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The University of Mississippi Athletics
2021 Track and Field Roster
Burnett, James
James Burnett
- Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
- -/Sr.
- Position:
- Sprints
- Hometown:
- Oxford, Miss.
- High school:
- Oxford
- Prev. School:
- Meridian CC
- Major:
- Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Bio
TFRRS Bio
2020 Outdoor (Senior)
Season was canceled due to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.
2020 Indoor (Senior)
SEC Champion (Distance Medley Relay)
First-Team All-SEC (Distance Medley Relay)
Earned First-Team All-SEC status as a member of the SEC Champion Distance Medley Relay team (9:40.95) ... Also placed 18th in the 400-Meter at the SEC Indoor Championships (47.77) ... Competed in four meets during the regular season ... Placed 32nd in the 400-Meter at the Texas Tech Shootout (48.73) ... Finished second in the 400-Meter (47.42) and fourth in the 4x400-Meter Relay (3:14.36) at the Indiana Relays ... Placed second in the 400-Meter (47.21) and third in the 400-Meter (3:13.11) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Began the season by placing fourth in the 500-Meter at the Blazer Invite (1:03.05).
2019 Outdoor (Junior)
SEC Scorer (4x400-Meter Relay, 8th Place)
Scored SEC points as a member of the eighth-place 4x400-meter relay squad (3:12.01) ... Also placed 15th in the 400-meter with a time of 47.24 ... Ran in four meets during the outdoor season ... Opened the season by placing fourth in the 4x400-meter relay (3:18.42) and seventh in the 200-meter (21.46) at the Miami Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge ... Finished second in the 4x400-meter relay (3:14.31) at the Spec Towns Invite ... Placed third in the 4x400-meter relay (3:17.90) at the LSU Invite.
2019 Indoor (Junior)
SEC Champion (Distance Medley Relay)
First-Team All-SEC (Distance Medley Relay)
Earned First-Team All-SEC status and a gold medal by running the 400-meter leg of the distance medley relay for the first-place Ole Miss squad at the SEC Indoor Championships (9:43.91) … Also competed at SECs in the 400-meter, coming in fourth at 47.42, and the 4x400-meter, which placed 10th (3:16.38) … Ran the 400-meter leg of the DMR at the JDL Invitational, which at the time was the No. 1 time in the NCAA (9:34.43) and the sixth-best in school history … Ran a season-best 47.39 in the 400-meter at the Music City Challenge, placing him seventh in the meet and 14th in school history … Placed second in the 4x400-meter relay at the Don DeNoon Invite (3:18.23) … Won the 400-meter at the Indiana Relays (48.20) while also placing second in the 4x400-meter relay (3:16.19) and in the DMR (9:38.09) … Opened his Ole Miss career with a third-place finish in the 300-meter at the Blazer Invite (34.00).
AT MERIDIAN CC (2017-18)
Six-time NJCAA All-American, twice in the 400-meter and four times in the 4x400-meter relay ... 2018 indoor runner-up in the 400-meter ... Set the indoor school record in the 400-meter at 46.25 ... Owned other PRs of 46.97 in the outdoor 400-meter, 21.14 in the outdoor 200-meter and 21.5 in the indoor 200-meter.
High School
Lettered in track & field ... Part of three straight 5A state championship teams in 2014, 2015 and 2016 ... Won the 2016 state title in the 400-meter at a school record time of 48.08 ... Also finished All-State in the 400-meter his sophomore year at what was then a PR of 49.55 ... Competed at New Balance Nationals ... Was part of an All-American 4x200-meter relay team ... Was on a state runner-up 4x400-meter relay team.
Personal
Born June 8, 1998, to Merlinda Burnett ... Majoring in multi-disciplinary studies.
2020 Outdoor (Senior)
Season was canceled due to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.
2020 Indoor (Senior)
SEC Champion (Distance Medley Relay)
First-Team All-SEC (Distance Medley Relay)
Earned First-Team All-SEC status as a member of the SEC Champion Distance Medley Relay team (9:40.95) ... Also placed 18th in the 400-Meter at the SEC Indoor Championships (47.77) ... Competed in four meets during the regular season ... Placed 32nd in the 400-Meter at the Texas Tech Shootout (48.73) ... Finished second in the 400-Meter (47.42) and fourth in the 4x400-Meter Relay (3:14.36) at the Indiana Relays ... Placed second in the 400-Meter (47.21) and third in the 400-Meter (3:13.11) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Began the season by placing fourth in the 500-Meter at the Blazer Invite (1:03.05).
2019 Outdoor (Junior)
SEC Scorer (4x400-Meter Relay, 8th Place)
Scored SEC points as a member of the eighth-place 4x400-meter relay squad (3:12.01) ... Also placed 15th in the 400-meter with a time of 47.24 ... Ran in four meets during the outdoor season ... Opened the season by placing fourth in the 4x400-meter relay (3:18.42) and seventh in the 200-meter (21.46) at the Miami Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge ... Finished second in the 4x400-meter relay (3:14.31) at the Spec Towns Invite ... Placed third in the 4x400-meter relay (3:17.90) at the LSU Invite.
2019 Indoor (Junior)
SEC Champion (Distance Medley Relay)
First-Team All-SEC (Distance Medley Relay)
Earned First-Team All-SEC status and a gold medal by running the 400-meter leg of the distance medley relay for the first-place Ole Miss squad at the SEC Indoor Championships (9:43.91) … Also competed at SECs in the 400-meter, coming in fourth at 47.42, and the 4x400-meter, which placed 10th (3:16.38) … Ran the 400-meter leg of the DMR at the JDL Invitational, which at the time was the No. 1 time in the NCAA (9:34.43) and the sixth-best in school history … Ran a season-best 47.39 in the 400-meter at the Music City Challenge, placing him seventh in the meet and 14th in school history … Placed second in the 4x400-meter relay at the Don DeNoon Invite (3:18.23) … Won the 400-meter at the Indiana Relays (48.20) while also placing second in the 4x400-meter relay (3:16.19) and in the DMR (9:38.09) … Opened his Ole Miss career with a third-place finish in the 300-meter at the Blazer Invite (34.00).
AT MERIDIAN CC (2017-18)
Six-time NJCAA All-American, twice in the 400-meter and four times in the 4x400-meter relay ... 2018 indoor runner-up in the 400-meter ... Set the indoor school record in the 400-meter at 46.25 ... Owned other PRs of 46.97 in the outdoor 400-meter, 21.14 in the outdoor 200-meter and 21.5 in the indoor 200-meter.
High School
Lettered in track & field ... Part of three straight 5A state championship teams in 2014, 2015 and 2016 ... Won the 2016 state title in the 400-meter at a school record time of 48.08 ... Also finished All-State in the 400-meter his sophomore year at what was then a PR of 49.55 ... Competed at New Balance Nationals ... Was part of an All-American 4x200-meter relay team ... Was on a state runner-up 4x400-meter relay team.
Personal
Born June 8, 1998, to Merlinda Burnett ... Majoring in multi-disciplinary studies.
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