Matt Echols Class: Senior Hometown: Spotsylvania, Virginia High School: Spotsylvania Height: 6-1 Position: Multi-Events Birthdate: 04/25/1984

At Utah Valley ...
SENIOR ~ (2010): (INDOOR) Had season best times at ISU's Bengal Shoot Out of 7.42 in the 60m dash, 52.66 in the 400m dash, and 3:40.29 in the 4x400m relay ... (OUTDOOR) placed eighth in both the 200m and 400m dashes at the GWC Outdoor Championships in Yankton, S.D. with times of 22.38 and 50.44 and his relay team also finished second and broke a school record in the 4x100m relay with a time of 41.05 as he helped his team repeat as conference champions ... posted season best times of 22.29 in the 200m dash and 49.71 in the 400m dash.

JUNIOR ~ (2009): (INDOOR) Battled an injury for the majority of the indoor season ... competed at the Mountain States Games at Idaho State and ran the 200m dash in 23.74 and the 400m dash in 53.25 ... (OUTDOOR) at the GWC Outdoor Championships in Houston, Texas placed 8th in the 200m dash with a time of 23.17, also ran the 400m dash in 50.76 and had a jump of 39'01.25" in the triple jump ... at the Javier Wildcat Invite at Weber State ran the 200m dash in 22.82 and the 400m dash in 52.17 ... at the SUU Invitational in Cedar City posted a 2.04 in the 200m dash and a 56.20 in the 400m dash.

SOPHOMORE ~ (2008): (INDOOR) at the Snake River Invitational ran the 200m in (23.19) and also competed in the triple jump (37'09.50") ... placed 5th at the Blue & Orange Invitational in the 400m (50.06) ... (OUTDOOR) posted his season best times in the 200m (22.39) and 400m (50.23) at the BYU Invite ... placed 4th at the SUU-UVU Dual in the 400m (50.68) ... at the NAC Championships finished in 6th place in the 400m (51.80), 6th in the long jump (18'8"), 4th in the high jump (5'7"), 6th in the javelin throw (134'08.50"), and 4th in the triple jump (36'5").

FRESHMAN ~ (2007): Indoor: had a time of 9.32 seconds in the 60m hurdles at Idaho State ... had a time of 8.81 in the 55m hurdles at Weber State ... recorded a time of 37.29 in the 300m dash at BYU ... had a time of 51.51 in the 400m dash at Boise State ... jumped 19'05.50 in the long jump at BYU ... Outdoor: had a time of 11.31 seconds in the 100m dash at Utah State ... ran a 22.29 in the 200m dash at the BYU Robison Invitational ... ran a 50.44 in the 400m dash at Long Beach State ... had a time of 16.74 seconds in the 110 hurdles at Long Beach State ... had a triple jump of 40.01.25 at Utah State ... had a time of 1:01.45 in the 400m hurdles at Utah State ... had a discus throw of 107.00.50 at Weber State ... had a shot put throw of 34'06.75 at Long Beach State.

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Spotsylvania High School ... was the region champion in the indoor 500m and 300m in 2001 ... was a state champion in the 300m and a region champion in the 400m with a time of 49.3 seconds ... anchored the 4 x 4 state championship relay team that advanced to nationals ... high school team won the 2000-01 Indoor region title ... in 2001 the outdoor team won the region title ... also lettered in basketball, football and cross country.

Personal ...
Graduated from Spotsylvania High School in 2002 with a 3.1 GPA ... majoring in Secondary Education ... was on the Honor Roll ... recruited by Brown, Laverne, Mary Washington and University of Virginia ... parents are Patrick and Deborah ... married Brittney on May 22, 2004.