FEATURE: Robinson back in the Sub-45 Club (Track and Field News, April 25, 2023)
Champ's Home! Robinson Returns to Tempe with Gold Medals
Robinson, Tatum Headline Sun Devils Competing at 2024 USA Olympic Team Trials
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Awards and Honors
-ASU's record-holder in the 400m Indoor (45.30, Feb. 9, 2024 @ Tyson Invite)
-Second-fastest in 200m Indoor (20.81) and 400m Outdoor (44.47)
-5x Outdoor All-American
-4x Indoor All-American
-2x World Champion (Men's 4x400, Mixed 4x400)
-2023 Pac-12 Champion (4x400 relay, 3:01.57)
-2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Qualifier
-One of the most decorated sprinters in Sun Devil Men's team history
A chance to represent the red, white and blue ????
— Sun Devil Track and Field/XC (@SunDevilTFXC) June 19, 2024
U.S. Olympic Team Trials up next at Hayward Field ??
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In ASU's Record Books
Indoor
200m - 2nd, 20.81
400m - 1st, 45.30
4x400 relay - Justin Robinson, Kaleb Simpson, Jayden Davis, Gamali Felix - 1st, 3:02.35
Outdoor
200m - 7th, 20.37
400m - 2nd, 44.47
4x100 relay - Jalen Drayden, Jeremiah Curry, Trevin Moyer, Justin Robinson - 1st, 38.54
4x400 relay - Dubem Nwachukwu, Jeremiah Curry, Jalen Drayden, Justin Robinson - 1st, 2:57.78
2024 Outdoor season
- One of seven Sun Devils to qualify for an individual event at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Placed eighth overall in the 400m at 45.92 and fourth in the 4x400 at 3:00.87 to earn a pair of First-Team All-American honors
- Ran the 400m (45.20) at the NCAA West Regional Preliminaries, punching his ticket to the Outdoor championships
- Competed in the 200m, 400m and 4x100 relay at the Pac-12 Track and Field Championships
- PRd in the 200m (20.37) at the Bobcat Invite in Texas
- Opened the Outdoor campaign with a pair of first-place showings in the 200m (21.13) and the 4x100 (39.50) at the 45th annual Aztec Invite
- A member of the Sun Devils' 4x400 relay that won at the NCAA Indoor National Championships (3:02.35), bringing the school its first ever Indoor relay title
- Set a new school record in both the 400m (45.30) and the 4x400 relay (3:02.73) at the Tyson Invitational, setting a new nation-best mark in the latter event
- Won the 400m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational (2/3), setting a new meet and facility record with his time of 45.41
- Opened the season at the NAU Axe 'Em Open (1/12), in which he won the Men's 300 in a personal record time of 32.52. Also set another PR in the 60m dash at 6.76
- Helped the 4x400 (3:01.57) squad to a gold medal and the 4x100 squad to a silver medal (39.11) at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships.
- His 20.47 200m PR ranks eighth all-time at ASU, and his 44.98 in the 400m ranks seventh.
- Ran at the USATF Indoor Championships where he opened the weekend with a 45.48 in round one of the 400m. That time broke the ASU program record by 0.08 (Jason Barton, 45.56, 2004) and put Robinson second overall at the meet. Moving into finals the day after, Robinson ran a 45.40 to win the meet, break his own record, and jump to No. 3 in the world among senior men.
- Ran 46.23 in the 400m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing 18th.
- Ran a 400m PR of 45.30 to finish 8th at the NCAA West Preliminary Round.
- Earned 4th in the 200m at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships finishing at 20.65.
- Earned 4th in the 400m at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships finishing at 45.74.
- Earned 2nd in the 4x100 relay at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships finishing at 39.28.
- Earned 3rd in the 4x400 relay at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships finishing at 3:05.53.
- Ran a 200m PR of 20.52 to finish 2nd at the Desert Heat Classic 2022, putting him 8th all-time among outdoor 200m dash runners in school history.
- Ran a 100m PR of 10.49 to finish 3rd in the ASU Twilight Collegiate.
- Ran a 60m PR of 6.77 to finish 3rd in the Dr. MLK Jr. Collegiate Invitational.
- Finished first in the 200m dash with a time of 20.81, at New Mexico's MLK Jr, Collegiate Invitational, moving him to second in the ASU record book.
60m: 6.76
100m: 10.49
200m: 20.37
300m: 32.52
400m: 44.51
The champ is home! ??????@SunDevilTFXC’s @Justin_Malik2, ASU’s third-ever athlete to earn a medal at the World Championships, returned to Tempe and spoke with @TheSunDevils about his experience (and that world record!).
— Arizona State University (@ASU) September 8, 2023
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Prior to ASU
- Set the U18 400m world record (44.84) in June 2019
- 2019 Pan American bronze (400m, 45.07) & silver (4x400, 3:01.72) medalist
- 2019 2x Pan American U20 gold medalist (4x4 (2:59.30) and 400m (45.04))
- 2018 World U20 silver medalist (4x4, 3:05.26)
His 2020 season was limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but in his only 400m race he ran 44.91, the fastest time in the world that year.[1]