Matt Clark Season 2011-12

2007 Honors: NCAA Qualifier, 5000m; ACC Champion, 10,000m; All-ACC, Indoor 3000m & 5000m; All-ACC, Outdoor 5000m; NCAA East Region Qualifier, 5000m; NCAA Provisional Qualifier, 3000m. 2005 Honors: All-Region, Cross Country; All-ACC, Cross Country; All-State, Cross Country; 2004 Honors: All-Region, Cross Country; All-State, Cross Country. 2003 Honors: All-State, Cross Country. Clemson Highlights Ranks fifth in Clemson history in the indoor 3000m.2006-07Outdoor: Earned first-ever trip to NCAA national meet in track in the 5000m…placed sixth at the East Region Championships after strong run of 13:57.27…that was a personal best in the event…finished 15th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 14:23.88 in the finals…earned a pair of All-ACC honors at the outdoor league meet, continuing his outstanding season…won his first-ever ACC title in the 10,000m…had a time of 29:56.26, his personal best, en route to the victory…ran the final quarter mile in under a minute…also earned All-ACC honors with a runner-up spot in the 5000m…qualified for regionals in the 5000m at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 14:05.35. Indoor: Earned a pair of All-ACC honors at the indoor league meet, which was held at Clemson…placed third in both the 3000m and 5000m…had a time of 8:19.42 in the 3000m and 14:18.32 in the 5000m…personal best in the 3000m was 8:04.20 at the Meyo Invitational, which puts him fifth in the Tiger record books in that event…NCAA provisional qualifier with that effort…had the team’s second-best time in the mile at 4:12.26. Cross Country: Red-shirted.2005-06Indoor and Outdoor: Red-shirted. Cross Country: Competed at the NCAA Championships for Clemson, a first in his career…finished 105th out of 253 runners overall at the difficult 10K course with a time of 30:59.6…qualified for the NCAA meet with a sixth-place finish in the Southeast Regional at Greenville, NC…had a 10K time of 30:12.7 at that meet and earned his second consecutive All-Region honor…finished runner-up at the ACC Championships with a career-best time of 23:51.2…earned All-ACC honors for the first time…won the season-opening Clemson Invitational and led the Tigers to the team title at that event…ACC Performer of the Week on September 26 after a runner-up finish in the Great American Classic.2004-05Outdoor: Recorded a season-best time of 3:53.74 in the 1500m at the Georgia Tech Invitational…placed fifth at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 3:55.70…at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, had a time of 3:56.62…in the 5000m, recorded a season-best time of 14:26.71 at the ACC Championships to score for Clemson with a seventh-place finish…also scored in the 10,000m with a fourth-place finish at the ACC Championships and a time of 30:12.24. Indoor: Did not compete. Cross Country: Earned all-region honors with a 14th-place finish and career-best time of 30:37.1 at the Southeast Regional Championships…at the ACC Championships, finished 18th with a time of 25:26.9 over the 8K course…earned ACC Performer of the Week honors on Sept. 27 after winning the Winthrop Invitational with a time of 24:36…an all-state honoree with his second-place finish at the Clemson Invitational/SC Collegiate Championships…recorded a time of 24:52.3 in that meet.2003-04Outdoor: Tigers’ number-two runner in the 1500m…ended the season with a strong performance and a season-best time of 3:49.66 in the 1500m at the Georgia Tech Invitational…at the Orange & Purple Classic, crossed the finish line in 3:50.25 to finish second…recorded a time of 3:51.52 in the 1500m at the Clemson Invitational, finishing third…ran lead-off on the Tigers’ 4x1500m relay team that won the event at the Clemson Relays with a time of 16:09.05…competed on the distance medley relay team that finished in 9:57.81 at the Penn Relays…also competed in the 4x800m relay team at the Clemson Relays, helping that team to the event title with a time of 7:51.04. Indoor: Recorded a season-best time of 4:15.87 in the mile run at the Carle/Health Alliance Classic to finish third…at the Kentucky Invitational, led the Tigers with a time of 4:16.80 in the mile…placed fifth in the mile at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 4:20.07…member of the Tigers’ distance medley relay team that recorded a time of 10:20.88 at the ACC Championships…recorded a time of 1:58.70 in the 800m at the Clemson Invitational. Cross Country: Number-three runner for Clemson at the Southeast Regionals, finishing 35th in 31:09.0…finished 26th at the ACC Championships with a time of 25:35.0 and was the number-two runner for the Tigers…number-two runner for Clemson at the Clemson Invitational/SC Collegiate Championships with a second-place finish and season-best time of 24:58…earned All-State honors as the runner-up in the state meet…Tigers’ number three runner at the FinishLynx/Murray Keatinge Invitational with season-best time of 25:02.10 over the five-mile course…opened season with a fifth-place finish at the Western Carolina Invitational with a time of 25:05…at the Bulldog Stampede, recorded second top-10 finish with a ninth-place mark and time of 26:15.16. Barnstable High School Highlights A three-time Old Colony League All-Star in track and cross country…a member of two Old Colony League cross country meet championship teams…helped Barnstable High School to the 2001 Old Colony League track championship…named a Cape Cod Times all-star in cross country, winter and spring track…earned Old Colony League all-star accolades in track and cross country in 2001, 2002 and 2003…entered Clemson with personal bests of 4:16.20 in the mile, 9:30 in the two-mile and 16:20 in the 5000m (cross country). Personal Born 2/8/85. Best Collegiate Times Mile – 4:12.26 1500m – 3:49.66 3000m – 8:04.20 5000m – 13:57.27 10,000m – 29:46.26 8000m (XC) – 23:51.2 10,000m (XC) – 30:12.7