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University of North Florida Athletics

2024 Men's Track Roster

Justin Tackling

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
  • Prev School Nease High School
  • Major Information Technology

Biography

Justin Tackling TFRRS Profile
  • ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
College XC PR | 8k: 25:39.0
College Indoor PR | 3000m: 8:43.91; 5000m: 15:00.85
College Outdoor PR | 1500m: 4:04.34; 5000m: 14:54.98; 10000m: 31:05.96

High School XC PR | 5k: 14:32
High School Track PR | 3200m: 9:23; 1600m: 4:11

2023-24: XC - Clocked in at 72nd in season debut in the 8k at the Mountain Dew Invitational (25:50.9)...posted a top-five finish in the SSC Preview 8k race (26:55.6)...Track (Indoor) - Was placed 21st in the 3000m during his indoor season debut at the RADD Track & Field Invitational (8:46.30)...posted 12th overall in the 5000m at the Celebration Pointe Classic (15:14.52)...Track (Outdoor) - Went inside the top 10 to open the outdoor season during the 10,000m at the Bob Hayes Invitational (32:17.65)...eclipsed 15 minutes for 12th in the 5000m at the Pepsi Florida Relays (14:59.75)...placed 37th in the 5000m at the Georgia Tech Invitational (15:09.90)...finished 13th in the 5000m at the East Coast Relays (15:08.70).

2022-23: Did not compete in cross country this season...Track (Indoor) - Made season debut for fourth overall in 3000m at Jimmy Carnes Invite (8:43.91)...repeated with another fourth-place finish in 5000m with at RADD College Invite (15:00.85)...competed in 3000m at Camel City Invite (8:47.94)...finished eighth in 5000m at Florida University Invitational (15:24.78)...Track (Outdoor) - Placed sixth in outdoor season debut for 10,000m at River City Classic (31:30.53)...competed in 5000m at Georgia Tech Invite (15:09.04)...placed inside top 10 with season-best time in 5000m at East Coast Relays (14:59.64).

2021-22: XC - Placed 135th to start the season at the FSU XC Open (26:56.0)...Track (Indoor) - Finished 32nd in collegiate indoor debut for the 5000m race (15:19.95) at Darius Dixon Invitational...placed 18th and set personal-best time in 5000m (15:05.14) at ASUN Indoor Championship...Track (Outdoor) - Made season debut with best placement on the year for fifth in 5000m (15:07.03) at Knights Invite...ran lone 1500m race (4:04.34) for 18th at ERAU Spikes Classic...placed 37th while making debut and career-best time in 10000m race (31:05.96) at Flames Invitational...also set lifetime best finishing 18th in 5000m (14:54.98) at UNF Invitational...finished 12th in 10000m (31:38.34) at ASUN Outdoor Championship.

2021: XC - Finished 19th in his UNF XC debut at the CSU Invitational (25:39.0)...finished 30th and was the top UNF runner at the FSU Winter Classic in the gold race (26:05.1)...finished 43rd at the ASUN Championships (27:33.5)...Track (Outdoor) - finished 13th in the 1500m for his UNF track debut at the UCF Black and Gold Invite (4:07.18)...finished 12th in the 5000m at the FSU Relays (15:15.19)...finished 23rd in the 5000m with a personal-best time at the UNF Invite (15:07.75)...placed ninth in the 10000m with a personal-best time at the ASUN Outdoor T&F Championships (31:35.23).

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Attended Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Fla. ... District Champion ... Three-time All-State runner ...  St. Johns County’s only boys All-State runner in 2018 for cross country ...  The Record’s 2018 Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year ... Ranked the 13th fastest runner in the state of Florida in 2020 … Placed fourth in the 2019 cross country state meet … As a junior placed ninth at the state cross country meet … Qualified for the State Meet in the 3200m as a junior.

PERSONAL: Majoring in information technology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Redshirt Junior

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