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2011-12 Men's Track and Field Roster

Matt Clark

  • Position Hurdles
  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • High School St. Christopher's

Biography

Indoor Mark Date
55m Hurdles 7.91 2/6/10
60m Hurdles 8.37 1/29/11
Outdoor Mark Date
200m 23.42 4/3/09
110m Hurdles 15.01 4/16/11

2010-11
Indoor: Ran a personal-best at the 60m hurdles three times, including twice in a day at the Navy Invitational ... First tied his best at the Georgetown Invitational on Jan. 14, running 8.42 for the fourth time ... Two weeks later at Navy, ran 8.40 in the prelims ... Followed up with an 8.37 showing in the finals ... That was the fifth-fastest time ever at W&M ... Clark now ranks second in the 60m hurdles, behind only Erik Musiek ... Also helped the Tribe to an IC4A-qualifying mark in the DMR at CNU in February.
Outdoor: Crept closer to the sub-15 second performance in the 110m hurdles ... Lowered his best to 15.01 at North Carolina in mid-April ... Qualified for the finals at the Colonial Relays ... Led off both relays at the CAA Championships.

2009-10
Indoor: Was the Tribe's top short hurdler ... Ran the 55m hurdles at one meet ... At CNU in February, timed 7.93 in the prelims and came back with 7.91 in the finals ... In the 60m hurdles, lowered his personal best to 8.42 three times ... Won the Liberty Quadrangular, and also hit that time at UNC in January and at the Virginia Tech Challenge in February ... Ranks third in school history in the 60m hurdles.
Outdoor: After opening the year at the Colonial Relays with a 15.97 showing in the 110m hurdles, lowered his best to 15.13 over the course of the season ... Ran a then-best 15.28 in the CAA preliminaries ... Came back to take sixth in the conference finals with his 15.13 ... Ranks 10th all-time in the event ... Did it all while battling injury during the season.

2008-09
Indoor: Opened the year running 8.29 in the 55m hurdles at CNU ... Season-best 60m hurdles effort of 8.70 also came at CNU, in late January ... Broke the College's freshman record in the event.
Outdoor: Season-best 110m hurdle effort of 15.58 came at the Colonial Relays ... Eighth in the hurdles at the CAA Championships ... Also ran on the Tribe's 4x100m relay team at the conference meet.

At St. Christopher’s
All-state in the 55m hurdles in 2008 ... Qualified to the Nike Indoor National Championships in the 60m hurdles as a senior ... Captained both the track and baseball teams in 2007-08 ... Named all-conference in 2005, 2007, and 2008 ... Winner of the Lexus of Richmond Pursuit of Perfect Leadership Award, for outstanding academic and athletic achievement ... Named All-Metro in 2007 and 2008 by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Personal
Son of Kevin and Suzanne Clark ... Father, Kevin, played hockey at the University of Delaware ... Enjoys traveling, playing golf, fishing, and baseball ... Majoring in finance with a concentration in accounting.

Championship Performances
Victories
Date Event Performance Place Meet
1/14/11 60m Hurdles 8.42 1st Georgetown Invite
2/12/10 60m Hurdles 8.42 1st Liberty Quad
3/21/09 110m Hurdles 16.11 1st Tribe Open

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Hurdles
  • 2010-11Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2011-12Senior

    Hurdles