2018 Women's Cross Country
Biography
2017 (Junior):
- Second team All-Cal Pac
- Ran career best 20:04.7 at The Master's XC Invitational (9/29)
- ERAU's Dean's List
- Finished in 14th at Cal Pac Championships
2017 (Sophomore):
- Second team All-Cal Pac
- Ran in six races for the Eagles
- Career best 5K time of 20:13.4 at the Cal Pac Championship (10/30) where she took ninth.
- Finished 242nd at the NAIA National Championship (11/18)
2016 (Freshman):
- Second team All-Cal Pac
- Embry-Riddle Honor Roll
- Ran in seven events for EARAU
- Top 5K effort of 19:55.3 at the Cal Pac Championship (10/31) where she finished 12th
- Placed 293rd at the NAIA National Championship (11/19)
| Event |
Mark |
Meet |
| 5,000 meters |
20:13.4 |
The Master's XC Invitational (9/29/18) |
| 6,000 meters |
23:32.5 |
Bronco Invitational (10/15/16) |
High School:
- Graduate of The Rock Academy in San Diego, Calif.
- 2015,2014,2013 Pacific League Champion
- 2015,2014,2013 CA CIF State Championships Qualifier
- School record holder for all women's cross-country events
- Academic All-American San Diego County
- Honor Roll and Presidential Award all four years of high school
- Rational Scholar Award
- 2013 Performer of the Year
- Citation Award in the AWANA program
- Tech Team member for school worship band
- 2015,2014,2013 Cross Country Team Captain
- 2016 and 2015 Track and Field Team Captain
- Principal and soloist for Rock Academy Dance Co.
Personal:
- Full Name is Joy Elizabeth Fucella
- Born January 13, 1998 in Coronado, Calif.
- Daughter of Rita and Joseph Fucella
- Joy has four brothers Kevin, T.J, David, Matthew and one sister Kathryn
- Academic Major: Aerospace Engineering
- Favorite Book: The Wind Boy
- Favorite Movie: Howl's Moving Castle
- Favorite Musical Artist: Billy Joel
- Hobbies: Running, climbing, reading, and winning at card games.
- Person Who Inspires Me Most: My grandparents, Sam and Sue Ward, for being the most loving and most active and most awesome people I know.
- Interesting Off the Trail Story About Me: I've always been very involved in school plays. I started out as playing the Magic Carpet in Aladdin my freshman year of high school and by my senior year I was playing Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins. It doesn't take much to get me singing or dancing nowadays.
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