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2024-25 Furman Cross Country / Track & Field Roster

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Matthew Smith

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Leesburg, Va.
  • High School Loudoun Valley

Biography

Matthew Smith's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
2023 All-SoCon Second Team (Cross Country)
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field
2022 SoCon Outdoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year
2022 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (DMR)
2022 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (800m)
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field
School Record Holder (800m Indoors)

Junior Year (2023-24):  Finished tenth at the SoCon Cross Country Championship with an 8K time of 25:06.8 to earn a spot on the All-SoCon second team as Furman won its 11th-straight league title…placed third in the mile at the Carolina Indoor Challenge…finished third in the 800m (1:50.33) at the SoCon Outdoor Championship…named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll and the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team.

Sophomore Year (2022-23):  Set a Furman 800m indoor record of 1:48.65 at the Bob Pollock indoor meet…finished second in the 800m (1:49.83) at the Carolina Indoor Challenge…posted a PR of 4:02.48 to finish fourth in the mile at the Bob Pollock indoor meet…placed ninth in the mile at the Camel City Invitational…named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll and the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team…honored as a member of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

Freshman Year (2021-22):  Won the 800m with a PR of 1:48.37 at the SoCon Outdoor Championships to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminaries, where he finished 34th…Finished 18th at the Furman Cross Country Invitational…posted a mile PR of 4:08.06 at the South Carolina Invitational, where he finished third in the event and second in the 800m…competed on the Paladin DMR team that finished second with a time of 9:59.00 at the league indoor meet…posted an indoor PR of 1:51.57 in the 800m at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational…finished second in the 800m (1:48.92) at the Virginia Challenge…finished seventh in the 1,500m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll...honored as a member of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

High School
800m - 1:52.32
1600m - 4:11.79
5K - 15:40

7x Virginia State Champion...2019 Team NSN Qualifier...2020 NSAF All-American...2021 Adidas All-American

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior

    6'1"