TFRRS Performance Profile
* Member of school record 4x400 relay teams, indoors and outdoors *
Personal bests (thru 2018):
- 400: 47.03
- 200: 21.37i
- 100: 10.74
As a senior (2018):
Outdoors
- Led off both the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams that advanced to the NCAA Championships.
- Led off school record 4x400 team at the NCAA West Prelims.
- Ran a split of 46.8 to open the record-setting time of 3:04.84.
- Led off 4x100 that was the first from Stanford to qualify for the NCAA's since 2004.
- The 4x100 team ran 39.79, the No. 3 time in school history.
- Sixth at the Pac-12 Championships 400 in a collegiate best 47.10.
- Ran lead off on both relays that won at the Big Meet vs. Cal.
- Is part of the four fastest 4x400 relay teams in school history.
- First-team All-America (4x400).
- Honorable mention All-America (4x100).
- Eighth in NCAA 4x400.
- Twice broke school 4x400 record.
Indoors
- Anchored 4x400 relay team that placed third in the MPSF Championships.
- Is part of the three fastest 4x400 indoor relay teams in school history.
- Broke school 4x400 record.
- Moved to No. 3 on Stanford's all-time list in the 200.
- Moved to No. 1, No. 3, and No. 9 on all-time list in the 4x400.
- Moved to No. 3, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, and No. 8 on all-time 4x100 list.
- Moved to No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 5 on Stanford all-time 4x400 list.
As a junior (2017):
Outdoors
- Ran 400 season best of 47.94 at the Cardinal Classic.
- Anchored 4x400 relay throughout the season, including at Pac-12 Championships.
Indoors
- Ran the opening leg of the 4x400 team that set a school record at the MPSF Championships.
- Kurtz ran a 48.9 split and the team placed second at 3:09.80.
- Ran the second leg of the winning 4x400 relay team at the UW Indoor Preview.
As a sophomore (2016):
Outdoors
- Second leg on Stanford's Pac-12-winning 4x400 relay team.
- It was Stanford's first 4x400 or mile relay conference title since 1954.
- Got the baton in first and didn't give up the lead while running a 47.3 split.
- Ran a 46.6 second-leg split on school-record 3:05.59 at the Michael Johnson Invite.
- Won the Big Meet in his only open 400 of the season.
Indoors
- Did not compete.
As a freshman (2015):
Outdoors
- Fourth in the Big Meet in the 400 (49.48).
- Season limited by illness.
Indoors
- Made collegiate debut at the UW Indoor Classic, his only meet of the season.
- Also ran leadoff on a 4x400 that ran 3:21.50 and placed third in its heat at the same meet.
High School:
- Fourth in the 400 at the 2013 California state meet, running 47.14.
- Set his personal best of 47.03 in winning the 2013 Sacramento Meet of Champions, breaking a 16-year-old meet record.
- Won the 2014 North Coast Section Meet of Champions 400 title in 47.66 to qualify for the state meet, but did not compete there because of injury.
- Won four North Coast Section Tri-Valley Area individual titles: three in the 400 and one in the 200.
- Was the 400 runner-up at the 2013 NCS Meet of Champions.
- Two-time Stanford Invitational winner while at Brentwood.
- Broke school records in the 100, 200, and 400.
Career results:
Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
2018 | Outdoors (7) | 400 | 47.10 | 6 (47.10) | -- | -- |
200 | 21.45 | -- | -- | -- | ||
100 | 10.80 | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x400 | 3:04.84 | 3 (3:08.01) | 9 (3:04.84) | 6 (3:04.82) | ||
4x100 | 39.79 | 3 (40.03) | 7 (39.79) | 19 (39.86) | ||
Indoors (4) | 200 | 21.37 | 13 (22.04) | -- | -- | |
60 | 7.04 | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x400 | 3:09.38 | 3 (3:09.95) | -- | -- | ||
2017 | Outdoors (5) | 400 | 47.94 | 13 (48.55) | -- | -- |
200 | 21.93 | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x400 | 3:10.53 | 6 (3:10.91) | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (4) | 400 | 48.84 | -- | -- | -- | |
200 | 22.40 | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x400 | 3:09.80 | 2 (3:09.80) | -- | -- | ||
2016 | Outdoors (6) | 400 | 47.73 | -- | -- | -- |
200 | 22.05 | -- | -- | -- | ||
100 | 10.81w | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x400 | 3:05.59 | 1 (3:08.13) | 13 (3:06.18) | -- | ||
4x100 | 41.50 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
2015 | Outdoors (3) | 400 | 49.48 | -- | -- | -- |
200 | 22.71 | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x400 | 3:20.83 | -- | -- | -- | ||
4x100 | 41.99 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (1) | 400 | 49.48 | -- | -- | -- | |
4x400 | 3:21.51 | -- | -- | -- |