2017-18 Men's Track & Field Roster
Roster

Matt Garcia
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- High School:
- Sunnyslope HS
Garcia TFRRS Results
AT MAJOR MEETS
2017 C-USA Indoor Championships - 13th, Weight Throw, 15.73
2017 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 5th, Hammer Throw, 57.87
2018 C-USA Indoor Championships- 8th, Weight Throw, 17.51m
2018 C-USA Outdoor Championships- 6th, Hammer Throw, 57.33m
ACADEMIC HONORS
2015-16 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2016-17 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017-18 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
(Indoor)
Weight Throw - 17.51m, C-USA Championships (2/17/18)
(Outdoor)
Hammer Throw- 58.42m, UCSD Triton Invitational (4/13/18)
2017-18
Indoor: Finished fifth at the Howie Ryan Invitational in the weight throw with a throw of 17.03m...threw a personal best of 17.51m in the weight throw at C-USA Indoors to finish eighth overall. Outdoor: Finished third at the Cougar Spring Break Invitational with a throw of 57.62m in the hammer throw...threw a personal best 58.42m at the UCSD Triton Invitational...placed sixth, 57.33m, in the hammer throw at 2018 C-USA Outdoor Championships.
2016-17
Indoor: Set a career best in the weight throw event after posting a distance of 16.23m at the Howie Ryan Invitational, where he placed fifth in the competition. Outdoor: Finished fifth at the J Fred Duckett Twilight Meet in the hammer throw...at the C-USA Outdoor Championships, finished fifth in the hammer throw as well.
MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Was a two-time NJCAA Region I champion in the hammer throw and a two-time NJCAA All-American in the hammer throw...named to the top male GPA athlete for Mesa in 2014...NJCAA Superior Academic Achievement Award.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Sunnyslope HS in Phoenix, AZ...threw for head coach Erin Knight and helped the Vikings win a district championship along with a three-peat of the district relays...was named the Most Outstanding Thrower in 2012 and 2013 and was the 2013 Arizona DII Shot Put State champion...also played football for Coach Mike Mayfield.
PERSONAL
Full name: Matthew Steven Garcia...Parents: Steven Garcia (one sister)...College: Wiess...Major: Mechanical Engineering.
AT MAJOR MEETS
2017 C-USA Indoor Championships - 13th, Weight Throw, 15.73
2017 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 5th, Hammer Throw, 57.87
2018 C-USA Indoor Championships- 8th, Weight Throw, 17.51m
2018 C-USA Outdoor Championships- 6th, Hammer Throw, 57.33m
ACADEMIC HONORS
2015-16 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2016-17 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017-18 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
(Indoor)
Weight Throw - 17.51m, C-USA Championships (2/17/18)
(Outdoor)
Hammer Throw- 58.42m, UCSD Triton Invitational (4/13/18)
2017-18
Indoor: Finished fifth at the Howie Ryan Invitational in the weight throw with a throw of 17.03m...threw a personal best of 17.51m in the weight throw at C-USA Indoors to finish eighth overall. Outdoor: Finished third at the Cougar Spring Break Invitational with a throw of 57.62m in the hammer throw...threw a personal best 58.42m at the UCSD Triton Invitational...placed sixth, 57.33m, in the hammer throw at 2018 C-USA Outdoor Championships.
2016-17
Indoor: Set a career best in the weight throw event after posting a distance of 16.23m at the Howie Ryan Invitational, where he placed fifth in the competition. Outdoor: Finished fifth at the J Fred Duckett Twilight Meet in the hammer throw...at the C-USA Outdoor Championships, finished fifth in the hammer throw as well.
MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Was a two-time NJCAA Region I champion in the hammer throw and a two-time NJCAA All-American in the hammer throw...named to the top male GPA athlete for Mesa in 2014...NJCAA Superior Academic Achievement Award.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Sunnyslope HS in Phoenix, AZ...threw for head coach Erin Knight and helped the Vikings win a district championship along with a three-peat of the district relays...was named the Most Outstanding Thrower in 2012 and 2013 and was the 2013 Arizona DII Shot Put State champion...also played football for Coach Mike Mayfield.
PERSONAL
Full name: Matthew Steven Garcia...Parents: Steven Garcia (one sister)...College: Wiess...Major: Mechanical Engineering.
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