Joey Nokes
Height6-0
ClassJunior
HometownRiverton
Previous SchoolRiverton High School
BYU Highlights
- First-place finish at the Autumn Classic Men's 4-mile with a time of 19:33.1 (2023)
- All-WCC First Team honors after fourth-place finish in WCC Championships (2022)
- Named All-Mountain Region (2022)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic honors (2022)
- Following 2022 season:
- He has competed in 11 career meets
- Has five career top-10 finishes, including three top five and two on the podium
Personal
- Married to Morgan Nokes who runs distance for Utah Valley University
- Parents are Jeff and Gina Nokes
- Major: Exercise Science
- Missionary Service: Served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Antananarivo, Madagascar & Charlotte, North Carolina (2019-21)
- Fluent in Malagasy, Swahili and French
- Enjoys camping, fishing, hunting, spike ball, pickleball and cornhole
- Plays piano, viola, guitar and harmonica
- Student Body President at Riverton High School
- Fun Fact: Once ate over 30 slices of pizza
Before BYU
- NXR Individual Qualifier (2018)
- Utah 6A cross country individual runner-up (2018)
- Utah 6A Academic All-State
- Also recruited by Weber State, Utah Valley