University of Minnesota Athletics
2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster
Christian Martin
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Hometown:
- North Plainfield, N.J.
- High School:
- Whippany Park HS
- Prev School:
- Cornell
Christian Martin's TFRRS Bio
Christian Martin's IAAF Bio
2025 Outdoor Track & Field • Sixth-Year: Represented Minnesota at the USATF Outdoor Championships in the 110m hurdles... Reached the USATF Outdoor Championships semifinals in the 110m hurdles and ran times of 13.65 and 13.95... Earned Big Ten All-Academic honors for his work in the classroom... Earned Honorable Mention All-America status by reaching the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 110m hurdles... Improved from No. 3 all-time at Minnesota in the 110m hurdles to the No. 1 spot, breaking the school record at the Florida Relays twice... First broke the two-year-old 110m hurdles school record (Michael Buchanan - 13.66, 2023) in the Florida Relays prelims with a time of 13.61 (+0.7 m/s)... Dropped the school record to 13.49 (+0.7 m/s) in the Florida Relays 110m hurdles final to finish third overall and second among collegiate competitors... Finished 17th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn Honorable Mention All-American honors in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.61 (+0.8)... Reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time in career with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA West Regional in College Station, Texas, in a time of 13.53 (+1.1 m/s)... Advanced from the First Round to the NCAA quarterfinals in the 110m hurdles at the NCAA West Regional with a time of 13.66 (+0.1 m/s)... Scored in the 110m hurdles at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a time of 13.82 (+0.2 m/s) in the final to finish sixth overall... Reached the Big Ten Outdoor Championships 110m hurdles final for the second straight season with a prelim time of 13.57 (-0.1 m/s)... Ran at the 65th annual Mt. SAC Relays in the 110m hurdles and finished fifth overall in a time of 13.60 (+1.6 m/s)... Clocked a 13.72 (-0.2 m/s) to win the 2025 Bryan Clay Invitational 110m hurdles... Won the Arizona Spring Break Fiesta 110m hurdles in a season-opening time of 13.67 (+0.8 m/s)... Ran to a 13th-place finish at the NCAA West Regional as a member of the Minnesota 4x400m relay team in a time of 3:06.49... Ran on Minnesota's No. 9 all-time 4x400m relay team at the LSU Invitational (3:06.46), which helped qualify the team for the NCAA West Regional... Scored at the Big Ten Championships as a member of the fifth-place 4x400m relay team in a time of 3:06.62.
2024 Outdoor Track & Field • Graduate Season: Competed in seven meets for the Maroon and Gold during his lone season in Dinkytown... Reached the Big Ten Outdoor Championships 110m hurdles final, finished eighth... Ran a season best 13.96 at the LSU Alumni Gold to finish fourth overall... Martin's 13.96 (+2.1 m/s) at the LSU Alumni Gold is the No. 3 time in school history in the 110m hurdles... Was third at both the 44 Farms Team Invite and the Clyde Hart Classic in the 110m hurdles in an identical time of 14.10.
2023 Outdoor Track & Field • Senior Season (AT CORNELL): Once again qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 110m hurdles... Advanced out of the opening round in a time of 13.70 (+2.7 wind)... In the following round finished a career-best 18th overall in a time of 14.04 (+2.7 wind)... Won his second straight Ivy League 110m hurdles title in a time of 13.85 (+2.5 wind)... Scored in the 400m hurdles with a time of 54.23 to finish 8th at the Ivy League Championships... Ran under 14 seconds in the 110m hurdles numerous times during the season but only the 13.89 at the Georgia Tech Invite was under the wind allowance, helping him finish second overall.
2023 Indoor Track & Field • Senior Season (AT CORNELL): Was the bronze medalist at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships in a time of 8.01... Ran a lifetime best indoor 200m time of 22.64 at the David Hemery Valentine Invite... Ran a season-best 7.92 at the Dr. Sander Invitational in the 60m hurdles final to finish fourth overall.
2022 Outdoor Track & Field • Junior Season (AT CORNELL): Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 110m hurdles... Advanced out of the opening round of the NCAA East Regional with a lifetime best 13.82, then finished 23rd overall with a time of 14.18... Won the Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 110m hurdles in a time of 13.77... Ran a lifetime best 52.73 in the 400m hurdles at the Ivy League Championships to finish as the runner-up.
2022 Indoor Track & Field • Junior Season (AT CORNELL): Ran in nine meets for Cornell, posting a lifetime best in the 60m hurdles at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships in a time of 7.91 to finish second... Was fourth at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge in New York... Ran under eight seconds in the 60m hurdles four times during the season.
2021 Outdoor Track & Field • Sophomore Season (AT CORNELL): Competed in just one meet, the Redhawk capstone Meet, where he finished first in the 110m hurdles in a time of 14.55... Also ran the 400m hurdles in a time of 55.66 to finish fourth.
2021 Indoor Track & Field • Sophomore Season (AT CORNELL): Did not compete.
2020 Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field • Freshman Season (AT CORNELL): Competed in eight meets, mostly in the 60H... Notched 11 top-five placements, including a first-place finish in the 4x400 relay at the Marc Deneault Invitational (2/22)... Placed fifth in the 60H, and fourth in the 4x400, at the Ivy League Indoor Heps Championships (2/29-3/1)... Ran for the ninth-best time in he 60H in program history at Heps.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time sectional champion, five-time county champion... 2018 team sectional champion... Two-time national championship elite qualifier for 110H.
