Nick Thornton Class: Senior Hometown: Vista, CA High School: Rancho Buena Vista HS Height / Weight: 5-9 / 140

2002-03 -- Ran a season best 26:24.70 at the Fullerton Invitational ... Highest finish was 14th at the Big Wave Invitational ... In outdoor track, placed 20th (tied) overall in 1:50.56 in the 800m qualifying at the NCAA Championships ... Placed second in the 800m in 1:50.30 at the NCAA West Regional Championships ... Ran season bests of 1:49.42 (800m) and 3:59.39 (1500m).

2001-02 -- As a redshirt freshman in cross country, Thornton ran in five meets ... His highest placement was 23rd at the CS Fullerton II Invitational ... In track, Thornton qualified for the Pac-10 meet in the 800m and also ran on UCLA's 4 X 400m relay ... His personal-best 800m mark of 1:49.30 was a team-leader.

2000-01 -- As a true freshman, Thornton redshirted.

High School -- During his prep career, Thornton was an Arcadia Invitational 800m champion (1:54.01) and in 1999 in the 800m, he placed second at the CIF Masters and eighth in the CA State meet ... As a senior in 2000, his best marks were 22.4 (200m), 47.4 (400m), 1:53.70 (800m) and 4:26 (1600m).