Joel Mumaw
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- Hometown:
- Noblesville, IN
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- Year:
- SR
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- High School:
- Noblesville
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- Events:
- Distance
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- Major:
- Biology Health Sciences
Bio
2024-2025 at Taylor:
Indoor:
- Provisionally qualified for NAIA Nationals in the Mile and distance medley relay.
- Clocked a team-best time of 4:11.61 in the mile at NAIA Nationals.
- All-Crossroads League in the Mile.
- Finished 27th at NAIA Nationals in the distance medley relay.
- Finished 10th at NAIA Nationals in the mile.
Outdoor:
- Automatically qualified for NAIA Nationals in the 1,500-meters.
- Ran team-best time of 3:51.51 in the 1,500-meters at the Fighting Chance Invite.
- Finished 13th in the 1,500-meters at NAIA Nationals.
- NAIA Scholar-Athlete.
- Academic All-Crossroads League.
- CSC Academic All-District.
2023-2024 at Taylor:
Indoor:
- Had Taylor’s fastest one-mile time with a 4:18.43 at the CL Championships.
- Clocked an 8:48.08 in the 3,000-meters at the IWU Midwest Classic.
- Participated on the NAIA Nationals DMR team that claimed the Trojans’ top time of 10:10.59, finishing 10th at Nationals.
Outdoor:
- Produced TU’s five best times in the 1,500-meters, including a top finish of 3:54.35 at the Fighting Chance Invite.
- Ran a 14:59.56 in the 5,000-meters at Indiana Wesleyan.
- Member of the 4x800-meter relay team that produced a top mark of 7:34.40 at the CL Championships and later placed 11th at Nationals.
- Won the 1,500-meters at the George Glass Invite.
- All-Crossroads League in the 4x800-meter relay.
- NAIA Scholar-Athlete.
2022-2023 at Taylor:
Indoor:
- Recorded TU’s second-best time in the mile run at the CL Championships with a time of 4:27.45.
- Part of a 4x400-meter relay team that finished with a time of 3:36.59 at the Taylor Invite.
- Member of season-best distance medley relay at the CL Championships with a time of 10:20.56.
Outdoor:
- Had season-best time of 15:22.62 in the 5,000-meters at the Little States Invite.
- Clocked a time of 4:20.34 in the 1,500-meters at Ball State.
Prep: Earned seven varsity letters while running track and cross country at Noblesville for coach Bill Kenley … Broke the school-record in the 1600 by posting a time of 4:15.12, winning the Hamilton County championship … Two-time all-conference cross country runner … Finished in eighth place in the 1600 at the IHSAA Track Finals in 2022 … Posted the third-fastest 5k time in school history at 15:28 … Member of the indoor distance medley relay school-record team that finished third at the indoor state finals in 2022, posting a time of 10:36 … Member of the 2021 outdoor 4x1600 school-record team with a time of 18:10.
Personal: Son of Paul and Jenny Mumaw … Brother, Luke, is also on TU's cross country and track teams ... Majoring in biology health sciences.

