Matthew Sakeuh

Bio

2020-21 at Taylor:

Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season.

Outdoor: Did not compete during the 2021 outdoor campaign.

Indoor: Raced to 11th place in the 60-meter hurdles at the NAIA National Championships… Qualified for NAIA Nationals in the long jump … Earned All-Crossroads League honors in the 60-meter hurdles after finishing second with a career-best time of 8.18 … Finished fourth in the 400-meters at the CL Championships with a time of 50.21 … Named the Crossroads League Field Athlete of the Week December 9-15 … Won the 300-meters at the Mastodon Open with the best mark of the season in 35.25 … Recorded a season-best time of 7.14 in the 60-meter dash at the Findlay Open … Set a mark of 22.49 in the 200-meter dash at the GVSU Open … Jumped 23-02.74 feet in the long jump at the Indiana Tech Invite.

Outdoor: Outdoor season cancelled due to COVID-19.

2018-19 at Taylor:

Indoor: Finished third place in the long jump, second place in the 4x400-meter relay and second place in the distance medley relay at the Crossroads League Championships earning All-CL honors in all three events … Member of the 4x400-meter relay squad that set the TU program record … Logged the best mark of the year of 22-10.25 feet in the long jump at the IWU Invite … Clinched season-best times in the 200-meters at 23.45 and the 400-meters at 51.32 at the IWU Invite.

Outdoor: Finished 14th overall in the 4x400-meter relay at the NAIA National Championships … Earned All-Crossroads League in the 400-meters and the 4x400-meter relay … Recorded a season-best time of 15.85 in the 110-meter hurdles at Emory Invite … Clocked a time of 22.64 in the 200-meters at the George Glass Invite … Competed in the 400-meters at the George Glass Invite, logging a time of 48.88 which is the ninth-fastest 400-meter time in TU history … Ran the 400-meter hurdles at the Emory Invite in 54.84 … Set a season-best mark of 23-02.50 feet in the long jump at Crossroads League Championships placing fourth overall.

Prep: Earned four letters for coach Billy Loggins at Pendleton Heights High … Earned Indiana All-State honors in the 300-meters … Regional champion in the 300-meters … Sectional champion in the 110-meters, 300-meters and long jump … Won the 110-meters, 300-meters and 4x400-meter relay in the Hoosier Heritage Conference.

Personal: Son of NePlensah Sakeuh … Sisters, Plenseh-Tay and Princess, are both former athletes on the women’s track and field team … Majoring in public relations.