TFRRS Performance Profile
In the News
- 5/13/20: Perspectives -- GoStanford.com
Career Accolades
- U.S. junior national javelin champion (2017)
Personal best (thru 2021 outdoors)
- Javelin: 245-4 (74.78m)
As a Senior (2021)
Outdoors
- Advanced to the U.S. Olympic Trials, placing 22nd in the javelin
Indoors
- Did not compete
As a Junior (2020)
Outdoors
- Season canceled
Indoors
- Did not compete
As a Sophomore (2019)
Outdoors
- Broke school javelin record and Big Meet record with a throw of 245-4 (74.78m)
- Broke school record by 13 feet and Big Meet record by 20 feet
- Record came in only his second collegiate appearance and first at Stanford
- Advanced to NCAA West Prelims
Indoors
- Did not compete
As a Freshman (2018)
Outdoors
- Competed in one meet unattached, winning the Cardinal Classic at 220-6 (67.20m)
- The distance would have been a Stanford freshman record if he wasn't redshirting
Indoors
- Did not compete
National/International Competition
- Won the bronze medal at the 2017 Pan Am Junior Championships in Trujillo, Peru (220-8, 67.25m)
- Eighth at the World Youth Games in Cali, Colombia
- Won the 2017 U.S. junior championship at 225-8 (68.79m)
Prior to Stanford
- Won six youth national titles in the javelin
- Won the 2017 U.S. junior championship at 225-8 (68.79m)
- Won two U.S. titles each in the Junior Olympics and New Balance Outdoor Nationals
- Also captured the 2015 U.S. World Youth Trials crown
- Placed third at the 2017 Pan Am Junior Championships in Trujillo, Peru, at 220-8 (67.25m)
- The No. 1 javelin thrower on the 2016 Track & Field News high school All-America team
- Through 2017, was No. 8 on the all-time high school performers’ list
- Won 2016 New Balance Outdoor Nationals at 232-1 (70.74 meters), winning by nearly 11 feet
- There was no high school javelin in his native South Carolina
- Ran the 800 for Academic Magnet High in North Charleston, S.C.
- Helped coach at his Mount Pleasant Track Club
Personal:
- Parents are John Christensen and Maura Boselowitz
- Has older siblings, Danny and Colleen
- Wrote a thesis arguing that javelin should be a sanctioned high school event in his home state
Career Results
| Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
| 2021 | Outdoors (3) | Javelin | 208-10 | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2020 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2019 | Outdoors (5) | Javelin | 245-4 (74.78) | 6 (220-11) | 13 (220-10) | -- |
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2018 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |