Aaron Thacker
2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Recorded a personal-best time in the 100-meter dash at the season-opening Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/24), clocking in at 10.68 seconds to finish third and also finished ninth in the 200 meters with a time of 21.70 seconds … Placed fourth in the 200 meters at the Oral Roberts Invitational (3/31) with a time of 21.75 seconds and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed third with a time of 3:18.88 … Finished ninth in the open section of the 200-meter dash at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a time of 21.68 seconds … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team place second in the quadrangular section at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a combined time of 40.97 seconds and placed fifth in the quad 100 meters with a wind-aided time of 10.80 seconds and fourth in the 200 meters with a wind-aided 21.63-second clocking … Ran a career-best time of 21.58 seconds in the 200 meters at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) … Set a new personal best in the 200 meters at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/5) with a time of 21.34 seconds … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team to a seventh-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13).
2018 INDOOR (Sr.)
Finished third in the 200-meter dash at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13) with a time of 22.20 seconds … Finished fourth as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) with a time of 3:16.42 and also posted a career-best time in the 200 meters, clocking in at 22.13 seconds to finish 11th … Notched a third-place finish in the 200 meters (22.12) and was a member of the fourth-place 4×400-meter relay team (3:21.46) at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) … Finished eighth in the 200 meters with a personal-best time of 21.90 seconds at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) … Clocked a personal-best time of 21.65 in the 200 meters at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/16) … Finished 15th in the preliminary round of the 200 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championship with a time of 21.73 seconds.
2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Claimed second-place in the 100-meter dash at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/6) with a time of 10.84 … Ran the 200-meter dash at the Ward Haylett Invite and recorded a wind-aided time of 21.73, good for third-place … Finished second as a part of the 4×400-meter relay team at the Emporia State Relays (4/1) with a time of 3:18.94.
2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Posted a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2/16), clocking in at 52.34 … Finished seventh in the 200-meter dash with a mark of 22.66 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) … Competed as part of the 4×400-meter relay team at the Bill Easton Classic and helped to record a time of 3:20.78, good for third-place.
2015-16 (At Johnson County CC)
Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to Second Team All-America status at the 2016 NJCAA Indoor Championships, finishing 10th in a time of 3:21.45 … Top 200-meter time came at the 2015 Region VI Outdoor Championships with a mark of 21.58 and a 13th-place finish … Posted a season-best 49.70 in the 400 meters at the 2016 Region VI Indoor Championships, finishing 13th … Claimed victory in the 300 meters at the Cavalier Invitational with a personal-best time of 35.87 … Won JCCC Scholar Athlete award in 2015 and 2016.
HIGH SCHOOL
Member of 6A Kansas state champion 4×100-meter relay team that posted a winning time of 42.41 … Helped Olathe South team to runner-up finish at 2013 6A State meet.
PERSONAL
Son of Eric Thacker and Theresa McCallop … Born in Las Vegas, Nevada … Has an older sister, Erica … Majoring in liberal arts and sciences … Aspires to become a physical therapist.
