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2023-24 Track and Field Roster

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Justin O'Toole

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Weston, Mass.
  • Previous School Middlesex
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Undecided

Biography

- 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Prelims Qualifier
- 2022 Ivy League Outdoor Champion (4x800m)
- 2022 First Team Outdoor All-Ivy League (4x800m)
- 2022 Second Team Outdoor All-Ivy League (800m)
- 2022 Ivy League Indoor Champion (4x800m)
- 2022 First Team Indoor All-Ivy League (4x800m)


2023-24 (Senior): (ITF) Ran 1K PR of 2:20.66 and scored top 5 finish at UW Indoor Preview, ran 500m PR of 1:03.90 and scored 2nd place at YDC Challenge. (OTF) Competed and scored with 5th place finish in 800m at Ivy League Heps Outdoor T&F Championships, went on to run season’s best 800m time of 1:47.87 at West Point Twilight meet, competed in NCAA East First Round for 800m.

2021-22 (Sophomore): (XC) Finished 28th with a 20:13.0 in the 3.73M at the Stony Brook XC Invite (Sept. 4) in lone race of the season ... (ITF) Ran the third leg in the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 26-27) championship 4x800m squad that crossing the line in 7:30.33 ... Earned first team indoor All-Ivy League honors (4x800m) ... Was the third leg of the first-place DMR squad that clocked a 9:42.74 at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Feb. 4-5) ... Finished second in the 1,000m at the Rutgers Open (Feb. 11-12) with a time of 2:26.68 ... Clocked a PR in the 1,000m with a time of 2:24.84 at the Indoor Heps ... (OTF) Won the title in the 4x800m at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 7-8), running the third leg helping the squad clock in at 7:32.27 ... Earned first team outdoor All-Ivy League honors (4x800m) ... Finished second in the 800m at the Ivy League Outdoor Heps, clocking a time of 1:52.45 ... Earned second team outdoor All-Ivy League honors (800m) ... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Eastern Prelims (May 25-28) in the 800m ... Ran 1:58.69 at the NCAA Eastern Prelims ... Clocked a PR time of 1:48.79 in the 800m to finish fourth at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 22-23), qualifying for the NCAA Eastern Prelims.

2020-21 (First-Year): Season canceled (COVID-19)

High School: Letterwinner in Cross Country and Track & Field at Middlesex School in Weston, Massachusetts ... Three-time Cross Country All-New England (2017-19) ... Three-time Cross Country All-League (2017-19) ... Cross Country team captain junior and senior years ... Track & Field team captain in senior season.

Personal: Born, Justin Laurence O'Toole, on Dec. 27, 2001 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada ... Son of Jill and Matt O'Toole ... Has four siblings, Garrett (24), Ryan (22), Charlotte (19) and Isabelle (18) ... Grandfather, Jim Garrett, was the 1985 Columbia Football Head Coach ... Uncles, John, Jason and Judd Garrett played Football at Columbia (1985) and three seasons at Princeton ... Uncle, Jason, is the current Offensive Coordinator for the New York Giants ... Brother, Garrett, ran four years of Cross Country and Track at Princeton (Class of 2018) ... Sister, Charlotte, is a current member of the Princeton Track & Field team ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Currently major is undecided.

Career Bests:
3.73M (XC) - 20:13.0
Stony Brook XC Invite - Sept. 4, 2021
800m (Outdoor) - 1:48.79
Virginia Challenge - Apr. 22-23, 2022
1,000m (Indoor) - 2:24.84
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps - Feb. 26-27, 2022
1,500m (Outdoor) - 4:11.86
Monmouth Track & Field Season Opener - Mar. 25-26, 2022

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Middle Distance
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2022-23Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2023-24Senior

    Middle Distance