Fresno State Athletics
2017-18 Track & Field Roster
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Founds, Matthew
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Matthew Founds
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Freedom, Calif.
- High School:
- Soquel HS
Bio
Fifth Year (2021-22)
XC: Competed in four meets during final season ... set program's 11th-best time in the 8K, finishing the Bronco Invitational in 24:21.1 ... team's top finisher at both the Mountain West Championships (25:06.3) and NCAA West Regional (31:35.8).
Senior (2020-21)
Outdoor: Competed in three meets, all in the 5000 meters ... set a personal best in his final race, 15:01.39 at the Mountain West Championships.
XC: Was Fresno State's top finisher at the Mountain West Championships, clocking a 25:31.0 in the 8K race.
Junior (2019-20)
Outdoor: Ran an 8:59.89 in the 3000 meters at the Sunbird Invitational.
XC: Competed in four races … paced the Bulldogs at the first three meets ... ran season-best 8K in a time of 25:28.6 at the Bronco Invitational.
Sophomore (2018-19)
Outdoor: Ran in five meets in the 3,000 or 5,000 meters … finished in the top 15 in each of his first four races of the spring … opened the season with a season best 8:52.55 in the 3,000 meters at the Fresno Pacific Sunbird Invitational … followed up with a season best in the 5,000 meters at 15:58.56 in the UNLV Invitational.
XC: Competed in five meets … recorded a season best 8K time of 25:26.7 at the Bronco Invitational … placed in the top 20 at the opening two meets a of the season, finishing 20th in the Fresno Cross Country Invitational four-mile (22:00.5) and 11th in the UNLV Cross Country Invitational 8K (27:29.5).
Freshman (2017-18)
Outdoor: Ran four times during the season, twice in the 3,000 meters and twice in the 5,000 meters … clocked a season-low time of 9:25.02 in the 3,000m in his first race of the season at the UC Irvine Spring Break Collegiate Classic … recorded a season-best time of 16:21.05 in the 5,000 meters at the Cal Poly Invitational.
XC: Ran in four out of five races during his freshman campaign... clocked a 16:46 5K at the season-opening Lobo Invitational, finishing 3rd on the team and T-14th overall... best 8K mark of the season came at the Capitol Cross Challenge (26:45) where he placed 142nd overall and third on the team.
High School: Received top performer and best athlete in junior and senior years... Qualified for state meet and placed 28th overall at the CIF XC Championships... League Champion in the 3200m... Placed 3rd at the CCS Qualifiers for track and field.
XC: Competed in four meets during final season ... set program's 11th-best time in the 8K, finishing the Bronco Invitational in 24:21.1 ... team's top finisher at both the Mountain West Championships (25:06.3) and NCAA West Regional (31:35.8).
Senior (2020-21)
Outdoor: Competed in three meets, all in the 5000 meters ... set a personal best in his final race, 15:01.39 at the Mountain West Championships.
XC: Was Fresno State's top finisher at the Mountain West Championships, clocking a 25:31.0 in the 8K race.
Junior (2019-20)
Outdoor: Ran an 8:59.89 in the 3000 meters at the Sunbird Invitational.
XC: Competed in four races … paced the Bulldogs at the first three meets ... ran season-best 8K in a time of 25:28.6 at the Bronco Invitational.
Sophomore (2018-19)
Outdoor: Ran in five meets in the 3,000 or 5,000 meters … finished in the top 15 in each of his first four races of the spring … opened the season with a season best 8:52.55 in the 3,000 meters at the Fresno Pacific Sunbird Invitational … followed up with a season best in the 5,000 meters at 15:58.56 in the UNLV Invitational.
XC: Competed in five meets … recorded a season best 8K time of 25:26.7 at the Bronco Invitational … placed in the top 20 at the opening two meets a of the season, finishing 20th in the Fresno Cross Country Invitational four-mile (22:00.5) and 11th in the UNLV Cross Country Invitational 8K (27:29.5).
Freshman (2017-18)
Outdoor: Ran four times during the season, twice in the 3,000 meters and twice in the 5,000 meters … clocked a season-low time of 9:25.02 in the 3,000m in his first race of the season at the UC Irvine Spring Break Collegiate Classic … recorded a season-best time of 16:21.05 in the 5,000 meters at the Cal Poly Invitational.
XC: Ran in four out of five races during his freshman campaign... clocked a 16:46 5K at the season-opening Lobo Invitational, finishing 3rd on the team and T-14th overall... best 8K mark of the season came at the Capitol Cross Challenge (26:45) where he placed 142nd overall and third on the team.
High School: Received top performer and best athlete in junior and senior years... Qualified for state meet and placed 28th overall at the CIF XC Championships... League Champion in the 3200m... Placed 3rd at the CCS Qualifiers for track and field.
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