2022-23 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster

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Jacob Matthews

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Perrysburg, Ohio
  • High School Perrysburg

Biography

2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Came in fourth at MAC Outdoor Championships with 4x400m relay (3:15.96)
  • Competed in 400m at MAC Outdoor Championships (50.65)
  • Part of first-place 4x100m relay at Blizzard Buster (outdoor) with time of 42.34
  • Helped 4x400m relay team (outdoor) to top-three finishes at Pacific Coast Invitational, Indiana Invitational, RedHawk Invitational and Billy Hayes Invitational
  • Took fifth place with 4x400m relay at PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic (indoor)
2021-22 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Part of runner-up 4x400 relay team at MAC Outdoor Championships (3:13.75)
  • Finished ninth in the 400 at MAC Outdoor Championships
  • Part of 4x100 relay team that finished first at Indiana Invitational with a time of 40.70, second-best in program history
  • Ran the 100m in a personal-best 11.37 at Miami’s Blizzard Buster (outdoor)
 2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Part of 4x400 relay team that finished in first place at MAC Outdoor Championships with time of 3:10.85 (third-fastest at Miami)
  • Ran the 200m in a career-best time of 22.23 at Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (outdoor)
  • Took second place in 400 at Big Blue Classic (outdoor) with a PR of 48.41
  • Named Academic All-MAC (track)
  • Set PR in 60m (indoor) with a time of 7.39 at GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open
  • Won the 400m (indoor) at the same event with a time of 48.95
2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Part of 4x400 relay team that placed sixth at Indiana University Relays (indoor) with a time of 3:15.44
2018-19 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Had a personal-best 49.25 400m run at Billy Hayes Invitational, finishing seventh
  • Won the 400 at the RedHawk Invitational with a time of 50.28
  • Set PR in 200 at RedHawk Invitational (23.40)
  • Part of first-place 4x400 relay teams at RedHawk Invitational and Jesse Owens Classic
  • Finished the 400 in a personal-best time of 51.79 (indoor) at Cedarville
PRIOR TO MIAMI
  • Lettered three times in track & field and once in cross country
  • Helped his high school track and field team win a pair of conference titles
  • Earned first-team all-conference honors and second-team all district as a senior (4x200m, 4x400m)
  • Graduated cum laude
PERSONAL
  • Son of Julianne and Isaac Matthews
  • Majoring in Business Economics/Finance
  • Has a June birthday

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

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  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Senior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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