Joy McArthur

Biography

Joy McArthur enters her third season as an assistant coach and director of operations to the CSUN Track & Field teams in 2025-26. McArthur joined the Matadors after a standout career competing with USC from 2018-22. She left holding the fifth-best hammer throw mark in school history. McArthur earned second-team All-America honors during the 2022 outdoor season, recording a hammer throw toss of 214-8 (65.45m) at the NCAA's, good enough for 16th place. Earlier in the 2022 season, McArthur set a personal record in the hammer throw with a toss of 218-6 (66.61m), which entered the Trojan's all-time top-five best marks. She would finish fifth in the hammer throw at the Pac-12 Championships and 12th at the West Preliminary Rounds. In 2021, McArthur won the hammer throw at the Beach invitational with a then personal record of 214-8 (65.43m). She eventually finished sixth in the hammer throw at the Pac-12 Championships, eighth at the West Preliminary and 20th at the NCAA Championships. The shortened 2020 indoor season saw McArthur win the weight throw with a PR mark of 61-11.75 (18.89m), which moved her into second on USC's all-time list. In 2019, McArthur placed fourth at the Pac-12 Championships and eventually placed 21st at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds. Earlier in the season, she won the hammer throw at the Trojan Invitational with a mark of 201-2 (61.33m). As a freshman, McArthur opened her outdoor career by winning the hammer throw at the Trojan Invitational with a mark of 19