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Matt Sanders Bio

2005 CROSS COUNTRY - Finished second on the team and 33rd overall at the Great American Cross Country Festival with a mark of 25:57.10... ran to a 59th-place finish at the ACC Championship meet (25:34.20).

2005 OUTDOOR TRACK - Was an IC4A and NCAA Regional qualifier in the 3,000 meter steeplechase... placed ninth at the IC4A Championships with a season-best time of 9:03.51... ran 9:08.07 at the ACC Championships and placed eighth... had a second-place finish at the Navy Invitational in 9:31.87... posted a time of 9:46.26 at the NCAA East Regional and finished 34th... Had a 17th-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the ACC Championships at 15:01.29... ran a 3:57.43 in the 1,500 meters at the Morgan State Legacy meet and placed fourth.

2005 INDOOR TRACK - Competed in the 800 meters, 1,000, mile and 3,000... an IC4A qualifier in the 3,000 meters, running 8:29.27 at the Penn State National Open... finished 21st at the ACC Championships in 8:38.12... also placed 14th in the 800 meters at the ACC Championships at 1:56.15... season-best time of 2:35.29 in the 1,000 at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2004 CROSS COUNTRY - Ran in all seven of the team's races... top two times of the season came in consecutive meets when finished fifth overall at the ACC Pre-Meet and 11th at the JMU Invitational... ran a 26:17.46 at the JMU Invite, his best time of the season.

2004 OUTDOOR TRACK - Ran the 1,500 and the 3,000 steeplechase... posted the team's best steeplechase time of 9:57.84 in finishing 15th at the ACC Championships... finished 13th in the 1,500 at the Terrapin Invitational, running 4:04.16.

2004 INDOOR TRACK - Had the team's top 3,000-meter time of the season at the ACC Championships, running a 8:27.47 to finish eighth... ninth place at the Meyo Invitational in 8:34.00... finished ninth in the 3,000 at the Penn State Invitational, posting his third-best time of the season (8:36.65).

BEFORE MARYLAND - Lettered four times in cross country at Mt. Hebron High School... helped lead team to county and regional championships all four years... broke Howard County high school 2-mile record three consecutive years... named All-County and All-Metro three years... earned MVP honors twice... captained Mt. Hebron's team three years in a row... member of the honor roll.

PERSONAL - Son of Michele and Elmer Sanders... has one older sister, Allyson... chose Maryland because of the academic reputation and the caliber of sports teams.

  Matt Sanders
Matt Sanders
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Pasadena, Md.

High School:
Mt. Hebron

Event:
Distance

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