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Ross Matheson - Cross Country - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Ross Matheson

Hometown

Edinburgh, Scotland

Previous School

Queen Margaret University

2014-15
2014 XC: Finished 10th at the Lobo Invitational with a time of 15:44.32 … ran 23:45.7 at the Notre Dame Invitational to place 17th … ran 24:36 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational to finish 94th … placed sixth at the MW Championships with 23:47.90 … led the Lobos with a 24th-place showing at the NCAA Mountain Regionals at 30:24.28 … finished 119th at the NCAA Championships after recording a time of 31:41.4.
2015 Indoors: Finished seventh in 4:19.22 in the mile at the Don Kirby Invitational … ran a leg of the DMR that placed third (10:06.24) at the MW Championships … finished second in the mile at the MW Championships at 4:10.53.
2015 Outdoors: Placed seventh in the 1500m at the MW Outdoor Championships with 3:54.94 … took 11th in the 1500m at the Payton Jordan Invitational with 3:56.47 … won the 1500m at the New Mexico Quadrangular after running 4:03.03.

2013-14 
2013 XC: Competed at four meets, including the conference and national championsips … opened at the Notre Dame Invitational, covering the five-mile course in 25:41.1 to place 88th overall and fifth on the team … registered back-to-back sixth-place team finishes at the Mountain West Championships (24th overall, time of 24:58.09) and NCAA Mountain Region Championships (49th overall, 30:44.2) … scored for the Lobos at the NCAA Championships, placing 131st overall (and fourth on the team) with a time of 31:35.2 over the 10K course. 
2014 Indoors:
Ran at four meets for the Lobos … Opened in the 800 meters at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational, placing fourth with a time of 1:52.08* … Took 12th in the 800 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, finishing in 1:55.66*, while placing ninth in the mile with a time of 4:17.90* … Scored in the 800 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, placing eighth with a time of 1:55.46*.
2014 Outdoors: Saw action at six meets, mostly in the 1500 meters … Opened with back-to-back 1500s, placing 22nd at the highly competitive Stanford Invitational with a time of 3:47.77 before placing ninth at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 3:43.27 … Ran one of the legs of New Mexico’s four-mile relay at the Penn Relays, helping the squad to fifth place … Ran the 1500 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, placing third in his section with a time of 3:43.55 … Scored in the metric mile at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, finishing seventh with a time of 3:51.43* … Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Round, placing 47h with a time of 3:59.07.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Claimed victory in the 1500-meter run at the 2013 Scottish National Open, racing to a personal best of 3:46.58 … won the Scottish National Cross Country Championships in 2013  … took ninth in the 1500 at the 2013 British Athletics European Trials & UK Championships … finished seventh in the 800 at the 2012 Aviva England Athletics U20/U23 Championships … won the 1500 multiple times in 2010, including the Scottish U20/U23 Championships.

PERSONAL RECORDS

800 meters: 1:51.69
1,500 meters: 3:43.27
3,000 meters: 8:38.95
5,000 meters: 14:54.03

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

• Academic All-Mountain West, 2014
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

XC HONORS

• All-Region, 2014

* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol