2017 Men's Track & Field

Matt Seawright

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Long Beach, Calif.
  • Prev School Cerritos Community College

Biography

2017 (Senior)
• NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the hammer (18th) and discus (39th)
• Earned All-Big West honors in both events
• Runner-up in the hammer with a lifetime-best 210-11 and third in the discus with a season-best 180-07 at the conference championships
• Ranks third and fourth in school history, respectively
• Claimed the individual hammer title at the Mondo Team Challenge (191-09)
• Set then career bests of 204-04 at the Big West Challenge and 205-06 at the Beach Invitational
• Also surpassed the 200-foot mark at the NCAA West Prelims (207-11)

2016 (Junior)
• Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the hammer (21st) and discus (29th)
• Scored in three different events at the Big West Championships
• All-conference performer in the discus with a third-place finish
• Also took fourth in the hammer with a then season-best 203-02, and was sixth in the shot put
• Finished ninth in the hammer (197-04) at the prestigious Texas Relays
• Won the discus at the UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational with a personal-record 183-04
• Added a runner-up showing in the shot put with a career-best 54-06, which ranks eighth in program history

Junior College
• Competed two years in track & field at Cerritos College
• Runner-up in the hammer at the 2015 Southern California Championships
• Finished fifth overall at the state championships
• Added top-10 showings in the shot put (9th) and discus (10th) at the state meet
• Named the Falcons' Men’s Thrower of the Year in 2014 and 2015

High School
• Graduated from Millikan High School in 2013
• Competed in football and track
• Earned the Four-Year Ram Award for football (2012)

Personal
• Majoring in history
• Involved in the Alpha Omega campus club
• Parents are Christina and Marc Seawright
• Has four siblings - Quinn, Alex, Chris, and Asia

TOP MARKS AT UCI
Shot Put = 54-06 (2016 UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational)
Discus = 183-04 (2016 UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational)
Hammer = 210-11 (2017 Big West Championships)

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Junior

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  • 2017Senior

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