2021 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Justin Weber

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Year of Eligibility Senior
  • Hometown South Milwaukee, Wis.
  • Highschool South Milwaukee

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Came to Villanova as a graduate transfer from Air Force in the cross country and distance group … Competed for the Wildcats in two cross country seasons and one outdoor track & field campaign … Earned Mid-Atlantic All-Region recognition as well as second team All-BIG EAST honors for the 2021 cross country season … While at Villanova was a two-time selection to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in cross country … Two-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll four times.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
1500 Meters 4:14.43 Air Force Twilight Open (5.5.2017)
Mile 4:28.83 Air Force Invitational (1.26.2019)
3000 Meters 8:28.65 Mountain West Championships (2.29.2020)
3000 Meter Steeplechase 9:20.63 West Coast Invitational (5.11.2019)
5000 Meters 14:19.34 Penn Challenge (3.27.2021)
10000 Meters 29:37.05 Virginia Challenge (4.16.2021)
4 Miles (XC) 19:36.4 Main Line Invitational (9.17.2021)
8000 Meters (XC) 23:51.8 Mountain West Championships (11.1.2019)
10000 Meters (XC) 31:10.2 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11.12.2021)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 CROSS COUNTRY
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
All-BIG EAST (Second Team)
ACADEMIC HONORS
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Cross Country) 2020, 2021
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2020-21, 2021-22
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
 
 
CAREER NCAA RESULTS
2020 CROSS COUNTRY (STILLWATER, OKLA. | OSU CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
March 15 10000 Meters 33:13.1 213th
2018 CROSS COUNTRY (MADISON, WIS. | THOMAS ZIMMER CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
November 17 10000 Meters 33:05.5 245th
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2021 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 15 5000 Meters 14:39.23 10th
2020 CROSS COUNTRY (CARY, N.C. | WAKEMED SOCCER PARK FIELD)
Date Distance Time Place
March 5 8000 Meters 24:01.7 24th
 
 
CROSS COUNTRY

2021: Earned Mid-Atlantic All-Region honors and second team All-BIG EAST accolades … Competed in five races during the season … One of the Wildcats scoring finishers at both the Princeton Invitational and the BIG EAST Championships; Main Line Invitational (9/17): Came in 13th in the season opener and produced a time of 19:36.4 over four miles at Haverford; Paul Short Run (10/1): Finished 36th in a field of more than 350 runners in the Gold race at Lehigh… His time of 24:07.7 was a season-best for an 8K race; Princeton Invitational (10/16): Came in 15th overall and third in the Villanova lineup at Princeton with a time of 24:19.2; BIG EAST Championships (10/29): Placed fourth in the Wildcats lineup and 16th overall at the conference championships to merit second team All-BIG EAST recognition … Registered a time of 24:56.6 over 8000 meters; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/12): Came in 23rd at the regional meet with a time of 31:10.2 … Earned all-region accolades for the first time in his career by tallying a top-25 individual finish.

2020: Competed in the Villanova lineup at both the BIG EAST and NCAA Championships; BIG EAST Championships (3/5): Came in 24th overall at the conference meet and was seventh in the Wildcats lineup ... Recorded a time of 24:01.7 over 8,000 meters ... Villanova finished third in the team standings and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships; NCAA Championships (3/15): Finished sixth in the Wildcats lineup and was 213th overall at the NCAA meet ... Produced a time of 33:13.1 over 10,000 meters ... Villanova came in 20th in the team standings after being ranked outside the national top 30 entering the meet ... The 20th place finish was the team's best since 2014.

2019: Air Force: Named the team’s Most Valuable Runner for the season … Competed at five meets and was one of the team’s scoring runners in each of his starts … Part of the Falcons lineup at both the Mountain West Championships and the NCAA Mountain Regional; Air Force Open (8/31): Recorded a third place finish at the team’s home meet with a time of 20:50.7 on the four-mile course; Bill Dellinger Invitational (9/28): Led the team with a 40th place individual finish at the Oregon meet … Covered the 8,000 meter course in 24:21.4; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (10/18): Registered a time of 24:43.0 over 8,000 meters and came in third in the team’s lineup at Wisconsin; Mountain West Championships (11/1): Finished third in the team lineup and 22nd overall at the conference meet with an 8K time of 23:51.8; NCAA Mountain Regional (11/15): Came in 56th overall and fifth in the team lineup at the regional meet with a time of 32:01.5 on the 10,000 meter course.
 
2018: Air Force: Competed at four meets during the season and was a part of the Falcons lineup for the Mountain West Championships and the NCAA Championships; Wyoming Invite (8/31): Came in fourth in the Air Force lineup and 17th overall in his first race of the season … Covered the 5,000 meter course in 15:49.3; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28): Came in 113th overall and sixth on the team with a time of 24:32.6 on the 8,000 meter course; Mountain West Championships (10/26): Tallied a 40th place individual finish at the conference meet … Ran the 8,000 meter race in 26:03.1; NCAA Championships (11/17): Registered a time of 33:05.5 over 10,000 meters at the national meet.
 
2017: Air Force: Competed at two meets during the season; Colorado State Duals (9/1): Posted a time of 15:38.1 over 5,000 meters as the Falcons competed against Colorado, Colorado State, Northern Colorado and Wyoming; Woody Greno/Jay Dirksen Invitational (9/16): Came in 21st in the University Division race with a time of 26:43.4 over 4.96 miles in Nebraska.
 
