2024 Outdoor
SEC 110m hurdles champion in a school and American Junior (U20) record time of 13.18 … Broke Renaldo Nehimiah’s 46-year-old American Junior (U20) … Posted NCAA top time and No. 4 in the world in 2024 with SEC winning time … Broke his own school record set in prelims of 13.24 … Became the first Auburn 110m hurlder to win SECs since Ty Atkins in 2007 and the first Tiger freshman to win an SEC Outdoor title since 2011 … Won four meets … Posted four of the top seven 110m hurdles times in school history … First-Team All-SEC.
Personal
Attended Rockvale High School ... Tennessee State AAAA 110m hurdles champion as a junior and senior … Broke 42-year-old Tennessee high school record in 110m hurdles with a time of 13.72 … Three-time Tennessee Sports Writers Association All-State member … Also played basketball in high school.
Ja'Kobe Tharp Season 2024-25
Ja'Kobe Tharp Season 2024-25
PositionSPRINTS/HURDLES
ClassSophomore
HometownBasking Ridge, New Jersey
XC/Track
Auburn track & field opens indoor season at Samford Invitational
Auburn track and field opens the indoor season in Birmingham, Alabama at the Samford Invitational Friday, January 17. The meet will be held at the Birmingham CrossPlex with women’s weight throw kickstarting the field events at 10 a.m. CT and the women’s 60m trials signaling the start of the running events at 11:40 a.m. CT.
Freshman2023-24
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