2014-15 Track and Field Roster
Babicz, Matt

Matt Babicz
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Mt. Prospect, Ill.
- High School:
- Prospect
Bio
2014 (Senior - Indoor)
- Competed in eight meets
- Won four shot put events including the BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/21 - 2/22) with a distance of 18.80m
- Competed in the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships (3/14 - 3/15), finishing fourteenth with a distance of 18.03m
2013-14 (Junior)
- Won five shot put events, including the BIG EAST Indoor Championship
- Qualified for the National Indoor Championships, where he placed 14th overall
- Second team All-American after his performance in the indoorchampionships.
Outdoor:
- Won six shot put events, including the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship
- Qualifieid for the National Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore.
- Won the discus at the Marquette duals on April 4.
2012-13 (Medical Redshirt)
2011-12 (Sophomore)
Indoor:
- Threw a career-best 17.98m in the shot put at the Notre Dame Invitational, where he finished third
- Placed second at the BIG EAST Championships with a throw of 17.80m
- Finished in second place at the Blue and Gold Invitational with a throw of 16.87m
- Placed third at the Badger Track Classic with a throw of 17.47m
- Finished in the top 10 at seven out of eight meets, including six top five finishes.
Outdoor:
- Won the BIG EAST Championship in the shot put with a career-best throw of 18.33m
- Won the FSU Relays with a throw of 16.69m
- Competed at eight meets and never finished lower than sixth in the shot put
- Placed second at the DePaul Invitational, Chicagoland Championships, and the Tom Botts Invitational
- Threw a career-best 49.50m in the discus throw at the Chicagoland Championships, where he took second place
- Finished second at the DePaul Invitational in the discus with a throw of 48.56m
- Threw the discus 48.94m in a third-place finish at the Oliver Nikoloff.
2010-11 (Freshman)
Indoor:
- Placed eighth in the shot put at the BIG EAST Championship with a personal-record distance of 16.25m
- Eclipsed the 15-meter mark in the shot put on six occasions
- Finished in fourth place behind a shot put distance of 15.91m at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener
- Exceeded conference qualifying standards in the weight throw at the Badger Track Classic after registering a season-best distance of 15.73m.
Outdoor:
- Peaked at the BIG EAST Championships with a discus throw of 48.13m to place eighth overall
- Qualified for the league meet in both the discus and shot put during his first appearance of the season
- Placed third in the discus at the Dave Rankin Invitational with a distance of 47.84m
- Notched a season-best shot put of 16.84m at both the Dave Rankin and Billy Hayes Invitationals
- Placed 11th at the BIG EAST Championship in the shot put with a throw of 15.70m.
High School:
- Placed eighth in the discus throw at the Class 3A IHSA Championship during his first season competing in track and field
- Placed third in the javelin and fifth in the shot put at the state meet the following year
- Set personal-record throw in the discus at 184'5"
- Career-best throw in the shot put recorded at 57'
- Two-time Mid-Suburban League and Sectional Champion
- Lettered in football and track and field.
Personal:
- Son of Mark and Angie Babicz
- Is the middle child of five siblings (Ryan, Nicole, Anthony, and Annalyse)
- Enrolled in the College of Commerce.
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