2011 Men's Cross Country

Brett Matejka

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown La Crescenta, Calif.

Biography

2011 (Senior)
Ran a 10K personal-record 31:24 to come in 95th at the NCAA West Regional
UCI's top finisher at the Big West Championships (22nd)
Notched an 8K career-best 24:42.3 at the conference meet
Added top-20 showings at the Cal State Northridge Invitational and Pomona-Pitzer Invitational

2010 (Junior)
Finished 86th at the NCAA West Regional (31:35.93)
Placed 17th overall at the Big West Championships with an 8K season-best 24:48.7
Won the 8K at the Cal Poly Invitational (26:37.5)
Took 25th at the UC Irvine Invitational (25:50.5)

2009 (Sophomore)
Had a strong outing at the NCAA West Regional where he was 86th overall (32:54.48)
Finished 32nd at the Big West Championships with a season-best 25:22.4
Recorded a fourth-place finish at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational (25:45.49)

2008 (Freshman)
Came in 15th with a season-best 26:05.93 at the Pepperdine Invitational
Also competed in the Titan Invitational where he was 26th (26:33.7)

High School
 Graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in 2008
 CIF finalist as a senior
 Also qualified for the CIF Prelims in 2007
 Led his cross country squad to the 2007 state championship

Personal
 Majoring in criminology, law and society
 Parents are Bernardine and Eric Matejka


TOP MARKS AT UCI
8K = 24:42.3 (2011 Big West Championships)
10K = 31:24 (2011 NCAA West Regional)