Results
As a Senior in 2017-18:
Did not see action for the Owls.
As a Junior in 2016-17:
Did not see action for the Owls.
As a Sophomore in 2015-16:
Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection…Finished third in 4x400 relay (3:25.84) and seventh in 400m (51.95) at the Yale Season Opener on December 5…Placed first in the 4x400 relay (3:29.12) and 12th in 400m (53.16) at the Elm City Challenge on December 10…Took fourth in the 4x400 relay (3:31.32) and 25th in the 400m (53.20) at the Dartmouth Relays on January 10…Placed second in the 4x400 relay (3:31.19) and seventh in the 400m (53.87) at the Tufts Stampede and Multi on January 30…Took 18th in the 400m (52.63) at the NYC Metro Champs on February 4…Competed in the 400m (52.24) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on February 12…Finished 17th in the 400m (56.46) at the Northeast-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships on February 20…In his outdoor season, he finished fourth in the 4x400 relay (3:34.40) and 15th in the 100m (12.20) at the Yale Multi Team on April 2…Placed 17th in the 200m (23.64) and 19th in the 400m (52.89) at the UCONN Northeast Challenge on April 16…Took third in the 400 relay (3:31.10) and 18th in the 400m (53.76) at the George Davis Invitational on April 23…Finished 19th in the 400m (52.36) at the Northeast-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 6.
As a Freshman in 2014-15:
Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection…Finished in 10th place as part of the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:30.74 and 12th place in the 500 meters with a time of 1:10.94 at the Yale Season Opener…Earned second place as part of the 4x400 relay (3:33.86), fourth place as part of the distance medley relay (10:55.78) and eighth place in the 400 meters (53.58) at The Elm City Challenge…Finished eighth as part of the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:34.76 and 27th in the 400 meters with a time of 53.40 at the Dartmouth Relays…Finished 11th in the 4x400 relay (3:35.26), 20th in the 500 meters (1:10.32) and 21st in the 200 meters (24.48) at the Sorlien Invitational…Finished 45th as part of the 4x400 relay (3:28.77) at the Boston University Invite…Finished in fifth place as part of the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:28.50 and 12th place in the 500 meters (1:08.95) at the Metropolitan Championships...Finished 40th as part of the 4x400 relay (3:27.28) at the DHV Invitational…At the NE-10 Championship, finished ninth in the 400 meters (51.93)…Took second as part of the 4x400 relay (3:26.81), fifth as part of the 4x1 relay (43.44), and ninth in the 400 meters (52.45) at the UConn Northeast Challenge…Finished fourth as part of the 4x100 relay (43.79), 17th in the 400 meters (52.22), and 30th in the 200 meters (23.40) at the Mark Young Invitational…Placed fifth as part of the 4x100 (44.30) and fourteenth in the 400 (52.04) at the Yale Springtime Invitational…Finished 19th in the 400 meters at the NE-10 Championships.
Before Southern Connecticut State University:
All-State, All-Conference and All-New England selection in cross country at Trumbull (Conn.) High School…Holds the 4x400 relay and sprint medley school records…Also played football, soccer and basketball.
Personal:
The son of Michele and Robert Matera...Born in Trumbull, Conn...Plans to major in exercise science.
