Joe McCoy

Height:
5-10
Weight:
150
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
High School:
Woodridge HS

PERSONAL RECORDS
Mile (Indoor): 4:12.30 – Zips Invitational (Feb. 18, 2011)
3000m (Indoor): 8:30.91 – Mark Colligan Memorial (Jan. 28, 2012)
5000m (Indoor): 14:55.04 – Akron Invitational (Feb. 11, 2011)
1500m (Outdoor): 3:55.03 – Campbell/Wright Open (May 7, 2011)
3000m (Outdoor): 8:56.58 – Northeast Ohio Invitational (Apr. 9, 2010)
3000m Steeplechase (Outdoor): 8:59.36 – NCAA Regionals (May 27, 2011) ** UA Record**
5000m (Outdoor): 15:18.50 – MAC Championships (Apr. 30, 2010)

as a Senior (2012 Track)
• MAC Champion in the steeplechase, running a of time of 9:08.03 at the MAC Outdoor Championships (May 11)
• Won the event at the Northeast Ohio Quad (Apr. 14) with a time of 9:27.90 and finished runner up at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 5), finishing in 9:30.50
• Placed fourth in the 3,000-meters at the Mark Colligan Memorial (Jan. 28) with a personal-record time of 8:30.91

as a Junior (2011 Track)
• Broke the school record in the 3000 Steeplechase with a time of 8:59.36 at the NCAA East Regionals
• Earned All-MAC Second Team honors after finishing second in the steeplechase at the MAC Outdoor Championships, clocking a time of 9:14.67
• Ran 9:00.22 in the steeplechase at the Duke Invitational
• Finished the season as the owner of four of the top five times on UA's all-time list in the steeplechase, including each of the top three slots
• Ran the third leg of the MAC Champion DMR team (10:00.16)
• Also scored in the 3000m with a fourth-place finish and a time of 8:34.51 at the MAC Indoor Championships
• Finished second in the mile at the Zips Invitational with a PR time of 4:12.30; it was Akron's sixth-best time of the indoor season
• Scored in the 3000m with a seventh-place finish (8:33.48) at the All-Ohio Championships; it was Akron's second-best time of the indoor season
• Also placed second in the 3000m with a time of 8:33.64 at the Kent Dual

as a Sophomore (2010 Track)
• Scored at the MAC Indoors, placing fifth in the 3,000 (8:36.53)
• Won the indoor 3000 at the Akron Opener (8:53.65)
• Posted Akron's best times in the indoor 3000 (8:36.53) and 5000 (14:58.30)
• Recorded a pair of PRs at the Northeast Ohio Invitational ... finished second in the 3000 (8:56.58) and fourth in the 1500 (4:00.44)
• Had the Zips' top time of the season in the 3000 steeplechase after clocking 9:02.42 at the Jesse Owens Classic

as a Junior (2009 Cross Country)
• Earned first team All-MAC honors, placing sixth at the league championships (26:06.2)
• Was the Zips top finisher in all seven meets in 2009, including six top 10 finishes Won the Buffalo Stampeded (25:29) and added a fourth place finish a Indiana Open (26:00), fifth place at All-Ohio Championships (26:27), sixth place at Tommy Evans (20:37) and Bowling Green (24:57.2) Invitationals and sixth at the MAC Championships
• Placed 70th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (32:50.56)
• Named team MVP, was recepient of the team's Most Improved award and named co-captain

as a Redshirt Freshman (2009 Track)
• Ran a personal-record of 9:12.96 in the steeplechase at the All-Ohio Championships, placing second at the meet
• Won the steeplechase at the Northeast Ohio Quad (9:31.0)
• Placed fourth at the MAC Outdoors in the steeplechase (9:18.01)
• Placed seventh at the MAC Indoors in the 3k with a UA season-best time of 8:39.55
• Named team's Most Improved

as a Sophomore (2008 Cross Country)
• Ran in all six 2008 Akron cross country events

as a Freshman (2007-08)
• Placed ninth, helping the Zips win the Tommy Evans Invitational in his first collegiate meet
• Redshirted during the indoor and outdoor track & field seasons

Prior to Akron
• All-Ohio in 2006 at Woodridge High School and was a three-time all-conference pick (2004, '05, '06)
• High school PRs: 1600m (4:26), 800m (1:59), 3200m (9:37)
• Part of the Ohio Division II State Championship team in 2007. Woodridge was state runner-up in '06 and placed eighth '05