blank   Owain Matthews Class: Senior Hometown: Luton, England High School: Ashcroft HS Height: 6-1 Event: Distance Experience: 2L

Junior - 2002-03: (Cross Country) Scored in all seven meets . . . finished with two top-10 places and a second-team All-WAC honor with a 14th place finish at the WAC Championships . . . finished second at the Hurricane Festival . . . was TU's No. 2 runner in four meets . . . (Indoor) Participated in six meets . . . finished fourth in the 5,000-meters and seventh in the 3,000-meters at the WAC Championships . . . placed second in the 3,000-meter run at the Holiday Inn Invitational and in the mile run at the Baymont Inn/Fazoli's Open . . . also placed fourth in the 800-meters at the Central Missouri State Invitational . . . recorded the team's best time in the 3,000-meters with a time of 8:20.20 . . . also recorded personal-bests in the 800-meters, mile and 5,000-meters . . . (Outdoor) Ran in six meets . . . finished seventh in the 5,000-meters at the WAC Championships . . . finished fifth at the Stanford Invitational in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a school record time of 8:51.58 . . . qualified for the Midwest Regional in the steeplechase . . . posted the squad's best time for the 1,500-meters at the John McDonnell Invitational

Sophomore - 2001-02: (Cross Country) Ran in five meets . . . posted a team-best finish at the Baylor Invitational with a 5-mile time of 25:57.50 and at the ORU Oklahoma Classic with a time of 25:03.37 over the 8,000-meter course . . . earned a third-place team finish at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival . . . finished 11th at the WAC Championship in the 8,000-meters . . . posted an 83rd-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional in the 10,000 meters . . . (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . finished fourth on the team for the mile run with a time of 4:22.14 . . . earned the team's second best time in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:29.13 at the Last Chance Qualifier . . . finished fourth at the Oklahoma All-Comers meet in the mile and sixth at the Missouri Invitational in the 3,000-meters . . . (Outdoor) Ran in seven meets . . . posted a top-team finish in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:57.35 and in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:02.65 . . . earned a second-place team finish in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:44.48 at the Arkansas-Little Rock Open and the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:42.55 at the Stanford Invitational . . . a member of the distance medley relay team . . . posted a fourth-place team finish at the Michael Johnson/Southwestern Bell Classic in the 1500-meter run . . . finished sixth in the 3000-meter run at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock Invitational . . . earned a fourth-place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Cardinal Invitational . . . posted a ninth-place finish at the WAC Outdoor Championships in the 5,000-meters.

High School: Won the conference title for cross country and the 3,000m at Ashcroft High School . . . won the County School Cross Country Championships in 2000 . . . finished fourth at the English National School Cross Country Championships as a senior . . . finished sixth in the 3,000m at the English National School Championships . . . played rugby, soccer, cricket, basketball and tennis while in high school.

Personal: Exercise sport science major . . . son of Gareth and Rita Matthews . . . born November 4, 1981.