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2008-09 Track and Field/Cross Country Roster

Matt Racine

Matt Racine

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    ,
  • High School:
    Capital HS

Summary

Biography

Four-Time Second-Team All-WAC 

2007-08: Racine was Idaho's third finisher and 16th overall at the WAC Cross Country Championships as the Vandal men took second as a team. He was the team's No. 2 finisher at the NCAA West Regional, as he came in 100th overall. He set personal bests in three events during the indoor season, with times of 1:59.34 in the 800m, 4:22.61 in the mile run and 14:55.81 in the 5,000m. He took seventh in the 5,000m and 10th in the 3,000m at the WAC Indoor Championships and took seventh in the 10,000m and 12th in the 5,000m at the WAC Outdoor Championships. 

2006-07: Racine finished 17th at the WAC Cross Country Championships and helped the team finish third. He earned a pair of second-team all-WAC honors with sixth-place finishes in both the 3,000m and 5,000m runs at the WAC Indoor Championships. He earned his fourth career second-team honor with a fourth-place finish in the 10,000m and a ninth-place finish in the 5,000m at the WAC Outdoor Championships.

2005-06: Racine came in 19th at the WAC Cross Country Championships to help the Vandal men to a second-place finish. He finished eighth in the 5,000m run with a time of 15:48.92 and ninth in the 3000m run with a time of 9:05.29 at the WAC Indoor Championships. He finished fifth in the 10,000m in 33:20.62 to earn second-team all-WAC honors and 10th in the 5,000m run at the WAC Outdoor Championships.

Personal: He is the son of Doug and Sandy Racine. He was born Feb. 14, 1987, at Boise, Idaho. He has two brothers, Tom and Kevin. He was a four-sport athlete for Capital High School and was a team captain for cross country and wrestling. He finished fourth at the Idaho State Championships in cross country his senior year after finishing sixth as a junior. He is majoring in Biology at Idaho.

Personal Bests:
Indoor:
800m: 1:59.34
Mile: 4:22.61
3,000m: 8:43.25
5,000m: 14:55.81

Outdoor:
100m: 12.11
200m: 24.10
800m: 1:59.92
1500m: 4:04.57
3,000m Steeplechase: 9:52.76
5,000m: 15:02.66
10,000m: 31:41.23

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Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Sophomore

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  • 2007-08Junior

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  • 2008-09Senior

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