Academy of Art University Athletics

Career:
60m Hurdles- 8.36 (indoor)
100m Hurdles- 13.29

Junior (2011)
Outdoor
Finished 16th in the 100-meter hurdles (13.45 finals, 13.54 prelims) at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 27-28) ... Placed fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (13.29) at the Big Ten Championships (May 15) ... Won the 100-meter hurdles (13.71) at the Len Paddock Invitational (May 7) ... Set a new PR in finishing runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles (13.36) at the Stanford Invitational (March 26).

Indoor
Finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.36) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26-27) ... Won the 60-meter hurdles (8.39) at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 11) ... Finished runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles (8.36) at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 4-5) ... Took second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.40) and ran the 200-meter dash (25.73) at the Indiana Relays (Jan. 28-29) ... Finished third in the 60-meter hurdles (8.33), fourth in the triple jump (11.85 meters) and fifth in the 60-meter dash (7.85) against No. 23 Ohio State (Jan. 15) ... Won the 60-meter hurdles in a facility record time of 8.47 at the EMU Invitational (Jan. 8).

Sophomore (2010)
Outdoor
Placed 21st in the 100-meter hurdles (13.53) at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 29) ...Ran a season-best time of 13.50 in the first round of the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 28) ... Finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (13.57) while leading off for the sixth-place 4x100-meter relay team (46.61) at the Big Ten Championships (May 14-16) ... Took sixth in the 100-meter hurdles (13.63) at the Jesse Owens Classic (April 30-May 1) ... Won the 100-meter hurdles (13.72) at the Bulls Invitational (March 19) ... Ran a season-best time of 12.37 in the 100-meter dash at the Stanford Invitational (March 26).

Indoor
Placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.43 finals, 8.40 prelims) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 27-28) ... Recorded personal-best times in the 60-meter hurdles (8.40) and 60-meter dash (7.78) at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 20).

Freshman (2009)
Outdoor
Finished 12th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.67 seconds at the NCAA Mideast Regional (May 29)...Finished 18th in the 100-meter hurdles (20.28) at the Big Ten Championships (May 16) ... Finished second in the 100-meter hurdles at the Len Paddock Invitational (May 9) with a time of 13.60...Took fourth in the 100-meter hurdles at the Jesse Owens Classic (May 2) in a time of 13.77 seconds...At the Eastern Michigan Invitational, took second in the 100-meter hurdles with a NCAA regional qualifying time of 13.79, came in second in the triple jump (36-0), and finished 14th in the 100-meter dash (12.70) (April 18)

Indoor
At the Big Ten Championships, placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.51) (March 1) ... Recorded a time of 8.46 in the 60-meter hurdles for a third place finish (Feb. 7) ... Placed eighth in the 60-meter dash (7.90) and finished first in the 60-meter hurdles (8.66) at the Michigan Intercollegiate (Jan. 31) ... Finished second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.60) and fifth in the 60-meter dash (7.92) at the Red Simmons/Jack Harvey Invitational (Jan. 24) ... At the Indiana Invitational, placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.60) and 16th in the 60-meter dash (8.02) (Jan. 17) ... At the Akron Quad, came in second in the 60-Meter Hurdles (8.59), 12th in the 200-Meter Dash (26.31), and 15th in the 60-Meter Dash (8.06) (Jan. 9).

Prep: Graduated from St. Elizabeth High School (2008) ... Honors student ... Four-year varsity letterwinner ... State champion in 100 hurdles (2006) ... Two-time North Coast Section champion (2006, 2008) and state runner-up in 100 hurdles (2007, 2008) ... Holds No. 3 all-time mark in 100m hurdles at 13.32 ... 2005 Bay Shore Athletic League champion in 100m and 300m hurdles ... World Youth champion in 100m hurdles (2006, Ostava, Czech Republic).

Personal: Julian Purvis was born on September 8, 1990 ... daughter of Tommy Purvis and Cheri Spigner ... brother, De'Ante, played football at UNLV (2008-11) and sisters Ashton, and Amber who ran track at Oregon (2009-12) ... hopes to become a broadcaster ... Multimedia Communications major.