2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Matthew Bigelow

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Weston, CT
  • High School Weston
  • Prev School Maryland

Biography

PR's
Outdoor: PV - 5.02m (16' 5.5")
2025
Outdoor
  • Recorded season clearance of 4.93m (16’ 2’) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 8-10)
  • Cleared a height of 4.85m (15’ 11”) in the collegiate section of the pole vault to place ninth at the Penn Relays (Apr. 24-26) 
  • Recorded second-place finishes in the pole vault at the Sunday Night Qualifier (May 18) with a clearance of 4.69m (15’ 4.5”) and at the Mountaineers First Chance (Mar. 21) with a mark of 4.20m (13’ 9.25”) 
  • Posted a clearance of 4.80m (15’ 9”) in the pole vault at the App State Open (Apr. 18-19) 
  • Took third with a mark of 4.70m (15’ 5”) in the pole vault at the Myrtle Beach Invitational (Mar. 14-15)
2024
Outdoor
  • Recorded a personal best of 5.02m (16’ 5.5”) to place sixth in the pole vault at the Sun Belt Championships (May 9-11)
  • Stands sixth in the App State record book in the pole vault with his PR of 5.02m (16’ 5.5”)
  • Clinched first in the pole vault at the Lenoir-Rhyne Open (Mar. 16) with a clearance of 5.00m (16’ 4.75”)
  • Landed third in the pole vault at the Weems Baskin Relays (Mar. 22-23) and App State Open (Apr. 26-27)
  • Earned CSC Academic All-District honors
2023
Outdoor 
  • Recorded a facility record a personal best in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.91m (16’ 1.25”) at the App State Open (Apr. 28-29)
  • Clinched first in the pole vault at the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational (Apr. 14-16) with a clearance of 4.75m (15’ 7”)
  • Notched a second-place finish in the pole vault at the Adidas Winthrop Invitational (Mar. 24-25) and third-place finishes at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 21-22) and Bill Carson Invitational (Mar. 31-Apr. 1)
  • Took seventh in the pole vault at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11-13) with a clearance of 4.76m (15’ 7.25”) 
Prior to App State
  • Competed at Maryland during the 2021-22 season
  • Appeared in five outdoor meets and two indoor meets during his freshman season
  • Recorded a season best clearance of 4.40m (14’ 5.25”) during the outdoor campaign and a season best indoor clearance of 4.36m (14’ 3.5”)

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2023-24Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2024-25Senior

    Pole Vault