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Chase Thornhill Named To 2020 Big South Men’s Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team
May 15, 2020 | Track & Field
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - Junior Chase Thornhill (Perry Hall, Md.) has been named to the 2020 Big South Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team.
Thornhill boasts an impressive 3.44 GPA in Gardner-Webb's Music Education program. He was the 2018 Freshman of the Year in outdoor track & field and is a three-time All-Conference honoree in outdoor track (400m, 4x100m and 4x400m).
Earlier this year at the 2020 Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships, Thornhill won the 400-meter and placed second in the 200-meter. In the men's 400-meter run Thornhill finished with a time of 47.77 seconds, marking the finish as the top time in program history. In the 200-meter run Thornhill finished with a time of 21.47 seconds, marking a personal best for him, and the fastest time in program history.
The Big South Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team consists of one student-athlete from each institution that meets the criteria of having completed at least one academic year at the institution, maintains at least a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average and is of sophomore standing (academically and athletically). The team and Scholar-Athlete of the Year award are selected by the Big South Conference Sports Information Directors. This year's team combined for a 3.68 GPA, and is as follows:
2020 Big South Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team
Jeremy Falwell, Jr., Winthrop (Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
Hunter Gilbert, Gr., Campbell
JP Caglione, Sr., Charleston Southern
Chase Thornhill, Jr., Gardner-Webb
Khalil Gary, Sr., Hampton
Siro Pina Cardona, Jr., High Point
Tyree McFalling, Sr., UNC Asheville
Jonathan Loy, Soph., USC Upstate
Thornhill boasts an impressive 3.44 GPA in Gardner-Webb's Music Education program. He was the 2018 Freshman of the Year in outdoor track & field and is a three-time All-Conference honoree in outdoor track (400m, 4x100m and 4x400m).
Earlier this year at the 2020 Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships, Thornhill won the 400-meter and placed second in the 200-meter. In the men's 400-meter run Thornhill finished with a time of 47.77 seconds, marking the finish as the top time in program history. In the 200-meter run Thornhill finished with a time of 21.47 seconds, marking a personal best for him, and the fastest time in program history.
The Big South Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team consists of one student-athlete from each institution that meets the criteria of having completed at least one academic year at the institution, maintains at least a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average and is of sophomore standing (academically and athletically). The team and Scholar-Athlete of the Year award are selected by the Big South Conference Sports Information Directors. This year's team combined for a 3.68 GPA, and is as follows:
2020 Big South Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team
Jeremy Falwell, Jr., Winthrop (Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
Hunter Gilbert, Gr., Campbell
JP Caglione, Sr., Charleston Southern
Chase Thornhill, Jr., Gardner-Webb
Khalil Gary, Sr., Hampton
Siro Pina Cardona, Jr., High Point
Tyree McFalling, Sr., UNC Asheville
Jonathan Loy, Soph., USC Upstate
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