2019-20 Track and Field Roster
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Mestler, Jackson
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Jackson Mestler
- Position:
- Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Eugene, Ore.
- High School:
- Sheldon
Bio
2019-20: Indoor – NCAA Championships qualifier (5,000m) … earned a national spot with a personal best of 13:36.62 at the Husky Classic (Feb. 15) … runner-up in the race … moved to No. 5 on the UO top-10 list … took more than 10 seconds off previous best (13:46.90) in the race … won invitational section of the 3,000 meters in 7:58.89 at the Razorback Invitational (Feb. 1)
2018-19: Indoor – Posted the first sub-4:00 mile of his career with a time of 3:59.77 at the Last Chance Elite … entered the race with a PR of 4:07.06 from three weeks prior at the Razorback Invitational … finished ninth in the 3,000 meters (7:57.72) at the MPSF Championships … took more than 16 seconds off his 5,000-meter PR with a time of 13:46.90 at the Husky Classic … Outdoor – for a second-consecutive season, was an NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 5,000 meters and steeplechase … established a personal best of 8:44.72 in the steeplechase, lowering his best by more than seven seconds … finished in third place at the Pac-12 Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:52.10 … ran a personal best of 14:02.53 in the 5,000 meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
Pac-12 Cross Country All-Academic Honorable Mention (2017)
2017-18: Outdoor - Competed in both the 5,000 meters and the steeplechase at the NCAA West Regional where he recorded a new personal best in both ... Placed fifth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:02.67) and earned four points for Oregon at the PAC-12 Championships ... Also competed in the 5,000 meters (14:22.82) at the PAC-12 Championships ... Finished the 1,500 in 3:48.74 at the Oregon Twilight ... Recorded a personal record and placed eighth in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 8:55.77 at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Placed fourth in the steeplechase with a time of 9:05.91 at the Pepsi Invitational ... Took fifth place in section three of the 5000 meters (14:06.03) at the Stanford Invitational. Indoor - Crossed the finish line in the 3000 meters in 8:00.49 at the MPSF Championships ... Won the 5,000 meters in his first time ever competing in the event with a mark of 14:03.00 at the Husky Classic ... Recorded a new personal record in the 3000 meters (8:03.1) at the Columbia Challenge ... Finished second in his mile heat (4:10.64) at the UW Indoor Preview to open 2018 ... Cross Country - Took 39th place at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 24:34.1 ... Finished ninth in the men's unseeded 8K at the Pre-Nationals Invitational with a time of 24:12.76 ... Kicked off the season with a 41st place finish (24:21.3) at the Bell Dellinger Invitational ... Earned Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention recognition.
2016-17: Outdoor - Took seventh place in the steeplechase (9:04.47) and 11th place in the 5000 meters (14:21.61) at the Pac-12 Championships... Ran the 1500 meters in 3:56.85 at the Stanford Invitational... Competed in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase (9:09.0) at the Mt. SAC Relays... Competed in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase (9:10.02) at the Penn Relays... Competed in the 1500 meters (3:52.72) at the Oregon Twilight. Indoor - Finished the 3000 meters with a time of 08:13.01 at the UW Indoor Preview... Took eighth place in the mile (4:09.3) at the Columbia EastWest Challenge... Finished the 3000 meters in 8:08.20 at the Husky Classic... Competed in the 3000 Meters (8:11.04) at the MPSF Championships. Cross Country - Finished third (24:34.20) running unattached in the Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational.
2018-19: Indoor – Posted the first sub-4:00 mile of his career with a time of 3:59.77 at the Last Chance Elite … entered the race with a PR of 4:07.06 from three weeks prior at the Razorback Invitational … finished ninth in the 3,000 meters (7:57.72) at the MPSF Championships … took more than 16 seconds off his 5,000-meter PR with a time of 13:46.90 at the Husky Classic … Outdoor – for a second-consecutive season, was an NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 5,000 meters and steeplechase … established a personal best of 8:44.72 in the steeplechase, lowering his best by more than seven seconds … finished in third place at the Pac-12 Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:52.10 … ran a personal best of 14:02.53 in the 5,000 meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
Pac-12 Cross Country All-Academic Honorable Mention (2017)
2017-18: Outdoor - Competed in both the 5,000 meters and the steeplechase at the NCAA West Regional where he recorded a new personal best in both ... Placed fifth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:02.67) and earned four points for Oregon at the PAC-12 Championships ... Also competed in the 5,000 meters (14:22.82) at the PAC-12 Championships ... Finished the 1,500 in 3:48.74 at the Oregon Twilight ... Recorded a personal record and placed eighth in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 8:55.77 at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Placed fourth in the steeplechase with a time of 9:05.91 at the Pepsi Invitational ... Took fifth place in section three of the 5000 meters (14:06.03) at the Stanford Invitational. Indoor - Crossed the finish line in the 3000 meters in 8:00.49 at the MPSF Championships ... Won the 5,000 meters in his first time ever competing in the event with a mark of 14:03.00 at the Husky Classic ... Recorded a new personal record in the 3000 meters (8:03.1) at the Columbia Challenge ... Finished second in his mile heat (4:10.64) at the UW Indoor Preview to open 2018 ... Cross Country - Took 39th place at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 24:34.1 ... Finished ninth in the men's unseeded 8K at the Pre-Nationals Invitational with a time of 24:12.76 ... Kicked off the season with a 41st place finish (24:21.3) at the Bell Dellinger Invitational ... Earned Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention recognition.
2016-17: Outdoor - Took seventh place in the steeplechase (9:04.47) and 11th place in the 5000 meters (14:21.61) at the Pac-12 Championships... Ran the 1500 meters in 3:56.85 at the Stanford Invitational... Competed in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase (9:09.0) at the Mt. SAC Relays... Competed in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase (9:10.02) at the Penn Relays... Competed in the 1500 meters (3:52.72) at the Oregon Twilight. Indoor - Finished the 3000 meters with a time of 08:13.01 at the UW Indoor Preview... Took eighth place in the mile (4:09.3) at the Columbia EastWest Challenge... Finished the 3000 meters in 8:08.20 at the Husky Classic... Competed in the 3000 Meters (8:11.04) at the MPSF Championships. Cross Country - Finished third (24:34.20) running unattached in the Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational.
Prep: A two-time state 3,000 meter champion for Sheldon High School … Timed a prep-best 8:21.89 to win the 2016 3,000 crown as a senior … Following the high school season, ran a prep-best 3:50.61 1,500 meters at the Prefontaine Classic … Won both the 1,500 and 3,000 meters at the 2015 6A Oregon State Championships … Placed in the top 10 of the Oregon State Cross Country Championship all four years, finishing 10th as a freshman and then 5th as a sophomore, junior and senior. Prep Bests: 1,500 Meters – 3:50.61, 2016; 3,000 Meters – 8:21.89, 2016.
Personal: Major is undecided. Father, Rick, was a 4-time All-American for Oregon in the steeplechase … Mother, Jill, was a member of Oregon’s cross country team.
Personal Bests
Indoor
1,000 Meters – 2:23.26 (1/18/20)
Mile – 3:59.77 (2/15/19)
3,000 Meters – 7:57.72 (2/22/19)
5,000 Meters – 13:36.62 (2/14/20)
Outdoor
1,500 Meters – 3:48.74 (5/4/18)
5,000 Meters – 14:02.53 (5/2/19)
3,000m Steeplechase – 8:44.72 (5/23/19)
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