2012 Men's Track & Field

Charles Jock

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.

Biography

Career Highlights
2016 U.S. Olympian
2012 NCAA Individual Champion (800m)
Three-time All-American
Three-time Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Year
800m School Record Holder (1:44.67)

2012 (Senior)
Won an individual national title with a first-place finish in the 800m at the NCAA Championships (1:45.59)
Became UCI's first NCAA individual track & field champion in 34 years
Finished fifth in the 800m and 16th in the 4x400 relay at the NCAA West Regional
• Earned his third-straight Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Year award
Secured his second career Big West 800m title in a meet and conference-record 1:44.75
• Also a member of the conference champion 4x400 relay (3:11.17)
Quartet ran a season-best 3:09.89 at the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational
Won the 400m in a season-best 46.78 at the Cal-Nevada Championships

2011 (Junior)
Runner-up in the 800m at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, with a then personal-record 1:44.75
Topped that performance with a new school-record 1:44.67 for a third-place finish at the USA Championships
• That earned him a berth on the U.S. Team for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea
Big West champion in the 4x400 (3:10.28) and runner-up in the 800m (1:45.40)
Won the 800m Invitational Elite at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 1:45.19
Earned his third-straight victory at the Cal/Nevada Championships and named Athlete of the Meet for the second consecutive year
Won the 400m at the Asics/Steve Scott Invitational in a career-best 46.30, which ranks fourth in program history
NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 4x400 relay
Tabbed the Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Year


2010 (Sophomore)
Finished ninth in the 800m at the NCAA Championships (1:46.17)
Earned UCI's first USTFCCCA All-America honor since 2006
• Initially broke three-time Olympian Steve Scott's 32-year old 800m record at the Cal/Nevada Championships
Won the event with a then lifetime-best 1:47.46
• Selected as the Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Year
Conference champion in the 800m (1:46.93) and 4x400 relay (3:09.43)
Also earned individual victories in the 800m at the UCI Spring Break Invitational and Mt. SAC Relays
Finished ahead of the pack in the 400m with a season-best 46.72
Won the gold medal in the 800m at the North American, Central American and Caribbean U-23 Track & Field Championship in Miramar, Fla.
Placed first with a time of 1:45.65, eclipsing the NACAC meet record of 1:48.19 set by Canada's Achraf Tadili in 2002


2009 (Freshman)
NCAA West Regional qualifier in the 800m (10th) and 4x400 relay (4th)
Notched a season-best 3:09.37 in the 4x400
Runner-up in the 800m at the Big West Championships (1:49.87)
Won the 4x400 relay in 3:10.22 at the conference meet
Established a season-best 1:48.73 at the Asics/Steve Scott Invitational
That was the fastest 800m by a UCI runner in 21 years and ranked third in program history
• Anchored the first-place 4x400 relay at the same meet
Placed eighth out of 55 competitors at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 1:50.06
Notched individual victories at the UCI Spring Break Invitational (1:49.18) and Cal-Nevada Championships (1:51.87)
Finished ahead of the pack in the 400m at the Big West Challenge Cup (48.25)
Ran a season-best 47.90 to come in third in the 400m at the UCSD Triton Invitational
Member of the Anteaters' 4x800 relay that was second at the Northridge Invitational (7:35.30)

High School
Graduated from Mission Bay High School in 2008
CIF State Champion in the 800m as a senior
Also lettered in basketball, helping his team to the 2007 CIF Division 2 title

Personal
Majoring in regional policy planning and design


TOP MARKS AT UCI
400m = 46.30 (2011 Asics/Steve Scott Invitational)
800m = 1:44.67* (2011 USA Championships)
1500m = 3:49.66 (2012 Ben Brown Invitational)
4x400 Relay = 3:09.37 (2009 NCAA West Regional)

* School Record