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2023-24 Men's Track & Field Roster

Sylvia Lambert

Matthew Higdon

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tecumseh, OK
  • High School Tecumseh HS
  • Prev School Cowley College

Biography

SEASON AND CAREER RESULTS

HONORS AND AWARDS

2024 GAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/30)
NCAA D2 Outdoor National Championship Qualifier (Hammer Throw) 
2023 GAC Field Athlete of the Week (5/2)
2022 GAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/26)

AS A SENIOR (2022-23)
  • OUTDOOR
    • Competed in nine meets, earned three top-two finishes 
    • Broke the program's previous hammer throw record with a 60.57m (198-9) heave at Texas Tech's Corky/Crofoot Shootout (5/1) 
    • Won the Hammer Throw (59.10m) at the GAC Outdoor Championship (5/4-6) and the OBU Invite (3/24-25)
    • Career-best in the Javelin Throw (34.23m) at the GAC Outdoor Championship on May 4-6
  • INDOOR
    • Competed in six meets
    • Career-best in the Weight Throw (19.06m) at the 8th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic (2/10-11)
    • Claimed first in the Weight Throw (18.24m) at the Wichita State Herm Wilson Invitational (1/27-28)

AS A JUNIOR (2021-22)
  • OUTDOOR
    • Competed in seven meets, earned six top-three finishes 
    • Won the Hammer Throw (54.86m) at the UTA Invitational (4/28)
    • Won the Hammer Throw (56.52m) at the OBU Invite (3/24-26)
    • Took home first in the Hammer Throw (55.94m) at the GAC Championships (5/5-7)
    • Career-best in Hammer Throw (59.97m) at Josh Jacobs Invitational (5/22-23) and Discuss Throw (43.59m) at UTA Invitational (4/28)
  • INDOOR
    • Competed in seven meets
    • Career-best in the Shot Put (14.66m) at the 7th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic (2/11-12)
    • Took home first place in the Weight Throw (17.34m) at the OBU/GAC Last Chance Indoor

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior

  • 2023-24Senior

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