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2020-21 Men's Track and Field Roster

Justin Koch

Justin Koch

  • Position:
    Multi
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Troy, Mich.
  • High School:
    Troy Athens

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results

Career Highlights:
  • 3x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • 2x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor RollĀ (2019, 2020)
  • 2x Horizon League SpringĀ Academic Honor RollĀ (2019, 2020)
  • Horizon League OutdoorĀ All-Academic Team (2020)

Career Best:
  • 60: 7.65 at 2020 Horizon League Indoor Championships (Heptathlon)
  • 100: 12.10 at 2019 Horizon League OutdoorĀ Championships (Decathlon)
  • 200: 24.69 at 2017 Blue and Gold Invitational
  • 300: 39.31 at 2019Ā Can Am International
  • 400: 54.15Ā at 2020Ā GVSUĀ Big meet
  • 1000: 2:55.36 atĀ 2020 Horizon League IndoorĀ Championships (Heptathlon)
  • 1500: 5:26.96 at 2019 Winthrop Invite (Decathlon)
  • 60H:Ā 9.41Ā atĀ 2020 Horizon League Indoor Championships (Heptathlon)
  • 110H: 17.95 at 2019 Duel vs.Ā Oakland
  • 400H: 1:02.00 at 2019 Horizon League Outdoor Championships
  • High Jump: 1.80m atĀ 2019 Horizon League OutdoorĀ Championships (Decathlon)
  • Long Jump: 5.51m atĀ 2020 Horizon League Indoor Championships (Heptathlon)
  • Triple Jump: 11.39m at Fort Wayne Duels
  • Pole Vault: 3.25m atĀ 2020 Horizon League Indoor Championships (Heptathlon)
  • Shot Put: 8.57m atĀ 2020 Horizon League Indoor Championships (Heptathlon)
  • Discus: 26.92m atĀ 2019 Horizon League OutdoorĀ Championships (Decathlon)
  • Javelin: 31.54m at 2019Ā Pacesetter Sports Invitational
  • Heptathlon: 3886 at 2020 Horizon League Indoor Championships
  • Decathlon: 4009 at 2019 Adidas Winthrop University Invitational

2020 Indoor:
  • Scored in the Horizon League Championships tallying a career-best 3,886 points for sixth in the heptathlon
  • Was eighth in the long jump at the Silverston Invite
  • Part of the sixth-place 4x400 and also was 10th in the high jump at the Windsor Team Challenge
  • Posted 3,744 points for 10th at the YSU Mid-Major Invite

2019 Outdoor:
  • Placed eighth in the 400mH at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships
  • Helped the 4x100m relay team to a fifth place finish at the Golden Grizzlies Invite
  • Took fourth in the 110mH at the Oakland vs Detroit meet with a time of 17.95

2018 Outdoor:
  • Placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Golden Grizzly Invitational with a mark of 1:04.16
  • Took seventh in the Heptathlon with a score of 3234 at the Horizon League Indoor Championships

2018 Indoor:
  • Claimed ninth in 60-meter hurdles at the Jack Skoog Invitational
  • Took fourth in the 60m hurdles at the Fort Wayne Duals

Prior To Detroit Mercy:
  • Earned four varsity letters in track and field and a pair in basketball
  • Selected the Red Hawk Of The Year and MVP runner as a senior and that was after receiving the Most Improved Runner as a junior
  • Won the Oakland Athletic Association (OAA) 110 and 300-meter hurdles in 2017 and was All-League in 2016
  • Tabbed All-Region in the 100mh as a senior, 300mh as a junior and senior and All-County in the 300mh as a senior

Personal:Ā 
  • Son of Cathy Nagy and Jeff Koch
  • Has an older brother
  • HisĀ mom and dad played basketball at Kalamazoo College and hisĀ brother played basketball at Lake Forest College
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because of the excellent academics, close to home and the opportunity to run track
  • A Mechanical Engineering major

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

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  • 2018-19Sophomore

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  • 2019-20Junior

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  • 2020-21Senior

    Multi