Temple University Athletics
2015 Men's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Kacyon, Matt
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
/ Men's Cross Country
Matt Kacyon
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Whitehall, Pa.
- High School:
- Whitehall
Bio
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.
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