Tarleton State University Athletics

Freshman (2021) 
Raced in four of a possible five meets … Notched Tarleton’s third-fastest 5k and 8k times of the fall … Commenced his college career with a 13th-place finish and cross country 5k personal record of 15:26.40 at the UTA XC Invite … Followed up by crossing the finish line 35th at the Texas A&M Invitational behind an 8k personal record 25:03.70 … Finished 64th at the WAC Cross Country Championships and was Tarleton’s No. 2 performer at the meet … Placed second at the Ranger College Cross Country Invitational to help Tarleton post a combined score of 19 points and capture the team title. 

V.R. Eaton High School 
Ran cross country and track all four years of high school … Primary events in track were the 1,500m and 3k … Earned 32 medals over his four-year high school career … Finished 14th and set a 5k personal record of 15:34.90 as a junior at the 2019 6A UIL District 05 Cross Country Championships … Notched a pair of personal records in 2021: 4:37.44 in the mile and 9:58 in the 2-mile. 

Personal 
2021 graduate of V.R. Eaton HS in Haslet, Texas … Son of Andrew and Kristen Vastlik … Brother, Dominick, also competes for Tarleton cross country and track and field … Initially went out for cross country to follow after his brother and fell in love with the sport and community by the end of his freshman year of high school … Majoring in psychology … Born Aug. 8.