| Javier Garcia-Tunon |
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NCAA Participant
400m Hurdles: 2006
Two-Time NCAA All-East Region
4x400m Relay: 2006 & 2007
Two-Time NCAA Regional Qualifier
110m Hurdles: 2006 & 2007
400m Hurdles: 2006 & 2007
4x400m Relay: 2006 & 2007
Collegiate Bests
110m Hurdles: 14.07
400m Hurdles: 50.90
55m Hurdles: 7.51
60m Hurdles: 8.06
200m Indoor: 21.61
High Jump: 6'6"
At Florida State
• Earned his second CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-America award with a Second-Team
Honor. Named First-Team All-America his first season.
• Three-year ACC Honor Roll selection and back-to-back
All-ACC Academic Track & Field Team member.
2007 Track -- Outdoor
• Had his best finish at the NCAA East
Regional, taking 10th with a season-best
mark of 51.39.
• Also produced a time of 14.77 in the
prelims of the 110m hurdles.
• Member of the 4x400m relay team that
placed fifth at the NCAA East Regional,
with a time of 3:07.76. Time was the
second-fastest in the ACC and earned
the team All-East Region Honors.
• Turned in a wind-aided 13.88 in the prelims of the 110
hurdles at the ACC Championships. Finished sixth in the
finals with a mark of 14.53.
• Finished fifth in the 400m hurdles at 51.62 after a
51.97 in the prelims that was third-fastest.
• Posted a career-best 110m time of 14.07 in taking
second at the FSU Relays. Won the 400m at the event
in 52.23.
Indoor
• Notched a personal-best time of 7.51 in the 55m
hurdles at the UF Pepsi Challenge, which ranked fourth
in the conference.
• Scored a career-best 60m mark during the Tyson
Invitational with a seventh-place time of 8.06 to rate
sixth in the ACC.
• Added the indoor 200m to his repertoire, posting a
season-best time of 21.61 at the Tyson.
• Took ninth in the 60m hurdles at the ACC Champion
ships
in a time of 8.18.
2006 Track -- Outdoor
• Received an at-large berth to the NCAA National
Championships in the 400m hurdles.
• Posted a time of 52.26 during the prelims.
• Ran two events at the NCAA East Regional.
• Just missed getting into the finals of the 400m, finishing
ninth, with a time of 50.90.
• Also turned in a 110m mark of 14.10 to take 15th.
• Ran on the fourth-place 4x400m relay team at NCAA
East Region Championship that earned All-Region
accolades.
• Earned All-ACC honors with a runner-up performance
in the 400m hurdles at the league meet with a time of
52.72 after running a time of 52.30 in the prelims.
• Won the 400m hurdles at the FSU Relays, taking the top
spot in 52.32.
• Ran a season-best 110m time of 14.16 at the Diet Pepsi
Invitational.
• Cleared a season-best of 6'4.75" (1.95m) to tie for
seventh in the high jump at the conference meet.
Indoor
• Ran team's best 60m hurdle time of 8.18 at the Tyson
Invite.
• Recorded an 8.20 to finish ninth in the 60m hurdle
prelims at the ACC Championships.
• Jumped 6'6.75" (2.00m) and finished sixth in the high
jump at the ACC Championships.
2005 Track
• Redshirted during both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
High School
• Ranked in the top 15 nationally in the 110m and 300m
hurdles.
• Won the Class 2A 110m and 300m hurdles state titles.
• Regional champion his senior year in 110m hurdles and
the high jump after taking both hurdle events at the
district meet.
• Named the 2004 Belen Scholar-Athlete of the Year and
the 2004 Miami Herald All-Dade County Scholar-Athlete
of the Year.
• Earned 2004 First-Team All-Dade honors in both hurdle
events.
• Won multiple individual district events in 2003 as well
as being a member of the winning 4x400m relay.
• Two-time Dade County Champion in the 300m hurdles
to go along with a 110m hurdle title in 2003.
• Won the inaugural Flrunners.com State Decathlon
Championship in 2003.
Personal
Born October 5, 1985...Majoring in management...
Brother Jose also attends FSU.
