2024 Track & Field Roster

Justin Prax

Theo Quax

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Auckland, New Zealand
  • High School Macleans College
  • Major Civil Engineering

Biography

Indoor Personal Bests Event Outdoor Personal Bests
1:50.45 at Big Sky Conference Championships (2/22-24/24) 800 1:49.95 at Desert Heat Classic (4/29/23)
3:44.88 at 114th Millrose Games (1/29/22) 1500 3:39.36 at Bryan Clay Invitational (4/13-15/23)
3:58.13 at Husky Classic (2/14-15/20) Mile ---
7:39.85 at Husky Classic (2/9-10/24) 3K ---
13:16.83 at John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-27/24) 5K 13:29.35 at Stanford Invitational (3/31-4/1/23)


2024 Indoor: Placed third in the mile at the Lumberjack Team Challenge with a time of 4:03.33…Placed second in the 5,000-meter at the John Thomas Terrier Classic with a personal best time of 13:16.83…Ran a personal best 3,000-meter time of 7:39.85 at the Husky Classic to place fourth…Member of the first place distance medley relay team at the Alex Wilson Invitational that ran a school and conference record time of 9:17.14…Placed third in the mile at the Big Sky Conference Championships with a time of 4:03.43…Placed fifth in the 800-meter at the Big Sky Conference Championships with a time of 1:50.94…Finished 13th in the 3,000-meter at the NCAA National Championships with a time of 7:56.35, earning second-team All-American honors…Finished 14th in the 5,000-meter at the NCAA National Championships with a time of 13:45.34.

2023 Outdoor: Finished second in the 1,500-meter at the GCU Invitational with a time of 3:47.49…Finished third in the 5K at the Stanford Invitational with a personal best time of 13:29.35…Ran a personal best 1,500-meter time of 3:39.36 at the Bryan Clay Invitational…Finished third in the 1,500-meter at the Desert Heat Classic with a time of 3:44.84…Ran a personal best 800-meter time of 1:49.95 at the Desert Heat Classic…Finished fourth in the 5K at the Big Sky Conference Championships with a time of 14:15.27…Competed in the 5K at the NCAA West Preliminary, finishing 13th with a time of 13:40.79.

2023 Indoor: Finished first in the 3K at the Lumberjack Team Challenge with a time of 8:30.22…Finished second in the mile at the Ron Mann Classic with a time of 4:08.10…Ran a personal best 3K time of 7:49.89 at the Husky Classic…Finished second in the mile at the NAU Tune Up with a time of 4:14.92…Finished third in the mile at the Big Sky with a time of 4:03.88…Finished seventh in the 800-meter with a time of 1:51.93…Finished 24th in the 3K at the Big Sky Conference Championships with a time of 8:36.56.

2022 Outdoor: Finished 28th in the 1500-meter at NCAA West Regional preliminaries (3:46.46)...Placed fourth in the 800-meter at Big Sky Championships with a personal best time of 1:50.39...Finished fourth in the 1500-meter at Big Sky Championships (3:46.17)...Ran personal best 5,000-meter time of 13:41.13 at the Stanford Invitational.

2022 Indoor: Placed fourth in the 800-meter at Big Sky Championships; ran personal best time of 1:54.72 in preliminary round...Member of first place DMR Big Sky Championship team...Ran personal best 1500-meter of 3:44.88 at 114th Millrose Games. 

2021 Outdoor: Finished 29th in the 1500m at NCAA West Regionals (3:47.10)...Placed sixth in the 1500m at Big Sky Championships (3:48.63)...Ran personal best 800m time of 1:50.89 at GCU Antelope Invitational.

2021 Indoor: NAU did not compete.

2020 Outdoor: Canceled.

2020 Indoor: Placed second in the mile with 4:12.11 at Big Sky Championships...Member of first place DMR team at Big Sky Championships...Placed second and set personal best in the mile with 3:58.13 at the Husky Classic...Set personal best and placed fourth in 3K with 8:34.58 at Mountain T’s Invitational.

2019 Outdoor: Qualified for the Men's 1500m Run at the 2019 NCAA Division I West Regional Preliminary Rounds; placed 37th... Made podium with a third-place finish in the Men's 1500m Run at the 2019 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships... Fifth-place scorer in the Men's 800m Run at the 2019 outdoor conference championships setting a new PR with a time of 1:51.31... Took first-place in the Men's 5000m Run at the 2019 Stanford Invite with a PR time of 13:49.38... Set a new PR in the Men's 1500m Run at the Bryan Clay Invite with a time of 3:39.84.

2019 Indoor: Did Not Compete.

High School: Ran a personal best 800-meter time of 1:53.22...Ran a personal best 1,500-meter time of 3:47.54...Ran a personal best 3K time of 8:22.09.

TF/XC Accomplishments: Two-time NZ 1500m Champion U20 (2016, 2017)...2017 NZ Road Race National Champion U20...2018 World Junior Qualifier 1500m.

Why did you choose NAU?

I chose NAU because of the ideal location and training conditions, as well as for the strong connection within the team and their ideologies on success. NAU’s coaches are hard-working and very knowledgeable about our sport.

Personal: Son of Dick and Roxanne...Brother to Jacob and Tania...Birthday is December 27...Majoring in Human Relations.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

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  • 2020Sophomore

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  • 2021Junior

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  • 2022Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2023Redshirt Junior

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  • 2024Redshirt Senior

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