2007-2008 Track and Field Roster
Matthew Parker
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Hurdles/Jumps
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- Rome, N.Y.
- Prev School:
- Rome Free Academy HS
2007 (So.): High jumped a personal-best 6-11 at the NCAA East Regional Championships to reach a jump-off for the final berth in the NCAA national meet … tied for fifth in the event, narrowly missing his first trip to the national championships … finished second in two events (110-meter hurdles and high jump) at the Big South outdoor meet, and was sixth in the long jump … came in third in the "Eastern" section of the high jump at the Penn Relays … also posted two second-place finishes at the Big South indoor championships, in the high jump and long jump … came in fourth in the Big South 60-meter hurdles … tied for fourth in the high jump at the IC4A indoor meet … made the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
2006 (Fr.): Placed third in the 60 hurdles and fourth in the high jump at the Big South indoor meet … kept busy at the outdoor conference meet, taking second in the 110 hurdles, fifth in the long jump, tied for sixth in the high jump and eighth in the 400 hurdles … Big South Presidential Honor Roll selection.
Prep: Won New York state titles in the high jump and 110 hurdles at Rome Free Academy H.S.
Personal: Son of Julie Brown-King … business major … birthday is Nov. 1.
Personal Bests: 110 hurdles – 14.58, High jump – 7-0.25
