Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

CAREER STATS

Matthew Bird returns as a fourth-year sprinter for the Yellow Jackets.....G-MAC Indoor First Team performer as member of winning 4 x 400 meter relay squad (3:27.37).....runner-up in the 400 (51.78) and placed 3rd in the 200 (23.0).....best indoor 200 time of the season was 22.71 at Grand Valley State.....part of 4 x 200 relay squad that set CU indoor record at the NCCAA Championship in 1:31.66.....G-MAC Outdoor First Team.....part of champion 4 x 400 quartet (3:23.03).....placed 3rd in the 400 in a season-best 51.44 and was 3rd in the 200 (23.25).....posted a career-best 200 of 22.54 seconds at the Wilmington Invitational.....NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.....G-MAC Academic Team.

2015 - G-MAC Indoor First Team performer as a sophomore.....member of the winning 4 x 400 meter relay squad that turned in the second-fastest time in school history at 3:23.79.....placed 4th in the 200 meters in 22.94 seconds.....ran a career-best 22.78 at the Indiana Hoosier Hills.....named to the G-MAC Outdoor Third Team.....placed 4th in the 400 in a career-best 51.03 and was 6th in the 200 in 23.32.....registered a season-best 200 mark of 22.71 in the All-Ohio.....set a new school record in the 300 meters of 36.54 at Tiffin.....G-MAC Academic Team.

2014 - G-MAC outdoor runner-up in the 200 meter dash in 23.19 seconds.....member of conference runner-up 4 x 400 meter relay squad (3:29.30).....placed 3rd in the G-MAC 400 in a season-best 51.59 seconds.....fastest outdoor 200 mark was 22.65 at Miami University.....established PR’s indoors of 23.19 in the 200 and 51.97 in the 400.

High School - Spent his prep track career as a sprinter at Keswick Christian.....state qualifier in the 4 x 400 meter relay as a senior.....graduated with school records in the 4 x 100, 4 x 400, and 4 x 800 relays.....2011 state qualifier in cross country.....Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete.

Personal - Dean’s List student as a mechanical engineering major at Cedarville University.....born 2/1/95 in Charleston, WV.....son of Robert and Angie Bird.....has one younger brother.