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Matt Rowland

Weight:
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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bellevue, Ohio
High School:
Bellevue Senior High

Honors:
4x All-MAC (First Team-Pole Vault; 2016 Indoor, 2016 Outdoor) (Second Team-Pole Vault, 2015 Outdoor, 2015 Indoor)
USTFCCCA All-American - Honorable Mention (2016 Outdoor)

2017 Outdoor: Crafted seven top-10 performances in the pole vault, including a third-place finish at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 11) clearing 16-2.75 (4.95m)...narrowly missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships placing 13th at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 26) eclipsing 17-2.25 (5.25m)...registered the fifth-best jump in program history en route to placing second in the pole vault (March 30) at the Texas Relays (March 30) on the strength of a season-best jump of 17-6 (5.36m)...won the pole vault with clearances of 16-6.75 (5.05m) and 17-2.50 (5.25m) at the Spec Towns Invitational (April 7) and Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15)...placed second and third, respectively, in the pole vault at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 6) and LSU Alumni Invitational (April 22) with marks of 17-1.50 (5.22m) and 16-7.50 (5.07m)...2017 Indoor: Competed in eight meets for the Zips in the pole vault and placed in the top-six in each meet...earned a fourth-place performance in the pole vault at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 25) eclipsing 16-1.50 (4.92m)...registered a season-best clearance of 17-6 (5.34m) to finish second at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 4)...finished fifth at the Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 7) with a mark of 17-0.75 (5.20m)...won pole vault at Kent State Dual (Jan. 14) with a jump of 17-1.50 (5.22m), while placing second at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17) with a mark of 16-11.50 (5.17m).

2015-16: Outdoor: Garnered honorable mention All-America accolades after placing 20th in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 8) with a jump of 16-10.75 (5.15m)...equaled the fourth-best jump in program history surpassing 17-4.50 (5.30m) to capture the pole vault title at the Mid-American Conference Championship (May 14) to earn first-team all-league honors...placed sixth at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 26) eclipsing 17-4.50 (5.30m)...jumped 17-2.75 (5.25m) to win pole vault at Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 7)...finished third, eighth and eighth, respectively, in pole vault at LSU Alumni Invitational (April 23), Texas Relays (March 31) and Drake Relays (April 29) with efforts of 17-3.75 (5.28m), 17-4.50 (5.30m) and 16-10.75 (5.15m)...Indoor: Earned his first-ever Mid-American Conference title at the league championships (Feb. 26) clearing 17-0.25 (5.20m) in the pole vault...recorded seven top-five performances, including posting a trio of victories...registered a season-best jump of 17-4.50 (5.30m) to win pole vault at Kent State Dual (Jan. 22)...surpassed 17-2.75 (5.25m) to take title at Zips Invitational (Feb. 19)...placed second in his division at the National Pole Vault Summit (Jan. 16) with a mark of 16-4.75 (5.00m).

2014-15: Indoor: Garnered six top-three performances in the pole vault, including placing second at the Mid-American Conference Championship (Feb. 28) with a clearance of 17-0.00…posted a season-best jump of 17-5.75 to finish second at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 20)…won the pole vault at the Penn State National (Jan. 31) with a mark of 17-0.75…finished second in the pole vault at the Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 10), Kent State Dual (Jan. 16) and Zips Invitational (Feb. 20)...Outdoor: An NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier in the pole vault placing 18th with a clearance of 16-4.75...finished second in the pole vault at the MAC Championship (May 16) surpassing 16-4.75...registered fifth-best jump in program history, 17-3.75, to place third in the pole vault at the Longhorn Invitational (May 2)...recorded six top-10 performances, including placing second at the Mt. Sac Relays (April 17) and Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 9) with jumps of 17-0.75 and 16-7...came in sixth in pole vault at Drake Relays (April 24) clearing 16-7.50.

2013-14: Indoor: competed in the pole vault and 60m hurdles ... jumped 16-04.00, finishing fourth at the Akron Opener (Jan. 10) ... ran a season-low time of 8.63 at the Kent Dual (Jan. 17) ... Outdoor: placed third in the pole vault at the All-Ohio Championships (Apr. 11), jumping 16-10.25 ... was the runner-up at the Raleigh Relays (March 28) after clearing 16-02.75.

at Bellevue Senior: Three-time state champion in the pole vault ... jumped a school, conference and state Division II record mark of 16-06.75 ... also placed third at the state meet in the 110m hurdles as a senior ... ran a top time of 14.44.

Personal: Born Dec. 15, 1994 ... parents are Mark and Janine Rowland.