Monday, March 13, 2017

Thomas Joyce (California)

Thomas Joyce

Thomas Joyce

  • Position
    Distance
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Moraga, Calif.
  • Last School(s)
    Campolindo HS

Biography

Thomas Joyce’s TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
  • School Record Holder in the 1500-meters (3:39.43)
2015: Made his indoor season debut at the New Mexico Team Invitationalin the mile (4:14.04) and the 3000-meters (8:41.49) ... Placed eighth in the mile on 2/13 in Seattle with a mark of 4:00.29 ... Helped the distance medley relay team place fourth on Cal's All-Time Performers List with a second place finish at the MPSF Championships (9:33.81) ... Made his outdoor season debut on 3/7 in Berkeley at the Cal Outdoor Opener with a win in the 1500-meters (3:42.83) ... Won seven consecutive races he was involved in (1500-meter, mile, 3000-meters and 5000-meters) from 3/7 to 5/2 ... Won the double at the Big Meet at Stanford with a school record time of 3:39.43 in the 1500-meters and set a new PR in the 3000-meters (8:00.50), which puts him seventh on Cal's All-Time Performers List ... Ran a sub-four-minute mile at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge in Berkeley (3:58.69), which was a new PR and placed him fourth on Cal's All-Time Performers List ... Set a new PR on 5/2 at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford in the 5000-meters, with a mark of 13:34.42, which ranked him second on Cal's All-Time Performers List ... Finished second in the Pac-12 Championships in the 1500-meter final (3:46.46) and was 13th in the 5000-meters (14:20.56) ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 1500-meters with a mark of 3:43.23 in Austin at the NCAA West Prelims ... Finished 21st nationally at the NCAA Championships in the 1500-meters with a time of 3:48.43 in Eugene.
2014: Ran his best ever 3000-meters time at the MPSF Indoor Championships in Seattle (8:11.50) to place 15th ... Won the 1500-meters at the Tri-Meet against Michigan and Virginia with a time of 3:45.31 ... Also took home the same event at the Big Meet on 4/12 with a mark of 3:46.76 and also PR'ed in the 800-meters with a time of 1:52.85 ... Set what was a PR in the mile (4:00.49) at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge to finish second ... Clocked a PR in the 5000-meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational on 5/4 with a mark of 13:57.31, which placed him ninth on Cal's All-Time Performers List ... Placed eighth at the Pac-12 Championships in the 1500-meters with a time of 3:45.51 in Pullman, Wash. ... Finished 11th at the NCAA Championships in Eugene in the 1500-meters with a PR time of 3:41.08 (sixth on the Cal All-Time Performers List).
2013: Made his collegiate debut at the Stanford Opener on 3.2 in the 3000m, posting a mark of 8:28.34, which earned him second place … Finished in eighth place at the Johnny Mathis Invitational on 3/23 with a 3:56.79 in the 1500m … Competed in the 1500m and finished fourth with a 3:50.31 at the Tri-Meet vs. Michigan and Virginia on 4/6 … Competed in the 800m for the first time in his career and posted a mark of 1:59.55, which landed him tenth and finished sixth in the 1500m with a 3:59.82 time at the Big Meet on 4/20 … Finished sixth in the 5000m at the Brutus Hamilton Open pm 4/26 with a 14:43.48 … Finished 22nd in the 1500m with a time of 3:58.88 at the Pac-12 Championships on 5/12.
High School: Finished eighth in the 3200m at the CIF state meet in 9:11.07 ... PR of 9:03.23 came at the Arcadia Invitational ... owns a best of 4:10.35 in the 1600m from a victory at the Distance Meet of Champions ... has run the mile in 4:11.77 ... in cross country, took third at the CIF state Division III meet as a senior, improving from fifth place his junior year ... MVP his junior and senior years at Campolindo in both track and cross country.
Personal: Born July 20, 1993 ... Parents are Gerri and Jack Joyce ... Economics major.

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