Josh Roth

Bio

2019 at Taylor: Competed in all six varsity races for the Trojans in his junior campaign … Set a new personal-record at the Louisville Classic with a time of 25:05.7 … Posted a third-place performance at the Crossroads League Championships and earned All-Crossroads League honors … Finished as an NAIA All-American … Claimed 29th-place at the NAIA National Championships … Ran five races under 25:28 … Finished in TU’s top-five all season … Logged four of the top-15 individual times for the Trojans during 2019 … Finished in the top-30 in five-of-six races … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete ... Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors ... Honored as Academic All-Crossroads League NAIA Scholar-Athlete.

2018 at Taylor: Took the course for five-of-six races in the 2018 season … Recorded three top-10 finishes … Finished inside TU’s top-five runners to score for Taylor in five races … Turned in four sub-27:00 marks and one sub-26:00 mark … Raced to an eighth-place finish at league meet to earn All-Crossroads League honors … Finished season with a season-best time of 25:18.3 at NAIA Nationals … Led the Trojans at Nationals and placed 38th overall … Logged three of the top-15 times for Taylor during 2018 season … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete … Earned CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District recognition.

2017 at Taylor: Competed in all seven races for Trojans during standout freshman campaign … Burst onto collegiate scene with season-best time of 25:43.6 at IWU Invite to finish second overall in first career race … Followed that effort with a first-place showing one week later at Crossroads League Preview with a time of 26:43.9 … Went on to record a sub-27:00 time in all seven races, with sub-26:00 times at the IWU Invite and Bethel Invite … Finished inside TU’s top-five runners to score for Taylor in all seven events … Was among team’s top-two finishers in four-straight races to start season … Finished top-five overall in three-of-four races to open season … Ended with four top-20 showings and posted top-60 efforts in all six regular season outings … Registered the third-best individual time of the season for Taylor … Also posted two of program’s best six times and three of the top-10 individual times for TU during 2017 campaign … Finished 15th at CL Championships and 141st at NAIA National Championships … Two-time Crossroads League Runner of the Week … Earned All-Crossroads League honors.

Prep: Three-time varsity letterman for Nathan Warnecke in cross country as well as track and field at Fishers High … Earned All-Indiana and All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference honors for both teams … Finished 19th at Indiana State Cross Country Championships … Finished fifth at state meet in 4x800-meter relay … Claimed sixth at meet in 3,200-meter run … Set Fishers High program record in 3,200-meter run … National Merit Scholar Finalist … Earned Honors Diploma from FHS … Graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Personal: Son of Kevin and Suzy Roth … Father ran cross country and track for TU … Cousin of former women’s TU runner, Cassie Crowder … Majoring in mathematics.