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2012-13 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Sprints
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Denton, Texas
    Hometown
  • 5'11
    Height
  • Guyer
    High School
  • Stephen F. Austin
    Previous School
Joe Barb
Joe Barb
Sprints
Position
Senior
Class
Denton, Texas
Hometown

Summary

Biography

• 2012 All-Big 12 Indoors (600-yards)
• 2011 All-American Outdoors (4x400-Meter Relay)

2012: Represented BU in four meets during the indoor season...Captured All-Big 12 honors with a 600-yard time of 1:12.74 at the league[apos]s indoor meet to take sixth...Produced a season-best mark of 48.55 in the 400-meters at the Texas A&M Invitational to finish ninth...Posted a season-best time in the outdoor season of 48.17 at the 400-meter distance at the Big 12 Championships to finish 13th in preliminary action...Also competed at the 800-meter distance at the UCF Invitational where his time of 1:55.42 was 16th...Member of 4X400-meter relay team that placed 2nd at the TCU Invitational (3:12.20) and the UCF Invitational (3:07.31).

2011: Earned All-America honors in first season at Baylor, running second leg on outdoor 4x400-meter relay team that finished fourth at NCAA Championship with time of 3:02.07...Helped 4x400-meter relay team earn berth to outdoor nationals, running second leg at NCAA West Preliminary Round for third-place finish (3:06.68)...Ran third leg on Drake Relays-winning 4x400-meter relay squad with time of 3:05.01...Helped 4x400-meter relay to Michael Johnson/Dr Pepper Classic 4x440yd relay title with time of 3:07.24...Individually, placed season-best seventh in 400 meters outdoors at OU[apos]s John Jacobs Invitational with time of 47.64...Finished eighth in 400 meters indoors in championship section at New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

Prior to Baylor: Competed as a freshman at Stephen F. Austin, earning all-SLC honors in the indoor 400 meters and 4x400-meter relay, helping the Jacks win the 4x400-meter relay conference title...Earned all-SLC honors twice during the outdoor season, placing third in the 400 meters and helping 4x400-meter relay to a second-place finish at the league championships.

High School: Helped Guyer High School to back-to-back district championships in track and field in 2008 and 2009...Helped GHS to second-place team finishes at the state meet in 2008 and 2009...Competed two years on the cross country team, helping team to back-to-back runner-up finishes at the district meet...Set the 400-meter school record three consecutive seasons...Served as track and field team captain in 2008 and 2009...Member of the National Honor Society and Student Council.

Personal:Full name is Joseph Alvin Barb IV...Born Sept. 9, 1990, in Numberg, Germany...Son of Joe III and Arlene Barb...Majoring in marketing.