2024 Track and Field Roster
Watterson, Justin
Justin Watterson
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Kinesiology-Sport Psychology Leadership
- Hometown:
- Las Vegas, Nev.
- Prev School:
- Coronado HS
Bio
Justin Watterson - Season and Career Statistics
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER – Indoor 60m Hurdles (7.94)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor 4x400m Relay (3:13.00, 4th)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor 4x400m Relay (3:14.55aa, 6th)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Outdoor 110m Hurdles (13.75, 3rd)
2024 CalHOPE Courage Award Recipient
2024 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (110m Hurdles)
2024 Big West Individual Champion (110m Hurdles)
2022 All-Big West Performer (110m Hurdles)
2022 All-Big West Performer (400m)
2022 All-BIg West Performer (4x400m Relay)
2021 Big West Champion – 4x100m Relay
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Won the Big West 110m hurdles title by running the third fastest time in school history, 13.75 to qualify for the NCAA West Region first round ...Became the first Long Beach State entry to win the Big West 110m hurdles since 2014 (Davon Wilson-Angell) ... Posted his second fastest 110m hurdles time of the season, 13.78 at regionals, which resulted in 26th in the field of 48 ... His finish was better than his seed (27th) coming into the West Regional. .. Entered five events during the outdoor season ... Was the runner-up in the 110m hurdles at the Steve Scott Invitational ... Placed eighth in the 110m hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays ... A member of the 4x100m relay team at the Steve Scott Invitational that won the race in a time of 40.64... Named Academic All-Conference ... Was awarded the September 2024 CalHope Award.
Indoor: Broke the school record in the 60m hurdles, running 7.94 to finish third at the MPSF Championships ...Helped the 4x400m relay at the MPSF's to finish second in the fourth fastest time in school history, 3:13.00 ...Ran an indoor best 200m time of 21.82 to finish third at the Air Force Lindeman Classic.
2023: Did not compete.
2022 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: A three-event All-Big West performer, finishing second in the 4x400m Relay (3:12.92) and third in both the 110m Hurdles (14.43) and 400m Hurdles (53.37) … Posted season bests of in the 110m Hurdles and in the 400m Hurdles at the conference championships … Ran a season-best of 21.94 in the 200m at the Pacific Coast Invitational ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Competed in three meets … Finished eighth in the 60m Hurdles (8.60) and third in the 4x400m Relay (3:17.96) at the MPSF Championships … Posted a PR of 8.33 in the 60m Hurdles (at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic) and 51.35 in the 400m (at the Air Force Invitational)... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2021 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Ran a leg in the title-winning 4x100m at the Big West Championships … Helped the team to a fourth-place finish in the 4x400m … Posted a season-best in the 110m hurdles (14:58), to finish fifth at the Big West Championships … Set a season-best in the 400m hurdles with a time of 54.56, winning the event at the Matador Invite … Totaled five victories throughout the season.
Indoor: Indoor season canceled due to COVID-19.
High School: Chosen as the Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior in Track and Field for Coronado High School … Earned High School All-America honors in his last full season of outdoor track … Won the Nevada State Championship in the 300m hurdles as both a junior and a sophomore and owns the school record in both the 110m and 300m hurdles … Competing at the collegiate distance of 400m, he took fifth place at the USATF Junior Olympic National Championships, and enters college with bests of 54.41 in the 400m hurdles and 14.42 in the 110m hurdles … Also played two years of basketball at Coronado High School.
Major: Kinesiology-Sport Psychology Leadership
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER – Indoor 60m Hurdles (7.94)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor 4x400m Relay (3:13.00, 4th)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor 4x400m Relay (3:14.55aa, 6th)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Outdoor 110m Hurdles (13.75, 3rd)
2024 CalHOPE Courage Award Recipient
2024 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (110m Hurdles)
2024 Big West Individual Champion (110m Hurdles)
2022 All-Big West Performer (110m Hurdles)
2022 All-Big West Performer (400m)
2022 All-BIg West Performer (4x400m Relay)
2021 Big West Champion – 4x100m Relay
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Won the Big West 110m hurdles title by running the third fastest time in school history, 13.75 to qualify for the NCAA West Region first round ...Became the first Long Beach State entry to win the Big West 110m hurdles since 2014 (Davon Wilson-Angell) ... Posted his second fastest 110m hurdles time of the season, 13.78 at regionals, which resulted in 26th in the field of 48 ... His finish was better than his seed (27th) coming into the West Regional. .. Entered five events during the outdoor season ... Was the runner-up in the 110m hurdles at the Steve Scott Invitational ... Placed eighth in the 110m hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays ... A member of the 4x100m relay team at the Steve Scott Invitational that won the race in a time of 40.64... Named Academic All-Conference ... Was awarded the September 2024 CalHope Award.
Indoor: Broke the school record in the 60m hurdles, running 7.94 to finish third at the MPSF Championships ...Helped the 4x400m relay at the MPSF's to finish second in the fourth fastest time in school history, 3:13.00 ...Ran an indoor best 200m time of 21.82 to finish third at the Air Force Lindeman Classic.
2023: Did not compete.
2022 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: A three-event All-Big West performer, finishing second in the 4x400m Relay (3:12.92) and third in both the 110m Hurdles (14.43) and 400m Hurdles (53.37) … Posted season bests of in the 110m Hurdles and in the 400m Hurdles at the conference championships … Ran a season-best of 21.94 in the 200m at the Pacific Coast Invitational ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Competed in three meets … Finished eighth in the 60m Hurdles (8.60) and third in the 4x400m Relay (3:17.96) at the MPSF Championships … Posted a PR of 8.33 in the 60m Hurdles (at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic) and 51.35 in the 400m (at the Air Force Invitational)... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2021 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Ran a leg in the title-winning 4x100m at the Big West Championships … Helped the team to a fourth-place finish in the 4x400m … Posted a season-best in the 110m hurdles (14:58), to finish fifth at the Big West Championships … Set a season-best in the 400m hurdles with a time of 54.56, winning the event at the Matador Invite … Totaled five victories throughout the season.
Indoor: Indoor season canceled due to COVID-19.
High School: Chosen as the Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior in Track and Field for Coronado High School … Earned High School All-America honors in his last full season of outdoor track … Won the Nevada State Championship in the 300m hurdles as both a junior and a sophomore and owns the school record in both the 110m and 300m hurdles … Competing at the collegiate distance of 400m, he took fifth place at the USATF Junior Olympic National Championships, and enters college with bests of 54.41 in the 400m hurdles and 14.42 in the 110m hurdles … Also played two years of basketball at Coronado High School.
Major: Kinesiology-Sport Psychology Leadership
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Long Beach State Wins Big West Dennis Farrell Commissioner's Cup
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