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2016 Men's Track and Field Roster

Matthew Powers

  • Position Sprints
  • Ht./Wt. 5-8 / 166
  • Class Senior
  • Major Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
  • Hometown Natick, MA
  • High School Natick

Biography

2014-15: Ran an indoor season best in the 200m (22.59) at the Gotham Cup (1/16)…placed 10th in the 60m (indoor season-best 7.17) at the Metropolitan Championships (2/6)…runner-up in the 200m (22.78) and tied his season best with a fifth-place finish in the 60m (7.17) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/28-3/1)…took third in the 200m (22.04) and was a member of NYU’s second-place 4x100m relay (42.78) at the Roadrunner Invitational (4/3-4)…placed third in the 100m (10.95) and was a member of the Violets’ 4x400m relay (second, 3:26.75) and 4x100m relay (third, 43.24) at the Rider Invitational (4/11)…ran an outdoor season best in the 200m (third, 21.90) and participated on NYU’s outdoor season-best 4x100m relay (second, 42.33) at the Greyhound Invitational (4/18)…won the 100m prelims with a season-best 10.90 at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/25-26)…member of the Violets’ outdoor season-best 4x400m relay (second, 3:17.96) at the Swarthmore Final Qualifier (5/11)…UAA Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic.
 
2013-14: Set an indoor personal best in the 300m (35.77) at the NYC Gotham Cup (1/10)…placed second in the 200m (22.34) and set an indoor personal best in the 400m (50.86) at the Lafayette-Rider Winter Games (2/14)…won the 200m (22.71) and placed fourth in the 60m (7.22) at the Keogh Invitational (2/22)…helped the Violets to outdoor season-best times in the sprint medley relay (3:29.02) and the 4x400m (3:19.88) at the Raleigh Relays (3/28-29)…placed second in the 100m (10.90) and eighth in the 200m final (29.90) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/26-27)…UAA Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic.
 
2012-13: NYU Male Freshman Athlete of the Year…won the 200m (22.18) at the NYC Metro Championships (1/25)…UAA Athlete of the Week (1/28)…won the 200m (school-record 21.83) at the ECAC Indoor Championships (3/2-3)…won the 200m (22.32) and finished third in the 55m (6.62) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/24-25)…finished second in the 200m (21.88) at the NYU Fastrack Team Challenge (2/15)…opened the outdoor season with a sixth-place finish in the 200m (21.84) at the Bulls Invitational (3/15)…took sixth in the 100m (11.07) at the Roadrunner Invitational (4/6)…helped the 4x100m finish fourth (43.86) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/27-28) and set a 100m personal best (10.88) in the preliminaries…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Spring Honor Roll.
 
High School: Four-year track & field team member…served as captain for outdoor track as a junior and senior, and indoor track as a senior…Metrowest Daily News Super Team selection as a senior…six-time Bay State Conference All-Star…ran personal bests of 22.07 in the 200m and 11.14 in the 100m…also played one season for the soccer team…received the Tom Brenneman Scholarship Award and the Montgomery/Holland Scholarship Award.
 
Personal: Enjoys spending time with friends, watching movies, playing basketball, listening to music, and going to the beach…aspires to work in marketing or sports.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    Sprints
    5'8" 155 lbs
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    2014Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'8" 160 lbs
    C
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    2015Junior

    Sprints
    5'8" 166 lbs
    C
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    2016Senior

    Sprints
    5'8" 166 lbs
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