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Justin Diehl

Cross Country/Distance
Position
Junior
Class
Saint Leonard, Md.
Hometown
Calvert High School
High School
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Justin Diehl - Cross Country - Virginia Cavaliers

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll

2023 Indoor
• Placed fifth in the 5000m at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

2022 Cross Country
• Competed at the Spider Alumni Open placing 34th (9/3/22)

2022 Outdoor
• Placed fourth in the 1500m at the Virginia Open (3:53.55)
• Topped his heat in the 5000m at the Raleigh Relays
• Set a personal best in the 1500m at the Virginia Grand Prix at 3:50.95
• Ran a PB in the 3k at the Virginia High Performance
• Named to 2022 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022 Indoor 
• Competed in the 3000m at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

2021 Cross Country
• Ran PB for 8k of 26:34.1 at XC23 Invitational
• Clocked in at 27:24.3 for 8K at Virginia Invitational to finish 55th
• Was 14th at Spider Alumni Open in 5k event (15:24.7)

2021 Outdoor
• Did not compete during outdoor season
• Named to 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021 Indoor
• Race in 5000m at Virginia Beach Invitational

2020 Cross Country

• Captured a career-best time of 24:13.8 at the ACC Championships
• Ran a  time of 24:28.3 at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational
• Finished 12th at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational
• Placed 13th at the Virginia Invite with a time of 24:47.2
• Finished 25th at the Wolfpack Invite

2020 Outdoor 
• Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

2019-20 
• Competed at the Tiger Paw Invitational and Navy Invitational II
• Won the 5000m at the Navy Invitational II with a time of 15:10.2
• Placed 19th at the Tiger Paw Invitational in the 3000m

2019 Cross Country
• Did not compete

Background 
• Was the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC) champion in the indoor 3200m and the outdoor 1600m and 3200m in his junior and senior year
• Was the Maryland State Champion in the 3200m as a senior
• Finished in the top three at the Maryland 2A State Championships, placing third in both the indoor and outdoor 1600m and second in the 3200m
• Placed second in 2017 and third in 2018 at the Maryland State Cross Country Championships
• Placed 20th in the 5k at the New Balance Outdoor National Championships, as well as 20th at the Nike Cross Regional Southeast Championships in cross country
• Earned 2017 and 2018 All-SMAC Indoor and Outdoor, in addition to earning All-SMAC Indoor and Outdoor Track MVP in 2018
• Captured All-SMAC cross country honors in 2015-16-17 and captured All-SMAC Cross Country MVP honors in 2016 and 2017

Personal
• Majoring in kinesiology
• Son of Mark and Stephanie Diehl
• Has one sister, Erinn