Joslin Blair Season 2022-23

Distance

Class Junior

Event Distance

Hometown Eagle, Colo.

High School Eagle Valley

Major Undeclared

Bio

Career Honors

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

Member of the 4×800-meter relay (9:01.03) that finished second at the Island Relays Bahamas Invitational (March 17–18)
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