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2022-23 Men's Cross Country Roster

Matthew Schaefer

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 140
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Colts Neck, N.J.
  • Highschool Colts Neck High School

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
1500m 3:55.88
Mile 4:07.42
3000m 8:05.47
5000m 13:53.19
10000m 31:17.17
3000m SC 9:13.82
8K (XC) 24:32
10K (XC) 30:38

Awards:
  • 2021 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020-2021 Cross Country All-CAA Team: seventh (8k)
  • 2021 Cross Country All-CAA Team: fourth (8k)
  • 2022 Track & Field All-CAA Honoree: 5000m (second)
  • 2022 Cross Country All-CAA Honoree: eighth (8k)
  • Spring 2023 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll

Career Highlights:
  • Record holder, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 5000m (13:52.00)
  • Record holder, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 3000m (8:05.47)
  • Ranks eighth, All-Time Outdoor Performance List: 5000m (14:04.84)
  • Ranks seventh, Men's XC All-Time Top 10 Performers: 8K (24:34.0)
  • Ranks ninth, Men's XC All-Time Top 10 Performers: 10K (30:38.1)
  • Ranks fourth, Men's XC All-Time Top 10 Performers: 8K (Franklin Park course, 24:34.0)
  • 2022 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist: 5000m (14:28.66)
  • 2023 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist: 3000m steeplechase (9:19.43)
2022-23:
CROSS COUNTRY
  • Finished second at the Suffolk Short Course Classic with a 15:23 time (9/2)
  • Was the second Husky finisher at the Coast to Coast Battle in Beantown, posting a personal-best 24:34 8K time, good for fourth-best at Franklin Park in Husky history (9/23)
  • Finished 10th with a 25:23.2 8K time at the Penn State National Open (10/14)
  • Came in eighth at the CAA Championships with a time of 24:57.5 (10/28)
  • Finished 43rd at the NCAA Northeast Regionals, running a 10K time of 30:38.1 (11/11)
INDOOR
  • Finished fifth in the 5000m with a time of 14:23.04 at the CAA Championships (2/22)
  • Finished fourth in the 3000m (8:17.44) at the CAA Championships (2/23)
OUTDOOR
  • Finished top-20 in the 1-mile (4:10.08) at the Friar Invitational (4/14)
  • Earned the silver medal in the 3000m steeplechase (9:19.43) at the CAA Championships (5/5)
  • Finished fifth in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:13.82 at the New England Championships (5/13)
2021-22:
OUTDOOR
  • Competed in the 5,000 meters, finishing with a time of 14:17.69 at the Raleigh Relays (3/24-3/26)
  • Finished 21st with a personal-best time of 3:55.88 in the 1,500 meters at the UConn Northeast Challenge (4/15-4/16)
  • Recorded the eighth-best outdoor time in school history in the 5,000 meters (14:04.84, PB) at the Virginia Challenge (4/22-4/23)
  • Placed second in the 5,000 meters (14:28.66) at the CAA Championships (5/6-5/7)
  • Finished 17th in the 5,000 meters (14:31.16) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (5/14-5/15)

INDOOR
  • Finished the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:28.73 at the BU Indoor Opener (12/4)
  • Ran the seventh-best indoor time in NU history in the 3,000 meters (8:14.20, PB) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/30)
  • Recorded the fourth-best indoor time in school history in the 5,000 meters (14:09.07, PB) at the David Hemery Valentine Invite (2/12)
  • Finished 34th in the mile with a personal-best time of 4:07.42 at the BU Last Chance (2/27)
  • Ran a fifth-place time of 14:16.10 in the 5,000 meters at the ECAC/IC4A Championships (3/4-3/6)

CROSS COUNTRY
  • Placed third in the 8k race (25:12.20) at the Vermont Invitational (9/4)
  • Ran a season-best time of 24:45.40 in the 8k at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15)
  • Earned All-CAA honors with a fourth-place finish in the 8k race (25:06.70) at the CAA Championships (10/30)
  • Competed in the 10k race (32:52.50) at the NCAA Northeast Regionals (11/12)

