UC San Diego

MEDIA
• Josef Polk Featured in Big West's Rapid Fire (11/20/2020)
• Need for Speed: Josef Polk's Connection to Show Jumping and Track (03/09/2020)

AS A FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR IN 2021
Big West All-Academic ... Triton Athletes' Council (TAC) Secretary ... Team captain ... Returned for a fifth-year following the COVID-19 pandemic ... Finished fourth overall in the 400 hurdles (54.34) at the APU Last Chance Twilight (5/15) ... Took first place as a member of the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:20.53 at the Matador Invite (4/23) ... Also placed third in the 400 hurdles (54.89) at the Matador Invite (4/23) ... Finished fifth in both the 400 hurdles (55.71) and as part of the 4x400 relay (3:21.52) at the Aztec Invite (3/26) ... Came in eighth overall in the long jump with a leap of 21'6.25" at the Aztec Invite (3/26). 

AS A SENIOR IN 2020*
Triton Athletes' Council (TAC) Executive Board (secretary) ... Placed fifth in the 400 hurdles (54.58) and as part of the 4x400 (3:25.17) at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/7).  

AS A JUNIOR IN 2019
All-CCAA (400 hurdles/4x400 relay) ... CCAA Runner of the Week (2/26) ... Finished third overall in the 400 hurdles (53.36) at the CCAA Championships (5/5) ... Was a member of the Triton 4x400 relay that placed third with a time of 3:15.18 at the CCAA Championships (5/4) ... Part of the 4x400 relay team that set a new program record with a time of 3:12.75 at the Oxy Invite (5/12).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018
All-CCAA (400) ... Earned All-CCAA after finishing second overall in the 400 with a time of 49.02 (5/5) ... Placed sixth in the 400 hurdles (56.62) at the CCAA Championships (5/5) ... Was part of the Triton 4x400 relay team that finished fifth (3:17.51) at the CCAA Championships (5/5) ... Placed sixth in the long jump at the CCAA Championships (5/5) with a leap of 22-feet, 5.75-inches.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017
USTFCCCA All-West Region (400 hurdles) ... Placed fourth in the 400 (49.34 ), fourth in the 400 hurdles (54.88) and was part of the Tritons' second-place 4x400 relay team (3:16.54) at the CCAA Championshps. 

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2016 graduate of Linden High School ... Participated in track and field for the Lions in the Mother Lode League ... Also competed in soccer, basketball, cross country and show jumping.

PERSONAL
Born Dec. 1 in Lodi ... History major and political science (pre-law) minor at Muir College ... Would like to attend law school and become a business attorney after completing his undergraduate degree at UC San Diego ... Most memorable moment in track and field is breaking the UC San Diego 4 x 400 relay record ... Top UC San Diego moments are living with his best friends and teammates ... Hobbies include soccer and horse riding ... Roots for the Golden State Warriors, San Francisco Giants and FC Barcelona ... Favorite athlete is decathlon great Ashton Eaton ... Lists Nacho Libre as his favorite movie ... Listens to J. Cole, Borns, and Chance the Rapper ... Loves tacos ... Is a dual citizen in the U.S. and Switzerland ... Uses Instagram.