2021 Track & Field Roster
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Birchman, Jonathan
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Jonathan Birchman
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Shoreline, Wash.
- High School:
- Shorewood
Bio
2023 and 2024 All-America Honorable Mention (400m Hurdles)
2023 and 2024 Pac-12 400m Hurdles Bronze Medalist
2024: Reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the second year in a row and competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 400m hurdles โฆ made the semifinals of the Olympic Trials after running 50.68 in the first round to advance โฆ placed 20th overall in the hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor meet in 51.05 to earn All-America Honorable Mention โฆ broke 50-seconds for the first time at NCAA West Prelims, going 49.98 to go to No. 5 in school history โฆ took third in the Pac-12 Championships 400m hurdles final, running a then-PR time of 50.00, as UW won the team title โฆ won his first three 400m hurdles races to open outdoors, winning the Peyton-Shotwell Invite in 50.16, the Stanford Invite in 50.61, and the Brutus Hamilton Invite in 50.49 โฆ closed out the indoor season with a 400-meter time of 47.77 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet, just .01 off his PR โฆ part of the victorious 4x400m relay at the Husky Classic that ran a season-best time of 3:10.27 โฆ second in the 400m at the UW Invite in 47.89 ... a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll pick ... named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2023:ย Reached his first career NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400m hurdles, where he earned All-America Honorable Mention with a 23rd-place finish, running 51.96 in the semifinals ...ย competed at his first USATF Outdoor Championships, placing 21st overall ... made NCAAs by going top-three in each of his heats at the NCAA West Prelims, running 50.47 and 50.53 to advance โฆ placed third at the Pac-12 Championships in the 400m hurdles, clocking a 50.79, helping UW go 1-3-4 in the event as UW won its first team title โฆ dropped his PR to 50.40 at the Desert Heat Classic, moving to No. 5 in school history โฆ seventh in the invite section of the 400m hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays going 50.61 โฆ indoors, set a 400-meters PR of 47.76 at the UW Invitational, taking the winย โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2022: Advanced through to the quarterfinals of NCAA Prelims in the 400-meter hurdles, and moved up to seventh in school history in the event while contributing on both relays โฆ was 21st overall in the NCAA West Prelim quarterfinal round, going 52.71, after a 51.43 time in the first round โฆ made the Pac-12 Championships finals in both the 110m hurdles and the 400m hurdles, placing ninth in both finals โฆ set a new 400m hurdles PR at the Fresno State Invitational, going 51.02 โฆ at the UW-WSU Dual, won the 110m hurdles in 14.56, took third in the 400m hurdles in 52.41, and ran on the winning 4x100m relay in 40.11 โฆ took second in the 400m hurdles at the West Coast Relays in 51.77 โฆ ran on the seasonโs best 4x400m relay that went 3:11.93 at West Coast Relays โฆ indoors, clocked a new 400-meters PR of 48.04 at the Pac-12 Invitational โฆ also went 48.19 at the Husky Classic โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member.
2021: A productive freshman season that saw him make the Pac-12 Championship finals in both the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles โฆ placed eighth in both Pac-12 hurdle finals to score two team points โฆ in the Pac-12 110m hurdle prelims, ran a PR of 14.20 seconds to go to No. 9 in school history โฆ also ran his 400m hurdles season-best in the Pac-12 prelims, going 52.58 seconds โฆ fifth in the 400m hurdles at the West Coast Relays in 52.86 โฆ third in the 110m hurdles at the UW-WSU Dual in a wind-aided 14.22 seconds and was fourth in the 400m hurdles in 54.56 โฆ indoors, ran a 60m hurdles PR of 8.21 seconds at the Husky Classic for second โฆ had an indoor 400m season-best of 49.67 at the UW Invitational ... named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
High School and Personal: Born in Seattle โฆ parents are Jim and Christina Birchman โฆ has one older sister, Angela, and one older brother, Benjamin โฆ captured the Washington 3A state title in the 300-meter hurdles as a junior, winning in a PR of 38.27 seconds โฆ also took second at state in the 110m hurdles in 2019 โฆ did not get to compete as a senior due to the Covid-19 pandemic โฆ also qualified for state in the high jump, and had a 6-2 PR as a junior and won the Wesco league title โฆ took fifth in the 110m hurdles at the 2019 Brooks PR Invite with a PR time of 14.04.
