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2015 Track & Field

Profile

  • MD
    Position
  • Freshman
    Class
  • 6'0
    Height
  • Scottsbluff HS
    High School
Matthew Barraza
Matthew Barraza
MD
Position
Freshman
Class

Summary

Biography

TRACK AND FIELD:

CROSS COUNTRY:
2015-16: Redshirted...did not compete during the cross country season. 

Before Wyoming: Ran his prep career at Scottsbluff High School for Jim Barker...in cross country was a three-time state champion and four-time all-state honoree...in track won the 1,600 meters as a junior and senior...helped his team win the 4x800-meter relay as a senior and a sophomore...owned personal bests of 1:56 in the 800 meters, 4:26 in the 1,600 meters and 15:38 in cross country (5,000 meters). 

Personal: Son of Mary Sanchez and Steven Barraza...has one sister, Madilyn...majoring in kinesiology at UW...also recruited by Nebraska, Kansas, Kansas State and Notre Dame.