Josiah Tostenson
| Sport | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Long-distance running, Cross country running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800 m: 1:48.83 (Philadelphia, 2025) 1500 m: 3:36.85 (Portland, 2025) Mile: 3:57.47 (Boston, 2025) 3000m: 7:57.42 (Seattle, 2025) 5000m: 14:15.94 (Los Angeles, 2025) Indoors 1500 m: 3:41.32 (Boston, 2025) Mile: 3:57.47 (Boston, 2025) 3000m: 8:03.31 (Boston, 2025) |
Josiah Tostenson is an American middle- and long-distance and cross country runner.[1]
Early life
Tostenson is from Oregon, and attended Jewett Elementary School and Crater High School in Portland. His brother Jantz also competed as a runner and his older sister Gracie was a college runner at Boise State University. In 2016 and 2017 he won the Sams Valley Mini Marathon, setting a course record of 18:34 in 2017.[2][3]
Career
As a junior high schooler at Crate, Tostenson won all-American honours at the NXN, and moved to number one in the American high-school list for the 3000 metres and fourth in the mile run.[4] In September 2024, Tostenson finished 0.20 seconds outside the national 3-mile high school record time of Owen Powell at the Woodbridge Invitational.[5] Tostenson signed a name, image and likeness (NIL) contract with New Balance in December 2024.[6]
In February 2025, competing indoors at the Terrier DMR Challenge held at Boston University, Tostenson ran 3:57.47 for the mile run as Powell set the American high record of 3:56.66 and Tostenson moved to second on the all-time indoors list.[7] Tostenson concluded his 2025 indoor season with a win in the Championship 2 Mile at the New Balance Nationals Indoor Championships.[8]
Tostenson competed at the Portland Track Festival over 1500m on 15 June 2025 whilst a high school student, competing against professionals, placing 12th in 3:36.85, moving to third on the American high school all-time list behind Owen Powell and Hobbs Kessler for the distance.[9] Havind set new state records in the 1500m race (3:36.85 seconds), the mile (3:59), the 1600 metres (3:57.39) and the 4 x mile relay (16:54.8) Tostenson concluded his high school career and began to attend the University of Washington in 2025.[10]
References
- ^ "Josiah Tostenson". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Josiah Tostenson 2nd, Tayvon Kitchen 5th for Crater Doug Speck Boys 3-Mile Sweepstakes at Woodbridge Invitational". Youth Runner Magazine. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 14 Jan 2026.
- ^ "RUNNING INTO THE RECORD BOOKS SIDE BY SIDE, CRATER'S JOSIAH TOSTENSON AND TAYVON KITCHEN NEAR THE FINISH LINE". Runnerspace. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 14 Jan 2026.
- ^ "JOSIAH TOSTENSON, TAVYON KITCHEN SEE BIG IMPROVEMENT FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF TYRONE GORZE AT CRATER". Runnerspace. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 14 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Tostenson takes 2nd at Woodbridge in record time". Rogue Valley Times. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 14 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Crater's Josiah Tostenson signs name, image and likeness deal with New Balance". Oregon Live. Dec 18, 2024. Retrieved 14 Jan 2026.
- ^ Tysiac, Ashley (Feb 24, 2025). "3 High Schoolers Ran Sub-4:00 In The Mile At BU, Here's Why It's Historic". Flotrack.org. Retrieved 14 Jan 2026.
- ^ Davern, John (26 March 2025). "Tayvon Kitchen And Josiah Tostenson Will Race In Elite 1,500m At The Ten". Flotrack.org. Retrieved 14 Jan 2026.
- ^ Sheedy, Tate (13 August 2025). "Top 5 high school distance performances of 2025: No. 4 — Owen Powell & Josiah Tostenson's historic 1500m times in Portland". Lets Run. Retrieved 14 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Crater senior named The Oregonian/OregonLive boys track and field athlete of the year". Oregon Live. June 27, 2025. Retrieved 14 Jan 2026.