CROSS COUNTRY
2011: Competed in all six meets ... Four Top 40 and three Top 30 finishes ... Season-best 11th at Belmont Opener ... 14th at Atlantic Sun Championships, earned Second Team All-Atlantic Sun honors ... 29th at Evansville Invitational ... 40th at Commodore Classic ... Season-best 8K time of 25:49.39 at Greater Louisville Classic ... Fourth on team at NCAA South Regional in Tuscaloosa, Ala... Earned A-Sun All-Academic honors.
2010: Earned A-Sun All-Academic honors ... Competed in five of six meets on the year ... Best finish was 36th at the Fast Cats Classic (8K), crossing the line in 27:55.28 ... Fastest eight kilometer time was 26:40.67, placing 267th at the Greater Louisville Classic ... Recorded a time of 26:44.09 (8K) at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships.
2009: Earned A-Sun All-Academic honors ... Redshirted.
TRACK AND FIELD
2011-12: Competed in four indoor meets ... Second best BU finisher in 3000m, taking fourth (8:44.20), at Saluki Open ... Finished second (4:17.35) in Mile at Blue Raider Invitational ... Notched season-best 8:37.58 in 3000m at Indiana Relays to take sixth place ... At Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships finished ninth in both Mile (4:28.40) and 3000m (8:45.30) ... Competed in four outdoor meets ... Finished fourth in 5000m (15:09.53) at Coastal Carolina Invitational ... Also finished 24th in deep 1500m field at same meet ... Second-best BU finisher in 800m (1:57.15) at Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational ... Also took sixth in 1500m (3:55.01) at same meet ... In his section of 5000m at Duke Invitational finished 13th with season-best 14:59.94 ... At Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships took seventh in 1500m (3:59.97) and 10th in 5000m (15:45.15).
2010-11: Earned Second Team All-Atlantic Sun honors ... Competed in four indoor meets ... Opened season at Blue Raider Invitational, taking 13th in 800m (2:03.02) ... Ran season-best Mile at MTSU Valentine Invitational (4:24.13) ... At Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships was part of DMR team that earned silver (10:17.67) ... Competed in eight outdoor meets ... Finished eighth at Coastal Carolina Invitational in 800m (2:00.34) ... Also took seventh in 1500m (4:03.99) at same meet ... At Alabama Relays was top BU finisher in deep 1500m field, taking 15th (4:01.10) ... Won 3000m at Boston-Moon Classic in 9:06.53 ... At Vanderbilt Invitational notched season-best 3:58.79 in 1500m for fifth place ... Recorded two top-30 finishes at Stan Lyons Invitational ... Wrapped season at Cardinal Twilight, finishing 16th 1500m and 22nd in 800m.
2009-10: Competed in four indoor meets ... Best finish was third in the Mile (2:00.49) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Top Belmont finisher, fifth, at Indiana Relays in 600m (1:28.18) ... Led Bruins in 800m (2:00.55) and Mile (4:22.17) at the MT Valentine Invitational with fifth-place finishes in both ... At Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships took ninth in Mile (4:27.96) and 14th in 800m (2:00.41) ... Competed in six outdoor meets ... Opened season with third-place finish in 1500m (4:00.86) and a seventh-place finish in 800m (2:00.45) at APSU Spring Fling ... At Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational took fourth in 1500m (4:06.58) ... Took 12th at Boston-Moon Classic in 3000m (8:55.51) ... Finished second in 1500m (4:00.88) at Vanderbilt Invitational ... Was also second-best Bruin finisher, 15th, in 800m (2:00.00) at same meet ... At highly-competitive Jesse Owens Track Classic, finished 52nd in 1500m ... At Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships took 8th in 1500m and 15th in 800m.
Prior to Belmont: A four-year letterman in track and cross country at Independence High School for head coach Luke Finley ... Finished in the top-10 in the Class AAA State Cross Country Meet as a junior and senior ... Clocked a cross country personal-record of 16:03 ... Graduated holding six school records in the 800m (1:56.51), 1,600m (4:20), 3,200m (9:39), 4x800m (8:15), distance medley relay, and 5,000m (16:03) races ... Also served as the team captain for the first Ultimate Frisbee team at Independence.
Personal: Born Joshua Paul Helton on June 9, 1990 to parents Jeff and Lora Helton in Wheaton, Ill. ... Majoring in social entrepreneurship.
Personal Records
1500m: 3:55
3000m: 8:37
5000m: 14:59
