Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

University of South Alabama Athletics

Navigation Curve divider
#OURCITY

2021 Men's Track and Field Roster

Javen Jackson

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 181
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pensacola. Fla.
  • Highschool West Florida HS of Advanced Technology

Biography

2020: Outdoor – Helped the Jaguar 4 x 100 relay team (41.77s) earn a victory at the Jaguar Opener. Indoor – Ran a personal-best in the 60m (7.01s) and was part of the 4 x 400 relay team to a fourth-place of 3:22.82 at the Samford Bulldog Invite …  Posted a personal-best in the 200m (22.52s) at the Jaguar Invitational … Finished third in the 4 x 400 relay with a time of 3:18.73 at the Samford January Invite.

2019: Outdoor— Earned third-team all-Sun Belt recognition as part of the Jaguar 4 x 400m team which crossed the line in a season-best 3:13.19 at the conference championships; ran a career-record 52.98-second time to finish sixth in the 400m hurdles and helped the 4 x 100m team to its best time of the year, 41.25 seconds, at the same meet … Took first place in the 400m hurdles (54.60 seconds), 4 x 100m relay (41.42 seconds) and 4 x 400m relay (3:18.16) and fifth in the 100m (11.15 seconds) at the South Alabama Invitational … Picked up victories in the Jaguar Opener 400m hurdles (55.30 seconds) and 4 x 400m relay (3:18.72) and a second-place finish in the 4 x 100m relay (41.30 seconds) … Helped the 4 x 100m relay teams to a win at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge (41.40 seconds) and the runner-up spot at the Southern Miss Open (41.27 seconds); placed third in the 400m hurdles at both meets (55.58 seconds and 53.99 seconds, respectively). Indoor— Ran the 60m in 7.11 seconds and the 400m in 50.75 seconds, both season-best times, at Samford’s Bulldog Invite … Completed the 60m in 7.11 seconds at the Jaguar Invitational … Claimed second-team all-conference honors as part of the 4 x 400m relay team which crossed the line in 3:18.17 at the Sun Belt Championships.
 
2018: Outdoor— Finished fifth in the Southern Miss Open 400m hurdles with a time of 55.88 seconds … Picked up two top-five finishes at the South Alabama Invitational with a 55.37-second 400m hurdles effort and a 41.93-second 4 x 100m relay finish … Won the University of Mobile Invitational 400m hurdles in 54.60 seconds and took fourth place in the 100m dash with an 11.27-second finish … Recorded a third-place 400m hurdles finish (55.42 seconds) and was part of the 4 x 100m relay (41.15 seconds ) and 4 x 400m relay (3:28.33) teams which placed second and fourth, respectively, at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge … Helped the 4 x 400m relay team to a fourth-place finish of 3:27.24 at the Jaguar Classic … Ran the 100m dash in 11.22 seconds to place third at the Jaguar Opener; helped the 1,600m sprint medley team to a 3:44.77 win at the same meet. Indoor— Earned first-team all-conference honors after the 4,000m distance medley team won the race in 10:02.18 at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Finished third in the 4 x 400m relay with a time of 3:24.63 at the Samford Invite … Took fifth place in the Samford January Invitational 400m dash after finishing the race in 50.85 seconds … Helped the Jaguars to fourth- and fifth-place finishes, respectively, in the Commodore Invitational 4 x 400m relay (3:20.70) and 4,000m distance medley (10:25.89). 
 
2017: Outdoor— Was part of the 4 x 400m relay team which won the Southern Miss Open (3:18.39) and Jaguar Classic (3:17.14) … Took fourth place in the 4 x 400m relay with a 3:16.65 finish at the Tiger Track Classic. Indoor— Had season-best performances of 49.89 seconds in the 400m dash and 3:19.74 in the 4 x 400m relay at the Samford Friday Invite.
 
High School: Lettered in track for four years and football for two years ... Helped the West Florida Jaguars to a track regional championship in 2014 ... Holds records in 4 x 100m and 4 x 800m ... High school stats include running the 200m at 22.7 seconds and the 400m in 50.4 seconds ... Accumulated 770 all-purpose yards with nine touchdowns his senior year. 

Personal: Son of Felton Jackson and Karen Tillman ... Fourth of seven siblings, three brothers and four sisters ... Father played basketball at Alabama State for two years ... Favorite professional team is the Philadelphia Eagles ... Favorite movie is “Get Out” ... Favorite athletes include Usain Bolt, LaDainian Tominson and Steph Curry ... Favorite music artists are Chance the Rapper, Kendrick Lamar and J Cole. 

Major: Business Administration

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Sprints/Hurdles
    5'10" 161 lbs
  • 2018Sophomore

    Hurdles
    5'10" 165 lbs
  • 2019Junior

    Hurdles
    5'10" 161 lbs
  • 2020Senior

    Hurdles
    5'10" 170 lbs
  • 2021Senior

    5'10" 181 lbs