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2018-19 Men's Track and Field

Matt Pinney

Matt Pinney

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    230
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Mansfield
  • High School:
    E.O. Smith '15
  • Event:
    Throws

Summary

Biography

2018-19: LEC Academic Honor Roll for indoor and outdoor...E-Club Scholar Athlete Award...won 1 LEC honor for indoor...placed 6th in shot put at NE Alliance meet...won 2 LEC honors for outdoor...placed 3rd in shot put at Little East meet...placed 6th in shot put at NE Alliance meet...

 High School: Four-year member of the track & field program who threw the shot and discus... Class "M" state indoor champion... senior captain... 

PERSONAL: born Matthew B. Pinney February 26, 1997 in Pusan, South Korea… Parents: Joan and Brian… Sibling: Joe… Major: Physical Education… Career Plans: Teaching…Residence: Mansfield, CT...

MATT... REVEALED

Your pre-game ritual: Listening to music 

Personal goal for the season: Breaking the indoor record 

Your most overused phrase: Dude...

Favorite place to stop for food after a competition: Boston Market

If you were to choose a superpower what would it be: Super strength

If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go: Brazil 

Biggest crisis facing the world: Wage gap 

Your spirit animal: Largemouth bass

Something no one would miss if it were to be blown up/destroyed: Pinecone 

One thing you would like to do before you died: Fish the Amazon River 

The automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: 1968 Dodge Charger R/T

Dream job: Professional bass fisherman 

Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Roughneck 

Longest time you have watched a Netflix series: 6 Months

Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Shot put

Greatest story to come out of the 2016 Olympics: Ryan Crouser breaking the shot put olympic record

What was the best/worst place Pokemon Go has brought you: I don’t play that silly game

Favorite Instagram filter: O'natural 

Greatest sports dynasty of all-time: The 1994-95 Chicago Bulls

INDOOR   
DateMeetMarkFinish
WEIGHT   
2015/16   
January   16Coast Guard34-11#11th (13)   
January   23Smith 30-0 17th (21) 
January   30Springfield34-5 1/214th (20)
    
SHOT PUT   
2018/19   
December  1UMass Boston43-1 3/410th (72)
January    19Smith45-9 1/44th (20)
January    26Springfield45-81st (20)
February    2Plymouth State44-1 1/22nd (27)
February    9Yale44-6 3/45th (29)
February  16LEC45-2 1/44th (12)
 NE Alliance 6th (20)
February    23NE DIII45-112th (20)
2017/18   
December  9RIC44-0 1/22nd (32)
January     20Plymouth State44-6 3/42nd (17)
January     27Springfield46-2 1/2#1st (14)
February     3Wesleyan44-4 3/46th (43)
February   10LEC44-2 3/42nd (7)
 NE Alliance 8th (21)
2016/17   
January   14 Coast Guard43-0 1/21st (7)
January   21Plymouth State43-72nd (11)
January   28Springfield42-6 3/4 1st (16)
February   4URI43-11 3/410th (21)
February 11NE Alliance43-2 1/4 11th (20)
 LEC  4th (8)
February 18NE DIII40-4 1/422nd (25)
2015/16   
January   16Coast Guard    42-6    3rd (13)
January   23Smith                   42-7       8th (31)
January   30Springfield42-10 3/4    4th (24)
February   6Boston U.43-0 1/4   
13th (34)
February  13NE Alliance42- 6/48th (27)
 LEC 3rd (11)
    
OUTDOOR     
SHOT PUT   
2019   
March      23Ursinus44-1 1/23rd (23)
March      30UMass Dart44-86th (45)
April         6Coast Guard45-5 1/43rd (10)
April         13SNHU46-7 1/2#3rd (59)
April         19ECSU45-4 1/21st (23)
April         27NE Alliance/LEC45-96th (20)/3rd (9)
May           4NE DIII44-5 1/416th (22)
2018   
March     30Warrior Invite44-2 3/42nd (12)
April        6Regis41-7 1/42nd (28)
April        7Coast Guard43-8 1/21st (9)
April       14Mt. Holyoke44-92nd (20)
April       20ECSU45-3 3/43rd (13)
April       28NE Alliance46-3 1/45th (19)
   2nd (6)
May         5NE DIII45-2 1/212th (22)
2017   
March      25 Wesleyan43-11st (20)
April         2UMass Dart43-5 1/43rd (26)
April         8AIC40-8 3/411th (34)
April         15Mt. Holyoke43-101st (8)
April         21ECSU43-3 3/43rd (15)
April         29LEC40-8 1/4t-5th (9)
 NE Alliance 20th (24)
2016   
March      26Wesleyan41-2 1/2#5th (33)
April          2Coast Guard42-11 1/22nd (34)
April          9Smith41-9 3/4
3rd (27)
April        16Conn42-10 1/48th (45)
April        22ECSU45-71st (13)
April        30NE Alliance42-1 1/29th (30)
 LEC 5th (11)
May          7NE DIII42-2
19th (20)
    
DISCUS   
2019   
March        23Ursinus----
March        30UMass Dart125-75th (48)
April           6Coast Guard112-68th (17)
April          19ECSU110-211th (19)
April          27NE Alliance/LEC97-021st (22)/12th (13)
2018   
March        30Warrior Invite116-62nd (10)
April            7Coast Guard116-115th (10)
April           14Mt. Holyoke129-6#2nd (14)
April           28NE Alliance126-07th (20)
 LEC 3rd (6)
2017   
April            2 UMass Dart96-215th (28)
April          15Mt. Holyoke115-51st (5)
April          21ECSU125-62nd (10)
2016   
March        26Wesleyan124-84th (31)
April           2Coast Guard120-6 8th (40)
April           9Smith122-112nd (22)
April          16Conn125-59th (43)
April          22ECSU127-42nd (10)
April          30NE Alliance114-517th (30)
 LEC 8th (13)
 #-Personal best   

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16First Year

    5'11" 2015 lbs
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    5'11" 2015 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    5'11" 230 lbs
  • 2018-19Senior

    5'11" 230 lbs
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