PERSONAL: Christian London Martin is the son of Keisha Taylor and Jose Martin... Has one brother, Cameron, and one sister, Jasmine.
Christian Martin's IAAF Bio
2025 Outdoor Track & Field • Sixth-Year: Represented Minnesota at the USATF Outdoor Championships in the 110m hurdles... Reached the USATF Outdoor Championships semifinals in the 110m hurdles and ran times of 13.65 and 13.95... Earned Big Ten All-Academic honors for his work in the classroom... Earned Honorable Mention All-America status by reaching the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 110m hurdles... Improved from No. 3 all-time at Minnesota in the 110m hurdles to the No. 1 spot, breaking the school record at the Florida Relays twice... First broke the two-year-old 110m hurdles school record (Michael Buchanan - 13.66, 2023) in the Florida Relays prelims with a time of 13.61 (+0.7 m/s)... Dropped the school record to 13.49 (+0.7 m/s) in the Florida Relays 110m hurdles final to finish third overall and second among collegiate competitors... Finished 17th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn Honorable Mention All-American honors in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.61 (+0.8)... Reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time in career with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA West Regional in College Station, Texas, in a time of 13.53 (+1.1 m/s)... Advanced from the First Round to the NCAA quarterfinals in the 110m hurdles at the NCAA West Regional with a time of 13.66 (+0.1 m/s)... Scored in the 110m hurdles at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a time of 13.82 (+0.2 m/s) in the final to finish sixth overall... Reached the Big Ten Outdoor Championships 110m hurdles final for the second straight season with a prelim time of 13.57 (-0.1 m/s)... Ran at the 65th annual Mt. SAC Relays in the 110m hurdles and finished fifth overall in a time of 13.60 (+1.6 m/s)... Clocked a 13.72 (-0.2 m/s) to win the 2025 Bryan Clay Invitational 110m hurdles... Won the Arizona Spring Break Fiesta 110m hurdles in a season-opening time of 13.67 (+0.8 m/s)... Ran to a 13th-place finish at the NCAA West Regional as a member of the Minnesota 4x400m relay team in a time of 3:06.49... Ran on Minnesota's No. 9 all-time 4x400m relay team at the LSU Invitational (3:06.46), which helped qualify the team for the NCAA West Regional... Scored at the Big Ten Championships as a member of the fifth-place 4x400m relay team in a time of 3:06.62.
2024 Outdoor Track & Field • Graduate Season: Competed in seven meets for the Maroon and Gold during his lone season in Dinkytown... Reached the Big Ten Outdoor Championships 110m hurdles final, finished eighth... Ran a season best 13.96 at the LSU Alumni Gold to finish fourth overall... Martin's 13.96 (+2.1 m/s) at the LSU Alumni Gold is the No. 3 time in school history in the 110m hurdles... Was third at both the 44 Farms Team Invite and the Clyde Hart Classic in the 110m hurdles in an identical time of 14.10.
2023 Outdoor Track & Field • Senior Season (AT CORNELL): Once again qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 110m hurdles... Advanced out of the opening round in a time of 13.70 (+2.7 wind)... In the following round finished a career-best 18th overall in a time of 14.04 (+2.7 wind)... Won his second straight Ivy League 110m hurdles title in a time of 13.85 (+2.5 wind)... Scored in the 400m hurdles with a time of 54.23 to finish 8th at the Ivy League Championships... Ran under 14 seconds in the 110m hurdles numerous times during the season but only the 13.89 at the Georgia Tech Invite was under the wind allowance, helping him finish second overall.
2023 Indoor Track & Field • Senior Season (AT CORNELL): Was the bronze medalist at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships in a time of 8.01... Ran a lifetime best indoor 200m time of 22.64 at the David Hemery Valentine Invite... Ran a season-best 7.92 at the Dr. Sander Invitational in the 60m hurdles final to finish fourth overall.
2022 Outdoor Track & Field • Junior Season (AT CORNELL): Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 110m hurdles... Advanced out of the opening round of the NCAA East Regional with a lifetime best 13.82, then finished 23rd overall with a time of 14.18... Won the Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 110m hurdles in a time of 13.77... Ran a lifetime best 52.73 in the 400m hurdles at the Ivy League Championships to finish as the runner-up.
2022 Indoor Track & Field • Junior Season (AT CORNELL): Ran in nine meets for Cornell, posting a lifetime best in the 60m hurdles at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships in a time of 7.91 to finish second... Was fourth at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge in New York... Ran under eight seconds in the 60m hurdles four times during the season.
2021 Outdoor Track & Field • Sophomore Season (AT CORNELL): Competed in just one meet, the Redhawk capstone Meet, where he finished first in the 110m hurdles in a time of 14.55... Also ran the 400m hurdles in a time of 55.66 to finish fourth.
2021 Indoor Track & Field • Sophomore Season (AT CORNELL): Did not compete.
2020 Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field • Freshman Season (AT CORNELL): Competed in eight meets, mostly in the 60H... Notched 11 top-five placements, including a first-place finish in the 4x400 relay at the Marc Deneault Invitational (2/22)... Placed fifth in the 60H, and fourth in the 4x400, at the Ivy League Indoor Heps Championships (2/29-3/1)... Ran for the ninth-best time in he 60H in program history at Heps.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time sectional champion, five-time county champion... 2018 team sectional champion... Two-time national championship elite qualifier for 110H.
PERSONAL: Christian London Martin is the son of Keisha Taylor and Jose Martin... Has one brother, Cameron, and one sister, Jasmine.
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