Justin O'Toole

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Justin O'Toole
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 23)
Montreal, Canada
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 m: 1:44.42 (2025)
1500 m: 3:49.67 (2025)

Justin O'Toole (born 20 December 2001) is a Canadian middle-distance runner. [1]

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Early life

He born in Montreal before studying in the United States at Columbia College, part of Columbia University, and later being a graduate transfer to the University of Washington. [2] [3] [4]

Career

He was a member of the Washington Huskies team medley quartet, who ran a time of 9:14.10 for an indoor best time in 2025 at the Husky Classic, beating the 9:16.40 set by Oklahoma State in 2023 and the absolute best, 9:14.58 by a Brooks Beast team set the previous year. [4] He qualified for the final of the 800 metres at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach in March 2025, placing sixth overall. [5]

He was runner-up to Marco Arop at the 2025 Canadian Athletics Championships over 800 metres, running a new personal best time of 1:45.51 in August 2025. [6] He ran a new personal best for the 800 metres of 1:44.42 on 20 August 2025, in Pfungstadt, Germany to also meet the automatic qualifying standard for the upcoming world championships. [3] He was named in the Canadian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [7]

References

  1. "Justin O'Toole". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  2. "Ethan Katzberg easily wins hammer throw title at Canadian championship". cbc.ca. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 Francis, Anne (20 August 2025). "Fourth Canadian man gets 800m world standard in Germany". Runningmagazine.ca. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 Merca, Paul (March 2025). "Flying Huskies — Men's Distance Medley World Best". Track and Field News. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  5. "NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  6. Dickinson, Marley (3 August 2025). "Ottawa distance runner pulls off upset to win Canadian 800m title". Running Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  7. Dickinson, Marley (28 August 2025). "Athletics Canada names 59 athletes to 2025 World Championships team". Running Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2025.