Joslin Blair - Women's Cross Country - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Joslin Blair Season 2022-23

Distance

Class Junior
Hometown Eagle, Colo.
High School Eagle Valley
Major Undeclared
Bio

Career Results

Career Honors

  • 2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Sixth in Vanderbilt history in the 1,000 meters (2:52.28)
  • Eighth in Vanderbilt history in the steeplechase (10:51.00)

As a Junior (2022-23)
Cross Country

  • Finished 102nd overall and recorded a personal best (21:59.6) at the 6k SEC championships (Oct. 28)
  • Recorded a personal best (18:18.3) at the 5k Joe Piane Invitational (Sept. 30)

Track & Field

  • Finished 12th and recorded a personal best in the mile prelims (4:52.16) and a season best in the 3,000 meters (10:03.21) at the SEC indoor championships (Feb. 24–25)
  • Finished ninth overall in the 1,000 meters (2:51.69) at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 20–21)
  • Finished fifth overall in the 1,000 meters (2:53.60) at the Commodore Challenge (Jan. 13–14)

As a Sophomore (2021-22)
Cross Country

  • Finished 100th overall (22:50.7) at the 6k SEC championships (Oct. 29)
  • Finished 39th overall (23:06) at the 6k Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)
  • Finished 81st overall (19:16.5) at the Open 5k Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 1)
  • Finished 57th overall (19:15.4) at the 5k Commodore Classic (Sept. 17)
  • Finished 43rd overall (19:29.4) at the 5k Mizzou Opener (Sept. 3)

Track & Field 

  • Competed at five indoor meets and five outdoor meets
  • Finished 17th in the steeplechase (10:51.00) at the SEC outdoor championships (May 12–14)
  • Finished 16th in the 800 meters (2:12.97) and 14th in the 1,500 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational (April 22–23).
  • Finished 14th in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Black and Gold Invitational (Mar. 18–19)
  • Finished fifth in the mile (4:52.75) at the Charlie Thomas Invitational (Feb. 4–5)
  • Recorded a personal best in the indoor 3,000 meters (9:55.95) at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational (Jan. 29)
  • Recorded a personal best and the seventh fastest time in Vanderbilt history in the 1,000 meters (2:52.28) at the Commodore Challenge (Jan. 14–15)

As a Freshman (2020-21)
Cross Country

  • First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Finished ninth of Vanderbilt athletes and 110th overall (22:40.2) at SEC championships (Oct. 30)
  • Finished ninth of Vanderbilt athletes and 93rd overall (22:47.58) at Blazer Classic (Oct. 16), making her collegiate debut

The Blair File

  • Four-year letterwinner at Eagle Valley under head coaches Melinda Brandt and Charlie Janssen
  • Three-time all-state (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • 2019 New Balance All-American in the mile (fifth) and distance medley relay (fifth)
  • 2019 4A Colorado state cross country bronze medalist
  • 2019 4A Colorado state runner-up in the 4×800-meter relay
  • 2018 4A Colorado state champion in the 1,600 meters
  • 2018 regional cross country champion
  • 2019 National Trail Running champion
  • 2018 Youth World Mountain Running champion
  • Finished as school record holder in the 1,600 meters, 3,200 meters, and 4×800-meter relay
  • Personal bests in high school included 17:17.2 (5k), 10:45.77 (3,200 meters), 4:53.19 (mile) and 4:56:35 (1,600 meters)
  • National Honor Society, National Merit Commended Scholar and AP Scholar
  • Also lettered in basketball
  • Daughter of Myriah and Steve Blair
  • Mother ran cross country and track at Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Father ran track at University of Northern Colorado
  • Has three younger siblings, Samantha, Tyler and Dylan
  • Has climbed 25 fourteeners in Colorado