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2015-16 Men's Track & Field Roster

Joe McAsey

  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Position Middle Distance
  • Hometown Minooka, Ill.
  • High School Minooka HS

Biography

2016

Track & Field

Outdoor

  • Ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay at NCAA West PrelimsĀ 
  • Placed 11th in the 800m at Big Ten C/hampionships with a time of 1:50.99Ā 
  • Big Ten Sportsmanship HonoreeĀ 
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Did not competeĀ 

2015

Cross Country

  • Finished twenty-second overall and ninth on the team at the season opening Illini Challenge, posting a 6K time of 20:24.8

Track & Field

Outdoor

  • First Team All-American as part of the 4x400m relay team that took eighth at NCAA Championships
  • Big Ten Champion in the 4x400m relay and second place in the 800m
  • Led the 4x400m relay team to victory at the Drake Relays
  • Won the Jim Click Shootout and Payton Jordan Invite in the 800m
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • First Team All-American
  • Member of 4x400m relay team that broke the school record with a mark of 3:06.58 at NCAA Championships to finish fourth
  • Ran the second fastest 800m time in school history with a mark of 1:47.38
  • Member of the distance medley relay team that ran the event in 9:33.28, the second-fastest in school history

2014

Track & Field

Outdoor

  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 800m and earned second-team All-America honors after placing 14th
  • Also earned second-team All-America honors as a member of the 4x400m relay team that placed 10th at the NCAA Championships
  • Big Ten Champion in the 800m
  • Member of the 4x400m relay team that finished runner-up at the Big Ten Championships
  • Clocked the ninth-fastest 800m time in school history (1:47.73) at the conference championships
  • Won the 800m at both the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invite and the Musco Twilight
  • Member of the 4x400m relay team that placed second at the Drake Relays with the fifth-fastest time in school history
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Finished runner-up in the 600m at the Big Ten Championships with the fourth-fastest time in school history (1:17.27)
  • Placed first in the 600m at both the Illini Open and Husker Invitational
  • Placed second in the 800m at the Illini Classic
  • Member of the distance medley relay team that clocked the second-fastest time in school history at the Alex Wilson Invitational

2013

Outdoor

  • Did not compete

Indoor

  • Did not compete

Cross Country

2012

  • Finished seventh for the Illini at the Bradley Classic

Track and Field

Outdoor

  • Earned USA Junior All-American status after finishing fourth in the 800m
  • Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 800m
  • Scored points at the Big Ten Championships, placing seventh in the 800m
  • Set a personal best in the 800m during the prelims of the conference meet with a time of 1:48.62

Indoor

  • Ran a personal best in the 800m at the Big Ten Championships placing seventh with a time of 1:49.64
  • Placed first in the mile at the Orange and Blue Open with a time of 4:12.64
  • Finished third at the Illini Classic in the 800m with a time of 1:53.18
  • Participated in four meets

Cross Country

2011

Cross Country

  • Placed eighth overall with a 6K time of 19:18 at the Illini Challenge
  • Finished fourth for the Illini and 74th overall at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invite with an 8K time of 26:26
  • Clocked an 8K time of 26:33 coming in 13th overall at the Illini Open

High School

  • Anchored state champion 4x800m relay team in 2011
  • Two-time All-Conference selection in cross country and track
  • All-State honoree in cross country
  • Four-time All-State selection in track and field
  • Earned two varstiy letters in cross country and track and field from 2009-11

Personal

  • Born June 1, 1993
  • Son of Tim and Sheila McAsey
  • Has one sister, Moira and one brother, Jon
  • Majoring in Accounting

Personal Bests

Track & Field

Indoor
600m: 1:17.27 - Big Ten Championships (3/1/14)
800m: 1:49.64 - Big Ten Championships (2/25/12)
Mile: 4:12.64 - Orange and Blue Open (2/4/12)

Outdoor
400m: 47.30 - Illinois Twilight (4/12/14)
800m: 1:47.73 - Big Ten Championships (5/18/14)
1,500m: 3:48.42 - Illini Twilight (4/18/15)

Cross Country

6K: 18:55 - Illini Challenge (8/31/12)
8K: 25:18 - Illinois Intercollegiate (9/14/12)

Updated May 2016

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    XC - Distance
  • 2014-15Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2015-16Senior

    Middle Distance