2009 Track and Field Roster
Maldonado, Matt
Matt Maldonado
- Position:
- Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Major:
- Accounting
- Hometown:
- Modesto, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Modesto HS
Bio
Matt Maldonado Career and Season Statistics
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER -- Indoor Mile
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Indoor Distance Medley Relay (9:52.53, 3rd)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Indoor Distance Medley Relay (10:03.68, 8th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Outdoor 1500m (3:44.28, 3rd)
2012 Second-Team All-American (Indoor Mile)
2012 MPSF Individual Champion (Indoor Mile)
2010 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (1500m)
2010 All-Big West Performer (1500m)
2009 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (1500m)
2013 (R-Senior)
Outdoor: Saw his senior campaign cut short due to injury ... Competed only at the Big West Championships where he finished 10th in the 1500m.
Indoor: Ran the mile ... Placed 12th at the MPSF Championships ... Registered a season-best 4:01.62 at the Husky Classic ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2012 (Senior/Redshirt)
Outdoor: Redshirted the outdoor season ... Advanced to the 1500m semifinals at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials ... Established a lifetime-best 3:37.68 at the 2012 USATF High Performance Meet.
Indoor: Garnered second-team All-America honors with a 12th-place showing in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... The MPSF Champion in the mile ... Bettered his own school record by crossing the finish line in 3:59.08 ... Became the first LBSU runner in program history to run a sub-four mile indoors... Also placed fourth at the UW Invitational (4:03.39) and sixth at the Husky Classic (4:00.70) ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2011 (Junior)
Outdoor: A Big West qualifier in the 1500m and 5000m ... Scored in the 1500m, finishing eighth overall with a season-best 3:48.59 ... Placed fourth in the 800m at the Big West Challenge (1:53.67) ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Did not compete.
2010 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: An All-Big West performer with a runner-up finish in the 1500m at the conference championships (3:50.55) ... NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 1500m ... Won the event at the Steve Scott Invitational with a season-best 3:44.28 ... That mark ranks second in school history ... Ran a personal-record 1:51.95 in the 800m at the Triton Invitational ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Shattered the indoor school record in the mile with a time of 4:03.94 at the Husky Classic ... Scored for the team at the MPSF Championships in the mile with a sixth-place showing (4:04.36) ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2009 (Freshman)
Outdoor: NCAA West Regional qualifier in the 1500m ... Established his qualifying time and the third-best mark in 49er history at the Big West Challenge, crossing the finish line in 3:47.76 ... Placed ninth overall in the 1500m at the Big West Championships (3:51.57) ... Notched a top-five finish in the 800m with a season-low 1:53.52 at the UCLA Invitational.
Indoor: Competed in the 800m at the MPSF Championships.
High School: Lettered in both cross country and track at Modesto High School ... Advanced to the California state meet where he finished fifth overall as a senior.
Personal: Selected to Long Beach State's President's Ambassadors Program ... Majoring in accounting.
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER -- Indoor Mile
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Indoor Distance Medley Relay (9:52.53, 3rd)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Indoor Distance Medley Relay (10:03.68, 8th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Outdoor 1500m (3:44.28, 3rd)
2012 Second-Team All-American (Indoor Mile)
2012 MPSF Individual Champion (Indoor Mile)
2010 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (1500m)
2010 All-Big West Performer (1500m)
2009 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (1500m)
2013 (R-Senior)
Outdoor: Saw his senior campaign cut short due to injury ... Competed only at the Big West Championships where he finished 10th in the 1500m.
Indoor: Ran the mile ... Placed 12th at the MPSF Championships ... Registered a season-best 4:01.62 at the Husky Classic ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2012 (Senior/Redshirt)
Outdoor: Redshirted the outdoor season ... Advanced to the 1500m semifinals at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials ... Established a lifetime-best 3:37.68 at the 2012 USATF High Performance Meet.
Indoor: Garnered second-team All-America honors with a 12th-place showing in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... The MPSF Champion in the mile ... Bettered his own school record by crossing the finish line in 3:59.08 ... Became the first LBSU runner in program history to run a sub-four mile indoors... Also placed fourth at the UW Invitational (4:03.39) and sixth at the Husky Classic (4:00.70) ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2011 (Junior)
Outdoor: A Big West qualifier in the 1500m and 5000m ... Scored in the 1500m, finishing eighth overall with a season-best 3:48.59 ... Placed fourth in the 800m at the Big West Challenge (1:53.67) ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Did not compete.
2010 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: An All-Big West performer with a runner-up finish in the 1500m at the conference championships (3:50.55) ... NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 1500m ... Won the event at the Steve Scott Invitational with a season-best 3:44.28 ... That mark ranks second in school history ... Ran a personal-record 1:51.95 in the 800m at the Triton Invitational ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Shattered the indoor school record in the mile with a time of 4:03.94 at the Husky Classic ... Scored for the team at the MPSF Championships in the mile with a sixth-place showing (4:04.36) ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2009 (Freshman)
Outdoor: NCAA West Regional qualifier in the 1500m ... Established his qualifying time and the third-best mark in 49er history at the Big West Challenge, crossing the finish line in 3:47.76 ... Placed ninth overall in the 1500m at the Big West Championships (3:51.57) ... Notched a top-five finish in the 800m with a season-low 1:53.52 at the UCLA Invitational.
Indoor: Competed in the 800m at the MPSF Championships.
High School: Lettered in both cross country and track at Modesto High School ... Advanced to the California state meet where he finished fifth overall as a senior.
Personal: Selected to Long Beach State's President's Ambassadors Program ... Majoring in accounting.
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