Charlotte 49ers

Cross Country

  Matt Hipps

Matt Hipps

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
New Bern, N.C.

High School:
New Bern

Event:
Distance

Birthdate:
08/21/1985

Cross Country 2006: Finished 35th at Atlantic 10 Championships with time of 26:32.7...Placed third at Charlotte Relay...Placed fourth at Winthrop 5K...Competed at NCAA SE Regionals, Pre-Nationals and George Mason 6K

Academics: Athletic Director's List, fall 2004 ... Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll, fall 2004.

Cross Country 2004: Among the team's top five runners in five races ... posted a time of 25:52 at C-USA Championships, finishing 20th overall.

Indoor 2006: ran team's second fastest 5000m of the season at the A-10 Championships 15:06.78 finishing in 9th place... 2005: Had Charlotte's fastest 5,000 time of the season with a 15:07.76 at the Conference USA Championships ... That time ranks Hipps fourth on the school's all-time list ... Finished fourth at C-USA Championships.

Outdoor 2006: Ran team's fastest 10,000m of the season at the Duke Invitational in 31:31.32 and finished 7th at the A-10 Outdoor Championships in that distance... 2005: Qualified for USATF Junior Championships in the 10,000 ... Had the team's second-fastest 10k time (31:54.48) at Raleigh Relays ... That time is the eighth-best all-time at Charlotte ... Posted team's fourth-fastest 5,000 time of the season.

Prep: Three-time Big East Conference cross country champion ... four-time all-conference ... three-time all-Mideast Region ... fourth at indoor state championships in 3,200-meter run as a senior ... sixth at outdoor state championships in 3,200 as a junior ... four-time conference 3,200 champ ... Personal Bests: 15:26 (5K), 9:35 (3,200), 4:27 (1,600).

Personal: Son of David and Julie Hipps ... Majoring in chemistry ... Born August 21, 1985.