2015 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Michael Thomas
- Position:
- Sprints
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Silverdale, Wash.
- High School:
- Central Kitsap
2017 Pac-12 4x400m Relay Third-Place
2018: Helped the 4x400-meter relay score at Pac-12s and advance to NCAA West Prelims in his final season despite managing some injury issues … was the third leg on the 4x4 which took fourth at the Pac-12 Championships in a season-best 3:08.81 … the 4x4 then took 21st at NCAA Prelims in a time of 3:08.91 in his final race … was 12th in the open 400-meters at the Pac-12 meet, running a season-best 47.79 … second in the 400m at the Pepsi Team Invite in 48.19 and helped the 4x4 win in a time of 3:13.31 but missed the next month of the season … competed at just two indoor meets but set PRs in both … at the UW Invitational, ran a new indoor 400m PR of 48.05 to take second … at the UW Indoor Preview, had a 200m PR of 22.16 and ran on second-place 4x4 that clocked 3:12.76 … a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017: Broke through late in the season in the 400-meters, going under 48 seconds for the first time and reaching the finals of the Pac-12 Championships while helping the 4x400m relay make NCAA Prelims … in the Pac-12 Championship prelims, ran a PR of 47.95 seconds to make the final, and then lowered his PR again all the way to 47.58 to finish seventh-place … was the third leg on the 4x400m relay that made the podium at Pac-12s, placing third in a season-best 3:08.42 … advanced to West Prelims with the relay, finishing 21st overall in 3:10.16 … made up a big gap on his relay leg in the decisive 4x4 to help the Huskies beat the Cougars in the UW-WSU Dual in one of the most exciting moments of the season … third in the 400m in the Dual in 49.12 … opened his outdoor season with a then-PR of 48.09 seconds at the Trojan Invitational for third … also ran 48.30 at the Beach Invitational for 10th … indoors, his season-best 400m was 48.99 for 25th overall and ran on the seventh-place 4x4 in 3:12.85 … a 200-meter indoor PR of 22.63 at the UW Invitational … earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2016: Focused on the 400-meters outdoors, running a season’s-best time of 48.83 seconds at the UW-WSU Dual where he was fourth overall … also ran on the 4x400m relay at the Dual, taking second in 3:12.28 … part of winning 4x4 at the Ken Shannon Invite in 3:15.31 … traveled to the Beach Invitational and clocked a 49.41 second 400-meters … did not compete during the indoor season … a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2015: Moved between the 400-meters and 800-meters … posted his top 800-meters time at the Stanford Invitational, where he crossed in 1:52.53 to take second in his section … at the Baldy Castillo Invite in Tempe, clocked a 1:52.64 time for 800m … second in the Ken Shannon Invite 800-meters in 1:54.44 … scored at the UW-WSU Dual, taking third in the 400-meters in 49.32 seconds … also third at the Pepsi Team Invite in the 400m in 49.19 and ran on the second-place 4x400m relay which finished in 3:13.35 … competed at just two meets indoors, running 1:54.92 for 800-meters at the Husky Classic.
2014: Redshirted the season, did not compete unattached.
High School and Personal: Born in Naples, Italy … parents are Masako and Denfield Thomas … has one older brother, Phillip, and one older sister, Olivia … brother, Phillip, plays basketball at University of Puget Sound … captured his first state title as a senior, winning the 4A finals at 400-meters in a career-best time of 47.83 seconds, his first time breaking 48-seconds … also won Narrows League and West Central District titles at 400-meters in 2013 … ran on the 4x100m and 4x400m relays, both of which finished sixth at the 2013 state championships … won Narrows League 400m title as a sophomore … did not run track as a junior … a standout basketball player, lettering three years … Narrows League First Team in 2013 for basketball and Second Team as a junior … the Central Kitsap Male Athlete of the Year for 2012-13 … a US Army National Scholar-Athlete award winner … also played AAU basketball from eighth grade through high school … graduated with a 3.5 GPA.
Major Meets
2017 MPSF - 25th, 400m | 7th, 4x400m
2017 Pac-12 - 7th, 400m | 3rd, 4x400m
2017 NCAA Prelims - 21st, 4x400m
2018 Pac-12 - 12th, 400m | 4th, 4x400m
2018 NCAA Prelims - 21st, 4x400m
Outdoor Bests
400m.......47.58
800m.......1:52.53
Indoor Bests
200m.......22.16
400m.......48.05
800m.......1:54.92
Academic Honors
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