2016: Air Force: Colorado State Invite (9/2): Made his collegiate debut in competition against Colorado, Colorado State, Northern Colorado and Wyoming … Ran the 5,000 meter race in 16:57.5.
 
INDOOR

2020: Air Force: Competed at four meets during the season and recorded personal best times in both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters … Scored in the 3000 meters at the Mountain West Championships; Air Force Invitational (1/18): Tallied a fifth place finish in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:54.09 at the Falcons home meet; Colorado Invitational (2/1): Recorded a ninth place finish and a time of 8:28.84 in the 3000 meters; Iowa State Classic (2/14): Tallied a personal best mark of 14:19.39 in the 5000 meters and registered a 20th place finish; Mountain West Championships (2/28-2/29): Scored two team points in the 3000 meters with a seventh place finish and a personal best time of 8:28.65 … Also placed ninth in the 5000 meters at the conference meet with a time of 14:51.97.
 
2019: Air Force: Appeared at four meets during the season and competed in the Mile, the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters; Potts Invitational (1/12): Registered a sixth place finish in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:40.77 in his first race of the year; Air Force Invitational (1/26): Raced to a personal best time of 4:28.83 in the Mile and tallied a fifth place finish in the event at the Falcons home meet; Colorado Invitational (2/2): Came in 10th in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:21.49; Air Force Open (2/15): Runner-up in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:44.51 at the team’s second home meet of the year.
 
2018: Air Force: Ran one race each in the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters; Colorado Invitational (2/3): Recorded a time of 8:53.10 in the 3000 meters; Air Force Open (2/16): Came in fifth in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:53.95 at the Falcons home meet.
 
2017: Air Force: Ran three races in the Mile and one each in the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters; Potts Invitational (1/14): Posted a time of 4:29.87 in the Mile in his first collegiate track race; Air Force Invitational (1/21): Recorded a time of 4:35.28 and finished 10th in the Mile at the team’s home meet; Air Force Indoor Team Challenge (2/3): Runner-up in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:00.88; Adams State NCAA Qualifier (2/11): Finished seventh in the Mile an registered a time of 4:33.37; Air Force Open (2/17): Came in sixth in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:00.18.
 
OUTDOOR

2021: Raced twice in the 5000 meters and once in the 10000 meters during the year … Recorded a personal best time in the 10K and competed at the BIG EAST Championships in the 5K; Penn Challenge (3/27): Came in sixth in the 5000 meters at Penn with a season-best time of 14:19.34; Virginia Challenge (4/16): Competed against strong competition at Virginia and recorded a personal best time of 29:37.05 in the 10000 meters … Finished in eighth place in the race; BIG EAST Championships (5/15): Tallied a 10th place finish in the 5000 meters at the conference meet with a time of 14:39.23.
 
2019: Air Force: Competed in three races during the season … Recorded personal best times in both the 3000 meter steeplechase and the 10000 meters; Mike Fanelli Track Classic (3/30): Tallied a personal best time of 30:28.44 in the 10000 meters in his first meet of the outdoor season; Mt. SAC Relays (4/20): Placed 11th in the 10000 meters with a time of 30:38.39; West Coast Invitational (5/11): Ran the 3000 meter steeplechase and came in ninth with a personal best time of 9:20.63.
 
2018: Air Force: Ran two races in the 3000 meter steeplechase and one in the 5000 meters; Jerry Quiller Classic (3/17): Recorded a victory in the 3000 meter steeplechase in his season debut, posting a winning time of 9:48.74; San Francisco State Distance Carnival (3/31): Posted a time of 14:56.08 in the 5000 meters; Beach Invitational (4/21): Finished sixth in the steeplechase with a time of 9:32.34.
 
2017: Air Force: Competed at three meets during the season, running in both the steeplechase and the 1500 meters; Baldy Castillo Invitational (3/18): Came in sixth in the 2000 meter steeplechase in the season opener with a time of 6:21.36; Jack Christiansen Invitational (4/22): Runner-up in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 10:15.22; Air Force Twilight Open (5/5): Tallied a personal best time of 4:14.43 in the 1500 meters and notched a 16th place finish.
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

South Milwaukee High School: Earned a total of eight varsity letters during his scholastic career, including four in track & field, three in cross country and one in baseball … Four-time state qualifier in cross country and track … Regional and sectional champion in the 1600 meters and the 3200 meters … Seven-time all-conference honoree for cross country and track … Valedictorian of his high school class … Named an AP Scholar as a senior.
 
Personal: Born 2/9/98 in Milwaukee, Wis. … Son of Robert and Lyn Weber … Has three sisters, Melissa Olson, Angela Weber Hernandez and Natalie Weber-Hamilton … Enjoys hiking, camping, reading, brewing coffee, cartography and historical geography … Chose to attend Villanova for the excellent opportunities it offered to develop as both a student and an athlete … Was attracted to the history of the surrounding area of the school … Graduated from the United States Air Force Academy … As an undergraduate student was named the Outstanding Cadet in Geospatial Science as a senior in 2020 and was a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha national undergraduate Political Science honor society … Enrolled in graduate school at Villanova and pursued a degree in Environmental Science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Graduate Student

  • 2021Graduate Student