UIC Athletics

XC Career-Best Marks
8k: 26:22.0 (9/13/2019) 

Career-Best Indoor Marks
400m: 50.21 (2/15/2020)
600m: 1:23.99 (12/7/2018)
800m: 1:53.62 (3/1/2020)
1000m: 2:33.18 (1/19/2019)
Mile: 4:28.32 (1/25/2020)
3000m: 9:26.42 (2/8/2019)

Career-Best Outdoor Marks
400m: 49.95 (4/20/2019)
800m: 1:52.98 (4/16/2021)
1500m: 4:18.68 (3/30/2019)

Collegiate Honors: Member of the Dean’s List. Sophomore (Indoor) – Finished runner-up at the conference meet in the 800m and was part of the second-place 4x400 relay team. Freshman (Indoor) – Placed sixth in the men’s 800 at the Horizon League Championships … Member of the conference champion distance medley relay team … Member of the third-place 4x400 relay team at the conference championship. Freshman (Outdoor) – Finished runner-up in the conference meet in the 800m … Member of the second-place 4x400 relay team at the conference championships.
 
High School: State champion in the men’s 800m … Two-time state track qualifier … Conference champion … Conference record holder … Six-time track all-conference honoree … New Balance National Qualifier (800m) … Cross country state qualifier … Member of the National Honor Society … Graduated in the top-10 percent of his graduating class.
 
Why UIC: “I chose UIC because of its rich academic environment. Also because of its diversity and ability to create a comfortable environment to be a student-athlete.”
 
Personal: Economics major

Coach Shawn Lucas on Joshua: "Landing a state champion is only scratching the surface at what Josh will bring to our Mid-distance/distance program.  Josh has ambitions of being the best 800-meter runner in the country and has the drive to achieve anything he sets his mind to. He also has dreams of working for NASA. The connection he felt from the intimate visit with our amazing physics department helped him and his family know that UIC was the best fit for his future development as a student and runner. Josh's range from 400 to the untested mile excites our staff beyond measure."