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2014-15 Track & Field / XC Roster
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Zajac, Matthew
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Matthew Zajac
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lynchburg, Va.
- High School:
- EC Glass
Bio
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- Shot Put: 17.16m (2017)
- Weight Throw: 20.52 (2017)
Outdoor Track
- Discus: 58.22m (2017)
- Hammer: 63.57m (2018)
SEC Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2016 - Shot Put - 11th - 16.42m
- 2016 - Weight Throw - 12th - 19.31m
- 2017 - Shot Put - 16th - 16.13m
- 2017 - Weight Throw - 12th - 19.76m
Outdoor Track
- 2015 - Discus - 13th - 50.26m
- 2016 - Discus - 7th - 53.91m
- 2016 - Hammer - 19th - 54.65m
- 2017 - Discus - 3rd - 58.22m
- 2017 - Hammer - Foul
- 2018 - Discus - 5th - 56.58m
- 2018 - Hammer Throw - 15th - 61.01m
NCAA Scoring
- Outdoor
- 2017 - Discus - 18th - 54.81m
HONORS
- 2017 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2018 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- At Tiger Paw Invite (2/10), placed eighth in the weight throw with toss of 20.17m
- Placed fourth in the weight throw (19.97) at Bob Pollock Invitational (1/27)
- Finished third in the weight throw (19.72m) at the UAB Vulcan Invite (1/13)
- At Indiana-Tennessee Dual (1/6), took third in the weight throw (20.41m) and third in the shot put (16.03m)
- Posted career-best weight throw at 20.52 and finished third at Hoosier Open (12/8)
- At the NCAA East Prelims (5/26), placed 24th with a best throw of 51.82m
- Took fifth in the discus at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11) with a 56.58m throw and 15th in the hammer throw with a 61.01 throw
- Set a personal best in the hammer throw at the Tennessee Challenge (5/5) with a throw of 63.57m (third place), as well as taking first place in the discus with a 57.21m throw
2017 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Set a personal best in the weight throw with a toss of 19.76m as he finished 12th at the SEC Indoor Championship
- Notched a personal best and the seventh-best weight throw in school history with a mark of 19.75m (64-9.75) at the VT "Doc Hale" Elite Meet
- Scored in both the shot put and the weight throw with marks of 19.26m (3rd, Weight Throw) and 16.28m (2nd, Shot Put) at the Indiana-Tennessee Dual
- Notched an indoor shot put PR at the Hoosier Open with a throw of 17.16m (56-3.75) to take seventh place.
- Placed 18th a the NCAA Championship with a mark of 54.81m in the discus competition as he earned Honorable Mention All-America honors
- Claimed a place at the NCAA Championship as he posted a throw of 56.51m in the discus competition and finished 11th at the NCAA East Prelims
- Earned a bronze medal at the SEC Championship with a personal best discus throw of 58.22m (191-0)
- Notched a new personal best as he recorded a hammer throw of 61.51m (201-10) to take third place at the Tennessee Challenge
- Posted a personal best in the hammer throw with a toss of 61.25m (200-11) at the SEC Relays to move into ninth place on the school's all-time hammer throw list
- Won the discus competition and moved into eighth place on the school's all-time list with a throw of 57.48 (188-7) at the USC Open
- Took fourth place in the discus competition with a throw of 55.95m at the Tennessee Relays
- Won the discus competition at the Tennessee Rust Buster with a personal best mark of 56.76m
2016 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Finished 11th at the SEC Indoor Championships with a shot put throw of 16.42 meters
- Placed 12th at the SEC Indoor Championships with a 19.31 meter throw
- Set a PR in the weight throw (19.35m) in his first throw of the season at the Hoosier Open
- Placed 19th in the hammer throw at the SEC Outdoor Championships recording a throw of 54.65 meters
- Finished seventh at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the discus with a throw of 53.91 meters
- Had his best discus throw of the season at the Penn Relays on April 30 (55.63m)
- Picked up his first collegiate win in the discus at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet on April 23 (54.38m)
- Recorded a season best hammer throw of 57.83 meters and a fourth place finish at the Seminole Invitational on April 15
2015 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Did not compete
- Placed fourth in the discus at his first-ever NCAA East Prelim, recording a throw of 185 feet, nine inches (56.62)
- Opened the season with a discus throw of 53.21m (174-7) at the Alabama Relays
- Finished sixth in Section A of the Texas Relays with a discus throw of 51.12m (167-08)
- Finished seventh at the Bobcat Invitational with a discus throw of 53.75m (176-4)
- Grabbed a fourth place finish at the War Eagle Invitational with a discus throw of 50.96m (167-02)
- Placed fifth at the Penn Relays with a discus throw of 53.71m (176-2)
- Runner-up at the Tennessee Challenge in the men's discus (185-06/56.55)
- Placed seventh in the discus (164-11/50.26) at his first-ever SEC Outdoor Championships
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Two-time Virginia 4A State Champion: Shot Put (2014) and Discus (2013)
- Won 2014 Penn Relays with personal best throw of more than 200 feet
PERSONAL
- Older brother, Michael, was an All-American thrower at South Carolina
- Recipient of the William Pettway, Jr. Athletic Scholarship Endowment
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