https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2017/february/unemployment-rate-dynamics-us-europe
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-27/barack-obama-now-only-president-history-never-have-year-3-gdp-growth
I think there might have been a very few quarters of 3+% growth, but not many.
Nope it was the first recovery with no quarters if three percent growth