Major Meets
2021 Pac-12 - 8th, 110m Hurdles | 8th, 400m Hurdles | 10th, 4x100m
2022 Pac-12 - 9th, 110m Hurdles | 9th, 400m Hurdles | 10th, 4x100m
2022 NCAA Prelims - 21st, 400m Hurdles
2023 Pac-12 - 3rd, 400m Hurdles | 8th, 4x400m
2023 NCAA Prelims - 9th, 400m Hurdles
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 23rd, 400m Hurdles (All-America Hon. Mention)
2023 USA Outdoors - 21st, 400m Hurdles
2024 Pac-12 - 3rd, 400m Hurdles | 9th, 4x400m
2024 NCAA Prelims - 7th, 400m Hurdles
2024 NCAA Outdoors - 20th, 400m Hurdles (All-America Hon. Mention)
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials - 24th, 400m Hurdles
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Outdoor Bests
110m Hurdlesโฆโฆ.14.20
400m Hurdlesโฆโฆ.49.98
Indoor Bests
200m.......22.82
400m.......47.76
60m Hurdles.......8.21
Academic Honors
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 and 2024 Pac-12 400m Hurdles Bronze Medalist
2024: Reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the second year in a row and competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 400m hurdles โฆ made the semifinals of the Olympic Trials after running 50.68 in the first round to advance โฆ placed 20th overall in the hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor meet in 51.05 to earn All-America Honorable Mention โฆ broke 50-seconds for the first time at NCAA West Prelims, going 49.98 to go to No. 5 in school history โฆ took third in the Pac-12 Championships 400m hurdles final, running a then-PR time of 50.00, as UW won the team title โฆ won his first three 400m hurdles races to open outdoors, winning the Peyton-Shotwell Invite in 50.16, the Stanford Invite in 50.61, and the Brutus Hamilton Invite in 50.49 โฆ closed out the indoor season with a 400-meter time of 47.77 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet, just .01 off his PR โฆ part of the victorious 4x400m relay at the Husky Classic that ran a season-best time of 3:10.27 โฆ second in the 400m at the UW Invite in 47.89 ... a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll pick ... named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2023:ย Reached his first career NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400m hurdles, where he earned All-America Honorable Mention with a 23rd-place finish, running 51.96 in the semifinals ...ย competed at his first USATF Outdoor Championships, placing 21st overall ... made NCAAs by going top-three in each of his heats at the NCAA West Prelims, running 50.47 and 50.53 to advance โฆ placed third at the Pac-12 Championships in the 400m hurdles, clocking a 50.79, helping UW go 1-3-4 in the event as UW won its first team title โฆ dropped his PR to 50.40 at the Desert Heat Classic, moving to No. 5 in school history โฆ seventh in the invite section of the 400m hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays going 50.61 โฆ indoors, set a 400-meters PR of 47.76 at the UW Invitational, taking the winย โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2022: Advanced through to the quarterfinals of NCAA Prelims in the 400-meter hurdles, and moved up to seventh in school history in the event while contributing on both relays โฆ was 21st overall in the NCAA West Prelim quarterfinal round, going 52.71, after a 51.43 time in the first round โฆ made the Pac-12 Championships finals in both the 110m hurdles and the 400m hurdles, placing ninth in both finals โฆ set a new 400m hurdles PR at the Fresno State Invitational, going 51.02 โฆ at the UW-WSU Dual, won the 110m hurdles in 14.56, took third in the 400m hurdles in 52.41, and ran on the winning 4x100m relay in 40.11 โฆ took second in the 400m hurdles at the West Coast Relays in 51.77 โฆ ran on the seasonโs best 4x400m relay that went 3:11.93 at West Coast Relays โฆ indoors, clocked a new 400-meters PR of 48.04 at the Pac-12 Invitational โฆ also went 48.19 at the Husky Classic โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member.
2021: A productive freshman season that saw him make the Pac-12 Championship finals in both the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles โฆ placed eighth in both Pac-12 hurdle finals to score two team points โฆ in the Pac-12 110m hurdle prelims, ran a PR of 14.20 seconds to go to No. 9 in school history โฆ also ran his 400m hurdles season-best in the Pac-12 prelims, going 52.58 seconds โฆ fifth in the 400m hurdles at the West Coast Relays in 52.86 โฆ third in the 110m hurdles at the UW-WSU Dual in a wind-aided 14.22 seconds and was fourth in the 400m hurdles in 54.56 โฆ indoors, ran a 60m hurdles PR of 8.21 seconds at the Husky Classic for second โฆ had an indoor 400m season-best of 49.67 at the UW Invitational ... named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
High School and Personal: Born in Seattle โฆ parents are Jim and Christina Birchman โฆ has one older sister, Angela, and one older brother, Benjamin โฆ captured the Washington 3A state title in the 300-meter hurdles as a junior, winning in a PR of 38.27 seconds โฆ also took second at state in the 110m hurdles in 2019 โฆ did not get to compete as a senior due to the Covid-19 pandemic โฆ also qualified for state in the high jump, and had a 6-2 PR as a junior and won the Wesco league title โฆ took fifth in the 110m hurdles at the 2019 Brooks PR Invite with a PR time of 14.04.
Major Meets
2021 Pac-12 - 8th, 110m Hurdles | 8th, 400m Hurdles | 10th, 4x100m
2022 Pac-12 - 9th, 110m Hurdles | 9th, 400m Hurdles | 10th, 4x100m
2022 NCAA Prelims - 21st, 400m Hurdles
2023 Pac-12 - 3rd, 400m Hurdles | 8th, 4x400m
2023 NCAA Prelims - 9th, 400m Hurdles
2023 NCAA Outdoors - 23rd, 400m Hurdles (All-America Hon. Mention)
2023 USA Outdoors - 21st, 400m Hurdles
2024 Pac-12 - 3rd, 400m Hurdles | 9th, 4x400m
2024 NCAA Prelims - 7th, 400m Hurdles
2024 NCAA Outdoors - 20th, 400m Hurdles (All-America Hon. Mention)
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials - 24th, 400m Hurdles
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Outdoor Bests
110m Hurdlesโฆโฆ.14.20
400m Hurdlesโฆโฆ.49.98
Indoor Bests
200m.......22.82
400m.......47.76
60m Hurdles.......8.21
Academic Honors
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
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