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2015 Men's Cross Country Roster
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Matt Kacyon
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Whitehall, Pa.
- High School:
- Whitehall
Personal Records:
8K: 25:23 - American Athletic Conference Championships (Oct. 31, 2014)
3,000m: 8:24.00 - IC4A Indoor Championships (May 16, 2014)
3,000m Steeplechase: 8:51.83 - IC4A Indoor Championships (March 7, 2014)
5,000m: 14:26.67 - American Outdoor Championships (May 2, 2014)
2014 Cross Country: Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for a second year in a row...Finished in the top two for Temple in each of the seven races that the team competed in...Won the Ted Owen Invitational in 25:50.52...Named the American Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for Sept. 30...Placed second at the Penn State National Invitational with a time of 26:29...Earned All-Conference honors after placing eighth at the conference championships and All-Region honors after finishing 20th at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships...Placed 32nd and was the top finisher for Temple at the IC4A Championships with a time of 26:06...Named Temple's Institutional Male Scholar Athlete of the Year for the American Athletic Conference.
2013 Cross Country: Redshirted...Did not compete...Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field Team.
2012 Cross Country: Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field Team...Placed 37th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals in a time of 31:25...Placed 27th at the Atlantic 10 Championships in a time of 26:34.5...Was the team's fourth-fastest finisher at the Paul Short Invite in a time of 25:51...Finished fourth overall at the Friend Invitational in a time of 28:06.
2011 Cross Country: Named to A-10 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Had Temple's fastest finish time in the squad’s 16th place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional…Led the Owls at the Paul Short Invitational (9/30) with a finish time of 26:35…Took a 66th place finish time of 28:07 at the Penn State National Invite (10/14) to place as Temple’s fastest runner…Ran Brother Doyle Meet of Champions (9/17) in 26:59.83 to place 72nd in his first collegiate run.
High School: Team captain…Went undefeated twice in regular season and invitational meets…Two-time first place champion at PIAA XC Foundation meet…Two-time first place and Leigh Valley champion and record holder…Two-time first place and District II, holds record… Eighth place in National Elite PIAA State Meet…First team All-State Cross Country Team…Two-time Leigh Valley All-Star team MVP…Took 17th place at National Elite PIAA State Meet…Second team All-State Cross Country Team…Fourth place Leigh Valley Conference Championships…Fourth place at District II Championships…Four-time Leigh Valley All-Star...Took 11th place Leigh Valley Conference Championships…Ninth place District II championships.
Personal: Majoring in film and minoring in digital media technologies, with a certificate in entrepreneurship at Temple.
8K: 25:23 - American Athletic Conference Championships (Oct. 31, 2014)
3,000m: 8:24.00 - IC4A Indoor Championships (May 16, 2014)
3,000m Steeplechase: 8:51.83 - IC4A Indoor Championships (March 7, 2014)
5,000m: 14:26.67 - American Outdoor Championships (May 2, 2014)
2014 Cross Country: Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for a second year in a row...Finished in the top two for Temple in each of the seven races that the team competed in...Won the Ted Owen Invitational in 25:50.52...Named the American Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for Sept. 30...Placed second at the Penn State National Invitational with a time of 26:29...Earned All-Conference honors after placing eighth at the conference championships and All-Region honors after finishing 20th at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships...Placed 32nd and was the top finisher for Temple at the IC4A Championships with a time of 26:06...Named Temple's Institutional Male Scholar Athlete of the Year for the American Athletic Conference.
2013 Cross Country: Redshirted...Did not compete...Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field Team.
2012 Cross Country: Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field Team...Placed 37th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals in a time of 31:25...Placed 27th at the Atlantic 10 Championships in a time of 26:34.5...Was the team's fourth-fastest finisher at the Paul Short Invite in a time of 25:51...Finished fourth overall at the Friend Invitational in a time of 28:06.
2011 Cross Country: Named to A-10 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Had Temple's fastest finish time in the squad’s 16th place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional…Led the Owls at the Paul Short Invitational (9/30) with a finish time of 26:35…Took a 66th place finish time of 28:07 at the Penn State National Invite (10/14) to place as Temple’s fastest runner…Ran Brother Doyle Meet of Champions (9/17) in 26:59.83 to place 72nd in his first collegiate run.
High School: Team captain…Went undefeated twice in regular season and invitational meets…Two-time first place champion at PIAA XC Foundation meet…Two-time first place and Leigh Valley champion and record holder…Two-time first place and District II, holds record… Eighth place in National Elite PIAA State Meet…First team All-State Cross Country Team…Two-time Leigh Valley All-Star team MVP…Took 17th place at National Elite PIAA State Meet…Second team All-State Cross Country Team…Fourth place Leigh Valley Conference Championships…Fourth place at District II Championships…Four-time Leigh Valley All-Star...Took 11th place Leigh Valley Conference Championships…Ninth place District II championships.
Personal: Majoring in film and minoring in digital media technologies, with a certificate in entrepreneurship at Temple.
MBB Press Conference vs. Princeton (Adam Fisher)
Tuesday, December 23
MBB Press Conference vs.Princeton (Babatunde Durodola and Jordan Mason)
Tuesday, December 23
Temple Men's Basketball 2025-26 All Access | Game 12 at Davidson 12.18.2025
Sunday, December 21
Ep. 29: Last Episode of First Semester from David & Amelia
Wednesday, December 17
