2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

Justin Harris

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Spearfish, S.D.
  • High school Spearfish HS

Biography

Complete stats

Awards:
  • GSAC Champion (3000 meter steeplechase, 2018)
  • All-GSAC Member (3000 meter steeplechase, 2019)
  • NAIA National Finalist (3000 meter steeplechase, 2019)
  • All-GSAC XC Team (2019)
  • GSAC/NAIA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020)
2019-20 (Senior): Cross Country… Earned All-GSAC honors by placing fifth at the GSAC Championships in a time of 26:15.0… Competed in the NAIA Cross Country Championship, finishing 120th… Ran a season-best time of 25:17.1 at the William Jessup Warrior Invitational, finishing 18th.

2018-2019 (Junior): Cross Country ... A key contributor to TMU’s ninth-straight GSAC title, Harris nearly earned his first all-conference honor in the process, missing the accolade by one spot at the GSAC Championships … finished 15th (27:02.1) … came in 213th at NAIA nationals … posted a career-best time at the Warrior Invitational on Oct. 20 (26:07.7). ... Track and Field ... performed his best later in the year, qualifying for NAIA nationals for the first time in his career in one of his final opportunities to do so ... ran what was then a 17-second PR in the 3K steeplechase on April 26 at the GSAC Championships, where he finished second place and made the All-GSAC team ... ran another PR in the steeplechase two weeks later at the Oxy Invitational (9:26.44) ... placed ninth, one spot away from earning NAIA All-American honors, in the steeplechase at nationals in Alabama (9:40.30). 

2017-2018 (Sophomore): Cross Country ... Finished 18th (26 minutes, 14.5 seconds) at the Golden State Athletic Conference Championships, helping the Mustangs secure their eighth straight conference title ... time at conference championships was season-best ... placed 249th at NAIA nationals (27:34.7) ... competed in career-high four races ... Track and Field ... won a GSAC championship, his first, in the 3,000 steeplechase on 04/26/18, finishing in a career-best 9:45.67 ... posted a career-best 1,500 mark on 03/17/18 at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invite (4:19.34).

2016-2017 (Freshman): Cross Country ... Competed in two races, posting a season-best time of 28:17.4 at the Mark Covert Classic on Sept. 3 ... Track and Field  ... finished seventh in the 3,000 steeplechase at GSAC Championships (10:03.13) ... ran a career-best 2:08.00 in the 800 in mid-March at the Ben Brown Invite. 

Spearfish HS (Spearfish, S.D.): Finished 10th at state A division cross country meet (2015) ... placed third as a team ...  team captain (2015).

Personal: Full name is Justin Wesley Harris ... parents are James and Lauren ... siblings are Ryan and Caroline ... Ryan is a Master's men's cross country and track recruit for 2018-19 ... As for choosing Master's, Justin said, "I look forward to going to a college where both students and faculty strive to devote themselves to the Lord. I am excited to begin classes as well as running at Master's."

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2018Junior

    6'0"
  • 2019Senior

    6'0"