2025 Track & Field Roster
Roster
O'Toole, Justin

Justin O'Toole
- Position:
- Mid-Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Weston, Mass.
- High School:
- Middlesex
- Prev School:
- Columbia
Bio
2023 Ivy League Indoor 800m Champion
2022 and 2023 Ivy League Outdoor 800m Runner-Up
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Pursuing his Masters in Intercollegiate Athletics Leadership at Washington after graduating from Columbia in 2024 with degree in Financial Economics โฆ three-time NCAA Prelims qualifier and Ivy League indoor 800m champion.
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2025: A breakthrough first indoor season as a Husky, reaching NCAA Indoors in the 800-meters and setting School Records at 800-meters and 600-meters โฆ one of three Huskies to make the NCAA Indoor field of 16 in the 800-meters along with Kyle Reinheimer and Cole Lindhorst โฆ broke the 800m record of teammate Kyle Reinheimer by .01 seconds at the Husky Classic, going 1:46.44 โฆ set the 600m School Record of 1:16.12 at the UW Invitational โฆ made the Big Ten Indoors final at 800-meters and placed seventh overall โฆ ran 1:46.59 for 800-meters at the UW Preview โฆ opened the year going 2:21.44 over 1,000-meters at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener, the No. 5 time in school history.
2024 Track At Columbia: Advanced to the NCAA East Prelims in the 800-meters, placing 36th overall in 1:51.08 โฆ took fifth in the 800m final at the Ivy League Outdoors in 1:50.39 and ran 1:48.86 in the prelim โฆ took second at the West Point Twilight meet crossing in 1:47.87 โฆ at the Canadian National Championships was 19th in the heats in the 800-meters โฆ only started outdoor season at the conference meet on May 4 โฆ indoors, opened season in Seattle at the UW Indoor Preview, running the 1,000-meters in 2:20.66 โฆ last indoor race on Feb. 10 and did not return to action until May.
2023 Cross Country At Columbia: Raced once, taking seventh in the 8k at the Mets Cross Country Championship.
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2023 Track At Columbia: The runner-up in the 800-meters at the Ivy League Outdoor Championships, running 1:49.77 in the final โฆ qualified for NCAA East Prelims in the 800-meters โฆ set a 800-meter PR of 1:47.84 at the Wake Forest Invite, taking second โฆ won the Mets Outdoor Track Championship 800m in 1:48.58 โฆ indoors, was the Ivy League Champion at indoor Heps, winning in 1:49.86 โฆ also won the IC4A/ECAC indoor title in 1:50.17.
2022 Cross Country At Columbia: Ran one race in the fall, placing 31st in the Lehigh Paul Short Run.
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2022 Track At Columbia: Silver medalist at the Ivy League Outdoor meet in the 800-meters and ran on the winning 4x800m relay team โฆ qualified for NCAA East Prelims in the 800-meters โฆ season-best 800m time of 1:48.79 at the Virginia Challenge, taking fourth โฆ indoors, took fourth in the 1,000-meters at the Ivy League Indoor Championships and ran on the winning 4x800m relay squad โฆ ran 1:49.78 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor meet for seventh.
2021 Cross Country At Columbia: Raced one time in the fall, taking 28th at the Stony Brook XC Invite.
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2021 Track At Columbia: Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.
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High School and Personal: Born in Montreal, Canada โฆ parents are Jill and Matt OโToole โฆ has two brothers, Garrett and Ryan, and two sisters, Charlotte and Isabelle โฆ Garrett and Charlotte both ran track at Princeton โฆ cousins with current Husky track athlete Tori Herman โฆ grandfather, Jim Garrett, was a former NFL player, coach, and scout, and uncle, Jason Garrett, notably was head coach of the Dallas Cowboys for over nine years until 2019 โฆ senior track season cut short by pandemic โฆ as a junior, was second in the NEPSTA Div. 3 Championships in the 800-meters โฆ three-time cross country All-New England (2017-19)ย โฆ graduated high school with High Honors and won school prize in Environmental Science.
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Major Meets
2022 Ivy League Indoors โ 4th, 1000m | 1st, 4x800m
2022 Ivy League Outdoors โ 2nd, 800m | 1st, 4x800m
2022 NCAA East Prelims โ 46th, 800m
2023 Ivy League Indoors โ 1st, 800m (Ivy League Champion) | 4th, 4x800m
2023 Ivy League Outdoors โ 2nd, 800m | 6th, 4x800m
2023 NCAA East Prelims โ 47th, 800m
2024 Ivy League Outdoors โ 5th, 800m
2024 NCAA East Prelims โ 36th, 800m
2024 Canadian Championships โ 19th, 800m
2025 Big Ten Indoors - 7th, 800m
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Outdoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.1:47.84
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Indoor Bests
600m.......1:16.12
800mโฆโฆ.1:46.44
1000mโฆโฆ.2:20.66
2022 and 2023 Ivy League Outdoor 800m Runner-Up
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Pursuing his Masters in Intercollegiate Athletics Leadership at Washington after graduating from Columbia in 2024 with degree in Financial Economics โฆ three-time NCAA Prelims qualifier and Ivy League indoor 800m champion.
