Matt Plowman

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Elmhurst, Ill.
High School:
York Community
Position:
Distance

Last Updated: May 13, 2019

Senior (2018-19)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 1:52.79 in the 800 meter run for 16th at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12)
• Ran 4:02.34 in the 1500 meter run for 19th at the Len Paddock Open (May 3)
• Ran a career-best 1:51.06 in the 800 meter run for the win at the Cardinal Classic (April 19-20) in section 2.
• Ran 1:52.53 in the 800 meter run for 2nd at the Louisville Invitational (April 12-13)
• Ran 1:51.65 in the 800 meter run for 18th at the Stanford Invitational (March 29-30)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 2:03.20 in the 800 meter run for 54th at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8-9)
• Ran 1:52.15 in the 800 meter run for 6th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 1-2)
• Ran 1:22.17 in the 600 meter run for 8th at the Simmons-Harvey Big Ten Invitational (Jan. 19)

Junior (2017-18)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 1:53.50 in the 800 meter run to finish 22nd at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 11-13)
• Ran 1:51.89 in the 800 meter run to finish 9th at the National Relay Championships (April 27-28) and ran a leg of the 7th-place distance medley relay.
• Ran 1:52.37 in the 800 meter run to finish 4th at the Battle of the Blues (April 6)
• Ran a career-best 1:51.28 in the 800 meter run to finish 9th at the Pac 12 vs Big Ten Challenge (March 23-24) , after also running a leg of the 4x400 relay where the team ran 3:26.18 to finish 8th

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran a leg of the team that clocked 9:50.08 in the Distance Medley Relay to finish 6th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24)
• Ran a career-best 1:21.35 in the 600 meter run to win the competition at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 16)
• Ran 4:16.29 in the Mile to finish 25th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 2-3)
• Ran a career-best 1:51.83 in the 800 meter run to win the competition at the Simmons-Harvey Quad (Jan. 20), and also ran a leg of the seventh-place 4x400 relay (3:27.39).
• Ran a career-best 1:54.60 in the 800 meter run to finish 2nd at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)

Cross Country
• Ran 16:11.2 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 18th at the Michigan Open (Sept. 1)

Sophomore (2016-17)

Outdoor
• Ran 3:55.53 in the 1500 meter run to finish 25th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 12-14)
• Ran a leg of the team that clocked 7:23.93 in the 4x800 relay to finish 7th at the Penn Relays (Apr. 27-29)
• Ran 1:54.31 in the 800 meter run to finish 14th at the Jesse Owens Invitational (Apr. 21-22)
• Ran 3:50.94 in the 1500 meter run (open) to finish 23rd at the Mt. SAC Relays (Apr. 13-14)
• Ran 1:51.97 in the 800 meter run to finish 3rd at the Battle of the Blues (Apr. 1)

Indoor
• Ran 4:18.67 in the Mile to finish 37th at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 10-11) in the non-invitational section.
• Ran a career-best 1:55.29 in the 800 meter run to finish 2nd at the SVSU Jets Pizza Invitational (Jan. 28)
• Ran 1:56.06 in the 800 meter run to finish first at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 14)

Cross Country
• Finished 20th at the 5,000-meter EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 21) in 15:58.3
• Finished 257th at the 8,000-meter Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 24) in 29:03
• Finished 26th at the 8,000-meter Sycamore Invitational (Sept. 10), finishing the race in 27:28.0
• Ran to an 18th-place finish at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Sept. 2), finishing in 16:02.2 during his first race in-uniform as a Wolverine

Freshman (2015-16)

Outdoor
• Ran in the 800 (2:00.01) and 1,500-meter races (4:05.18) at the Jesse Owens Classic (April 23)
• Finished 19th in the Collegiate Open Section of the 1500 meter run at the Mount SAC Invitational (April 15), setting a new PR of 3:50.22. Also competed at the Long Beach Invitational (April 16), finished fourth setting a new PR in the 800 meter run of 1:53.49
• Made collegiate debut in the 1500 meter run at the Battle of the Blues (March 31), finishing ninth in 3:53.15
• Made outdoor debut at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Invite (March 26), finishing 17th in the 800 meter run in 1:54.95, while also competing in the 4x400 meter relay

Indoor
• Finished 11th in his heat of the mile in 4:20.79 at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 20)
• Finished 11th in the mile at the SPIRE NCAA D1 Invitational (Feb. 13), setting a new PR of 4:13.17
• Won his heat of the mile run in 4:14.14 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 29-30)
• Competed in the 1 Mile run with a time of 4:16.71 at the Notre Dame Invitational (January 23)
• Finished third in the mile run with a time of 4:16.17 as well as finishing first in the 4x400m relay event (3:36.67) at the Doug Raymond Invitational (Jan. 16)

Cross Country
• Redshirted
• Finished 20th with a time of 15:46.2 in the 5,000-meter event at the EMU Classic (Oct. 23) while competing unattached
• Competing unattached, ran to an 86th-place finish in 26:55 at the 8,000-meter Spartan Invitational (Sept. 18)
• Crossed at 16:12.2 in his debut finishing 42nd in the 5,000-meter event at the EMU Celebration (Sept. 5) as an unattached athlete.

Prep

• Graduated from York Community High School (2015) with High Honors each semester
• National Honor Society
• National Technical Honors Society Member
• York High School Junior Athlete of the Year (2013-14)

Cross Country
• Ran at the 2012 Nike Cross Country National Qualifiers, finishing 181st
• Qualified for the state meet (2013-14)

Track and Field
• Ran at the 2014 Nike Festival of Miles, finishing sixth in 4:09, and also competed at the 2015 Adidas Dream Mile, finishing 11th
• Six-time All-State in the 800m (2013-14), 1,600m (2015) and 4x800m relay (2012-13, '15)

Personal
• Enrolled in the school of Engineering
• Majoring in Civil Engineering
• Born November 19, 1996
• Son of Thomas Plowman and Kelly Howze