2026 Track & Field Roster Choose a Player: Balzer, Skyler Balzer, Zachary Barth, Brayson Brenne, Eilen Brown, Julia Burnett, Matthew Burns, Oliver Cino, Sophia Copelin, Jaxson de Palma Mendiguchia, Julia Echols, Angelo Gaffney, Travis Hamilton, Carissa Hancock, Abigail Harris, Christian Inzinger, Sonja Kamp, Brandon Kingsmith, Kaden LeBlanc, Sawyer Lewis, Roman Lind, Caleb Lind, Isaac Locke, David Martinez, Carolina McCarroll, Eimear Miller, Nathan Narciso, Alice Nold, Parker Perry, Anna Phillips, Jamie Pogue, Landon Potgieter, Nadia Pretorius, Hanri Rajlich, Hope Rebello, Michael Redpath, Olivia Rice, Brock Rosslee, JD Rush, Ayva Schmalz, Michael Schoeman, Wiepke Sheppard, Kaitlyn Simone, Caden Steines, Noelle Thornley, Ciara Trangmar, Jacob van Milligen, Bente Vanroose, Rhune Wallace, Bryndon Wenz, Lindsey Wilson, Ava Wraith, Trixie Go Profile Stats Profile Sophomore Class Pretoria, South Africa Hometown Oos-Moot High School Matthew Burnett Sophomore Class Pretoria, South Africa Hometown Biography Summary Biography HONORS & AWARDS MVC Men's Indoor Track & Field Champion (1): Distance Medley Relay (2025) MVC Men's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference (1): Distance Medley Relay (2025) CAREER BESTS (RESULTS) CROSS COUNTRY INDOOR TRACK & FIELD OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD 8K: 26:08.3 (10/3/25) 800m: 1:50.36 (2/1/25) 800m: 1:47.37 (5/2/26) 1,500m: 3:49.16 (4/18/26) 2025-26 SEASON Cross Country: Ran in one meet during the 2025 season. Finished 70th in the Men's 8K Open at the Joe Piane Invitational, running a time of 26:08.3. Indoor: Did not compete during the 2026 indoor season. Outdoor: Competed in four meets during the 2026 outdoor season. Began the season with a first-place finish in the 800m event at the Pacesetter Invite in Terre Haute, running a 1:51.17. Set a new 1500m personal best at the Bryan Clay Invite, running a 3:49.16. Set the fifth-fastest 800m time in program history at the Gary Wieneke Memorial, running 1:47.37. Finished fourth in the 800m Final at the MVC Championships, part of a top-four sweep by the Braves. Qualified for the NCAA West First Round in the 800m event. Was consistently setting some of the top times as a part of one of the best 800m squads in the nation. Finished the regular season with the 78th-best 800m time in the NCAA. 2024-25 SEASON Cross Country: Did not compete during the 2024 season. Indoor: Competed in three meets during the 2025 indoor season. Made his collegiate debut at the Meyo Invitational on Feb. 1, 2025, and ran the sixth-fastest 800m time in program history at 1:50.36. Finished in sixth place in the 800m MVC Championship race in March at 1:52.83. Was part of the MVC-Championship-winning Distance Medley Relay team (ran the second leg) and program-record-setting 4x400m Relay team (ran the first leg). Ran the fifth-fastest 800m time on the event squad that finished the indoor season ranked 16th in the country. Outdoor: Competed in seven meets during the 2025 outdoor season. Took first place in the 800m event at the Stanford Invitational in early April, clocking in at 1:49.31 from the third heat. Ran a career-best 1:49.12 in the 800m Preliminary Round at the MVC Championship to qualify for the MVC Championship race, but ultimately scratched from the event. The time ranked as the fifth-fastest in program history. Ran under 1:50.00 four times in five tries during the outdoor season and had the fourth-fastest time on the event squad that ranked as high as seventh in the country and finished the outdoor season ranked 16th.
