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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2016-17 Men's Track and Field Roster

Rochester Athletics

Matt Prohaska

Matt Prohaska

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Lockport, NY
  • High School:
    Starpoint

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2016-17: Indoor: Appeared in three meets during indoor season...Finished 4th in the 5000 meters at the RIT February Invitational in 16:09.23...Was 7th in the same race at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational at SPIRE.

Outdoor: Ran four times, including at the NYSCTC Outdoor Championships...Placed 20th in the 10000 meters at states, clocking in at 34:44.16...Finished 7th in the 10k at the Nazareth ROC City Classic on Apr. 9...Finished 15th in the 5000 meters at the Cortland Classic.

At UR 2015-16: Indoor: Qualified for the NYSCTC Indoor Championships and ended 18th in the 5000m in a time of 16:01.86...Had a season best finish of 7th place in the 5k at the Golden Eagle Invite on Feb. 20...Was 8th in the 3000m at the Brockport Multi & Invitational.

Outdoor: Ran in three events outdoors...Finished 11th in the 5000m at the St. John Fisher Cardinal Classic a week after finishing 13th in the same event at the Rochester Spring Invitational.

At UR 2014-15: Indoor: Ran in three meets as a sophomore, placing 8th in the 3000m (9:22.72) at the Ithaca College Invite on Feb. 7...Also, was 16th in the 3k at the Brockport Golden Eagle run two weeks later.

Outdoor: Competed in two meets for the Yellowjackets.

At UR 2013-14: Indoor: The freshman ran in four meets during the indoor season...Earned a season best result of 4th place in the 3000m at the RIT Orange/Brown Invitational on Feb. 21.

Outdoor: Competed three times for the Yellowjackets...Posted lone top-10 finish at the Rochester Spring Invite on Apr. 26, where he ended 9th in the 5000m (16:21.67).

HS: Attended Starpoint HS where he lettered in cross country, track and field and soccer for the Spartans...Named XC and track captain as a junior and senior...Earned team MVP as a junior and senior in cross country and as a senior on the track as a middle distance runner...1st Team All-League in cross country and was a NY state meet qualifier as a junior and senior...Personal bests include 2:04 in the 800m and 16:35 in cross country (5k).

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