2020-21:
OUTDOOR
  • Recorded a personal-best time of 14:31.25 in the 5000 meters at the Raleigh Relays (3/25-27)
  • Finished sixth in the 1500 meters (3:59.86, PB) and ninth in the 800 meter (1:57.95, PB) at the UMass Tri Meet (4/3)
  • Placed third in the 5000 meters (14:38.49) at the George Davis Invitational (4/16-17)
  • Finished fourth with a personal-best time of 31:17.17 in the 10,000 meters  and finished fifth in the 5000 meters (15:09.33) at the CAA Championships (4/30-5/1)
  • Finished 11th in the 5000 meters (15:04.06) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (5/14-16)

CROSS COUNTRY
  • Placed seventh in the 8k with a time of 24:41.80 to earn All-CAA honors at the CAA Cross Country Championship (3/5)

2019-20:
INDOOR
  • Placed fourth with a personal-best time of 8:28.64 in the 3000 meters at the Joe Donahue Games (12/14)
  • Placed seventh in the 3000 meters (8:30.43) at the New England Championships (1/31-2/1)
  • Ran a personal-best time of 4:12.54 in the mile at the BU Last Chance Qualfier (2/28)
  • Placed 20th with a personal-best time of 14:33.51 in the 5000 meters at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (3/6-8)
CROSS COUNTRY 
  • Placed fifth at the Nassaney Invitational with an 8k time of 25:28.60 (9/7)
  • Placed 13th in the 8k (25:36.60) at the CAA Championships (11/2)
  • Ran a personal-best time of 31:06.20 in the 10K at the NCAA Division I Northeast Regional Championships (11/15)

2018-19:
OUTDOOR
  • Championed the 5000 meters, finishing with a time of 15:11.57 at the BSU Invitational (3/23)
  • Qualified for the New England Championships in the 10,000 meters after accomplishing a time of 31:30.02 at the Raleigh Relays (3/29)
  • Finished sixth in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:50.91 at the Ocean State Invitational (4/12)
  • Placed fourth in the 5000 meters (15:20.05) at the CAA Championships (5/3-4)
 
INDOOR
  • Competed in the 5000 meters (15:11.74) to start the season at the BU Season Opener (12/1)
  • Ran the 3000 meters (8:50.49) at the Howlin’ Husky Invitational (12/8)  
  • Finished the mile in 4:27.62 at the Beantown Challenge (1/12)
  • Placed fourth in the 3000 meters (8:46.92) at the Joe Donahue Games (1/18)
  • Finished eighth with a personal best in the 5000 meters (15:01.46) at the New England Championships (2/1-2)
  • Recorded a personal-best time in the 3000 meters (8:35.12) at the Valentine Invitational (2/8-9)
  • Ran the mile in a personal-best time of 4:18.15 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier (2/24)

CROSS COUNTRY
  • Ran at the Nassaney Invitational, earning tenth in the 8K with a 25:42.5 finish (9/8)
  • Participated in the Battle of Beantown, finishing 8K in 26:29.50 (9/21)
  • Earned 21st place at the CAA Championships, running the 8K in 25:04.00 (10/26)
  • Qualified and competed in the NCAA Regional Championships, completing the 10K course in 35:06.20 (11/9)
  • Competed in the IC4A Championships finishing the 8K in 25:45.50 (11/17)

Personal – From Colts Neck, New Jersey … Mechanical Engineering major.
 
Before NU – Competed at the varsity level for four years of track and cross country, as a distance runner … Served as senior captain for cross country, indoor and outdoor track … Earned First Team All-Shore 2016, First Team All-Division 2017 & 2018, Second Team Group 3 2017 and All-American 4xMile 2017 … Also played varsity lacrosse for one year as a midfielder.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    Distance
    6'0" 140 lbs

  • 2019Sophomore

    Distance
    6'0" 140 lbs

  • 2020Junior

    Distance
    6'0" 140 lbs

  • 2021-22Senior

    Distance
    6'0" 140 lbs

  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    Distance
    6'0" 140 lbs