Brian Matthews
Multi-Events
Ht
6'
3"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Whitehall, 
Wisconsin
Last School
Whitehall Memorial High School
Roster Years
2014 | 2017-2020


Personal

  • Parents are Jeffrey and Deanna
  • Siblings are Julia, Allison, Tim, Zoey and Andy
  • Major: Finance
  • Married to Rachel Matthews

Before BYU

  • Eight-time state qualifier
  • State Champion in the 300m hurdles and 4x400m relay
  • State runner-up in the 110m hurdles

Stats

Personal Bests
Mark/Time Event Meet
8.37 60mH 2020 BYU Indoor Invite
7.01 60m 2020 BYU Indoor Invite
11.11 100m 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships
22.99 200m 2020 Nike Boise Indoor Invite
49.40 400m 2014 BYU Robison Invitational
2:48.04 1000m 2017 MPSF Championships
4:44.09 1500m 2019 BYU Cougar Invitational
15.00 110H 2014 BYU Robison Invitational
2.03m/6-8 High Jump 2020 BYU Indoor Invite
4.60m/15-01 Pole Vault 2020 BYU Indoor Invite
6.86m/22-6.25 Long Jump 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships
14.49m/47-6.5 Shot Put 2019 Robison Invitational
39.88m/130-10 Discus 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships
58.00/190-3 Javelin 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships
7,394 Decathlon 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships
5,581 Heptathlon 2020 BYU Indoor Invite

Career Stats

Mission

  • Santiago West , Chile
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2017

2017 Indoor

  • Took 11th place overall at the MPSF Indoor Championships in the heptathlon with a personal best score of 4922

2014 Outdoor

  • Took fifth at the California Multi Meet with 5777 points in the decathlon
  • Placed eighth in the 110 meter hurdles at the UVU Invitational in 15.48
Sophmore Year 2018

2018 Indoor

  • Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
  • Won the heptathlon at the BYU December Invite with a career-best 5393 points and taking first in the 60m (7.13), long jump (6.66m - 21' 10.25"), shot put (13.14m - 43' 1.5"), high jump (2.01m - 6' 7"), 60m hurdles (8.40), and pole vault (4.55m - 14' 11")

Redshirt 2018 Outdoor

Junior Year 2019

Indoor

  • Took second place in the heptathlon at the MPSF Indoor Championships with a score of 5287 points
  • Competed in five meets during the 2019 indoor season

Outdoor

  • Named a second-team All-American in the decathlon after earning a career-best 7394 points to finish 11th at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Also set personal records in the 100m, long jump, discus and javelin)
  • Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
  • Qualified for Nationals with a score of 7335 points earned at the BYU Cougar Invitational
  • Competed in eight meets during the 2019 outdoor season
Senior Year 2020

Indoor

  • Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
  • Landed at No. 4 all-time at BYU in the heptathlon with 5,581 points
  • Scored for the Cougars at the 2020 MPSF Indoor Championships in the heptathlon, taking sixth
  • Ran a personal-best time in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.37 at the 2020 BYU Indoor Invite
  • Cleared a personal-best mark in the pole vault of 4.60m/15' 1" at the 2020 BYU Indoor Invite
  • Clocked a personal-best 200m time of 22.99 at the 2020 Nike Boise Invite
  • Competed in six meets during the 2020 indoor season
Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Redshirt 2014 Indoor

2014 Outdoor

  • Took fifth at the California Multi Meet with 5777 points in the decathlon
  • Placed eighth in the 110 meter hurdles at the UVU Invitational in 15.48
Medical Redshirt Year