2024-2025 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Rocha-Navarro, Joan

Joan Rocha-Navarro
- Position:
- Mid-Distance
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- SC Tenerife, Canary Islands
- High School:
- La Salle San Ildefonso
Bio
2024-25 (Fifth year): Posted a career-best outing in the 5000-meter dash of 15:46.55 in the Summit League Indoor Championships ... Closed out his collegiate career with a time of 4:06.25 in the 1500-meter dash at the Summit League Outdoor Championships.
Personal Bests (Entering 2024-25): 800m - 1:55.20 ... 1000m - 2:46.36 ... 1500m - 3:52.26 ... Mile - 4:21.61 ... 3000m - 8:51.64 ... 6K - 21:13.2 ... 8K - 25:22.5
2023-24 (Senior): Finished 24th out of 140 at the 8K Platte River Rumble with a time of 25:28.1 ... Finished 31st at teh 8K Summit League Championships with a time of 25:59.9 ... Indoor ... Ran a season-best 3000m of 8:49.04 at the ISU Holiday Invite, finishing 6th ... Finished 7th in the mile (4:12.94) at the Black and Gold Invite ... Ran a season-best mile of 4:10.21 to finish 12th at the Gorilla Classic ... Member of 6th-place DMR team at the Summit Championships
2022-23 (Junior): Ran season-best 21:13.2 in 6K Bob Timmons Classic on Sep. 3, finishing 32nd ... Ran season-best 8K of 25:22.5 to finish 45th at Summit League Championships on Oct. 29 ... Indoor ... Ran season-best 2:46.36 in 1000m to finish 3rd at Bob Timmons Classic on Dec. 3 ... Ran season-best 8:51.64 in 3000m at Indoor Gorilla Classic on Feb. 10-11 ... Finished 17th in mile with season-best 4:21.61 at Summit Indoor Championships on Feb. 25-26 ... Outdoor ... Ran season-best 800m of 1:55.20 to finish 7th at KT Woodman Classic on Apr. 7-8 ... Ran season-best 3:52.26 to finish 31st in 1500m at Bryan Clay Invite on Apr. 13-15 ... Finished 18th in 1500m (4:02.07) at Summit League Outdoor Championships on May 11-13
2020-22 (Cardinal Stritch): CCAC All-Conference runner in 2021 … Placed 25th at 2021 8K Warrior Invitational with a time of 31:00.7 … Placed 2nd in the 1000m at CCAC Championships with a time of 2:35.02
High School: Ran for CA Milla Chicharrera 2007 … Placed fourth at 2019 Spanish Cross Country Nationals … Personal bests of 1:58 in the 800m and 4:09 in the 1500m
Personal: Born March 17, 2002 in Tarragona, Catalonia … parents Jose Rocha and Angela Navarro … Mother was a mountain runner and father was a triathlete … Has one sibling, Miguel … Also enjoys playing soccer … Intends to major in computer science/math and statistics
Why Kansas City?: “I wanted to improve both my academic and athletic experiences.”
Personal Bests (Entering 2024-25): 800m - 1:55.20 ... 1000m - 2:46.36 ... 1500m - 3:52.26 ... Mile - 4:21.61 ... 3000m - 8:51.64 ... 6K - 21:13.2 ... 8K - 25:22.5
2023-24 (Senior): Finished 24th out of 140 at the 8K Platte River Rumble with a time of 25:28.1 ... Finished 31st at teh 8K Summit League Championships with a time of 25:59.9 ... Indoor ... Ran a season-best 3000m of 8:49.04 at the ISU Holiday Invite, finishing 6th ... Finished 7th in the mile (4:12.94) at the Black and Gold Invite ... Ran a season-best mile of 4:10.21 to finish 12th at the Gorilla Classic ... Member of 6th-place DMR team at the Summit Championships
2022-23 (Junior): Ran season-best 21:13.2 in 6K Bob Timmons Classic on Sep. 3, finishing 32nd ... Ran season-best 8K of 25:22.5 to finish 45th at Summit League Championships on Oct. 29 ... Indoor ... Ran season-best 2:46.36 in 1000m to finish 3rd at Bob Timmons Classic on Dec. 3 ... Ran season-best 8:51.64 in 3000m at Indoor Gorilla Classic on Feb. 10-11 ... Finished 17th in mile with season-best 4:21.61 at Summit Indoor Championships on Feb. 25-26 ... Outdoor ... Ran season-best 800m of 1:55.20 to finish 7th at KT Woodman Classic on Apr. 7-8 ... Ran season-best 3:52.26 to finish 31st in 1500m at Bryan Clay Invite on Apr. 13-15 ... Finished 18th in 1500m (4:02.07) at Summit League Outdoor Championships on May 11-13
2020-22 (Cardinal Stritch): CCAC All-Conference runner in 2021 … Placed 25th at 2021 8K Warrior Invitational with a time of 31:00.7 … Placed 2nd in the 1000m at CCAC Championships with a time of 2:35.02
High School: Ran for CA Milla Chicharrera 2007 … Placed fourth at 2019 Spanish Cross Country Nationals … Personal bests of 1:58 in the 800m and 4:09 in the 1500m
Personal: Born March 17, 2002 in Tarragona, Catalonia … parents Jose Rocha and Angela Navarro … Mother was a mountain runner and father was a triathlete … Has one sibling, Miguel … Also enjoys playing soccer … Intends to major in computer science/math and statistics
Why Kansas City?: “I wanted to improve both my academic and athletic experiences.”
T&F Highlights: Summit League Outdoor Championships Day Three
Saturday, May 17
T&F Highlights: Men's 4x400 Full Race
Saturday, May 17
T&F Highlights: Summit League Outdoor Championships Day One
Thursday, May 15
T&F Highlights at Summit League Indoor Championships Day Two
Saturday, March 01