Josh Roche

Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.
Position:
Middle Distance

2014-15 (R-JUNIOR): Cross Country: Ran to a seventh-place finish at the Indiana Open ... placed 18th at the Hoosier Invitational. Indoor: Ran a career-best time of 8:17.64 in the 3000m run to finish 13^th at the Meyo Invitational…placed third in the 3000m run in 8:17.96 at the Gladstein Invitational…ran a career-best mile in 4:06.88 at the Indiana Relays…placed eighth in the mile in a time of 4:13.37 at the Big Ten Championships. Outdoor: Ran a career-best time of 3:46.49 in the 1500m run to place third at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge…placed second in the 3000m steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational in a season-best time of 8:48.01…placed sixth at the Big Ten Championships in the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 8:56.01…advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 3000m steeplechase, where he finished 25^th in 8:57.11.

2013-14 (R-SOPHOMORE) : Cross Country: ran a season-best time of 25:07.4 in the 8,000m run at the Pre-National Invitational...finished in eighth-place at the Hoosier Open in 25:33.3...opened the season with a 14^th place finish at the Indiana Open. Indoor: finished in third-place at the Indiana-Purdue dual meet in the 800m run in 1:54.35...ran a season-best time in the mile of 4:10.77 to finish in sixth-place at the Meyo Invitational...finished in 17^th place in the 800m run at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in 1:53.38. Outdoor: finished in third-place in the 3,000m steeplechase in a season-best time of 8:54.17 at the Penn Relays...finished in 18^th place in the 3K steeplechase at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships...qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round and finished in 40^th place in the 3K steeplechase.

2012-13 (R-FRESHMAN): Indoor: season-best time of 1:55.33 to finish in third-place in the 800-meter run at the Indiana University vs. Purdue University dual meet...Outdoor: finished in third-place at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 8:53.80...advanced to the NCAA National Championships with an eighth-place finish in the steeplechase in a career-best time of 8:47.44.

2012 (REDSHIRT): Cross Country: Redshirted. Indoor: Redshirted. Outdoor: Redshirted.

PREP: Holds Lawrence North school records in the open 800m (1:53.51) and in the 800m split (1:52.5) ... was named Lawrence North Athlete of the Year ... placed 27th in the 2010 IHSAA state cross country meet ... finished third in the state in the 4x800m in 2009 ... part of the team that holds the sectional record time in the 4x800m ... was a fifth place finisher at the 2010 state meet in the 800m run ... helped lead Lawrence North to a second-place state finish as a team in 2008 and a seventh-place state finish in 2010.

PERSONAL: Born Nov. 3, 1992 ... business major ... son of Kathy Roche.