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Javan Winders

  • Position
    Distance
  • Indoor Class
    Senior
  • Outdoor Class
    Jr.
  • Hometown
    Mansfield, TN
  • Highschool
    Henry County
  • Major
    Elementary Education (Mathematics)

Biography

Career Results

2020-21
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in the 800 meters, the mile and the distance medley relay during the indoor season.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Scored Academic All-GLVC laurels after finishing sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 11th in the finals of the mile at the GLVC Championships...was USI's top performer in the steeplechase...also made appearances in the 800 meters as well as the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season.

2019-20
CROSS COUNTRY:
Collected Academic All-GLVC accolades after finishing 34th at the GLVC Championships...finished 69th at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships...also finished 249th at the NCAA II National Championships...finished in the USI's top seven in five out of the six meets he competed in.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Racked up Academic All-GLVC honors after competing in four meets for USI in the 800 meters, mile, 3,000 meters and distance medley relay...finished 20th at the GLVC Championships in the mile (4:36.18)...was a member of the distance medley relay team that took fifth at the GLVC Championships (10:26.72)...also finished fourth at the Greyhound Invitational in the 800 meters (1:57.48).

2018-19
CROSS COUNTRY:
Earned All-GLVC and Academic All-GLVC honors after finishing 14th at the GLVC Championships...also was 119th at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships and 250th at the NCAA II National Championships...ran top seven for the Eagles in four of the seven races he competed in.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Did not compete.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Did not compete.

2017-18
CROSS COUNTRY:
Garnered Academic All-GLVC honors after competing in six meets and running top seven in each race during his sophomore season...missed All-Conference and All-Region honors by just four spots in each race...finished 19th at the GLVC Championships and was 29th at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships...finished 171st at the NCAA II National Championships.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Collected first-team All-GLVC accolades after winning the mile and finishing fifth in the 800 meters at the GLVC Championships...also earned second-team All-GLVC honors after helping USI's distance medley relay to a second-place finish at the league meet...posted a win in the 800 meters at the DePauw Indoor Classic, where he was just over two seconds away from a school-record in the event.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Ran the 1,500 meters as well as the 3,000-meter steeplechase during the outdoor season...competed in the 1,500 meters at the GLVC Championships, but was not able to finish...won the steeplechase at the KWC Invitational...earned Academic All-GLVC honors.

2016-17
CROSS COUNTRY:
Appeared in five meets as a freshman scoring for the Eagles at the Gabby Reuvent Early Bird with a ninth-place finish…placed 85th at the GLVC Championships and earned an Academic All-GLVC nod.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned All-America honors as a part of the distance medley relay team after a fourth-place finish at the NCAA II National Championships…also earned All-Region honors as a part of the DMR…set a school-record and earned First Team All-GLVC honors with win in the DMR at the GLVC Championships…finished 11th in the mile at the GLVC Championships
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Made appearances in the 1,500-meters, 5,000-meters, and 3,000-meter steeplechase as a freshman…ran the ninth-fastest 1,500-meters in USI history at the Dr. Keeler Invitational, finishing in 3:53.75…competed on three more occasions in the 1,500-meters…also ran twice in the 5,000-meters and twice in the steeple where he finished fourth at the GLVC Championships...earned Academic All-GLVC honors.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Henry County High School in Paris, Tennessee, where he was a multiple-time All-State and All-Region honoree...earned Mid-State Cross Country Association first-team honors in 2015 after winning back-to-back regional titles in his junior and senior seasons...finished 12th at the 2015 TSSAA Division I Class AAA State Cross Country Championships after finishing sixth at the state meet as a junior in 2014...finished third in the 1,600 meters and fourth in the 800 meters at the TSSAA Division I Class AAA State Track & Field Championships in 2016...finished third in the 3,200 meters at the state meet as a junior in 2015.

PERSONAL
Is married to USI competitor Hope Jones and is the older brother of teammates Titus Winders and Silas Winders.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-2017Freshman

    Distance
  • 2017-2018Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2018-2019Junior

    Distance
  • 2019-2020Junior

    Distance
  • 2020-2021Senior

    Distance