James Thornton had a tremendous day at the 45th Asics Irvine Invitational. James started the meet running a leg on the 4x100 helping Victor Valley win their heat. He moved on running personal bests in both the 400m and 200m. James is currently ranked #2 in the league for the 400m. James also ran the anchor league on the 4x400 relay running a league best time of 3:33.68. This time is 3 tenths of a second off from last years season best.

Placed 3rd in the 400m missing his personal best time by .47 seconds as well as placing 3rd in the 200m setting a new Personal Record im the event.