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James Durkin

Position:
Distance
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Chicago Ridge, Ill.
Prev School:
Brother Rice HS

Honors

Earned Dean’s List distinction for the 2014 fall semester … Named to the Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2014 fall and 2015 spring semesters.

Cross Country

2014 (Freshman): Competed in four meets ... Best finish was 19th (26:48.4) at the Rhodes College Invitational (8k) ... Helped the Tigers to a second-place team finish at the Rhodes meet ... Ran a 27:33 at the American Athletic Conference Championships (8k) ... Also competed in the Brooks Twilight Classic (22:05.29; 4 mile) and Commodore Classic (27:02.31; 8k).

Indoor

2014-15 (Freshman): Ran the 3000m, 5000m and mile … Competed in the 3000m at three meets … Posted a 3000m season-best 9:10.08 at the American Athletic Conference Championships (25^th) … Highest 3000m finish was 10^th at the Missouri Tiger Invitational (9:17.10) … Ran a season-best 4:43.07 and placed eighth in the mile at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Invitational … Recorded a 4:43.68 in the mile at the American Athletic Conference Championships … His lone 5000m run came at Vanderbilt’s Commordore Invitational.

Outdoor

2015 (Freshman): Competed in the 3000m, 5000m and 4x400m … Ran a season-best 15:55.84 and placed sixth in the 5000m at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational … Also posted a 16:04.10 in the 5000m at the Rhodes College Invitational … Placed fourth in the 3000m at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (9:06.58) … Member of fourth-place 4x400m relay at the Rhodes College Invitational (3:24.20).

Prior To Memphis

Member of the Brother Rice High School cross country team all four years ... Best postseason finish was a second-place performance (15:27) at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) 3A Sandburg Regional as a junior in 2012 ... Finished only six seconds behind the regional individual champion ... Brother Rice High School placed third at that regional and also finished 12th at the IHSA Chicago Marist Sectional ... Member of the 2010 Brother Rice High School squad that captured the IHSA Chicago Marist Regional championship ... Finished 28th at the regional as a freshman ... The Crusaders placed seventh at the IHSA Lockport Sectional in 2010 ... As a sophomore in 2011, helped the Crusaders to a second-place performance at the IHSA Chicago Marist Regional ... Placed 15th among individuals at the regional ... In his final season in 2013, finished fourth at the IHSA Chicago Marist Regional ... The Crusaders placed fourth at the regional ... Finished eighth at the 2013 Chicago Catholic League Championships ... Also ran 1600m and 3200m in the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Had three career top-five performances in the 3200m at the Chicago Catholic League Championships (one indoor; two outdoor) ... In 2013 (junior), posted top-five performances in the 3200m at the Chicago Catholic League Championships (3rd) and IHSA Downers Grove North Sectional (5th).

Personal

Son of Martin and Sally Durkin ... Birthday is July 20 ... A biology major.