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2011-12 Men's Track and Field Roster

Joe LaRocca

Joe LaRocca

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Eastpointe, MI
  • High School:
    De LaSalle Collegiate

Summary

Biography

Horizon League Runner-up:
2009 Indoor- 4x400m

2011: Did not compete on a co-op semester.
   
2010 Outdoor: Lowered 400m PR to 49.80 to make Horizon League finals to finish ninth (50.51)... Ran lead-off leg of 4th place 4x400m(3:18.49)... Runner-up in 400m versus Oakland at 50.68... Also ran the lead-off leg of the winning 4x400m team.

2010 Indoor: 10th place finish at Horizon League meet in the 400m (51.34)... Ran lead-off leg of the fifth place 4x400m team... Runner-up at Don Wright 300m (37.17).

2009 Outdoor: Member of fourth place HL 4x400m that ran 3:16.07 (#7 Titan 4x400m unit) and ran PR’s of 23.03 in 200m for 15th and 49.99 in 400m for 10th…Runner-up in 400m at Oakland dual running 51.14…Ran second leg of UDM record 4x200m of 1:28.70 at Raleigh Relays.

2009 Indoor: Ran on third place HL 4x400m (3:19.30) and finished 16th in 400m at 51.92…400m best of 50.88 at Grand Valley State… Broke into Titan Top 10 in 300m at #9 with his 36.44 at Windsor.

High School: Was a runner-up in the 400m at the 2008 Catholic League and Operations Friendship Championship.

Personal: Son of John and Mary LaRocca... His brother, John, was a four-year member of the UDM men’s track and field team and currently serves as an assistant coach... Majoring in civil engineering.

Career Marks:
Varsity Letters:
2
200m: 23.03
300m: 36.44    #9 Titan
400m: 49.80    #18 Titan

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Historical Player Information

  • 2008-2009Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2010-11Junior

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  • 2011-12Senior

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