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2015 Men's Cross Country

Matt Walker

Matt Walker

  • Height:
    5-4
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Highschool:
    Stanton College Prep

Summary

Biography

PR's: 

CC 5K   High School   2012     16:43.22
CC 8KSouth/Southeast Regionals   2014   26:51.82
Half Marathon   Kiawah Island2013     1:17:43
 
2015: Competed in five races...ran the Emory Dual 4 Mile in 23:20, putting him in 27th place (9/1)...finished the Berry Invitational 8K with a time of 28:20 (10/17)...clocked in at 28:26 at the SAA Championships (10/31)...competed in the NCAA Regional 8K and finished with a time of 28:41 (11/14).

2014: Received the team's most improved award...finished in the top-twenty three times, including one top-ten finish...competed in all seven 8K races...improved his 8K personal best three times...finished 14th at the Centre Invitational (9/13), posting a time of 28:42...helped the team to a second place finish at the SAA Cross Country Championships (11/1), posting a time of of 27:31 and placing 16th...lead the team to an eighth place finish at the South/Southeast Regional Championships (11/15), running a personal best time of 26:51 and placing 39th.

2013: Named to the SAA Fall 2013 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll. Competed in eight races, including five 8Ks, two 5Ks and one half marathon...achieved two personal records...started off the season running a 30:01 8K at the Sewanee Cross Country Invitational (9/7)...finished 66th at the Berry Invitational (10/19), posting a time of 28:29...ran a 55-second personal record at the South/Southeast Regional Cross Country Meet (11/16), clocking in at 27:34...ran a PR at the Kiawah Island Half Marathon, posting a time of 1:17:43.

High School: Lettered four years in cross country and track at Stanton College Prep School in Jacksonville, Florida...named to Gateway Conference Top 8...also competed for the First Coast Track Club...placed sixth in the AAU Junior Olympics....won the state 3000m title in middle school...National Honor Society...President's Club...swim instructor and ocean rescue lifeguard...volunteered with Wounded Warrior.

Personal: Matthew Walker was born in Gainesville, Georgia...the son of Suzy and Brad Walker...has one brother, William...has one sister, Rachel...on-campus job: e-communications student worker...majoring in biochemistry at Berry.

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