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2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert
John Burgee

Isaiah Thurman

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Arvada, Colo.
  • Highschool Jefferson Academy
  • Major Chemical Engineering

Biography

Accomplishments:
  • 2x RMAC Outdoor All-Academic - Honor Roll (2022, 2023).
  • 2022-23 RMAC Indoor All-Academic - Honor Roll.
2023 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore):
  • Did not compete.
2022-23 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore):
  • Did not compete.
2022 Outdoor (Redshirt Freshman):
  • Finished in the top-5 with a 46.66m hammer throw at the West Texas A&M Spring Break Classic.
  • Competed at the RMAC Championships in hammer throw.
2021-22 Indoor (Redshirt Freshman):
  • Season-best in the weight throw (13.78m) came at the Chadron State Don Holst Open.
  • Shot put throw of 12.15m at the Yellow Jacket Holiday Open was his best of the season.
Prior to South Dakota Mines
  • Attended Colorado School of Mines in the 2020-21 school year, redshirting in indoor and outdoor.
High School:
  • Competed in both track & field and cross country at Jefferson Academy in Colorado.
  • Top marks of 86-0.0 in the discus and 39-0.0 in the shot put.
  • Also ran the 1,600 meters in 6:58.36.
  • In cross country he ran the two mile and the 5K in 14:25.10 and 21:30.00.
Personal:
  • Son of Samuel and Gennelle.
  • Has one sibling.
  • Graduate student majoring in chemical engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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