2013 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Matt Miner
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Ashland, Ore.
- High School:
- Ashland
All-American
2012-13: Indoor All-American in the mile. Outdoors - NCAA West and Pac-12 qualifier in the 1,500 meters. Ran a personal-best 3:42.60 in a runner-up 1,500 meter finish at the Stanford Invitational. Advanced to the NCAA West Regional quarterfinals in the 1,500 by running 3:47.32 in his opening round heat. Member of Oregon’s Penn Relays championship 4xmile relay (16:17.57). Opened outdoor season with a win in the 800 meters at the Oregon Preview (1:51.85). Indoors - Broke the 4:00 mile barrier in a third-place finish at the MPSF Championships (3:59.01). Was also the runner-up in the mile at the Husky Classic (4:01.38). Earned first all-America award with a 15th place effort in the mile at the NCAA Championships (4:06.77). Cross Country - Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 Meters - 1:51.85 (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (3/16/13); 1,500 Meters - 3:42.60 (PR), Stanford Invitational, Stanford, Calif. (3/29/13). Indoors - Mile - 3:59.01 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/22/13).Cross Country - Did not compete.
Before Oregon: While at Dartmouth, timed the seventh-fastest mile in school history, 4:04.37, at the 2012 Valentine's Invitational. Outdoors, ran 3:52.74 in the 1,500 meters at the Heptagonal Championships. Dartmouth Bests: 800 Meters - 1:51.74, 2010; 1,500 Meters - 3:49.69, 2010.
Prep: State 1,500 and 3,000 meter champion at Ashland High School. As a senior (2007-08), opened year by finishing as the runner-up at the state 5A cross country meet, going 16:00 over 5,000 meters. Then won the Nike Team Nationals Northwest Region race in 16:09. In the spring, went on to sweep the state 5A meet in both the 1,500 (3:55.17) and 3,000 (8:42.39) meters, establishing state meet records at both distances. High School Bests: 1,500 Meters - 3:55.17, 2008; 3,000 Meters - 8:42.39, 2008.
Personal: Major is chemistry.
Personal Bests
800 Meters - 1:51.85,
Oregon Preview,
Eugene, Ore., 3/16/13
1,500 Meters - 3:42.60,
Stanford Invitational,
Stanford, Calif., 3/29/13
Mile - 3:59.01,
MPSF Championships,
Seattle, Wash., 2/22/13
NCAA Indoor Track Championships
2013 - Mile, 15th, 4:06.77
Pac-12 Track Championships
2013 - 1,500 Meters, 12th, 4:01.04
