High school Jock attended
Mission Bay High School. He first played basketball for the school, during which coach Emmitt Dodd insisted that Jock try track and field. He first began as a high jumper before being put into an 800-meter race, the distance he would succeed in 2008 he was the California State meet champion in the 800 running a time of 1:51.64. He currently holds both of Mission Bay's 400 and 800 meter records.
Collegiate Jock attended
University of California, Irvine and was given an athletic scholarship. He became a member of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at UCI. While still in college, Jock qualified to represent the United States at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics, where he ran in the
men's 800 meters. A year later, Jock won the men's 800 meters at the
2012 NCAA DI T&F Championships.
Post-collegiate Jock qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 800 meters after a surprise 3rd-place finish in the event in the
U.S. Olympic Trials. Jock ran in heat 4 of the
men's 800 at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in sixth place with a time of 1:47.06. ==External links==