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Saint Joseph's Hawks

2015 Men's Track & Field Roster

Matthew McGarvey

  • Position Long Sprints
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 149
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fountainville, Pa.
  • High School Central Bucks West

Biography

Personal Records 
              
                                                                                       
Event Time Meet Host School Year
Outdoor 400m 50.40 Outdoor Open Delaware 2012
Indoor 500m 1:05.82 Giegengack Yale 2012
Indoor 800m
1:52.77 Saturday Night Shootout NYU 2014
Outdoor 800m 1:49.75 Swarthmore Qualifier Swarthmore 2015
Indoor 1000m 2:28.36 Penn State National Invitational Penn State 2014

IC4A Point Scorer                      
        Atlantic 10 Champion                    
4 pts - 4x8 - 5th - 2014 Indoor         4x8 - 2015 Indoor
2 pts - 4x8 - 7th - 2014 Outdoor         800m - 2014 Indoor
IC4A Participant                                  Atlantic 10 Point Scorer                 
800m - 31st - 2012 Indoor         800m - 34 pts
800m - 33rd - 2014 Indoor        
10 pts - 1st - 2014 Indoor
800m - 33rd - 2014 Outdoor         8 pts - 2nd - 2015 Indoor
4x4 - 17th - 2014 Outdoor        
8 pts - 2nd - 2014 Outdoor
4x8 - 5th - 2014 Indoor        
6 pts - 3rd - 2013 Indoor
4x8 - 7th - 2014 Outdoor         2 pts - 7th - 2012 Indoor
4x8 - 11th - 2013 Indoor         4x8 - 22 pts
4x8 - 19th - 2012 Indoor         10 pts - 1st - 2015 Indoor
4x8 - PRE. - 2012 Outdoor        
6 pts - 3rd - 2012 Outdoor
          6 pts - 3rd - 2012 Indoor
          4x4 - 8 pts
          8 pts - 2nd - 2014 Indoor

Outdoor 2015: Voted team's Most Dedicated Performer for the 2014-15 season... Recipient of SJU's Raymond Vasquez Award for being a "person for others."

Indoor 2014-15:
Has qualified for IC4As in the 800m, 4x4, 4x8, and DMR... Atlantic 10 4x8 champion... Atlantic 10 800m silver medalist... Ran second leg of second-place and IC4A-qualifying DMR (10:08.43) at the Giegengack Invitational... Won the 800m in an IC4A-qualifying 1:52.36 at the Penn State National Invitational... Ran third leg of IC4A-qualifying 4x4 (3:18.54) that placed third at the Penn State Relays... Also ran third leg of IC4A-qualifying 4x8 (7:38.83) that placed fourth at PSU... One of six team captains.

Outdoor 2014: Two-time Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team selection with silver medals in the 800m (1:52.08) and 4x400m (3:17.75) at A-10s... IC4A All-East Team (4x8)... IC4A qualifier and participant in 800m, 4x400m , and 4x800m ... Anchored 4x800m that placed seventh (7:37.55) to score at IC4As... Also ran third leg of 4x400m that placed 17th (3:17.44) at IC4As... Placed 33rd in 800m (1:54.05) at IC4As... Led SJU and ranked second in A-10 in 800m (1:51.12)... Ran second leg of season's fastest 4x400m (3:16.74) and third leg of season's fastest 4x800m (7:31.99) at the Penn Relays... Took home trio of top-ten finishes at Colonial Relays, including fifth in 4x800m, seventh in 4x400m, and ninth in 800m.

Indoor 2013-14: A-10 800m champion... Ran 800m in 1:53.33 to win event title at A-10s... Also anchored 4x400m that earned the silver medal (3:20.49) at A-10s... IC4A All-East Team (4x800m )... IC4A qualifier in the 800m, 1000m, 4x400m, 4x800m and DMR... IC4A participant in 800m and 4x800m and point scorer in 4x800m ... Ran first leg of season's fastest 4x800m (7:29.91) that placed fifth at IC4As... That same relay led the A-10 at conclusion of indoor season... Also competed in the 800m (1:55.49) for 33rd at IC4As... Led team in the 800m (1:52.77) and 1000m (2:28.36) and ran first leg of season's fastest 4x8 (7:29.91)... Tied for first in A-10 in 800m and ranked fourth in 1000m... Finished in the top three of eight events on the season... Won three individual events on the season... Won 1000m (2:28.36 PR) at the Penn State National Invitational and won the 800m (1:52.77) at the Armory during the Saturday Night Shootout... Also anchored the IC4A-qualifying 4x4 (3:17.70) at Penn State and ran the second leg of the second-place 4x8 (7:58.66) at the Armory... Ran the second leg of the second-place 4x8 (7:38.35) that qualified for IC4As at the Penn State Relays... Also ran the third leg of the second-place DMR (10:02.75) that qualified for IC4As at Penn State... Took third in first collegiate 1000m (2:31.35) at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... Made the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2013.

Outdoor 2013: Ran the third leg of the 4x400m that took home the silver (3:19.71) at the Delaware Outdoor Open... Ran second leg of 4x400m that took third (3:19.34) at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational.

Indoor 2012-13: Ranked third on team and seventh in A-10 in 800m (1:52.64)... IC4A-qualifier in 800m... Ran second leg of season's fastest 4x800m (7:37.42) at IC4As... Took third in the 800m (1:54.25 PR) at A-10s... Ran season-best 500m (1:05.88) to take fourth place at the Penn State Relays... Ran second leg of 4x800m that won (8:01.66) at Princeton's New Year's Invitational... Won 800m (1:57.49) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational.

Outdoor 2012: Won 800m in 1:52.64 at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational... Ran personal-best 400m in 50.40 at the Delaware Open and personal-best 800m in 1:52.64 at the Colonial Relays.

Indoor 2011-12: Recorded season-best 800m at IC4As with a time of 1:55.19... Posted personal best in 500m with a time of 1:05.82 at the Giegengack Invitational... Won 800m at Jack Pyrah with time of 1:55.51... Part of 4x800m that posted season-best 7:44.46 at PSU Relays... Also member of 4x8 that qualified for IC4As with a time of 7:44.46 at A-10s.

High School/Personal: Pennsylvania state champion in the 4x800m as a senior and runner-up as a junior... Led Central Bucks West to district championship as a senior... Majoring in interdisciplinary health services.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Junior

    Long Sprints
    5'7" 149 lbs
  • 2015Senior

    Long Sprints
    5'8" 149 lbs