2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Joe Herrera
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tulare, Calif.
- High School:
- Tulare Western
2019
In his final season at UCLA, competed at 12 meets โฆ Indoor: Posted a season-best indoor 400m time of 48.21 at the MPSF Indoor Championships, finishing 16th โฆ Placed seventh in the 400m (48.45) at the Columbia Challenge โฆ Outdoor: Helped UCLAโs 4x400m relay team place first in two meets โฆ 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 โฆ Took second at USC with a 400m time of 46.81 โฆ At the NCAA West Regionals, placed 15th in the 400m (46.30) โฆ 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 โฆ Finished eighth at the Pac-12 Championships in the 400m with a time of 47.76 โฆ 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 โฆ 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 โฆ Ran a lifetime-best time of 46.98 in the 400m at the MPSF Indoor Championships, finishing fifth overall โฆ 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 โฆ 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 โฆ Won the 400m at the Jim Bush Collegiate Invitational with a time of 48.16, which is also his best performance of the year โฆ Only ran in one outdoor meet during the season due to injury.
2015
A NCAA qualifier in the 400m as a true freshman โฆ Competed in nine outdoor meets โฆ Ran personal bests of 46.84 in the 400m and 21.87 in the 200m โฆ Won the 200m at the CSUN Invitational to open the outdoor season with a 21.87 โฆ Clocked his personal best in the 400m of 46.84 at the dual meet against rival USC โฆ Won the Rafer Johnson/JJK Invitational in the 400m with a time of 47.28 โฆ Also ran on the 4x100m and 4x400m relays โฆ Competed in four indoor meets โฆ Placed fourth at the MPSF Championships in the 400m with an indoor best time of 47.59 โฆ Won his first collegiate meet in the 400m at the Lumberjack Team Invitational with a time of 47.80 โฆ Also ran on the DMR team that finished fourth at the MPSF Championships.ย
High School
Attended Tulare Western High School in Tulare, Calif. โฆ Lettered all four seasons in track and twice in football โฆ Was coached by Traion Baker and Tony Rodriguez โฆ Was team captain his junior and senior seasons โฆ A three-time all-county and all-league selection โฆ Team MVP as a junior and senior โฆ CIF Central Section 400m champion in 2013 and 2014 โฆ Runner-up in 2012 โฆ Four-time East Yosemite League champion in the 400m โฆ Placed fourth at the CIF State Finals in 2014 with a personal best 47.25 despite battling the flu โฆ Finished eighth in the 400m at the state meet in 2013 โฆ 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 โฆ Has a brother named Joshua and a sister named Carly โฆ Admires 400m former World Record holder Michael Johnson โฆ Can play the trumpet ... Majoring in Sociology.
