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2012-13 Men's Track & Field Roster

Matthew Almendarez

Matthew Almendarez

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hagerstown, Md.
  • Highschool:
    South Hagerstown

Summary

Biography

Q&A with Matthew

Favorite Movie? Hitch

Favorite TV Show? How I Met Your Mother

Your sports idol growing up? Tim Duncan and David Robinson

Last book you read? Hilarity Ensues By Tucker Max

Favorite Musical Artist? Emiben

After graduation, I plan to? Go to graduate school for either exercise physiology or physical therapy

Favorite thing to do in your free time? Hang with my brothers of Phi Kappa Theta

Favorite Restaurant? Ruby Tuesdays

Favorite sport other than your own? Basketball and Swimming
    
What are your goals for the upcoming season? My goals for the upcoming season is to improve where I left off last season, do well in the conference meet, and possibly qualify for IC4A's.
   

CAREER STATS


2012 Outdoor (Junior) - Recorded a personal best in the discus throw with a mark of 41.60m at the Colonial Relays...Had a personal best mark of 42.35m in the hammer throw at the NEC Championship.

2012 Indoor (Junior) - Recorded a personal best in the shot put with a mark of 12.80m at the Gulden Invitational...Recorded personal best in the weight throw with a 14.76m mark at the Gulden Invitational, good for a seventh overall finish.

2011 Outdoor (Sophomore) – Recorded his best discus throw at the Bucknell Team Challenge with a distance of 39.94m … recorded best hammer throw at the Bennie Benson Memorial Invitational where he placed fourth with a distance of 40.81m … had a mark of 37.55m in the discus throw at the NEC Championship and a hammer throw distance of 38.01m.
 
2011 Indoor (Sophomore) - Recorded his season best in the shot put at the Penn Relays with a distance of 11.26m … recorded season best weight throw at the NEC Championship with a distance of 14.10m.

2009-10 (Freshman) - Recorded PR's in the outdoor Shot Put (11.85m), Discus (40.42m), and Hammer Throw (32.92m) at the Father Bede Invite (4/24/10).

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-sport athlete from South Hagerstown H.S.... member of county championship team in high school... was named an All-Conference athlete in high school... three-year letterwinner in track, and also won a pair each in basketball and football.

PERSONAL: Intends to major in Exercise Physiology...Son of Laureen Donovan and Alfredo Almendarez.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Sophomore

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  • 2011-12Junior

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  • 2012-13Senior

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