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2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

Matthew Nurse

  • Position Sprints
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Monmouth Junction, N.J.
  • Highschool South Brunswick

Biography

NurseVertical25 2024-25: Indoor: Scored fourth as part of the 4x400 relay (3:15.73) at the Atlantic 10 Championship, while being 17th in the 400 meters (50.73) (2/28-3/1)... Metropolitan champion in the 4x400 relay, while scoring eighth in the 400 meters (50.60) (1/31)... Finished 13th in the 400 meters (48.95) and 14th in the 200 meters (22.08) at the IC4A Championship (3/7-9)... Grabbed 19th in the 200 meters (22.09) at the BU Valentine Invitational (2/14)... Member of the 4x400 relay that took third at the Millrose Games in 3:18.34 (2/8)... Ended up 16th in the 400 meters (49.42) and 21st in the 200-meter invitational (22.17) at the Riverhawk Invitational (1/24)... Took eighth in the 200 meters (22.54) at the Ramapo Season Opener (1/17)... Placed 15th in the 200 meters (22.62) at the Spence Garcia Invitational (12/7)... Outdoor: Scored fourth in the 4x100 relay (41.48) and fifth in the 4x400 relay (3:17.31) at the Atlantic 10 Championship, while being 16th in the 200 meters (21.79) and 18th in the 400 meters (49.18) (5/4-5)... Was 25th in the 200 meters (22.09) and 26th in the 400 meters (49.56), while scoring fourth as part of the 4x400 relay (3:17.31) at the IC4A Championship (5/17-18)... Metropolitan champion in the 4x100 relay with a school record time of 41.23 seconds, while scoring third in the 200 meters (21.93) (4/4)... Member of the 4x100 (41.46) and 4x400 (3:13.76) relays at the Penn Relays that both finished 11th (4/24-26)... Was 52nd in the 200 meters (22.34) and 60th in the 400 meters (50.05) at the Virginia Challenge (4/18-19)... Placed fourth in both the 200 (22.44) and 400 (49.82) meters at the Oscar Moore Invitational (4/12)... Took 12th in the 400 meters (49.88) at the Fred Hardy Invitational (3/21)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2023-24: Indoor: Scored sixth as a part of the 4x400 relay (3:19.41) at the Atlantic 10 Championship, while taking tenth in the 400 meters (49.87) (2/26)... Was seventh in the 4x400 relay (3:17.40) at the IC4A Championship (3/3)... Took 14th overall in the 400 meters (52.02) at the Lions Indoor Invitational (1/12)... Grabbed fifth in the 500 meters (1:05.50) at the Spence Garcia Invitational (12/2)... Outdoor: Scored fifth in the 4x100 (42.18) and sixth in the 4x400 (3:15.33) relays at the Atlantic 10 Championship, while being 15th in the 200 meters (22.64) and 19th in the 400 meters (50.23) (5/5)... Was ninth in the 4x400 relay (3:18.25) and 28th in the 400 meters (49.30) at the IC4A Championship (5/12)... Metropolitan champion in the 4x100 relay (42.18), while scoring sixth in the 200 meters (22.43) and fourth in the 4x400 relay (3:19.95) (4/6)... Was fifth in the distance medley relay (9:45.57) and 17th in the 4x200 relay (1:27.74) at the Penn Relays (4/26)... Placed 40th in the 200 meters at the Larry Ellis Invitational in 22.65 seconds (4/13)... Ended up eighth in the 400 meters (49.29) and 14th in the 200 meters (22.14) at the Sam Howell Invitational (3/30)... Grabbed second in the 200 meters (23.06) at the Rider 5-Way Invitational (3/22)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2022-23: Indoor: Member of the 4x400 relay that scored fifth at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 3:23.21 (2/26)... Also placed ninth in the 400 meters (50.34) and 15th in the 200 meters (22.79)... Helped the 4x400 relay score seventh at the IC4A Championship in 3:17.01 (3/5)... Scored second in the 4x400 relay (3:19.44) and eighth in the 200 meters (22.38) at the Metropolitan Championship (2/3)... Took part in the 4x400 relay at the Millrose Games, which finished third in 3:19.54 (2/11)... Was tenth in the 400 meters (50.06) at the River Hawk Invitational (1/28)... Placed sixth in the 400 meters (51.02) at the Ramapo Season Opener (1/20). Outdoor: Member of the school record 4x100 relay team at the Atlantic 10 Championship, which scored fifth in a time of 41.44 seconds (5/7)... Also placed fifth in the 4x400 relay (3:16.37) and 12th in the 200 (22.09) and 400 (48.87) meters... Scored sixth in the 4x100 relay at the IC4A Championship in 41.53 seconds, while taking ninth in the 4x400 relay (3:17.87) and 12th in the 400 meters (48.42) (5/14)... Scored second in the 4x400 relay (3:20.99) at the Metropolitan Championship, while being sixth in the 200 meters (22.41) (4/8)... Ended up fourth in the 4x100 Eastern relay at the Penn Relays in 41.87 seconds and second in the 4x400 Eastern relay in 3:16.51 (4/29)... Had a pair of top five finishes at the Rutgers Relays in the 200 (22.08 - 4th) and 400 (2nd - 49.36) meters (4/22)... Was 36th in the 400 meters at the Colonial Relays (50.25), while being fourth in the 4x400 and ninth in the 4x200 relays (4/1)... Won the 400 meters (48.79) at the Stony Brook Season Opener (3/18).

Before Fordham: Four-year member of the track and basketball teams at South Brunswick High School in New Jersey... Team captain for track... Posted the second-fastest time in the 400 meters in school history.

Major: Visual Arts.
 
CAREER BEST TIMES SCHOOL RECORDS
Indoor 200m: 22.08 (2025) Outdoor 4x100 relay: 41.32 (2025)
Indoor 400m: 48.95 (2025)
Indoor 500m: 1:05.50 (2023)
Outdoor 200m: 21.79 (2025)
Outdoor 400m: 48.42 (2023)

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Sprints
    6'2"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Sprints
    6'2"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Sprints
    6'2"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Sprints
    6'2"