2023 Track & Field Roster Choose a Player: Aho, Matt Albrecht, Zach Alvarez Gonzalez, Rodrigo Bryant, Sierra Carpenter, Kelly Chavenaud, Remi Costa, Noah Crull, Jack Dalton, Kelsey Danner, Alec Davis, Amiyah de La Piedra Sitjas, Julia Dieterich, Max Donohue, Aidan Erotocritou, Andriana Fuller, Shae Harp, Olivia Henderson, Maya Ivy, Hannah Jansen, Nicola Jones, Mason Kamp, Brandon Koontz, Kyra Lesher, Amelia Lind, Caleb LoStracco, Tiana Maguire, Ashley Martin, Sidney McDaniel, Max McDonnell, Sophia Narbett, Eddie Narciso, Alice Nielsen, Julia Nielsen, Wilma O'Laughlin, Ian Parrish, Charlie Perry, Anna Potgieter, Nadia Rajlich, Hope Rebello, Michael Rice, Brock Rieker, Eli Schieppe, Peyton Schwartz, Tyler Sheppard, Kaitlyn Simone, Caden Smith, Shay Smith, Will Stan, Robert Strauss, Lily Thames, Leah Tineh, Ismail Vaughn, Jada Vreeland, Mickey Watson, George Westcott, Ivan Wraith, Trixie Go Profile Stats Profile Graduate Student Class Grayslake, Ill. Hometown Grayslake Central High School Matt Aho Graduate Student Class Grayslake, Ill. Hometown Biography Summary Biography HONORS & AWARDS All-Missouri Valley Conference (Cross Country): 2021 All-Missouri Valley Conference (Track & Field): 2021 (Outdoor 10,000m) MVC Scholar-Athlete (Cross Country): 2020-21, 2021-22 MVC Scholar-Athlete (Track & Field): 2021, 2022 MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2021, 2022 MVC Honor Roll: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall '18, Spring '19, Spring '20, Fall '20, Spring '21, Fall '21, Spring '22, Fall '22 CAREER BESTS & RESULTS 2022-23 SEASON Cross Country: Placed seventh in the Missouri Valley Conference meet to help the Braves win the conference championship. Finished 53rd overall in the NCAA Midwest Regional in the 10k with a time of 30:37.0. Indoor: Ran a career best mile at the Hawkeye Invite with a 4:13.73. Broke a school record in the 5,000M, clocking in a time of 14:06.86. Placed second in the MVC 5,000M championship with a time of 14:13.40 to help Bradley win the indoor championship. Outdoor: Finished third in the MVC championship in the 5,000M. Recorded a career best time of 14:00.37 at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Also collected career bests at the Fighting Illini Challenge 1,500M event and the Raleigh Relays 10,000M event. 2021-22 SEASON Cross Country: Earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors after placing ninth at the conference championship, helping the Braves to a runner-up finish • Ran a career-best 8K time of 24:31.9 at the Gans Creek Classic – placing 20th overall • Also finished 53rd at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 10K mark of 31:39.50. Indoor: Took seventh in the 5,000m at the MVC Championship, clocking a personal-best time of 14:30.15 • In his only other outing during the season, posted a PR in the mile at the Illini Classic. 2020-21 SEASON Cross Country: Placed 20th at the MVC Championship • Finished second on the team and 19th overall at the Lipscomb Winter Classic with a career-best 8K time of 25:25.5. Indoor: Scored for the first time at an MVC Championship, placing sixth in the 5,200m run at 15:52.46 • Also set his PR in the 3,000m run with a time of 8:31.84 at Indiana State, crossing the finish line in first place. Outdoor: Earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors for the first time in his career, placing third in the 10,000m run with a time of 29:56.27 – the fifth-best performance in school history • Also scored in the 5,000m run, crossing the finish line in eighth place in 15:00.67 • Set a PR in the 5,000m at Ole Miss with a time of 14:23.97 – the seventh-best mark in the school’s record book • Added a PR in the 1,500m at Saint Louis in 3:56.52. 2019-20 SEASON Cross Country: Competed in two meets during the 2019 season, running an 8K at the Bradley Intercollegiate (27:31.8) and a five-mile at Notre Dame (26:22.35). Indoor: Ran the 3,000m at the MVC Indoor Championship, placing 12th with a time of 8:39.49 • Clocked a season-best mark in the 5,000m at the GVSU Big Meet with a time of 15:01.56. 2018-19 SEASON Cross Country: Ran at two meets before missing the remainder of the season • Posted a season-best 8K time of 26:09.1 at the Bradley Intercollegiate. Indoor: Did not run during the indoor season. Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor campaign. 2017-18 SEASON Cross Country: Did not compete during the cross country season. Indoor: Ran the 3,000m and 5,000m during the indoor campaign • Posted a season-best 3,000m time of 8:36.15 in his collegiate debut at the Illinois Open • Won his first collegiate race in the 3,000m at the EIU Friday Night Special in 8:37.13 • In his only 5,000m of the year, crossed the finish line in 15:14.42 at the Gladstein Invitational. Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor season HIGH SCHOOL Member of the Grayslake Central High School cross country and track teams from 2014 to 2017, collecting Team MVP honors in cross country as a senior • Earned honorary All-America accolades at the Foot Locker Nationals • Helped lead the Rams to a state championship in 2015, while finishing second in 2016 • Finished as the runner-up as an individual at the state championship as a senior • Twice named to the all-state, all-regional, all-sectional and all-conference teams for cross country • Also received first-team Foot Locker All-Midwest Region and second-team Nike All-Midwest Regional honors • Four-time all-conference performer in track, while earning all-county and all-sectional accolades twice • Posted PR times of 14:27 in the three-mile, 15:09 in the 5K, 4:27 in the 1,600m and 9:25 in the 3,200m runs. PERSONAL Born March 24, 1999 • Son of Scott and Julie Aho • Is a triplet with brother, Jack, a member of the cross country and track teams at Michigan, and sister, Elizabeth, running for Drake • Majoring in sport communication.
