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Photo by: Don Liebig, UCLA Photography
Joe Herrera (photo by Don Liebig)
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
Joe Herrera 2018 Head Shot

Joe Herrera

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    null
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Tulare, Calif.
  • High School:
    Tulare Western

2019
In his final season at UCLA, competed at 12 meets โ€ฆ Indoor: Posted a season-best indoor 400m time of 48.21 at the MPSF Indoor Championships, finishing 16th โ€ฆ Placed seventh in the 400m (48.45) at the Columbia Challenge โ€ฆ Outdoor: Helped UCLAโ€™s 4x400m relay team place first in two meets โ€ฆ Reached the finals of the 400m at the Pac-12 Championships, where he finished as the runner-up with a PR of 46.25 to notch eight points for UCLA โ€ฆ Took second at USC with a 400m time of 46.81 โ€ฆ At the NCAA West Regionals, placed 15th in the 400m (46.30) โ€ฆ Competed in the 4x400m at the NCAA Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium, as the Bruins took 21st (3:10.70).

2018
Qualified for NCAA West Regionals in the 400m ... Finished 22nd at the regionals, finishing in 47.02 ... Seventh-place finisher in the 400m at the Pac-12 Championships, coming in at 47.15 ... Set a collegiate-best and qualified for regionals with a 46.64 in the 400 at the USC Dual Meet, good for third place ... At that same meet, was on the second-place relay teams for both the 4X100 (42.31) and 4X400ย (3:24.96) ... Won the 400m at the John Jacobs Invitational with a time of 47:34.ย 

2017
Competed in three outdoor meets for the Bruins โ€ฆ Finished eighth at the Pac-12 Championships in the 400m with a time of 47.76 โ€ฆ Also ran the opening leg of the 4x400m relay for the Bruins at the conference meet, contributing to a season-best time of 3:09.39 and a fourth-place finish โ€ฆ Opened his season at the Long Beach Dual, where he ran the second leg for the 4x400m relay team that took home the victory with a time of 3:12.28 โ€ฆ Ran a lifetime-best time of 46.98 in the 400m at the MPSF Indoor Championships, finishing fifth overall โ€ฆ Finished third in his only appearance in the 600m at the Don Kirby Invite, posting a time of 1:18.59.

2016
Earned USTFCCCA All-American honors on the DMR during the indoor season โ€ฆ Placed seventh at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on the DMR where he ran the 400m leg with a relay time of 9:34.39 โ€ฆ Won the 400m at the Jim Bush Collegiate Invitational with a time of 48.16, which is also his best performance of the year โ€ฆ Only ran in one outdoor meet during the season due to injury.

2015
A NCAA qualifier in the 400m as a true freshman โ€ฆ Competed in nine outdoor meets โ€ฆ Ran personal bests of 46.84 in the 400m and 21.87 in the 200m โ€ฆ Won the 200m at the CSUN Invitational to open the outdoor season with a 21.87 โ€ฆ Clocked his personal best in the 400m of 46.84 at the dual meet against rival USC โ€ฆ Won the Rafer Johnson/JJK Invitational in the 400m with a time of 47.28 โ€ฆ Also ran on the 4x100m and 4x400m relays โ€ฆ Competed in four indoor meets โ€ฆ Placed fourth at the MPSF Championships in the 400m with an indoor best time of 47.59 โ€ฆ Won his first collegiate meet in the 400m at the Lumberjack Team Invitational with a time of 47.80 โ€ฆ Also ran on the DMR team that finished fourth at the MPSF Championships.ย 

High School
Attended Tulare Western High School in Tulare, Calif. โ€ฆ Lettered all four seasons in track and twice in football โ€ฆ Was coached by Traion Baker and Tony Rodriguez โ€ฆ Was team captain his junior and senior seasons โ€ฆ A three-time all-county and all-league selection โ€ฆ Team MVP as a junior and senior โ€ฆ CIF Central Section 400m champion in 2013 and 2014 โ€ฆ Runner-up in 2012 โ€ฆ Four-time East Yosemite League champion in the 400m โ€ฆ Placed fourth at the CIF State Finals in 2014 with a personal best 47.25 despite battling the flu โ€ฆ Finished eighth in the 400m at the state meet in 2013 โ€ฆ Ran a personal best 21.54 in the 200m to place second at the CIF Central Section Championships.

Personal
Son of Joe and Charlene Herrera โ€ฆ Has a brother named Joshua and a sister named Carly โ€ฆ Admires 400m former World Record holder Michael Johnson โ€ฆ Can play the trumpet ... Majoring in Sociology.

UCLA New Director of Track & Field: Joanna Hayes
Friday, June 21
UCLA New Director of Track & Field: Joanna Hayes
Friday, June 21
UCLA Track & Field Jim Bush Legends Invite (April 13, 2024)
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Monday, June 27