Matt Schwartzer

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Position:
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Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Virginia Beach, Va.
High School:
Princess Anne

2016-17 (R-SENIOR): Cross Country: Academic All-Big Ten selection… All-Big Ten First-Team runner following a fourth place finish at the Big Ten Championships… All-Region performer after a fourth place finish at the Great Lakes Regional… finished 46^th at the NCAA Championships… took 37^th at the Pre-National Invitational… finished third at the Indiana Intercollegiate… crossed fourth at the Rim Rock Farm Classic. Indoor: crossed sixth in the 5,000m run at the Hoosier Open… runner-up in the 3k and third in the mile run against Purdue… took third in the Invitational section of the Gladstein Invite 3k… sixth best mile time at the IU Relays… crossed 11^th at the Iowa State Classic in the 3k… scored a couple of points with a seventh place finish in the 3,000m run at the Big Ten Championships. Outdoor: claimed 31^st in the 5k at the Stanford Invitational… landed sixth at the Louisville Invite in the 1,500m run… member of the runner-up 4xMile Relay team at the Penn Relays… placed 12^th in the 10,000m run and 14^th 5,000m run at the Big Ten Championships… concluded his career with a 32^nd place effort in the 5k at the NCAA East Prelims.

2015-16 (R-JUNIOR): Cross Country: Academic All-Big Ten selection. Indoor: won the mile and 4x800m relay against Purdue… winner of the 3,000m and DMR at the Rod McCravy Memorial… notched a pair of top 10 finishes at the Big Ten Championships in the 3,000m (eighth) and the 5,000m (fourth). Outdoor: finished ninth at the Stanford Invitational in the 5,000m… runner-up at the Big Ten vs. ACC Challenge in the 1,500m run… podium finisher in the 10,000m (third) run at the Big Ten Championships… finished 27^th at the NCAA East Prelims in the 5,000m run.

2014-15 (R-SOPHOMORE): Cross Country: Finished fourth at the Indiana Intercollegiate meet ... was the first Hoosier to finish and placed 16th overall at the Washington Invitational in a time of 23:47 (8K) ... earned All-Big Ten honors with a 10th place finish at the Big Ten Championships ... ran to a 12th place finish and was the second Hoosier to score at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in a time of 30:35 (10K) ... led Indiana at the NCAA Championships with 43rd place finish, clocking in at 30:59. Indoor: Finished second in the 5000m run in a season-best time of 14:07.30 at the Indiana Relays…ran a season-best time of 8:19.98 in the 3000m run to finish ninth at the Hoosier Hills meet…finished 14^th in the 5000m run in 14:15.87 at the Big Ten Championships. Outdoor: Ran a career-best time of 14:03.92 at the Mt. Sac Relays to finish ninth…finished the 10,000m run in a time of 29:32.81 at the Stanford Invitational, which ranks seventh in IU history…placed second in the 1500m run with a career-best time of 3:43.91 at the Billy Hayes Invitational…placed ninth in the 1500m run in a time of 3:58.89 and 28^th in the 5000m run at the Big Ten Championships…advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary round in the 5000m run and finished 40^th in 14:59.63.

2013-14 (R-FRESHMAN): Cross Country: finished in 10^th place at the Big Ten Championships in an 8,000m time of 24:36.2...The men's cross country team won the Big Ten Championship for the first time since 1980 and finished in the top-10 at the NCAA Championships for the third time in the last four years with an eighth-place finish...finished in 17^th place at the Great Lakes Regional Championship in a 10K time of 30:43 to earn All-Region honors...ran a season-best time in the 8K of 24:11.9 at the Pre-National Invitational...was the Hoosiers fourth runner at the NCAA Championships with an 81^st place finish in 31:09.6 for the 10K race. Indoor: ran the ninth fastest time in school history for the 3,000m run of 8:01.51 to finish in fourth-place at the Hoosier Hills Invitational...finished in 10^th place at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in the 5,000m run in 14:07.84. Outdoor: ran a season-best time of 14:06.66 in the 5K at the Stanford Invitational...finished in fourth-place at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the 5K in 14:11.01...finished in seventh-place in the 5K at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in 14:11.63 to earn a spot at the NCAA Championships...finished in 17^th place in the 5K at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 14:08.38 to earn Honorable Mention All-America honors.

2012-13 (REDSHIRT): Cross Country: Redshirted. Indoor: Redshirted. Outdoor: Redshirted.

PREP: A standout for Kevin Rhue at Princess Anne in Virginia ... ran PRs of 9:11 in the two-mile, 4:14 in the mile and 1:57 in the 800m ... qualified the NXN nationals in 2011 ... also lettered in soccer ... led his team to 18th at nationals in cross country.

PERSONAL: Son of Gary and Debbie Schwartzer ... has two sisters, Kirsten and Morgan ... born November 13, 1993 ... entrepreneurship major.