Honors & Awards
World Record Holder (110m Hurdles)
Collegiate Record Holder (110m Hurdles, 60m Hurdles)
2026 USTFCCCA Male Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year
2026 NCAA Outdoor National Champion (110m Hurdles)
2026 SEC Outdoor Champion (110m Hurdles)
2026 USTFCCCA Male Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
2026 NCAA Indoor National Champion (60m Hurdles)
2026 SEC Indoor Champion (60m Hurdles)
2025 USATF National Champion (110m Hurdles)
2025 Bowerman Award Finalist
2025 NCAA Outdoor National Champion (110m Hurdles)
2025 USTFCCCA South Region Track Athlete of the Year
2025 NCAA Indoor Champion (60m Hurdles)
2025 SEC Indoor Champion (60m Hurdles)
2024 SEC Outdoor Champion (110m Hurdles)
2026 Outdoor
USTFCCCA Male Athlete of the Year after winning NCAA and SEC 110m hurdles titles while also setting a world record and collegiate record at NCAAs … First hurdler since Grant Holloway to repeat as national champion in the 110m hurdles, winning in 12.90 (-0.2) … Set the world record and collegiate record during the semifinal round in a time of 12.75, breaking the previous record of 12.80 that was held by Aries Merritt since Sept. 7, 2012 … Broke the previous collegiate record of 12.98 set by Grant Holloway in 2019 … First person to set a world record at the NCAA Championships in 50 years (Dwight Stone, high jump in 1976) … First 110m hurdles world record set on American soil since Renaldo Nehemiah in 1979 … Owns the two top collegiate times ever in the 110m hurdles including two of the top 15 times ever in the world (12.75, 12.90) … Won SEC Championship at Auburn in a time of 13.09 after running 13.05 in prelims … Ran 13.09 at Tom Jones Memorial in season opener at 110m hurdles … Posted four of the 11 fastest collegiate times ever (12.75, 12.90, 13.05, 13.05) … Ran seven of the 10 fastest times in AU history while owning all 10 times.
2026 Indoor
USTFCCCA National Indoor Male Track Athlete of the Year … Back-to-back NCAA National Champion in 60m hurdles with a collegiate record 7.32 finish, following a 7.36 performance in the preliminary round … Owns the third fastest time in the world and second fastest by an American hurdler … Auburn 60m hurdles record holder and No. 1 performer in AU history … Back-to-back SEC Champion in the event with a mark of 7.46 … Holds five of the top-six performances in Auburn history
2025 Summer
USATF National Champion at 110m, winning in a lifetime-best time of 13.01 … Time was the fourth fastest in the world in 2025 … Qualified for the World Championships in Tokyo slated for September 2025.
2025 Outdoor
First Bowerman Finalist in Auburn history … USTFCCCA South Region Track Athlete of the Year … NCAA Champion at 110m hurdles winning in 13.15 to become Auburn’s first national champion in the event since Ty Akins in 2007 … Ran personal-best 13.05 in semifinal round at NCAAs, which was the fifth fastest collegiate time ever … Became just seventh Auburn track athlete to win an indoor and outdoor national title in the same year and first AU male since James Walker in 1979 … SEC runner up at 110m hurdles (13.15) … Won NCAA East Prelims in 13.14.
2025 Indoor
NCAA Indoor National Champion in the 60m hurdles, becoming Auburn’s first indoor national champion since Donald Thomas won the high jump in 2007 … Tharp was the first Auburn sprinter to win an indoor title since 1999 (Coby Miller, 200m) … Winning time of 7.45 broke his own school record of 7.48 set earlier in the season when he won the SEC Indoor Championship … His 7.45 was the eight fastest time in the world in 2025 … SEC Indoor Championship was Auburn’s first gold in the 60m hurdles since Ty Akins in 2008 … Ran 7.53 at the Tiger Paw Invite, breaking the school record … Ran eight of the nine fastest times in school history in the 60m hurdles … Competed in four meets on the season.
2024 Outdoor
Took silver at the NCAA Championships (13.20) ... PR time of 13.18 in the prelim round at the NCAA Championships in the 110H ... won the NCAA East First Round in the 110H (13.24) ... took gold in the 110H at the SEC Championships (13.18) ... crossed the line in 13.40 at the LSU Invitational in the 110H ... time of 13.78 at the Tiger Track Classic in the 110H ... claimed first at the Pepsi Florida Relays in the 110H (13.46) ... competed in eight meets
2024 Indoor
Competed in two meets ... collegiate PR in the 60H (7.85) and 300m (35.63) at the Harvey Glance Tide & Tigers Dual Meet ... crossed the line in 7.90 at the Razorback Invitational in the 60H