4x200-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay at the Drake Relays to help Purdue claim its first Hy-Vee Cup
2017 (JUNIOR)
  • Second team All-American with the 4x400m relay after anchoring the team that finished 11th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
  • Second team All-American with the 4x400m relay after anchoring the team that finished 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships
  • Second team All-American in the 400m dash after finishing 13th at the NCAA Indoor Championships
  • Honorable Mention for All-American in the 400m dash after finishing 18th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
  • Big Ten Indoor champion in the 400m dash after running a a school-record time of 52.43 seconds
  • Big Ten Indoor champion in the 4x400m relay after running a then conference-record time of 3:31.90
  • Big Ten Outdoor runner-up in the 400m dash after running a school-record time of 52.22 seconds
  • Big Ten Outdoor runner-up in the 4x400m relay after running the fourth fastest time in school history of 3:33.13
  • Drake Relays champion in the 4x400m relay
  • Won the 400m dash at the Gene Edmonds Open
2016 (SOPHOMORE)
  • Second team All-American in the outdoor 4x400m relay after helping the team finish ninth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:32.80
  • Second team All-American in the indoor 4x400m relay after helping the team finish 11th with a time of 3:34.12
  • Second team All-American in the indoor 400m dash after finishing 11th with a time of 53.29 seconds
  • Big Ten Champion in the 4x400m relay after helping the team break the all-time Big Ten Indoor Championships record with a time of 3:32.07
  • Big Ten runner-up in the indoor 400m dash after running a PR time of 52.48 seconds, which broke the school record
  • Finished third in the outdoor 400m dash at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 52.49 seconds
  • Helped the women's 4x400m relay team finish third at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:32.05
  • Broke the school record in the outdoor 400m dash as the only woman in program history under 53.00 seconds, as she an a time of 52.48 seconds at the NCAA East Prelims
  • Finished 14th in at the NCAA East Prelims in the 400m dash with a time of 52.70 seconds in the final, just two spots from advancing
  • Won eight events during the year
2015 (FRESHMAN)

High School: State champion in 2012 and 2013 in the 100m and 200m dashes ... was state runner-up in 2011 in the 200m ... eleven-time sectional champion with six in the 100m and five in the 200m ... ran a 100m PR of 11.89 seconds, which would rank sixth on the all-time Purdue list ... has a 200m PR of 23.67 seconds, better than the Purdue school record in both indoors and out ... both PRs were run at the USATF Junior Nationals ... twelve-time regional champion, with six each in the 100m and 200m dashes.

  • First team All-American as a member of the 4x400m relay team that finished fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:31.98
  • First team All-American as a member of the 4x100m relay team that finished sixth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 44.55 seconds
  • Member of Purdue's first 4x100m relay Big Ten champion team, which finished with a time of 44.65 seconds
  • Member of third place 4x400m relay team at Big Ten Outdoor Championships which finished with a time of 3:34.31
  • Member of third place indoor Big Ten Championships team in the 4x400m relay that finished with a time of 3:36.95
  • Finished fifth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the 200m dash wit ha time of 23.67 seconds
  • Had a 200m PR of 23.52 outdoors, which ranks third in school history
  • Had a 200m PR of 23.97 indoors, which ranks third in school history
  • Had a 400m PR of 54.27 seconds outdoors
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Senior
2017-18