Niager Mathis

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Penn.
High School:
Swenson Arts & Technology HS

MIZZOU PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor Track & Field
60m – 6.92 (6.89p) // Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/19/16)
200m – 21.83 // Rod McCravy Memorial Meet (1/22/16)
400m – 50.81 // Razorback Invitational (1/28/17)
Outdoor Track & Field
100m – 10.79 // Georgia Spec Town Invitational (4/9/16) | 10.70 (W: 2.5) // Texas Relays (3/31/17)
200m – 21.20 // John McDonnell Invitational (4/22/16)
400m Dash – 48.86 // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/12/17)

NOTEWORTHY

2016 NCAA West Preliminary qualifier (4x100m Relay)
No. 3 All-Time in the Outdoor 4x100m Relay (39.87)
No. 10 All-Time in the Indoor 60m Dash (6.89)

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2016-17
Season Bests
60m Dash (ITF) – 6.98 // SEC Indoor Championships (2/24)
200m Dash (ITF) – 22.30 // SEC Indoor Championships (2/24)
400m Dash (ITF) – 50.81 // Razorback Invitational (1/28)
100m Dash (OTF) – 10.70 (W: 2.5) // Texas Relays (3/31)
200m Dash (OTF) – 21.46 (W: 3.3) // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11)
400m Dash (OTF) – 48.86 // SEC Outdoor Championships (5/12)

Indoor Track – Ran in three events at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 28), competing in the 60m dash, 200m dash and 400m dash, setting a personal record in the 400m dash with a time of 50.81 … Finished third in the 60m dash at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge (Feb. 17), crossing the finish line with a time of 6.98 … Ran in the 60m dash, 200m dash and 4x400m relay at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25, finishing 23^rd, 20^th and ninth, respectively.

Outdoor Track – Opened the outdoor season by running in the 100m dash, 4x100m relay, 4x200m relay and 4x400m relay at the Texas Relays (March 31-April 1), recording a 10^th-place finish in the 4x200m relay with a time of 1:26.79 … Ran the second leg of the race on the 4x400m relay team that finished fifth at the Crimson Tide Invite (April 8) with a time of 3:15.11 … Ran a leg in both of Mizzou’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay team that finished first at the Tom Botts Invitational (April 15), crossing the finish line at 41.19 and 3:13.38, respectively … Finished sixth in the 200m dash at the John McDonnell Invitational (April 22) with a time of 21.64 … Ran on three relay teams at the Drake Relays (April 28), recording a third-place finish in the 4x200m relay with a time of 1:26.62 … Competed in the 4x400m relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 13), finishing 11^th with a time of 3:10.38.

2015-16
Season Bests
60m (ITF) – 6.92 (6.89p) // Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/19)
200m (ITF) – 21.83 // Rod McCravy Memorial Meet (1/22)
400m (ITF) – 51.76 // Illinois-Iowa Border Battle (1/9)
100m (OTF) – 10.79 // Georgia Spec Town Invitational (4/9)
200m (OTF) – 21.20 // John McDonnell Invitational (4/22)

Indoor Track - Set a personal best at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge, running a 6.92 60-meter dash, taking second place … Competed at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet, finishing eighth for the Tigers in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.83 … Ran the 400-meter dash only once, recording an eighth-place finish with a time of 51.76.

Outdoor Track - Recorded a season high performance of 10.78 in the 100-meter dash at the Georgia Spec Town Invitational … Finished fourth at the Tom Botts Invitational, running a 10.57 second 100-meter dash … At the same meet, placed sixth in the 200-meter dash, recording a time of 21.68 … Set a school record time of 21.20 in the 200-meter dash at the John McDonnell Invitational.

2014-15

Indoor Track - Did not compete.

Outdoor Track - Did not compete.

2013-14
Season's Bests
100m (OTF) - 10.85 // Crimson Tide Invite (04/05)

Indoor Track - Did not compete.

Outdoor Track - Niager competed primarily in relays during his debut as a Tiger, starting at the Texas Relays where he was a member of the 15th-place 4x400m team...He had his only two individual competitions at the Crimson Tide Invitational, finishing seventh in the 100m dash (10.85) and 14th in the 200m dash (24.73)...He competed in the 4x400m and 4x200m at the Penn Relays...Niager closed his season at the SEC Championships, where he was a member of the tenth-place 4x100m team (41.38).

HIGH SCHOOL
Bests
60m - 6.85 // 100m - 10.60 // 200m - 21.60 // 400m - 48.58

Niager competed at Swenson Arts & Technology HS for coaches Deworski Odem, Dean Lent, and Tim Hickey...He also competed for the Mt. Airy Track Club for coaches Deworski Odem, Lloyd Sharpe, and Teri Russel-Bizzle...He was a four-time PTFCA Indoor All-State finisher...2012 PTFCA Indoor State runner-up in the 60m dash...2012 PTFCA Indoor All-State in the 200m dash...2013 PTFCA Indoor State Champion in the 60m and 200m dashes...2012 PIAA Outdoor All-State in the 100m dash (fourth) and 200m dash (seventh)...2013 PIAA Outdoor All-State in the 400m dash (fourth)...2013 Millrose Games record holder for the 55m dash...Swenson Arts & Technology HS record holder in the 55m, 60m, 100m, 200m, and 300m dashes...Two-time TFCAofGP (Track & Field Coaches Association of Greater Philadelphia) Meet of Champions winner in the 60m dash (2012) and 200m dash (2013)...Broke the 28-year-old 200m dash record at the PA Track Classic (2013).

PERSONAL

Parents are Valdis and Tammie...Born June 24, 1994 in Philadelphia, Pa...Brother, Joshua, plays football (running back) at Pierce Junior College in California.