Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor
High Jump: 6-7 (2015 Penn State Relays)
Outdoor
High Jump: 6-6 (Last: 2015 Hampton Relays)
Long Jump: 22-5 (High School)
Triple Jump: 45-2 (High School)
 
2016-17: Named to the NSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall and spring semesters. Indoor: Cleared at least 6-4 in the high jump four times during indoor season, beginning with a fourth-place effort at the CNU Holiday Open (6-4.75) … Placed third at the CNU Captains Invitational (6-4) and seventh at the Liberty Kickoff (6-4.25) … Also cleared 6-4.25 at the MEAC Indoor Championships, good for 11th place. Outdoor: Was runner-up in the high jump at the Fred Hardy Invitational (6-4.75) … Capped his career by finishing seventh with a top height of 6-5 at the MEAC Outdoor Championships.
 
2015-16: Indoor: Cleared 6-5 to finish in seventh place in the high jump at the Penn State Relays … Was third with a top height of 6-4 at the CNU Holiday Open … Cleared 6-4.25 and was runner-up at the Art & Linda Maillet Open at UNC. Outdoor: Season-best high jump was 6-4.25 at the Colonial Relays, which was good enough for 13th place … Took fifth place (6-2) at the Morgan State Legacy Meet.
 
2014-15: A member of the MEAC All-Academic Team. Indoor: Cleared an indoor PR of 6-7 in taking second place at the Penn State Relays … Took third in the high jump at the CNU Vince Brown Invite (6-4) … Also cleared 6-4 at the Penn State National. Outdoor: Matched his outdoor PR of 6-6 at the Hampton Relays, where he was runner-up … Was also the runner-up at the Virginia Cup, clearing 6-5.
 
2013-14: Redshirted … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters.
 
High School: Placed in the top six at the state Group AAA outdoor meet in the long jump, high jump and triple jump as a senior … Took fourth in the high jump (6-4), fifth
in the long jump (22-5, PR) and sixth in the triple jump (45-2, PR) … Was Patriot District outdoor runner-up in all three jumps … Participated in the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the high jump … State indoor qualifier in the long jump (11th place) and high jump (sixth place) … Also owns a high school PR of 6-6 in the high jump.
 
Personal: Joseph Michael Boyd was born on Aug. 5, 1995 … Son of Michael and Chantay Boyd … Majoring in mass communication.