Southern Utah University Athletics

OUT 2013: Competed in six meets during the outdoor season, racing in the 100-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter relay ... finished first in the 110-meter hurdles at the UVU Collegiate Invitational ... Tallied points for the T-Birds with a third-place individual finish in the 110-meter hurdles and third-place team finish in the 4x100-meter relay at the Big Sky Championship, earning all-Big Sky Conference status in both events ... raced in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA West Regionals, finishing 45th ... garnered academic all-Big Sky honors.  OUT 2012: Did not compete. OUT 2011: Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season, running in the 100-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, 400-meters hurdles, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay ... tallied points for the Thunderbirds in the Summit League Championship with a second-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles and a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles ... garnered all-Summit League and academic all-Summit League honors.  OUT 2010: Competed in eight meets during the outdoor season, running in the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles ... finished in fifth place in the 110m hurdles at the conference championships ... honored as an all-Summit League athlete and on the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... competed at the NCAA West preliminaries.  OUT 2009:  Competed in six meets during the outdoor season ... scored in two events at the outdoor conference championships, finishing sixth in the men's 110-meter hurdles and seventh in the men's 400-meter hurdles. 

IN 2013: Competed in five meets during the indoor season, racing in the 60-meters and 60-meter hurdles ... finished third in the 60-meter hurdles at the NAU Invitational ... helped the T-Birds to a fifth-place finish at the team's first Big Sky Championship with a third-place individual finish in the 55-meter hurdles ... garnered all-Big Sky status. IN 2012: Did not compete. IN 2011: Competed in five meets during the indoor season, competing in the 60-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles ... took home a second-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at the Snake River Invitational ... finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles and eighth in the 60-meter dash at the Summit League Championships.  IN 2010: Competed in five meets during the indoor season, running in the 60m, 60m hurdles and 4x400m relay ... finished in fourth place in the 60m hurdles at the conference championships.  IN 2009:  Competed in four meets during the indoor season ... finished eighth in the men's 60-meter hurdles at the indoor conference championships.

Personal:  Parents are Mitsuhiro and Tomoko Kusano ... majoring in physical education.

Personal Bests

60-meters: 7.10

60-meter Hurdles: 8.12

100-meters: 11.16

110-meter Hurdles: 14.25

400-meter Hurdles: 53.84