ย
2025: A breakthrough first indoor season as a Husky, reaching NCAA Indoors in the 800-meters and setting School Records at 800-meters and 600-meters โฆ one of three Huskies to make the NCAA Indoor field of 16 in the 800-meters along with Kyle Reinheimer and Cole Lindhorst โฆ broke the 800m record of teammate Kyle Reinheimer by .01 seconds at the Husky Classic, going 1:46.44 โฆ set the 600m School Record of 1:16.12 at the UW Invitational โฆ made the Big Ten Indoors final at 800-meters and placed seventh overall โฆ ran 1:46.59 for 800-meters at the UW Preview โฆ opened the year going 2:21.44 over 1,000-meters at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener, the No. 5 time in school history.
2024 Track At Columbia: Advanced to the NCAA East Prelims in the 800-meters, placing 36th overall in 1:51.08 โฆ took fifth in the 800m final at the Ivy League Outdoors in 1:50.39 and ran 1:48.86 in the prelim โฆ took second at the West Point Twilight meet crossing in 1:47.87 โฆ at the Canadian National Championships was 19th in the heats in the 800-meters โฆ only started outdoor season at the conference meet on May 4 โฆ indoors, opened season in Seattle at the UW Indoor Preview, running the 1,000-meters in 2:20.66 โฆ last indoor race on Feb. 10 and did not return to action until May.
2023 Cross Country At Columbia: Raced once, taking seventh in the 8k at the Mets Cross Country Championship.
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2023 Track At Columbia: The runner-up in the 800-meters at the Ivy League Outdoor Championships, running 1:49.77 in the final โฆ qualified for NCAA East Prelims in the 800-meters โฆ set a 800-meter PR of 1:47.84 at the Wake Forest Invite, taking second โฆ won the Mets Outdoor Track Championship 800m in 1:48.58 โฆ indoors, was the Ivy League Champion at indoor Heps, winning in 1:49.86 โฆ also won the IC4A/ECAC indoor title in 1:50.17.
2022 Cross Country At Columbia: Ran one race in the fall, placing 31st in the Lehigh Paul Short Run.
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2022 Track At Columbia: Silver medalist at the Ivy League Outdoor meet in the 800-meters and ran on the winning 4x800m relay team โฆ qualified for NCAA East Prelims in the 800-meters โฆ season-best 800m time of 1:48.79 at the Virginia Challenge, taking fourth โฆ indoors, took fourth in the 1,000-meters at the Ivy League Indoor Championships and ran on the winning 4x800m relay squad โฆ ran 1:49.78 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor meet for seventh.
2021 Cross Country At Columbia: Raced one time in the fall, taking 28th at the Stony Brook XC Invite.
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2021 Track At Columbia: Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.
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High School and Personal: Born in Montreal, Canada โฆ parents are Jill and Matt OโToole โฆ has two brothers, Garrett and Ryan, and two sisters, Charlotte and Isabelle โฆ Garrett and Charlotte both ran track at Princeton โฆ cousins with current Husky track athlete Tori Herman โฆ grandfather, Jim Garrett, was a former NFL player, coach, and scout, and uncle, Jason Garrett, notably was head coach of the Dallas Cowboys for over nine years until 2019 โฆ senior track season cut short by pandemic โฆ as a junior, was second in the NEPSTA Div. 3 Championships in the 800-meters โฆ three-time cross country All-New England (2017-19)ย โฆ graduated high school with High Honors and won school prize in Environmental Science.
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Major Meets
2022 Ivy League Indoors โ 4th, 1000m | 1st, 4x800m
2022 Ivy League Outdoors โ 2nd, 800m | 1st, 4x800m
2022 NCAA East Prelims โ 46th, 800m
2023 Ivy League Indoors โ 1st, 800m (Ivy League Champion) | 4th, 4x800m
2023 Ivy League Outdoors โ 2nd, 800m | 6th, 4x800m
2023 NCAA East Prelims โ 47th, 800m
2024 Ivy League Outdoors โ 5th, 800m
2024 NCAA East Prelims โ 36th, 800m
2024 Canadian Championships โ 19th, 800m
2025 Big Ten Indoors - 7th, 800m
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Outdoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.1:47.84
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Indoor Bests
600m.......1:16.12
800mโฆโฆ.1:46.44
1000mโฆโฆ.2:20.66
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Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
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Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
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